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Legal Standards of New Technologies of Voting in Electoral Process of Estonia
Управленческое консультирование, 2018 The article deals with innovative approaches to the study and implementation of the theory and practice of the electoral process of modern technologies of e-democracy and e-voting. The author analyzes legal aspects of e-voting as new technology of voting
Nickolas Sergeyevich Chimarov
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Learning From and Through Evaluation: An Examination of Practice
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we provide an analysis across the foregoing practice‐based case exemplars to understand antecedent conditions and influences, learning‐oriented evaluation strategies, estimates of strategy success or potential success, and factors that either enable or hinder the extent to which learning from and through evaluation occurs. The
J. Bradley Cousins, Jill Chouinard
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From Insight to Theory: Advancing Sentiment Evaluation for Diaspora Development Projects
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of “sentiment evaluation,” drawing on a mid‐term evaluation by the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) of its program supporting Somali diaspora activism in Somaliland. Conducted in 2014, the evaluation revealed that “sentiment,” the emotional, identity‐based attachment linking diaspora actors to their homeland ...
Valeria Saggiomo +1 more
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The Learning Function of Evaluation: A Conceptual Framing
New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we set out a conceptual overview of what we call learning in the evaluation ecosystem to depict the interplay between external influences, organizational and community factors, and learning levers (e.g. capacity building, systems thinking).
Jill Anne Chouinard, J. Bradley Cousins
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Legal Regulation of Electronic Voting Technologies in Kazakhstan
Евразийская интеграция: экономика, право, политика, 2019 The article dwells on the experience of the elections in Kazakhstan the technology of electronic voting. The authors analyze the evolution of the implementation of the new technology voting and the reasons of temporary rejection of her.
V. P. Kirilenko, N. S. Chimarov
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Parascaris spp. induced surgical colic in juvenile horses—A Scandinavian perspective
Equine Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Background Parascaris spp. commonly infects foals, and high burdens can cause fatal small intestinal impactions. Progressive anthelmintic resistance poses a risk for an increase of Parascaris spp. related disease in juvenile horses. Objectives To investigate Parascaris‐related surgical intestinal lesions, with special emphasis on ascarid ...
E. Tydén +8 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper, we will construct and analyze intersecting definitions of womanhood among middle‐class women living in Karachi, Pakistan. Women are agents of their lives and are not passive voices. In this paper, we present narratives of women who resist “societal” narratives of womanhood to live a life of their choosing.
Urooba Ahmed Fatima +7 more
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Actual Problems of Electoral Laws of the Russian Federation Reforming
Èkonomika, Pedagogika i Pravo, 2015 Development of Russia and democracy at the present stage can't be presented without institute of elections. Elections have serious impact on all historical way of development of the state, at the same time in Russia there are many problems in the sphere ...
Dmitriy O. Ezhevskiy
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Regulating secondary phase of Rb‐based aggregates for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells
FlexMat, EarlyView.By introducing RbAc into the precursor solution, the crystallization pathway is optimized, excessive lead iodide is eliminated, grain size increases, and defects are passivated in the perovskite films. The obtained perovskite devices exhibit improved power conversion efficiency and operational stability. Abstract Passivating defects in perovskite films
Weiyuan Chen +7 more
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The Unintended Consequences of Sugar‐Sweetened Beverage Taxes on Sales and Prices of Beer Beverages
Health Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper estimates the causal effect of Berkeley's sugar‐sweetened beverage (SSB) tax on beer purchases and prices using retail scanner data from 2014 to 2015. Applying both synthetic control and difference‐in‐differences (DID) approaches, we find that the tax reduced beer purchases within Berkeley by 8.9%, while having a negligible effect ...
Lei Pan, Xiaoyong Zheng
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