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Public Spending, By The People: Participatory Budgeting in the United States and Canada in 2014-15 [PDF]

, 2016
From 2014 to 2015, more than 70,000 residents across the United States and Canada directly decided how their cities and districts should spend nearly $50 million in public funds through a process known as participatory budgeting (PB).
Carolin Hagelskamp, Chloe Rinehart, David Schleifer, Rebecca Silliman   +3 more
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Macrophage Extracellular Traps in Immunity and Cancer

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As a macrophage‐mediated innate defense mechanism, the dysregulated release of METs drives chronic inflammation and influences tumor progression. Furthermore, METs exhibit a functional duality within the tumor microenvironment, capable of both promoting and suppressing tumor development.
Junyao Li, Eugenie Nepovimova, Adam Grundel, Lukas Peter, Qinghua Wu, Kamil Kuca   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corals and Reef‐Dwelling Fish Regulate Carbon Storage and Cycling Processes in Coral Reef Ecosystems

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots, yet their role in carbon storage and cycling remains poorly understood. Using field surveys and modeling in the South China Sea, we reveal the overlooked potential of carbon storage in reef ecosystems and how reef fish, corals, and surface sediment jointly shape reef carbon reservoirs.
Yiting Chen, Wenliang Zhou, Lan Qiu, Han Lai, Mingpan Huang, Qian Li, Wen Yu, Pei‐Yuan Qian, Fuwen Wei   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

AI‐Assisted Self‐Powered Wearable Dual‐Mode Sensor With TENG and Stretchable Optical Fiber for Neurological Disorder Diagnostics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This manuscript presents the WDMS platform, an AI‐assisted, self‐powered wearable dual‐mode sensor for tele‐neurology. It integrates a contact–separation TENG insole with stretchable polyurethane optical‐fiber strain sensors to synchronously track plantar pressure and lower‐limb muscle deformation.
Tianliang Li, Han Liu, Guoxu Liu, Qian'ao Wang, Haotian Zhou, Guiyi Liu, Yan Xu, Jun Wang, Zuqiang Wang, Feng Zhu, Feiling Luo, Zhong Lin Wang, Chi Zhang   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Light‐Harvesting Photothermal Hotspots Enabled by NIR Scattering‐Absorption Coupling

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
By coupling the broadband scattering of nanodiamonds with the plasmonic absorption of gold nanostars, this work proposes a novel strategy for the active modulation of photon transport. This strategy creates localized photothermal hotspots in turbid media and achieves a supra‐additive heating efficiency, thereby providing a universal platform for low ...
Zebin Wu, Changming Bao, Pengyu Zhang, Tao Ding, Weiming Lin, Haodong Li, Wenjian Luo, Xizhi Deng, Hao Wang, Guanle Li, Hongyue Hu, Ye Wang, Dawei Jiang, Yu Zhang, Sisi Jia, Nan Zhang, Min Ke, Le Liang   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

(In) stability, a key element to understand participatory budgeting: Discussing Portuguese cases

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2012
Much has been said about Participatory Budgeting. Still, how to make it a successful and long-lasting experience remains open for debate. Studies have advanced in analyzing many PB “features”, discussing its capacity to promote transparency, empowerment ...
Giovanni Allegretti, Mariana Lopes Alves
doaj   +2 more sources

A Soft Matrix Microenvironment Promotes Laterally Spreading Tumors via Oxidative Phosphorylation‐Dependent Cell Adhesion

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Laterally spreading tumors (LSTs) are precancerous colorectal lesions characterized by a flat morphology. This study reveals a mechanochemical pathway through which a soft matrix microenvironment diminishes spatial constraints in intestinal adenomas. This process promotes deficiencies in tight junction proteins, mediated by the mechanoreceptor ADORA2B ...
Jiamin Zhong, Jingyi Lu, Haopeng Li, Jun Zhong, Xiaobei Luo, Yiyi Hu, Xianfei Wang, Pengfei Wang, Yanning Zhang, Zhenjiang Wang, Qiuhua Lai, Zhenyu Chen, Wenting Mi, Wang Tin San‐to, Weize Li, Shuping Tan, Qihong Cheng, Ruijia Li, Yida Nie, Side Liu, Bing Huang, Zelong Han   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design Matters : CBNRM and Democratic Innovation [PDF]

, 2019
Community-based natural resource management (CBRNM) aims to realize sustainable management of resources and improvements in livelihood. A central focus is the empowerment of indigenous and local communities through customary or devolved rights to common ...
Smith, G., Smith, G.
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Continuity and Change in World Bank Development Discourses and the Rhetoric Role of Accounting [PDF]

, 2010
Purpose ? The paper traces how the World Bank has utilised accounting rhetoric/languages in articulating development discourses at different stages of global capitalism through the case study of development projects in Sri Lanka and published development
CCD, CCD, CCD, Census and Statistics Department, Word Bank, World Bank, World Bank, World Bank   +7 more
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Ethical Precision in Nanoscale Brain Interfacing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
As brain interfaces approach the nanoscale, precision no longer only measures—it knows, predicts, and potentially reshapes the mind. This work argues that traditional ethics fails under such conditions and proposes a shift toward continuous, operation‐based governance using the recovery–discovery framework to track, constrain, and responsibly steer ...
Guilherme Wood
wiley   +1 more source