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Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Democratic Processes and Citizen Participation

Societies
Background: This systematic review will address the influence of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on democratic processes and citizens’ participation, which is enabled by such tools as social media, e-voting systems, e-government ...
George Asimakopoulos, Hera Antonopoulou, Konstantinos Giotopoulos, Constantinos Halkiopoulos   +3 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Deliberative Democracy: A Contested Interactive Space. A Response to Deliberative Democracy in English Language Education: Cultural and Linguistic Inclusion in the School Community

, 2016
This is a response to Liggett’s (2014) call to implement “deliberate democracy” in English language education classrooms. While the concept of participating in deliberate democracy is a solid ideal and worthy of pursuit, I present questions and scenarios
De La Vega, Esperanza
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Open data per l’e-democracy

Rivista Italiana di Informatica e Diritto, 2022
Le restrizioni imposte dall’emergenza da Sars-CoV-2 hanno aumentato il desiderio di essere cittadini attivi. In questo le tecnologie digitali hanno un ruolo fondamentale.
Anna Federica Spagnuolo, Elisa Sorrentino   +1 more
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From energy provision to protein synthesis: Tunnelling nanotubes as mediators of intercellular metabolic cooperation in cancer

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
wiley   +1 more source

E-Democracy: Conceptual Foundations and Recent Trends

, 2019
S.11-45Lindner and Aichholzer provide an introductory overview of the theoretical and conceptual foundations of electronic democracy, thereby providing analytical insights on the interplay between Internet-based communication and democratic processes. To
Aichholzer, Georg, Ralf Lindner, Georg Aichholzer, Lindner, Ralf   +3 more
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Democrazia elettronica. La partecipazione politica ai tempi dei social media [Electronic democracy. Political participation in the time of social media]

Open Journal of Humanities, 2019
Electronic democracy represents a new communication space consisting of a set of tools and technological models aimed at increasing citizens participation in the decision making moments of public action.
Wanda D'Avanzo
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Effect of terahertz irradiation on DNA damage repair in living cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
We investigated the effect of terahertz (THz) wave irradiation on DNA double‐strand break (DSB) repair in living cells. We found that THz irradiation enhanced DSB repair at specific frequencies, whereas heat treatment inhibited it, indicating that this effect is nonthermal and frequency‐specific.
Yuya Ueno, Shota Yamazaki, Hiromichi Hoshina, Masahiko Harata   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nonviolent Action as a Necessary Component in Educating for Democracy

, 2014
Educating for democracy, seen within a liberal democratic framework, requires that students develop the requisite knowledge and skills to recognize injustice and work effectively to oppose it. Stitzlein’s notion of dissent is examined in conjunction with
Peterson, Barbara A
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Intelligent Tutoring Systems for Adult Learning in STEM Disciplines

New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Intelligent tutoring systems (ITS) are reshaping adult learning in STEM by providing adaptive, data‐driven instruction across classrooms, workplaces, and informal environments. In the context of ITS, this article compares generative AI, which creates personalized explanations and practice materials, with explainable AI, which focuses on ...
Jill Zarestky, Amanda R. Lager Gleason
wiley   +1 more source