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Democracy and direct action across borders
Journal of Human Environmental Studies, 2013 Direct action is often regarded as a response to democratic deficit because it can sensitize the general public to the cause of the marginalized, stimulating communication among individuals of different walks of life in society. However, such theoretical
Ko Nomura
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Small RNA pathways in mammalian oocytes
FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Three distinct small RNA pathways operate in mammalian oocytes: RNAi interference (RNAi), the microRNA (miRNA) pathway, and the PIWI‐associated RNA (piRNA) pathway. These pathways use small RNAs to guide sequence‐specific repression and contribute to oocyte biology by targeting genes and mobile elements or appear insignificant since different ...
Petr Svoboda, Josef Pasulka
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Direct Democracy and the Rights of Sexual Minorities
Direito Público, 2021 Direct democracy is now being regarded as both an alternative of and an adjustment for representative constitutional democracy. Nevertheless, as is discussed in this article, direct democracy devices, particularly in those legal systems where no quorum ...
Michele Di Bari
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The Latvian direct democracy tools in a comparative European context
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2019 This article analyses and compares the legal tools of direct democracy in Latvia and other European countries. Based on comparison, the author draws concludes the shortcomings of the legal framework of direct democracy in the Constitution of the Republic
Fabio Ratto Trabucco
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.The cytoskeleton‐mediated transport of mitochondria via tunnelling nanotubes restores respiration, increases ATP production, rescues cells from apoptosis, activates the AKT/mTOR signalling pathway, promotes cell migration and invasiveness, contributes to cancer progression and treatment resistance.
Stanislava Martínková, Jan Trnka
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Direct Democracy in France and Poland. A Comparative Analysis
Annales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska. Sectio K, PolitologiaThe aim of this article is to conduct a comparative analysis of direct democracy in France and Poland. In the research process, three research questions were formulated: 1) What is the tradition of direct democracy in France and Poland?; 2) What are the ...
Maria Marczewska-Rytko
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Deliberativa, diretta o partecipativa?
Quaderni di Sociologia, 2014 Representative democracy is currently challenged in all Western political systems. In Italy this challenge in recent years has been launched in a distinctive way by the Movimento Cinque Stelle (M5s, Five Star Movement).
Antonio Floridia, Rinaldo Vignati
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Study of the Impact of Democracy and Corruption on Foreign Direct Investment in West and East Asian Countries [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2021 The purpose of this research is to study the effects of democracy and corruption on attracting foreign direct investment in West and East Asia. To do this, a dynamic panel model and generalized method of moments are employed over the period 2009-2018 ...
Hadiseh Taghizadeh Elyas Abad +2 more
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RNA Sequencing Resolves Cryptic Pathogenic Variants in Mitochondrial Disease
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Mitochondrial diseases are the most common inherited metabolic disorders, characterized by pronounced clinical and genetic heterogeneity that complicates molecular diagnosis. Although DNA‐based sequencing approaches have become standard in genetic testing, up to half of patients remain without a definitive diagnosis.
Zhimei Liu +21 more
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Tax morale and direct democracy
, 2005 This paper analyses the impact of direct democracy on tax morale in Switzerland, a country where participation rights strongly vary across different cantons, using survey data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 1998.
Torgler, Benno, Benno Torgler
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