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The Time Has Come for a Universal Water Tribunal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Since its inception in 1981, the International Water Tribunal has emerged as a non-governmental body with a multidisciplinary composition and a mandate based on conventional and customary international water law, which holds public hearings in order to ...
Majzoub, Tarek   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Communication on Climate Change in the Mediterranean by Non-State Actors: A Framing Analysis

open access: yesAlternatif Politika
How do non-state actors frame climate change in a region labelled as a climate hotspot? To answer this question, this article explores the climate communication strategies of non-state actors with various country origins.
Iosif Botetzagıas, Emre İşeri
doaj   +1 more source

State opinio juris and international humanitarian law pluralism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
International humanitarian law has developed through a pluralistic process. Its history reveals a pattern of rough proportionality between State opinio juris and non-State expressions of law.
Schmitt, Michael N., Watts, Sean
core   +1 more source

Seeking legitimacy through CSR: Institutional Pressures and Corporate Responses of Multinationals in Sri Lanka [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Arguably, the corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices of multinational enterprises (MNEs) are influenced by a wide range of both internal and external factors.
A Amran   +104 more
core   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

Non-State Actors in Asymmetric Conflicts: What does It Mean and What Follows of It

open access: yesМеждународная аналитика
The article examines the problem of the participation of non-state actors in armed conflicts in the post-war period. The study is based on the theory of asymmetric conflict, which offers hypotheses about the reasons for the paradoxical defeat of ...
L. V. Deriglazova
doaj   +1 more source

Self-Governance by Humanitarian Non-State Actors in Health and Nutrition Relief [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the provision of humanitarian health assistance in a post disaster context, critical concerns such as local ownership, financial and political transparency and humane implementation are central.
Ali, S, Kabau, T
core   +1 more source

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