EDUCATION FOR CIVIL SOCIETY OR DEMOCRACY

Education for civil society or democracy

This paper is a scholarly debate on theses which equate the concepts of "civil society" and "democracy".The main objection put forward against the concept of education for civil society is its ideological nature.The paper analyses theoretical and empirical difficulties of the concept.In the first place, "civil society" concept is not identical to "

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Case study: Dosimetric comparison of VMAT, IMRT and 3DCRT techniques for left-sided breast cancer treated in deep inspiration breath-hold

The aim of this case study was to compare 3D conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) plans for patients treated for left-sided breast cancer (whole breast without positive lymph nodes in deep argan oil pure purple inspiration breath-hold (DIBH)) to volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) and intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans.The original cl

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Comparison of Microbial Communities in the Sediments and Water Columns of Frozen Cryoconite Holes in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica

Although cryoconite holes, sediment-filled melt holes on glacier surfaces, appear small and homogenous, their microbial inhabitants may be spatially partitioned.This partitioning could be particularly important for maintaining biodiversity in holes that remain isolated for many years, such as in Antarctica.We hypothesized that cryoconite holes with

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De novo assembly and characterization of the transcriptome, and development of SSR markers in wax gourd (Benicasa hispida).

BACKGROUND: Wax gourd is a widely used vegetable of Cucuribtaceae, and also has important medicinal and health values.However, the genomic resources of wax gourd were scarcity, and only a few nucleotide sequences could be obtained in public databases.METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In this study, we examined transcriptome in wax gourd.More than 44

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