A compliant metastructure design with reconfigurability up to six degrees of freedom by Humphrey Yang, Dinesh K. Patel, Tate Johnson, Ke Zhong, Gina Olson, Carmel Majidi, Mohammad F. Islam, Teng Zhang, Lining Yao

“…We believe the presented method can help democratize compliant metastructures development and expand their versatility for broader contexts.…”
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Advancing poliovirus eradication: lessons learned from piloting direct molecular detection of polioviruses in high-risk and priority geographies by Paula L. Marcet, Brandon Short, Ashley Deas, Hong Sun, Chelsea Harrington, Shahzad Shaukat, Muhammad Masroor Alam, Marycelin Baba, Adedayo Faneye, Prossy Namuwulya, Lea Necitas Apostol, Tamer Elshaarawy, John Kofi Odoom, Peter Borus, Shelina Moonsamy, Yogolelo Riziki, Marie Claire Endegue Zanga, Mesfin Tefera, Anfumbom K. W. Kfutwah, Salmaan Sharif, Varja Grabovac, Cara C. Burns, Nancy Gerloff

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THE RIGHT TO GOOD ADMINISTRATION AS A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF THE PERSON: EU EXPERIENCE by Tetyana Kaganovska, Vitalii Serohin

“…Proper administration developed in administrative-legal theory and practice within the framework of the general concept of proper administration, which includes effective and democratic power with the simultaneous implementation of public interests and guaranteed rights of the parties to defense in administrative cases. …”
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A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF THE STUDIES ON THE GOD IMAGE IN THE SAMPLE OF TÜRKİYE by Özlem Güler Aydın

“…Studies suggest that individuals raised in environments characterized by oppressive, authoritarian, or neglectful parenting are prone to form fear-oriented God images, while those with democratic parenting tend toward love-oriented God images. …”
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DIGITALIZATION: A TOOL FOR MODERNIZATION OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN UKRAINE by Oleksandr Yevtushenko

“…The article conducts a theoretical and methodological analysis of digitalization as a crucial factor in the development of a digital society and democratic governance in Ukraine. Digitalization is characterized as a tool for modernizing and introducing a new model of public administration based on cooperation with the population, protection of public interests, advocacy for citizens' interests, and public-private partnerships with commercial business structures. …”
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Protection of constitutional values in the conditions of the Russian-Ukrainian war by Т. І. Gudz

“…International support is also critical to strengthening legal stability and protecting democratic values. The results of the study can be used to improve legislation and law enforcement practice in Ukraine, as well as to increase the effectiveness of international support in the field of human rights protection. …”
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‘Trumpism’ as a Dominant Movement in the U.S. Republican Party in the 2020s by P. A. Sharikov

“…It notes that while Trump distanced himself from the most radical initiatives of the far-right faction of the Republican establishment during the campaign, his rhetoric was distinctly conservative and combative, especially when contrasted with the conciliatory platform of the Democrats. In conclusion, the article argues that ‘Trumpism’ has evolved into a powerful, independent movement within the Republican Party, one that is likely to maintain its influence in the years to come. …”
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The growing U.S.-Chinese rivalry and foreign policy initiatives of the Biden administration in Latin Caribbean America by A. D. Trebukh

“…The first section of the article defines the place of LCA in the foreign policy strategy of the current administration in the context of the Democrats’ rhetoric about the struggle over the ‘free world’ challenged by the authoritarian regimes, in particular by the PRC. …”
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Strategic Knowledge for Social Participation in Unified Health System by Renata Lopes De Siqueira, Rosângela Minardi Mitre Cotta, Jeferson Boechat Soares

“…However, the overcoming of such practices requires adopting a critical and reflective teaching model, in which, besides the transfer of key information about the normative content that counselors need to master for the exercise of their duties, there is the promotion of a culture of democratic political participation; and resistance to authoritarianism and clientelism, as both of the latter are common in the Brazilian political system, especially in small and medium-sized municipalities.…”
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POLITICAL STRUGGLE OVER THE IMMIGRATION REFORM DURING G.W.BUSH PRESIDENCY by A. A. Filippenko

“…John McCain became his closest ally in the reform. Democrats made considerable concessions, while moderate Republicans were willing to meet them halfway, but the conservatives would not let the Congress adopt a new legislation, calling any attempt at comprehensive immigration reform an amnesty for the criminals. …”
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TOWARDS THE QUESTION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL STATUS OF IDEOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY by V. E. Gromov

“…It is possible to talk about the existential newness, the rise of personal indifference in connection with the irresponsible short-sightedness with which today under the guise of democratic overcome the totalitarian narratives is lightly questioned the universally valid moral values, belittled the philosophical classics and dragged the false ideological omnivorous freedom and devaluation of high culture. …”
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¿Una nación en bosquejos? Procesos de identificación aymara en Chile durante el periodo transicional, 1990-1993 by Cristina Oyarzo

“…This experience reinforced identification processes that gained renewed strength with the national democratic opening and the international recognition of indigenous rights. …”
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La déforestation au prisme des terroirs villageois en situation de mosaïque forêt-savane, République Démocratique du Congo by Christophe Demichelis, Johan Oszwald, Clélia Gasquet-Blanchard, Victor Narat, Jean-Christophe Bokika, Tamara Giles-Vernick

“…This study investigates the spatial organization of human activities at the scale of village terroirs of the North Batéké Chiefdom, Democratic Republic of Congo. How are human activities organized on the periphery of the villages? …”
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Subjectivity as a fundamental concept of modern philosophy of education by Віктор Довбня

“…The focus on the ac­tualisation of the problem of subjectivity is combined with the awareness of its existential multidimensionality and collision, which has different manifestations in totalitarian, authoritarian and democratic societies. In the semantic field of philosophical anthropology as meta-anthropology (N. …”
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Neo-traditionalism as a factor of neoconservative modernization: specificity of the evolution of power and control by Valentin Tyan

“…Neotraditionalism in the management system of the modern information society is dual. Democratic of the personalized management models is relative. …”
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Adapting to Détente: US Policy on Korean Unification in 1968-1973 by D. A. Sadakov

“…At the same time, the military threat posed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, for example, in the 1973–1975 conflict along the Northern Boundary Line, remained relevant.Nevertheless, in 1968–1973 the Americans succeeded in reshaping their policy toward Korea under conditions of a dramatic improvement in the international situation of the DPRK and settlement of US-Chinese relations. …”
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Higher Education and the Politics of the Radical Imagination by Henry A Giroux

“…In doing so, I conclude with a particular emphasis on the need for educators to develop a new language of governance accompanied by reclaiming the discourse of civic courage and the ethical imagination, all of which I believe are central to any viable notion of transformative democratic change. …”
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Auch eine Gewerkschaft? Der Deutschnationale Handlungsgehilfenverband und die Angestellten by Martin Otto

“…In 1928, the DHV leadership broke with Hugenberg’s DNVP and began supporting the democratic conservatives. Although many of its members turned into ardent National Socialists, other members and officials became part of the German resistance. …”
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POLITICAL CRISIS AND SOCIAL PROTEST IN THAILAND by E. V. Koldunova

“…Thailand has the longest democratic tradition among ther countries of South-east Asia. …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION; PERSPECTIVES CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS by NASIRU SULE, KAMILU ISHAQ

“…It used theoretical perspectives of the democratic participation, globalization, development school and localist. …”
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