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Framework for an Autonomic Transport System in Smart Cities

open access: yesCybernetics and Information Technologies, 2015
Today the concept of smart cities is discussed in scientific society and politics. A core function of smart cities is transportation. This paper gives a short overview on the concepts for Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) for smart cities and proposes ...
Schlingensiepen Jörn   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Party Laws and Party Nationalization: a Critique of Afghan Political Party Laws

open access: yesUniversity of Bologna Law Review, 2019
Afghan party laws have consistently discouraged ethnic parties and politics. Taking an implicit approach to party nationalization, the laws have set three qualification thresholds for parties: consisting of at least 10,000 members; having offices in at ...
M. Bashir Mobasher
doaj   +1 more source

Search Bias Quantification: Investigating Political Bias in Social Media and Web Search

open access: yes, 2019
Users frequently use search systems on the Web as well as online social media to learn about ongoing events and public opinion on personalities. Prior studies have shown that the top-ranked results returned by these search engines can shape user opinion ...
Eslami, M.   +6 more
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Digital Microneedles for Multiplexed Transdermal Sensing via Fluorescent QR Codes

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Digital fluorescent microneedles encode biochemical information in skin into scannable QR codes through threshold‐activated probes that generate binary on/off signals. By transforming analog fluorescence into discrete digital patterns, this platform enables calibration‐free, multiplexed transdermal sensing of physiologically relevant biomarkers ...
Farbod Abazar   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Young, lower-class, and algorithmically persuaded: exploring personalized advertising and its impact on social inequality

open access: yesCommunication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad)
Algorithmically personalized advertising is a defining feature of the digital ecosystem, yet its potential to reinforce social inequalities remains underexplored. This study examines how socioeconomic status and gender intersect to influence exposure to
Carolina Sáez-Linero   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stable Protein‐Based G‐Quadruplex‐Derived Supramolecular Bioinks as Tunable ECM‐Mimetic Constructs Assembled by Combining Non‐Covalent and Covalent Strategies

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
Harnessing the synergistic interplay of supramolecular self‐assembly, under macromolecular crowding conditions, and enzymatic‐mediated covalent crosslinking toward a stable protein‐based G‐quadruplex‐derived supramolecular bioink. This bioinspired strategy enables the biofabrication of complex and tunable ECM‐mimetic constructs, providing a platform ...
Vera Sousa   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cinema and Identity: Criss-Cross Reflections

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Political Science
The paper focuses on how cinema shapes national, civilizational, and political identity and how it fosters civic identity as a driver for social development.
Irina S. Semenenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is Mass Society a Threat to Representative Democracy? Revisiting David Riesman’s “Other-Directed Character”

open access: yesRIMCIS, 2012
Representative democracy has been based on the idea that interest groups form parliaments through competitive elections, and legislate in favour of their supporters.
Pekka Sulkunen
doaj   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Electrospun Nanofibers for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Performance Enhancement Strategies and Emerging Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review highlights recent advances in electrospun nanofiber‐based triboelectric nanogenerators, emphasizing how material design, fiber architecture, and interface engineering collectively enhance output performance and mechanical durability. Key developments in porous, aligned, core‐shell, and hierarchical nanofibers are discussed alongside ...
MD Fajla Rabbi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial. Alegeri 2016 [PDF]

open access: yesPolis: Revista de Stiinte Politice, 2017
2016 Elections were held in Moldova, the USA and Romania, The which have highlighted the fact that was won the vote democratic. Even the losers have been the Actors Considered to be more political and democratic reformers, benefiting from strong support ...
Aurela-Peru BALAN, Floorin GRECU
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