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'Keeping the bastards honest': the promise and practice of freedom of information legislation

, 2006
In the last decade the number of countries that have enacted Freedom of Information (FOI) laws have increased dramatically. In many respects FOI laws have become a democratic 'right of passage'. No FOI, no 'proper' democracy.
Lidberg, Johan
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Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
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The State of Media Freedom in Africa

, 2011
Journal ArticlesIn the view of the authors in this issue of African Communication Research the media are expected to set the agenda for debating the national development goals. These authors assume that editorial and journalistic freedom is essential for
African Communication Research
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Optimization of Magnetic Milli‐Spinner for Robotic Endovascular Intervention

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This work presents the design optimization of a multifunctional magnetic milli‐spinner for high‐speed propulsion and efficient clot debulking. The optimized design achieves an ultrafast swimming velocity of 55 cm/s (≈175 body lengths/s) in saline water, enabling stable upstream swimming against strong physiological flows and establishing magnetic milli‐
Lu Lu, Luca Higgins, Jack Bernardo, Ruike Renee Zhao   +3 more
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Media freedom in the age of online platforms

This paper examines three distinct but closely related issues of contemporary media freedom. The first of these is the elements of the “traditional” concept of media freedom and how it differs from freedom of expression.
Koltay, András
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Freedom, federalism, free enterprise

, 1994
462.B.1.8(8).pdf created from the media publications in the SA Election material Collection MS 462, held in the Manuscripts Section of the Stellenbosch Library and Information Service.Freedom, federalism, free enterprise. 1994.

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Advances in Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers for Intelligent Robotics and Electronics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) integrate molecular anisotropy with electrical functionality to enable programmable actuation and reconfigurable electronics. This review classifies eLCEs into robotic actuators and adaptive electronics, summarizes key actuation mechanisms, and highlights fabrication strategies that bridge materials to ...
Kavita Ramesh Rathod, Sena Chon, Jae Hyuk Hwang, Sung Hyuk Park, Woohwa Lee, Joonmyung Choi, Shi Hyeong Kim, Seung Hwan Ko, Changsoon Choi, Seon Jeong Kim, Dong‐Gyun Kim, Habeom Lee, Kyung Gook Cho, Woon‐Hong Yeo, Hyun Kim   +14 more
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Piezo2 Mediates a Vicious Cycle of “Mechanical Homeostasis Imbalance—Inflammation” in Sensory Nerves and the Cartilage Endplate

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
In a lumbar spine instability model, dorsal root ganglion cells mediate the perception of relevant mechanical stresses through Piezo2 and subsequently release CGRP. CGRP activates the NF‐κB signaling pathway in cartilage endplate cells through the receptor RAMP1.
Hanpeng Xu, Wen Geng, Zhi Du, Yifan Du, Di Wu, Bide Tong, Huaizhen Liang, Xingyu Zhou, Zixuan Ou, Junyu Wei, Kun Wang, Yu Song, Wenbin Hua, Yan Xu, Wencan Ke, Bingjin Wang, Cao Yang   +16 more
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A Perspective on the Applications of Triphasic Gas Storage in Electrochemical Systems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Gas storage in microporous materials positioned locally at an electrode or electrocatalyst surface enhances electrochemical processes. Abstract Microporous materials store gases under dry conditions (e.g., hydrogen or oxygen via physisorption), but in some cases microporous materials also show triphasic (e.g., in a solid|gas|liquid system) gas storage ...
Zhongkai Li, Corin T. Scott, Taku Suzuki‐Osborne, John P. Lowe, Dominic Taylor, Mariolino Carta, Neil B. McKeown, Andrew D. Burrows, Lucia H. Mascaro, Frank Marken   +9 more
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A 3D In Vitro Model of the Human Hepatobiliary Junction

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A 3D human organoid platform reconstructs the hepatobiliary junction between primary adult hepatocytes and intrahepatic cholangiocytes. These adult hepatobiliary organoids (aHBOs) support directional bile transport from canaliculi to ductule‐like structures, enable quantitative imaging of junction dynamics, and reveal cell‐type‐specific vulnerabilities
Ashley D. Westerfield, Katarzyna A. Grzelak, Katie Katsuyama, Vardhman Kumar, Bess M. Miller, Joa Yun, Jesse Kirkpatrick, David Mankus, Margaret E. Bisher, Abigail K.R. Lytton‐Jean, Z. Gordon Jiang, David D. Lee, Christopher S. Chen, Sangeeta N. Bhatia   +13 more
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