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Tweets and Mobilisation: Collective Action Theory and Social Media
Medijske Studije, 2017 This article examines the relationship between social protest and social media from the theoretical perspective of the Collective Action Research Program.
Cody McClain Brown
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Social mobilisation for adult literacy in Botswana
, 1995 This article is about social mobilisation as a development communication approach which enhances people's participation in social or development programmes or projects.
Nyirenda, Juma E.
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted attention as a promising material due to the growing demand for environmentally friendly, cost‐effective, and efficient water treatment techniques. With its physicochemical characteristics, this stratified bidimensional material allows it to be highly effective in adsorption and catalytic performance ...
Pariksha Bishnoi +4 more
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Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng +5 more
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Islamism as the Voice of Opposition in the Arab World and the Post-Soviet Republics of Central Asia
Czech Journal of International Relations, 2005 This article aims to explore the phenomenon of Islamism as the voice of opposition against authoritative and oppressive governments in the Arab world and post-Soviet republics of Central Asia.
Ondřej Ditrych
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A Soft Robotic Device for Targeted Massage Therapy of Residual Limbs
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Residual limb edema after amputation can hinder recovery and delay prosthetic fitting. This study presents a soft‐robotic wearable device that delivers sequential compression through pneumatic McKibben actuators. By replicating the principles of manual lymphatic drainage, the device generates controlled mechanotherapeutic pressure patterns, providing a
Maria Grazia Polizzotto +5 more
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3D‐Printing Aided Rapid Prototyping of Pretensioned Tensegrity Structures for Robotic Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Printing, injection molding, and assembly (PMA) is a method for rapid prototyping mesoscale, topologically complex, and tensioned tensegrity structures. In combination with PMA method, two mold design strategies: modular mold and compact channel layout, enable efficiency and scalability for tensegrity fabrication.
Yi Sun +3 more
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Migrants to rural areas as a social movement: insights from Italy
Bio-based and Applied Economics, 2018 Migrants in Italy often form the majority of the labour force in the primary sector; their residential and work conditions are generally of low quality, and their entrepreneurship is limited.
Giorgio Osti
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Risks, Opportunities and the Social Technology of Political Judgment in the Times of the New Economy [PDF]
A framework of political judgment has been rapidly emerging in recent years, linking, within its normative and cognitive parameters, the liberalization of the international compact (‘disembedded liberalism’) with policies of labour re-commodifiction in ...
Azmanova, Albena
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South Africa is frequently referred to as the global protest capital because of recurring social uprisings, especially against poor service delivery. Student protests at South African universities have increasingly relied on social media for mobilisation,
Hendricks, Eleanor Alvira +1 more
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