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Education decentralization and accountability relationships in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
The author analyzes decentralization reforms in the education sector in Latin America (their status, impact, and ongoing challenges) by making use of the accountability framework developed by the World Development Report 2004: Making Services Work for ...
Di Gropello, Emmanuela
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A Public Company as a Challenger to a Private Monopoly: Providing Water to the Eternal City, 1865-1964 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
http://www.thebhc.org/publications/BEHonline/2004/Bocquet.pdfInternational audienceRome is an exception among European capital cities: the thousand-year-old capital of the Pope's State only became the capital of the Italian national kingdom in 1870 and ...
Bocquet, Denis
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Biomimetic Copper‐Doped Nano‐Aluminum Adjuvant Potentiates Therapy in Chemoresistant Acute Myeloid Leukemia

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
We developed a novel copper‐doped aluminum nano‐adjuvant (CuNA) to overcome cytarabine resistance in acute myeloid leukemia (AML). CuNA effectively sensitizes drug‐resistant AML cells to cytarabine by inducing mitochondrial dysfunction and inhibiting HMGCR/GPX4 to amplify ferroptosis.
Chao He   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

The cyclical trend of local public service governance: evidence from urban water management in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes
The level of public and private involvement in economic activity in societies has changed over time. One may talk about the existence of a cyclical trend in which the most important periods of public governance are replaced by periods in which private ...
Alberto Ruiz Villaverde   +2 more
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Trend zur (Re-)Kommunalisierung in der Energieversorgung: Ein Mythos? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Nachdem in den 90er Jahren viele Kommunen ihre Energieversorgungsunternehmen privatisiert hatten, ist mittlerweile oft von einem Paradigmenwechsel die Rede.
Cullmann, Astrid   +3 more
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Cycles of Police Reform in Latin America. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
yesOver the last quarter century post-conflict and post-authoritarian transitions in Latin America have been accompanied by a surge in social violence, acquisitive crime, and insecurity.
A Candina   +36 more
core   +1 more source

Interfacial Bioengineering of Dynamic Networks Hybrid Hydrogel for Programmed Intervention in Oral Precancerous Epithelial States

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This study develops a dual‐bioinspired hydrogel, MSA@PGel (macrophage membrane‐coated and salvianolic acid B/5‐aminolevulinic acid co‐loaded liposomes embedded in a polydopamine‐based gel), that integrates macrophage membrane‐mediated active targeting and mussel‐inspired wet adhesion for programmed intervention in oral precancerous lesions.
Xiaoxian Zhao   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Productive efficiency and ownership when market restructuring affects production technologies

open access: yes, 2017
While the link between the ownership and productive efficiency of firms has been discussed extensively, no consensus exists regarding the superiority of one or the other in non-competitive, regulated environments. This paper applies a flexible production
Cullmann, Astrid   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Macrophage Membrane‐Cloaked, ROS‐Triggered Quercetin Nanocarriers Target Ovarian Lesions to Treat Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

open access: yesAdvanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The synthesis process of MM@PCD@QNPs and its potential mechanism for treating PCOS. (A) Assembly steps of MM@PCD@QNPs. (B) Synthesis and decomposition of MM@PCD@QNPs. (C) Potential therapeutic mechanisms of MM@PCD@QNPs for PCOS. PCD, PABP conjugated with DEX polymer; QUR, quercetin; CDI, N, N′‐carbonyldiimidazole; DEX, dextran; PABP, 4‐(hydroxymethyl ...
Wenzhu Li   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Rise and Fall of Energy Democracy: 5 Cases of Collaborative Governance in Energy Systems. [PDF]

open access: yesEnviron Manage, 2023
Berthod O   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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