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Is there a risk of esketamine misuse in clinical practice?
In 2019, intranasal esketamine gained approval as a promising therapy for those individuals grappling with treatment-resistant depression. Both clinical trials and real-world studies have underscored its efficacy in ...
"I am not just here to make you cry" - unexpected challenges to the artistic freedom of refugee artists
How much artistic freedom does a refugee artist have in the West? The contribution proposes to rethink and expand the threats to artistic expression beyond the juridical and ideological through the stories of two artists: ...
Molecular characterization of metastatic penile squamous cell carcinoma in developing countries and its impact on clinical outcomes: LACOG 2018 translational study
Background: Penile squamous cell carcinoma (PSCC) is a rare malignancy. However, in developing countries the incidence rate is higher. The understanding of molecular alterations is essential for evaluating possible targets ...
The development and exploratory analysis of the Writing and AI Knowledge Scale (WAIKS)
Comunicació presentada al EuroCALL 2025 - Advancing CALL: new research agendas, celebrada a Milà(Itàlia) del 27 al 30 d'agost de 2025.
Generative AI and the scope of EU copyright law: a doctrinal analysis in light of the referral in Like Company v. Google
This article offers a doctrinal analysis of the copyright implications raised by Like Company v. Google Ireland (C-250/25), the first case to bring generative AI before the Court of Justice of the European Union. It examines ...
From equal state consent to equal public participation in international organizations: institutionalizing multiple International representation
The authors begin by observing that most obligations of international law are still regarded as `based¿ on State consent. There are good reasons for this, especially from a democratic legitimacy perspective. Still, the ...
A new era for biotech patents? Empirical and theoretical considerations on the current patent dilemma
During the last two decades, the genomics revolution has contributed enormously to the development of novel research approaches in the field of biological sciences. We have seen the development of new biotechnological tools ...
The design of a vision-assisted dynamic antenna positioning radio frequency identification-based inventory robot utilizing a 3-degree-of-freedom manipulator
In contemporary warehouse logistics, the demand for efficient and precise inventory management is increasingly critical, yet traditional Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based systems often falter due to static antenna ...
Can dictionary consultation during reading be improved?
While many ELT websites continue to promote contextual guessing as the preferred strategy for understanding unfamiliar words, there is limited evidence that this practice outperforms dictionary use for vocabulary comprehension. ...
Control de constitucionalidad deliberativo: el ciudadano ante la justicia constitucional, la acción pública de inconstitucionalidad y la legitimidad democrática del control judicial al legislador
Control de Constitucionalidad Deliberativo es una defensa de la legitimidad democrática del control de constitucionalidad a partir de las credenciales deliberativas del mecanismo que habilita el acceso directo de los ...
Cities as democratic representatives in international law-making
Cities increasingly contribute to international law-making. There are several reasons why this should be considered a positive development. First, states are unable to take sufficient action to address many pressing global ...
Sudan's complex genetic admixture history drives adaptation to malaria in Sudanese Copts
Sudan lies at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East, with rich cultural, linguistic, and ecological diversity shaped by a complex demographic history. We present a whole-genome sequencing (WGS) study of Sudanese ...
Crowdsourcing crisis management and democratic legitimacy
In situations of crisis, governments must make decisions under a great uncertainty, complexity, urgency, high social pressure, and great scarcity of resources. We need to maximize the quality of decisions and ensure that ...
Precarious employment, strenuous working conditions and the long-term risk of diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal disorders
Objectives To investigate the effect of precarious employment (PE) on the risk of diagnosed chronic musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among Swedish workers in occupations with strenuous working conditions. Methods This ...
The right to protest and contestation in a deliberative democracy
This chapter explores and analyses the scope and the role that contestation and the right to protest may play in a legitimate, constitutional, deliberative democracy. It develops a normative argument to show that the right ...
Standardised and reproducible phenotyping using distributed analytics and tools in the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN EU)
Purpose: The generation of representative disease phenotypes is important for ensuring the reliability of the findings of observational studies. The aim of this manuscript is to outline a reproducible framework for reliable ...
