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Global water: issues and insights [PDF]

, 2014
This book brings together some of the world’s leading water researchers with an especially written collection of chapters on: water economics; transboundary water; water and development; water and energy; and water concepts.
Chris White, David Allendes, Paul Wyrwoll, R. Quentin Grafton   +3 more
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Narratives of Change to Platform Governance on DTube, an Emerging Blockchain-Based Video-Sharing Platform

Social Media + Society, 2023
Several blockchain-based social media (BSM) platforms have emerged as alternatives to mainstream social media (MsSM) platforms in the recent past.
Ashwin Nagappa
doaj   +1 more source

Deepening democracy within Ireland's social partnership [PDF]

, 2009
Ireland's social partnership process, now under attack from a number of quarters, has repeatedly been charged with being 'undemocratic' in that it undermines the sovereign position of elected political representatives, with key policy formulation and ...
Allen K., Bang H. P., Benhabib S., Berlin I., Bogason P., Castells M., Cornwall A., Dean M., Fung A., Government of Ireland, Habermas J., Hastings T., Held D., Held D., Hirst P., Hulme D., Kirby P., Kooiman J., Lewis D., Macpherson C. B., Mansbridge J., March J. G., MEJN, Mouffe C., Murphy G., Murphy M., NESC, National Economic and Social Council, Newman J., Niamh Gaynor, Pearce J., Pierre J., Reddel T., Rosell S. A., Sørensen E., Tansey S. D., The Irish Times, Triantafillou P., Weber H., Ó Cinnéide S., Ó Cinnéide S.   +39 more
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A Puff of Steem: Security Analysis of Decentralized Content Curation [PDF]

, 2020
Decentralized content curation is the process through which uploaded posts are ranked and filtered based exclusively on users\u27 feedback. Platforms such as the blockchain-based Steemit employ this type of curation while providing monetary incentives to
, Kiayias, Aggelos, Livshits, Benjamin, Thyfronitis Litos, Orfeas Stefanos   +3 more
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Politicians, Pundits, and Platform Migration: A Comparison of Political Polarization on Parler and Twitter

Northeast Journal of Complex Systems, 2023
Parler, a self-proclaimed free speech social media platform founded in 2018, attracted a large influx of new members in 2020 as the result of a highly visible platform migration campaign. Parler usage was linked to the planning of the Jan. 6, 2021 attack
Abigail Matthews, Jacqueline M. Otala, Esma Wali, Gillian Kurtic, Lynden Millington, Michael Simpson, Jeanna Matthews, Golshan Madraki   +7 more
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What’s “Up Next”? Investigating Algorithmic Recommendations on YouTube Across Issues and Over Time

Media and Communication, 2021
YouTube’s “up next” feature algorithmically selects, suggests, and displays videos to watch after the one that is currently playing. This feature has been criticized for limiting users’ exposure to a range of diverse media content and information sources;
Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández, Joanne E. Gray, Louisa Bartolo, Jean Burgess, Nicolas Suzor   +4 more
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Study on effect of collaborative governance participation willingness of online food delivery platform restaurants and consumers from perspective of control theory: Based on moderating effects of perceived risks

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
The popularization of the Internet and the convenience of e-commerce are driving the online restaurant industry’s rapid development of worldwide. However, serious information asymmetries in online food delivery (OFD) transactions not only aggravate food ...
Xiaoting Dai, Xiaoting Dai, Ke Qin, Linhai Wu, Linhai Wu   +4 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conducting marine genetic research for whom? Mapping knowledge flows from science to patents

npj Ocean Sustainability
Marine genetic resources hold great value for biotechnological innovation and sustainability-oriented research. However, studies indicate that intellectual property rights pertaining to these resources are concentrated in a handful of companies and ...
Paul Dunshirn, Erik Zhivkoplias
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Outside the Black Box

Weizenbaum Journal of the Digital Society
Algorithmic transparency is high on the agenda for social media regulation. However, recent work in Science and Technology Studies questions whether this endeavor of “opening the black box” is feasible or even meaningful due to the sociotechnical ...
Paddy Leerssen
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