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Citizen Panels and Opinion Polls: Convergence and Divergence in Policy Preferences

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2018
Citizen panels offer an alternative venue for gathering input into the policy-making process. These deliberative exercises are intended to produce more thoughtful and informed inputs into the policy-making process, compared to public opinion polls.
David Kahane, Kristjana Loptson, Shelley Boulianne   +2 more
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Unmasking the Mask Issue on Reddit: An Investigation of Online Public Deliberation around the Mask Controversy in the United States

Emerging Media, 2023
The aim of this investigation was to explore U.S. Americans’ mask attitude and their public deliberation processes on Reddit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Li Li, Dillon Reed
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KLK7 overexpression promotes an aggressive phenotype and facilitates peritoneal dissemination in colorectal cancer cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
KLK7, a tissue kallikrein‐related peptidase, is elevated in advanced colorectal cancer and associated with shorter survival. High KLK7 levels in ascites correlate with peritoneal metastasis. In mice, KLK7 overexpression increases metastasis. In vitro, KLK7 enhances cancer cell proliferation, migration, adhesion, and spheroid formation, driving ...
Yosr Z. Haffani, Tobias Dreyer, Meriem Naim, Rea Lo Dico, Natalia A. Ignatenko, Viktor Magdolen, Dalila Darmoul   +6 more
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Individual autonomy and public deliberation in behavioral public policy

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
The most successful concept in behavioral public policy (BPP) is nudging, which involves altering choice architecture to leverage people’s biases and heuristics to promote welfare-improving behaviors. However, in recent years, nudging has faced criticism.
Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger, Malte Dold
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Stakeholder and Citizen Roles in Public Deliberation

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2013
This paper explores theoretical and practical distinctions between individual citizens (‘citizens’) and organized groups (‘stakeholder representatives’ or ‘stakeholders’ for short) in public participation processes convened by government as part of ...
David Kahane, Jade Herriman, Kristjana Loptson, Max Hardy   +3 more
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Mycobacterial cell division arrest and smooth‐to‐rough envelope transition using CRISPRi‐mediated genetic repression systems

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point, Wafaa Achache, Janïs Laudouze, Eliana Sepulveda Ramos, Mickaël Maziero, Céline Crauste, Stéphane Canaan, Pierre Santucci   +7 more
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INNOVATIVE DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRATIC APPROACHES IN TRANSITION: THE CASE OF UKRAINE [PDF]

Challenges of the Knowledge Society, 2012
The article dedicates with the problem of deliberation democracy mechanism formation and development, especially for post-communist countries. Moreover, some opportunities for deliberation development according to intellectual capital of public ...
DMYTRO VOLODIN, MAKSIM MOSKALOV
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Public Deliberation in Health Policy and Bioethics: Mapping an emerging, interdisciplinary field

Journal of Deliberative Democracy, 2013
For over two decades, the “deliberative turn” has rooted itself in the fields of health policy and bioethics, producing a growing body of deliberation in action and associated academic scholarship.
Erika A. Blacksher, Julia Abelson, Kathy K. Li, Sarah E. Boesveld, Susan D. Goold   +4 more
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Re‐Awakening Public Attention to the Silent Pandemic of Cancer Among Older Adults in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

Aging and Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global populations age, cancer is increasingly becoming a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, particularly in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). Despite accounting for the majority of new cancer cases and deaths, older individuals remain underrepresented in cancer research, clinical guidelines, and health ...
Ibrahim Bidemi Abdullateef, Sunkanmi Folorunsho, Abdulazeez Opeyemi Abdulganiyu   +2 more
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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Mimicking Dementia in a Patient Treated With Imatinib

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tyrosine kinase inhibitors are the cornerstone of chronic myeloid leukemia treatment. Newer agents have more potency and a broader spectrum of action, but also a higher potential for neuropsychiatric side effects. We present a case of a patient on imatinib who developed progressive cognitive, mood, and behavioral alterations.
Ashley Jones, Samuele Bonomi, Keith E. Stockerl‐Goldstein, Randall J. Bateman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source