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Urban Resources and Their Linkage to Political Agendas for Armed Groups in Cities

open access: yesJournal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
Rapid urbanisation in countries undergoing or recovering from armed conflict has imposed severe strain on public services and governance. It has also been accompanied by increasing policy and academic concern about the vulnerability of cities to armed ...
Antônio Sampaio
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Marine Technology Transfer under a BBNJ Treaty: A Case for Transnational Network Cooperation

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2018
Our ability to protect and sustainably use the high seas is ultimately subject to our ability to understand this vast and remote environment. The success of an international legally binding instrument (ILBI) for the conservation and sustainable use of ...
Stephen Minas
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Transnational Biographies [PDF]

open access: yesZeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung, 2015
"In this paper we discuss the concept of transnational biographies in migration studies. We use a biographical case study from the relatively new research field of advancement through education to explore that a transnational biography is not just a product of subjectivity but also a way of gaining access to invisible but nonetheless objective ...
Apitzsch, Ursula, Siouti, Irini
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Human Wharton's Jelly-Derived Stem Cells Display Immunomodulatory Properties and Transiently Improve Rat Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis

open access: yesCell Transplantation, 2015
Umbilical cord matrix or Wharton's jelly-derived stromal cells (WJ-MSCs) are an easily accessible source of mesenchymal-like stem cells. Recent studies describe a hypoimmunogenic phenotype, multipotent differentiation potential, and trophic support ...
Raf Donders   +8 more
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Fulfilling the Promise of Palermo? A Political History of the UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

open access: yesJournal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021
UNTOC created a legally binding instrument governing international cooperation between law enforcement and judicial authorities to share evidence and pursue international criminal actors, and a framework for countries to update their legislation to be ...
Ian Tennant
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Enchantment and critical distance in EU legal scholarship: what role for institutional lawyers?

open access: yesEuropean Law Open, 2022
The legal experts working for the European Union (EU) institutions facilitate EU policy-making activities. But no less importantly, they also shape the evolution of EU law.
Päivi Leino-Sandberg
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Lex Lata comes with a Date; or, What Follows from Referring to the “Tallinn Rules”

open access: yesAJIL Unbound, 2019
At first sight, the question that Dan Efrony and Yuval Shany ask in their article, A Rule Book on the Shelf?, makes sense. If a group of lawyers writes a legal manual for state legal advisors, the logical follow-up question would indeed be, do they use ...
Lianne J.M. Boer
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Improved Haptic Linear Lines for Better Movement Accuracy in Upper Limb Rehabilitation

open access: yesAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction, 2012
Force feedback has proven to be beneficial in the domain of robot-assisted rehabilitation. According to the patients' personal needs, the generated forces may either be used to assist, support, or oppose their movements.
Joan De Boeck   +3 more
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Label-Free Imaging of Umbilical Cord Tissue Morphology and Explant-Derived Cells

open access: yesStem Cells International, 2016
In situ detection of MSCs remains difficult and warrants additional methods to aid with their characterization in vivo. Two-photon confocal laser scanning microscopy (TPM) and second harmonic generation (SHG) could fill this gap.
Raf Donders   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Proper Methodology and Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Slavery Data: An Examination of the Global Slavery Index

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2014
The Global Slavery Index aims to, among other objectives, recognize the forms, size, and scope of slavery worldwide as well as the strengths and weaknesses of individual countries.
Andrew Guth   +3 more
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