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Flexible Majority Rules [PDF]

open access: yes
In this paper we introduce flexible majority decision rules where the size of the majority depends on the proposal made by the agenda setter. Flexible majority rules can mitigate the disadvantages of democracies in the provision of public projects.
Hans Gersbach, Ulrich Erlenmaier
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Who was to blame for the accident in the Colectiv Club? Who profited most from the accident?

open access: yesSfera Politicii, 2016
The analysis of the public effects of the Colectiv Club accident (since last autumn) shows that there is a considerable impact of mass-media on the public perceptions, in cases with highly emotional development. Our analysis, on opinion polls, shows that
Dan Sultănescu
doaj  

Uncovered Power: External Agenda Setting, Sophisticated Voting, and Transnational Lobbying [PDF]

open access: yes
Where does the balance of power lie in a policy-making institution with an external agenda setter, legislators, and lobbies? In a multiple round majority rule game with sophisticated actors, we show that the agenda setter obtains its most preferred ...
Silvia Console Battilana
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Prevalence of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in Australia, 2010–2022: A Population‐Based Study Using Linked National Administrative Health Data

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a heterogenous inflammatory condition with widely varying global prevalence estimates. The frequency of SLE in the general population of Australia has been reported to be notably lower than contemporary estimates in countries such as the United States or United Kingdom, at 19 to 39 per 100,000 as opposed ...
Lucinda Roper   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Children and young people’s voices in employability: Engaging with primary school pupils, student placements and the employability agenda: A report to the national children's research centre March 2015 [PDF]

open access: yes
As a consequence of the UNCRC it is expected that children and young people have a voice in the policies and practices that affect them, yet the ‘employability’ agenda cedes power to employers and government in deciding the skills and qualities required ...
Reid, James
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Minimal Important Change and Minimal Clinically Important Difference in Pain and Function With Exercise in Hip Osteoarthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this study was to estimate the minimal important change (MIC) and minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for pain and physical function in individuals with hip osteoarthritis (OA) following a physiotherapist‐guided exercise intervention.
Yareni Guerrero   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Internet and Agenda Setting in China: The Influence of Online Public Opinion on Media Coverage and Government Policy

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2014
Within the theoretical framework of agenda setting, this study examined whether and how online public opinion influences the issue agendas of the traditional media and the government at the national level in the Chinese context.
Yunjuan Luo
doaj  

News Media Effects on Policy Priorities: A Second-Level Agenda-Setting Analysis of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Projects in Myanmar

open access: yesJournalism and Media
This study investigates the impact of the media’s secondary agenda-setting on public perception and policy priorities regarding the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects in Myanmar from to 2011–2024.
Zeyar Oo, Yonghong Dai
doaj   +1 more source

Strategies for Improving Semi-automated Topic Classification of Media and Parliamentary documents [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Since 1995 the techniques and capacities to store new electronic data and to make it available to many persons have become a common good. As of then, different organizations, such as research institutes, universities, libraries, and private companies ...
Atteveldt, W., van   +4 more
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Building a Framework for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Rheumatology Context: Content and Approaches

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
People with systemic autoimmune and rheumatic diseases (SARDs) are at higher risk than the general population of experiencing adverse pregnancy and perinatal outcomes such as preeclampsia, intrauterine growth restriction, and maternal and/or fetal death.
Mehret Birru Talabi, Sonya Borrero
wiley   +1 more source

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