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This Master's thesis examines the role of the European Union (EU) as a mediator through the prism of rational choice theory (RCT) in the context of the normalization of relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia from 2011 until 2021. In this respect, it emphasizes first the different types of mediation and the positions adopted by the three actors involved, especially since their respective position strongly affect their understanding of the concept of normalization. On the one hand, both Kosovo and Serbia seek to defend their own interests in the process, a situation that may be illustrated by the largely known “prisoner’s dilemma”. On the other hand, the EU establishes a series of political conditionalities to both parties and has invited Kosovo’s and Serbia’s authorities to conclude a series of, firstly technical, and secondly political agreements, whose most illustrative example appears to be the Brussels agreement (2013). However, the Union’s approach of mediation remains challenged to date by its ambiguity, its lack of transparency and of unity, and the divergences with the recent economic normalization of relations led by the United States of America (USA).

Normalization of relations, recognition, mediation, European Union, Kosovo, Serbia. --- Droit, criminologie & sciences politiques > Sciences politiques, administration publique & relations internationales

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Fernbeziehungen reproduzieren nicht nur normalisierte Vorstellungen von Intimität, sondern stellen sie zugleich infrage. Madeleine Scherrer erforscht, wie Frauen in Fernbeziehungen von vergeschlechtlichten Erfahrungen und Erwartungen berichten. Anhand theoretischer Ansätze zu Raum und Medialität zeigt sie auf, wie Fernbeziehungen als produzierte und sich überlagernde mediale Zwischenräume fungieren. Mit Rückgriff auf Karen Barads Methode der Diffraktion dekonstruiert sie normalisierte Intimitätsvorstellungen und hegemoniale dualistische Denkweisen.

Social sciences. --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies. --- Diffraction. --- Family. --- Gender Studies. --- Gender. --- Hegemony. --- Intimacy. --- Media Aesthetics. --- Mediality. --- Normalization. --- Social Pedagogy. --- Social Relations. --- Sociology of Media. --- Sociology. --- Space. --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Fernbeziehung; Intimität; Normalisierung; Raum; Medialität; Diffraktion; Geschlecht; Gender; Hegemonie; Sozialität; Familie; Mediensoziologie; Gender Studies; Medienästhetik; Sozialpädagogik; Soziologie; Remote Relationship; Intimacy; Normalization; Space; Mediality; Diffraction; Hegemony; Social Relations; Family; Sociology of Media; Media Aesthetics; Social Pedagogy; Sociology

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The events of 1989 and German unification were seismic historical moments. Although 1989 appeared to signify a healing of the war-torn history of the twentieth century, unification posed the question of German cultural identity afresh. Politicians, historians, writers, filmmakers, architects, and the wider public engaged in "memory contests" over such questions as the legitimacy of alternative biographies, West German hegemony, and the normalization of German history. This dynamic, contested, and still ongoing transformation of German cultural identity is the topic of this volume of new essays by scholars from the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Ireland. It explores German cultural identity by way of a range of disciplines including history, film studies, architectural history, literary criticism, memory studies, and anthropology, avoiding a homogenized interpretation. Charting the complex and often contradictory processes of cultural identity formation, the volume reveals the varied responses that continue to accompany the project of unification.

Group identity --- Collective memory --- Literature and society --- German literature --- History --- History and criticism. --- Germany --- Germany (East) --- Cultural policy. --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- 1989. --- German cultural identity. --- German unification. --- West German hegemony. --- alternative biographies. --- culture and politics. --- memory contests. --- normalization of German history.

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This Special Issue celebrates the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the first microRNA. The size of the microRNome and complexity of animal body plans and organ systems suggests a role for microRNAs in cell fate determination and differentiation. More than 2000 sequences have been proposed to represent unique microRNA genes in humans, with an increasing number of mechanistic roles identified in developmental, physiological, and pathological processes. Thus, dysregulation of a few key microRNAs can have a profound global effect on the gene expression and molecular programs of a cell. This great potential for clinical intervention has captured the interest and imagination of researchers in many fields. However, very few fields have been as prolific as the field of cancer research. This Special Issue provides but a glimpse of the large body of literature of microRNA biology in cancer research, containing 4 original research studies and 4 review articles that focus on specific hematologic or solid tumors in disease. Collectively, these articles highlight state-of-the-art approaches and methodologies for microRNA detection in tissue, blood, and other body fluids in a range of biomarkers applications, from early cancer detection to prognosis and treatment response. The articles also address some of the challenges regarding clinical implementation.

leukemia --- n/a --- cell lines --- hepatitis B virus --- long non coding RNA --- normalization of miRNA expression in RT-qPCR --- children --- colorectal --- review --- bevacizumab --- tumor budding cells --- oral cancer --- liquid biopsy --- hepatocellular carcinoma --- small t-antigen --- colorectal cancer --- protein-miRNA complex --- biomarkers --- biomarker --- interleukin-1? --- tissue analysis --- miRNAs --- T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) --- leukoplakia --- inflammation --- exosomes --- circulating free DNA --- hepatitis C virus --- miRNA --- miR-21 --- extracellular microRNA --- endogenous controls --- lymphoma --- confocal slide scanning microscopy --- early diagnosis --- reference genes --- large T-antigen --- microRNA --- miRNA (microRNA) --- cancer --- TNF-? --- plasma --- MicroRNAs.

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Collectively working robot teams can solve a problem more efficiently than a single robot, while also providing robustness and flexibility to the group. Swarm robotics model is a key component of a cooperative algorithm that controls the behaviors and interactions of all individuals. The robots in the swarm should have some basic functions, such as sensing, communicating, and monitoring, and satisfy the following properties:

n/a --- self-organization --- signal source localization --- multi-robot system --- sensor deployment --- parallel technique --- shape normalization --- genetic algorithm --- multiple robots --- optimization --- improved potential field --- optimal configuration --- autonomous docking --- asymmetrical interaction --- comparison --- behaviors --- patterns --- self-assembly robots --- congestion control --- surface-water environment --- target recognition --- coordinate motion --- UAV swarms --- formation reconfiguration --- swarm robotics --- swarm intelligence --- artificial bee colony algorithm --- obstacle avoidance --- fish swarm optimization --- search algorithm --- robotics --- time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) --- formation --- mobile robots --- formation control --- meta-heuristic --- event-triggered communication --- search --- virtual structure --- 3D model identification --- surveillance --- event-driven coverage --- scale-invariant feature transform --- system stability --- Swarm intelligence algorithm --- bionic intelligent algorithm --- unmanned aerial vehicle --- underwater environment --- artificial flora (AF) algorithm --- swarm behavior --- weighted implicit shape representation --- Cramer–Rao low bound (CRLB) --- environmental perception --- particle swarm optimization --- modular robots --- cooperative target hunting --- virtual linkage --- multi-AUV --- consensus control --- panoramic view --- nonlinear disturbance observer --- sliding mode controller --- path optimization --- Swarm Chemistry --- multi-agents --- Cramer-Rao low bound (CRLB)