DEMOCRACY AND THE INTERNET: ACCESS, ENGAGEMENT AND DELIBERATION

Democracy and the Internet: Access, Engagement and Deliberation

The internet has the capacity to facilitate the creation of new forms of civic engagement, but the realisation of these opportunities requires institutional and cultural reinforcement.The democratic character of e-citizenship and the equal distribution of online resources to the public require the fulfilment of four conditions: access, engagement (

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The case of EFL: does technology lead to learning?

This paper reviewed a series of studies which investigated the validity of educational soft ware as tools LIP SHINE SMOOCH to promote EFL learning.A metasummary approach was used to appraise and synthesize the main fi ndings of four studies.The results are presented in a comparative form, providing information extracted from each report in the foll

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Observation of the Energy Dependence of Primary and Secondary Cosmic Rays with the AMS Detector on the International Space Station

Precision study of cosmic nuclei provides detailed knowledge on the origin and propagation of cosmic rays.AMS is a multi-purpose high energy particle detector designed to measure and identify cosmic ray nuclei with unprecedented precision.It is able to provide precision studies of nuclei simultaneously to multi-TeV energies.In 7 years on the Space

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Factors associated with medication information in diabetes care: differences in perceptions between patients and health care professionals

Gerda Längst,1 Hanna Marita Seidling,2,3 Marion Stützle,2,3 Dominik Ose,1 Ines Baudendistel,1 Joachim Szecsenyi,1 Michel Wensing,1,4 Cornelia Mahler1 1Department TMNT of General Practice and Health Services Research, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; 2Cooperation Unit Clinical Pharmacy, University of Heidelberg, Heid

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