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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
wiley   +1 more source

Electronic voting in the system of electronic democracy of the Russian Federation: problems and risks

Современная наука и инновации
The article presents the main approaches to the study of the phenomenon of electronic voting: legal, sociological, political science and technological. The definitions of electronic voting are presented, and its key parameters are outlined. The evolution
K. Z. Balkarova
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary management and feeding considerations of pediatric aerodigestive and upper gastrointestinal motility disorders: A position paper by the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) Neurogastroenterology and Motility Committee

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective Pediatric aerodigestive and upper gastrointestinal (UGI) motility disorders are common and may be associated with compromised nutritional status and decreased quality of life. Traditional dietary recommendations for aerodigestive and UGI motility disorders have been rudimentary and largely based upon experience and common sense ...
Khalil El‐Chammas, Kirsten B. Jones, Joan Arvedson, Mary Boruta, Erick Toro‐Monjaraz, Anita Sicolo, Anil Darbari, Rachel Rosen, Julie Khlevner   +8 more
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Sensory profiling of South Korean grape wines: a comparison of fast profiling methods and evaluation environments

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract BACKGROUND The South Korean wine market has rapidly expanded in recent years; however, the sensory characteristics of domestically produced red wines remain largely unexplored. This study aims to profile the sensory attributes of South Korean red wines and compare the performance of two rapid profiling methods – check‐all‐that‐apply (CATA) and
Yeonjoo Yeo, Han Sub Kwak, Seo‐Jin Chung, Kaixin Xiao, Mi‐Ran Kim, Jungmin Oh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Participation politique des Égyptiens résidant en France : vers la construction d’une citoyenneté en migration ?

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2015
The revolutionary process that began in Egypt in January 2011 has given rise to a new actor in Egyptian political space: the voter living abroad. This research note discusses remote voting Egyptians living in France. It is based on an ongoing field study
Célia Lamblin
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Allocation of Indivisible Items With a Common Preference Graph: Minimizing Total Dissatisfaction

Networks, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Allocating indivisible items among a set of agents is a frequently studied discrete optimization problem. In the setting considered in this work, the agents' preferences over the items are assumed to be identical. We consider a very recent measure for the overall quality of an allocation which does not rely on numerical valuations of the items.
Nina Chiarelli, Clément Dallard, Andreas Darmann, Stefan Lendl, Martin Milanič, Peter Muršič, Ulrich Pferschy   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Refining Land Cover Classification Maps Based on Dual-Adaptive Majority Voting Strategy for Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Images

Remote Sensing, 2018
Land cover classification that uses very high resolution (VHR) remote sensing images is a topic of considerable interest. Although many classification methods have been developed, the accuracy and usability of classification systems can still be improved.
Guoqing Cui, Zhiyong Lv, Guangfei Li, Jón Atli Benediktsson, Yudong Lu   +4 more
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Mechanisms and impacts of future plant invasions: research agendas and management needs under disruptive social‐ecological change scenarios

Oikos, EarlyView.
No‐analogue futures are characteristic of the Anthropocene, but how global change, and societies' responses, will affect plant invasions remains unclear. Conducting research now to address future needs is crucial for guiding invasion management and policy.
Jennifer L. Bufford, Angela J. Brandt, Rowan Sprague, Christopher E. Buddenhagen, Richard P. Duncan, Nichola Harcourt, Philip E. Hulme, Hao Ran Lai, Kate G. McAlpine, Chris McGrannachan, Fiona J. Thomson, Vincent van Uitregt, Duane A. Peltzer   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of Legal Regulation of Electronic Vote in Russia

Управленческое консультирование, 2018
This article discusses the features of the evolution of legal regulation of e-voting in Russia. The article deals with the emergence of e-voting, the first experiments on its implementation in the Russian electoral practices. The author analyzed of legal
Yaroslav Valeryevich Antonov
doaj  

Building Party Support Abroad: Turkish Diaspora Organisations in Germany and the UK

Politics and Governance
This article covers a unique form of political mobilisation within the Turkey-originated diasporic community in Europe that formed after Turkey introduced external voting in 2012.
Inci Öykü Yener-Roderburg, Erman Örsan Yetiş   +1 more
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