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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Thermomechanical fatigue tests of laser beam powder bed fusion (PBF‐LB) Inconel 718 show that the additively manufactured material reaches almost the lifetimes of conventionally‐rolled material under no‐dwell conditions. Introducing dwell times at the maximum temperature markedly reduces the lifetimes due to pronounced grain boundary sliding associated
Stefan Guth +6 more
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Outcome, Process & Power in Direct Democracy [PDF]
Based on survey data for Switzerland, new empirical findings on direct democracy are presented. In the first part, we show that, on average, public employees receive lower financial compensation under more direct democratic institutions.
Alois Stutzer +2 more
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Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, 2013 The Estonian parliament is the only institution in the country that may call a referendum, i.e. the parliament itself can formulate the crucial question and put it forward for people to vote. The constitution, though, lacks the institution to harness the
Liivik Ero
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Copper‐based composites enhanced with carbon feature convenient mechanical properties and favorable electric conductivity. Processing via deformation and thermomechanical treatments can introduce advantageous microstructures further enhancing their performance. Herein, copper–graphene powder‐based composites are directly consolidated via rotary swaging
Radim Kocich +3 more
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8 Principles of Direct Democracy
, 2019 We propose eight principles of direct democracy that shall provide guidance on the basic premises to be considered when direct democratic decision-making institutions are constituted.
Kyburz, Stephan Daniel, Schlegel, Stefan
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Direct democracy in the digital age: opportunities, challenges, and new approaches
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsThis article delves into the evolving landscape of direct democracy, particularly in the context of the digital era, where ICT and digital platforms play a pivotal role in shaping democratic engagement.
Pattharapong Rattanasevee +2 more
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New AI‐Assisted Approach for Expanding the Solution Space: Application to Lattice Structure Design
Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This work introduces an innovative framework for designing structured materials by ex panding the design space through reparameterization of qualitative variables into continuous structural descriptors. Combined with machine‐learning‐based prediction and multi‐objective optimization, the approach enables the discovery of novel lattice architectures ...
G. H. Gahimbare +5 more
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The Economic Effects of Direct Democracy - A Cross-Country Assessment [PDF]
This is the first study that assesses the economic effects of direct democratic institutions on a cross country basis. Most of the results of the former intra-country studies could be confirmed.
Lorenz Blume, Stefan Voigt
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Politik Indonesia: Indonesian Political Science Review, 2016 Unison in the succeeding organized the elections after December 9, 2015 as part of efforts to strengthen electoral democracy, Indonesia faced with the challenges of building a democratic substance.
Mokhamad Abdul Aziz
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Sustainability assessment requires methodologies that appropriately distinguish between additive and non‐additive material properties. A toxicity‐weighted scoring system is developed and applied that accounts for the disproportionate influence of highly toxic constituents through nonlinear weighting functions, providing more realistic estimates than ...
Seth Mehalic +2 more
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