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ALS With and Without Upper Motor Neuron Signs: A Comparative Study Supporting the Gold Coast Criteria

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective The Gold Coast criteria permit diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) even without upper motor neuron (UMN) signs. However, whether ALS patients with UMN signs (ALSwUMN) and those without (ALSwoUMN) share similar characteristics and prognoses remains unclear.
Hee‐Jae Jung   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coerced transitions in Timor-Leste and Kosovo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Statebuilding under the aegis of international administrations has faced various hurdles and obstacles in Kosovo and Timor-Leste. One of these hurdles is related to the specific mandate of these missions, which created a specific conflict of objectives ...
Lemay-Hebert, Nicolas
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Improving democratic governance through institutional design: civic participation and democratic ownership in Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this article we provide a conceptual and argumentative framework for studying how institutional design can enhance civic participation and ultimately increase citizens’ sense of democratic ownership of governmental processes.
Arnstein   +65 more
core   +1 more source

Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
Multiple Sclerosis Relapse Activity After Ozanimod Discontinuation in DAYBREAK Trial Participants. ABSTRACT Objective Return of disease activity is expected when patients discontinue disease‐modifying therapy (DMT) for multiple sclerosis (MS). Some MS DMTs are associated with higher‐than‐expected disease activity (rebound) after discontinuation.
Ralf Gold   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

New ideas of socialism [PDF]

open access: yes, 1992
This paper discusses attempts to rethink socialism in the light of recent economic, social and political developments such as the rise of neo-liberalism, post-fordism, the demise of state socialism and globalization. It posits four new revisionist models
Martell, Luke
core   +1 more source

RNA Sequencing Resolves Cryptic Pathogenic Variants in Mitochondrial Disease

open access: yesAnnals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Mitochondrial diseases are the most common inherited metabolic disorders, characterized by pronounced clinical and genetic heterogeneity that complicates molecular diagnosis. Although DNA‐based sequencing approaches have become standard in genetic testing, up to half of patients remain without a definitive diagnosis.
Zhimei Liu   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Genesis of Participatory Democracy in Brazil: a Scientific (Re)Construction

open access: yesBrazilian Political Science Review, 2017
The rise of participatory democracy has often been explained by the renewal of collective action in Europe and Latin America. This review essay questions the 'movement-based' genesis of Brazilian participatory democracy by analyzing the idea of the state
Marie-Hélène Sa Vilas Boas
doaj  

Downsian competition with participatory democracy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
We study a scenario where elections are held and two parties, a traditional downsian party and a party implementing Participatory Democracy, compete to win elections.
Puy Segura, Socorro   +1 more
core  

Having a say: ‘access to justice’ as democratic participation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Despite the pervasiveness of civil law in Western societies and the impact of its judicial creation and administration, citizens are too often bystanders in litigation; they are either represented by lawyers, and/or increasingly required to resolve ...
Leitch, Jennifer A
core   +1 more source

Investigation of Thermo‐Chemical Processes in Commercial MgO‐C Refractory Bricks With and Without MgO‐C Recyclate at Elevated Temperatures

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This study investigates thermo‐chemical processes during high‐temperature testing of two commercial MgO‐C brick grades, one containing 47.5 wt.% MgO‐C recyclate. Using ETV, DTA/TG‐MS, XRD, and SEM/EDS/EBSD, mechanisms such as carbothermal reduction of magnesia, impurity incorporation into the secondary MgO surface layer, and calcium‐rich phase ...
Alexander Schramm   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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