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Analyzing the Impact of Political Space on Democratic Quality in Uzbekistan: An Econometric Assessment Using the V-Dem Database

İmgelem
In this study a multiple regression model is presented analyzing the impact of political space on democratic quality in Uzbekistan. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) database is used.
Anthony Papaoikonomou
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Multi‐Material Additive Manufacturing of Soft Robotic Systems: A Comprehensive Review

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review explores the transformative role of multi‐material additive manufacturing (MMAM) in the development of soft robotic systems. It presents current techniques, materials, and design strategies that enable functionally graded and adaptive structures.
Ritik Raj, Quan‐Chen Song, Jia‐Yang Juang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital human rights: Legal debates and emerging foundations under the international bill of human rights

Social Sciences and Humanities Open
In an era of rapid technological change, recognizing digital rights is essential to ensure equitable access to information, freedom of expression, and social justice.
Mohammad Alsharif, Hussein Hnit
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Hard‐Magnetic Soft Millirobots in Underactuated Systems

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review provides a comprehensive overview of hard‐magnetic soft millirobots in underactuated systems. It examines key advances in structural design, physics‐informed modeling, and control strategies, while highlighting the interplay among these domains.
Qiong Wang, Zixuan Zhang, Bingyan Li, Junkai Wang, Hongcheng Gu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Winter Cherry Mall Fire: A Constitutional Lesson Unlearned?

Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: гуманитарные и общественные науки
The tragedy at the Winter Cherry (Zimnaya Vishnya) Shopping Center, also known in mass media as the 2018 Kemerovo Fire, broke out on March 27, 2018, and took lives of 60 people.
Alexander V. Salenko
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

The Use of Facial Recognition Technologies in the Context of Peaceful Protest: The Risk of Mass Surveillance Practices and the Implications for the Protection of Human Rights

European Journal of Risk Regulation
The increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based surveillance technologies such as facial recognition for national and public security purposes in the area of law enforcement raises serious concerns regarding the potential risks of abuse and ...
Giulia Gabrielli
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Echinoderm‐Inspired Autonomy for Soft‐Legged Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Inspired by echinoderms, a modular soft robot achieves autonomous phototaxis without a central controller or explicit communication. Each limb independently adapts its actuation timing through local sensing and short‐term memory. Coordination emerges purely from physical interactions, demonstrating resilience to changes in morphology, environment, and ...
Harmannus A. H. Schomaker, Jelle de Vries, Johannes T. B. overvelde   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Universal Gripper for Industrial Manipulation With Enhanced Rigid Mechanics and Self‐Adaptable Fingers

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An enhanced universal gripper combining rigid mechanics with self‐adaptable fingers is presented for industrial automation. The novel six‐bar linkage with integrated compliant pad eliminates mechanical interference while enabling passive shape adaptation.
Muhammad Usman Khalid, Nirmal Kumar Ravikumar, Mattia Frascio, Sumanth Nagalakunta, Alessandro Seitone, Benoît Lévesque, Alessandro Zanella, Matteo Zoppi   +7 more
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Health impact of electric discharge weapons: a review of case studies

Torture
Introduction: In recent years mass protest movements have taken to the streets in many countries across the world. Despite strong international and domestic legal protections for the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and other fundamental human ...
Marie Brasholt, Maha Aon, Lisa Michaelsen, Jens Modvig   +3 more
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