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Journal of Danubian Studies and Research, 2021 This study analyzes the quality of citizen representation in local government in Albania. The territorial administrative map of Albania contains 61 municipalities and 12 regions. The territory of a municipality lies in urban, peri-urban and rural areas.
Andon Kume
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Reimagining direct democracy as an intersection of different forms of representation [PDF]
Pravni Zapisi, 2020 As an exceptional device in the life of contemporary constitutional democracies, direct democracy is normally considered to be separate from representation.
Miloš Matija
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Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Objective This study examined the global and regional temporal changes in cross‐country inequalities of site‐specific osteoarthritis (OA) burden from 1990 to 2021. Methods Age‐standardized years lived with disability rate for site‐specific OA across 204 countries/territories were obtained from the Global Burden of Diseases Study (GBD) 2021.
Haowei Chen +14 more
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Métropoles, 2016 This article deals with the impact of local political competition on participatory democracy. To what extent does political competition at local level shapes the production of ‘citizen participation’ in participatory arenas?
Virginie Anquetin, Cécile Cuny
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Hydrostatic bearings excel in high‐precision applications, but their performance hinges on a continuous external supply. This study evaluates various material combinations for sliding surfaces to mitigate damage during supply failures or misalignment and to discover the most effective materials identified for enhancing the reliability and efficiency of
Michal Michalec +6 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Molecular dynamics simulations are advancing the study of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and RNA‐conjugated molecules. These developments include improvements in force fields, long‐timescale dynamics, and coarse‐grained models, addressing limitations and refining methods.
Kanchan Yadav, Iksoo Jang, Jong Bum Lee
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Le référendum britannique du 23 juin 2016 : un simulacre de démocratie ?
Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique, 2017 With the referendum on Brexit of June 23 2016 the British took a fundamental decision not only for the future of their country but also for the future of the entire European Union.
Christian Auer
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Deformation Behavior of La2O3‐Doped Copper during Equal Channel Angular Pressing
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.By additions of strengthening elements and/or structure optimization, the mechanical properties of copper can be increased while keeping favorable electric conductivity. By combining addition of La2O3 and processing by equal channel angular pressing, substructure development is achieved, leading to increase in microhardness to more than double the ...
Lenka Kunčická +2 more
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REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: MAKING IT WORK BETTER [PDF]
Public Economics,
Hansen, Lawrence N.
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Book review: The end of representativepolitics by Simon Tormey [PDF]
, 2015 In The End of Representative Politics, Simon Tormey challenges the assumption that politics and democracy are ‘dead’, blighted by chronic distrust of the political class and undermined by the perceived failure of representative democracy to secure social
Dadgar, Ali
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