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Success, challenges and prospects of decentralization in Africa: a systematic review
Cogent Social SciencesDecentralization remains a global development approach. African countries have been using decentralization by devolution to realize their development vision. This study assesses the success, challenges, and prospects of decentralization in Africa.
Rogers Rugeiyamu, Adam Msendo
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The Municipalities and INSPIRE – Any Connection?
Geoforum Perspektiv, 2014 On the surface, the municipalities are neither data owners nor data systems managers in connection with Denmark's reporting of data to INSPIRE. However, if you dig a little deeper in the actual data reports, you will see that the municipalities are ...
Inge Flensted
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek +13 more
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Engaging the local government in research & extension: The ACIAR-ICM-landcare experience
Annals of Tropical Research, 2017 Agricultural research and extension are important elements for improving agricultural production and food systems. It is said that the enhancement of traditional farming into science-based agriculture requires expeditious transfer of research results ...
Evy Elago-Carusos +2 more
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Reciprocal control of viral infection and phosphoinositide dynamics
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Phosphoinositides, although scarce, regulate key cellular processes, including membrane dynamics and signaling. Viruses exploit these lipids to support their entry, replication, assembly, and egress. The central role of phosphoinositides in infection highlights phosphoinositide metabolism as a promising antiviral target.
Marie Déborah Bancilhon, Bruno Mesmin
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Exploring circularity in African cities: barriers and opportunities for meaningful action
Environmental Research: Infrastructure and SustainabilityAs African cities are on the frontline of a poly-crisis (Allouche et al 2023), the need for local action becomes more apparent. Local government authorities (LGAs) are uniquely positioned as crucial actors to address resource security, climate change ...
Zakiyya Atkins +3 more
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Protein pyrophosphorylation by inositol pyrophosphates — detection, function, and regulation
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Protein pyrophosphorylation is an unusual signaling mechanism that was discovered two decades ago. It can be driven by inositol pyrophosphate messengers and influences various cellular processes. Herein, we summarize the research progress and challenges of this field, covering pathways found to be regulated by this posttranslational modification as ...
Sarah Lampe +3 more
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A Decade of improvement for local government
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2010 The theme of this year’s Commonwealth Local Government Conference was Improving local government: the Commonwealth vision. This theme is fundamental to all of us working in and with local government, but particularly so in the current economic climate ...
Susan Rhodes
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee +3 more
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