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A Two-Threshold Model for Scaling Laws of Non-Interacting Snow Avalanches

open access: yes, 2004
The sizes of snow slab failure that trigger snow avalanches are power-law distributed. Such a power-law probability distribution function has also been proposed to characterize different landslide types.
C. Dussauge   +11 more
core   +3 more sources

Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.
Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
wiley   +1 more source

Engineering geology of British rocks and soils : Lias Group [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The report begins with an introduction and a detailed modern assessment of the geology of the Lias Group in terms of both stratigraphy and lithology. The modern lithostratigraphy is placed in the context of the old, and sometimes more familiar, usage ...
Barron, M.   +8 more
core  

Local Leaflets: Constituency Issue Messaging at the 2024 General Election

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 111-119, January/March 2025.
Abstract The 2024 general election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to the issues that dominated the national campaign. Using original leaflet data from the OpenElections project, this study extends the focus to explore the issues emphasised in local electoral ...
Alan Duggan, Caitlin Milazzo, Siim Trumm
wiley   +1 more source

Landslides of China's Qinling

open access: yesGeoscience Data Journal
The Qinling Mountains in China frequently experience geological disasters, with large‐scale landslides being particularly prominent, causing severe economic losses to the local area.
Liye Feng   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fragmented and Dealigned: The 2024 British General Election and the Rise of Place‐Based Politics

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 13-25, January/March 2025.
Abstract While the outcome of the 2024 British general election signalled a resounding repudiation of the incumbent government—returning a 231‐seat swing from the Conservatives to Labour—it did not radically overturn the geography of electoral outcomes in England and Wales.
Will Jennings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnic Minority Representation After the 2024 General Election: Does Ethnicity No Longer Matter?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 127-133, January/March 2025.
Abstract With a new record of ethnic minority MPs elected in 2024, Westminster is nearly fully representative of voters of ethnic minority origins. This outcome was not entirely dependent on Labour's landslide, with pre‐election analyses showing that diversity of MPs would have improved with all possible election results.
Maria Sobolewska
wiley   +1 more source

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