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Geography of Electoral Districting or Gerrymandering and Malapportionment, Romanian‑style
Sfera Politicii, 2015 In 2008, Romania instituted an electoral system that uses proportional methods for distributing seats to political parties and uninominal constituencies for assigning parliamentary seats to candidates.
Aurelian Giugăl
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Data‐Driven Design of Scalable Perovskite Film Fabrication via Machine Learning–Guided Processing
Carbon Energy, EarlyView.Considering complex process parameters and poor reproducibility in perovskite thin film fabrication, this study uses machine learning to analyze and predict high‐dimensional process variables. The Random Forest model, identified as the most effective, can effectively analyze and rapidly predict optimal process parameters from extensive data.
Hong Liu +9 more
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Voting for the Electoral System: an Experiment. [PDF]
The choice of the electoral system should be delegated to the citizens. However, citizens are not sufficiently informed to choose the system directly.
Ortona, Guido
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The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.Abstract This paper proposes an online process fault diagnosis scheme that integrates principal component analysis, Andrews function, autoencoder, and multilayer feedforward neural network to enhance the fault diagnosis performance. Useful features are extracted from the online monitoring data by using Andrews function (also known as Andrews plot).
Shengkai Wang, Jie Zhang
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Elections as beauty contests: do the rules matter? [PDF]
, 2011 Leaders have become the human face of election campaigns. This has lead to the suggestion that many voters now vote for the party leader they like best rather than the party they prefer.
Curtice, John, Hunjan, S.
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National Identity Meaning and Attitudes Toward War, Peace, and the Future of Ukraine
Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The link between attitudes and social identity is complex, influencing perceptions, motivations, and actions. Social psychological research mainly focused on the role of attitude in identity formation, particularly in the contexts of social movements and collective action.
Karina V. Korostelina +6 more
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Journal of Local Government Research and InnovationBackground: The electoral systems adopted for local government offer the citizens the democratic opportunity to elect their representatives through a proportional representative system and constituency electoral system.
Ndwakhulu S. Tshishonga
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To What Extent Does ESG Performance Influence Board Engagement in Acquisition Activity?
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between boards and corporate acquisition activity. Specifically, we posit that boards with directors who have been politicians positively influence the propensity to pursue acquisitions and that ESG performance (divided into environmental, social, and governance scores) moderates this relationship.
Leticia Pérez‐Calero +4 more
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Exploring university student perspectives of a challenge‐based curriculum
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The world faces multiple global and local challenges, with some describing one challenge, climate breakdown, as an existential threat. Publications in this journal have highlighted the importance of curricula that help students better understand and address these challenges.
Miles Thompson +3 more
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Simulating voting rule reforms for the Italian parliament. An economic perspective [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the debate about the electoral rules in Italy. In particular, we simulate some voting rules to test what is the best electoral system on the basis of a utility function that takes into account two indices ...
Ottone, Stefania +2 more
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