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Digital Development And Improving Participatory Budgeting As A Mechanism To Empower Citizens To Effectively Participate In Local Governance [PDF]

Akofena
: Participatory budgeting is a democratic and participatory system that empowers citizens to mobilize, propose, discuss, and select projects aimed at improving the living environment and enhancing the quality of life.
Ouikene FAZIA
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Turning Humidity Into Function: Heterojunction Interfaces for Dual‐Mode Removal of Nonpolar Vapors

Advanced Materials Interfaces, EarlyView.
A wire‐grown MIL–88B(Fe)@Fe3(PO4)2 heterojunction converts ambient humidity into a functional mediator for nonpolar VOC purification. Water forms a hydration layer that enhances cyclohexane uptake while simultaneously promoting •OH generation, resulting in synergistic adsorption–photocatalysis under humid conditions.
Jinwook Lee, Jooyoun Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Buckling‐Driven Linearity in Flexible Capacitive Pressure Sensors Based on a Three‐Dimensional Dual‐Pore Polyurethane Structure

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A flexible pressure sensor utilizing a 3D dual‐pore polyurethane structure is developed to overcome the intrinsic trade‐off between sensitivity and linearity. By inducing sequential buckling through distinct pore sizes and shapes, the device achieves highly linear and sensitive responses across a wide pressure range.
Jae Yeong Jang, Jaemin Choi, Young Jung
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A Direction‐Aware Piezo‐Transmittance Strain Sensor via Engineered Alignment of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A direction‐aware piezo‐transmittance strain sensor is realized through the engineered alignment of carbon nanotubes. This anisotropic architecture instantaneously modulates optical transmittance, achieving ultra‐high sensitivity and exceptionally low hysteresis. By effectively eliminating signal crosstalk to precisely decouple multidirectional strains,
Byeongmin Kang, Kwangjun Kim, Jimin Gu, Junseong Ahn, Yongrok Jeong, Ji‐Hwan Ha, Sohee Jeon, Soonhyoung Hwang, Byung‐Ho Kang, Jihyeon Ahn, Jong‐An Choi, Minwook Kim, Yeonguk Jung, Jun‐Ho Jeong, Jong G. Ok, Inkyu Park   +15 more
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Does direct democracy increase civic virtues? A systematic literature review

Frontiers in Political Science
Due to widespread citizen disenchantment with representative democracy, the introduction of direct-democratic institutions is often promoted as a promising remedy to overcome the current democratic crisis. Theorists of participatory democracy have argued
Laurent Bernhard
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Rapid Room‐Temperature Ethanol Sensing in Bi2MoO6/rGO Heterostructures: Weak Adsorption‐Driven Charge Modulation

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This work establishes Bi2MoO6/rGO heterostructures as a mechanism‐guided platform for high‐performance room‐temperature ethanol gas detection by showing that modest adsorption, in conjunction with dynamic interfacial band modulation, enables rapid charge‐transfer.
Sagarika Panda, Savita Mehlawat, Kwanghyeon Jo, Neeraj Dhariwal, Chang Woo Myung, Mohd. Arif, Sung Bum Kang, Amit Sanger   +7 more
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Coating‐Free Nanoscratching for Liquid‐Crystal Alignment on PCB‐Compatible Millimeter‐Wave Reflective Unit Cells

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Direct nanoscratching with a 500 nm diamond lapping film creates groove‐guided liquid‐crystal alignment interfaces on PCB‐compatible Cu‐patterned RF substrates within minutes, eliminating polymer coating and high‐temperature baking. The coating‐free process enables optical/molecular alignment validation and voltage‐programmable 28 GHz reflection‐phase ...
Junseok Ma, Ga‐Yeong Park, Geunjung Lee, Hyo‐Won Lee, Jong‐Won Yu, Dong Ki Yoon   +5 more
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Multifunctional Adhesive Hydrogel for Rapid Cardiac Hemostasis and Antibacterial Protection

Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A multifunctional polyacrylamide/gelatin/tannic acid hydrogel (PGT) is presented for rapid cardiac hemostasis under wet, dynamic conditions. Surface tannic acid coating enables instantaneous wet adhesion, accelerates coagulation, and confers antibacterial activity within a single platform.
Seoha Kim, Kaeun Chae, Inseon Kim, Kye Il Joo, Chang Sup Kim, Seunghun S. Lee   +5 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Approximation to the constitutional regulation of the participatory democracy in Colombia and Spain. Compared study

Civilizar, 2015
With the constitutions of 1991 and 1978 as a benchmark, Colombia and Spain have respectively regulated various instruments of participatory democracy.
Alfredo Ramírez Nárdiz
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