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Does Political Reservation Affect Voting Behavior? Empirical Evidence from India [PDF]

open access: yes
Using microdata from the National Election Study of the 2004 parliamentary elections in India, we empirically examine the impact of political reservation for disadvantaged castes and tribes on voting behavior.
Takashi Kurosaki, Yuko Mori
core  

Self‐Driving Laboratory Optimizes the Lower Critical Solution Temperature of Thermoresponsive Polymers

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
A low‐cost, self‐driving laboratory is developed to democratize autonomous materials discovery. Using this "frugal twin" hardware architecture with Bayesian optimization, the platform rapidly converges to target lower critical solution temperature (LCST) values while self‐correcting from off‐target experiments, demonstrating an accessible route to data‐
Guoyue Xu, Renzheng Zhang, Tengfei Luo
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity, patronage and parties: parties and party system change in Indonesia

open access: yes, 2012
The dissertation asks why some political systems have many parties and others only a few. Existing research on regime survival confirms that an excess of parties can generate regime instability. Because party systems affect key political outcomes, institutional engineers have sought to tweak electoral systems in order to produce favourable patterns of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Human‐Machine Mutual Trust Based Shared Control Framework for Intelligent Vehicles

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This work introduces a bidirectional‐trust‐driven shared control framework for human‐machine co‐driving. The method models human‐to‐machine trust from intention discrepancies and Bayesian skill assessment, and machine‐to‐human trust from integrated ability evaluation.
Zhishuai Yin   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Party Dealignment, Multiconflictual Party Systems and Transformation of Cleavages:Theoretical Considerations

open access: yesTeoria Polityki
Political partisanship in Europe has undergone a significant and multifaceted transformation in recent decades.
Ladislav Cabada, Jakub Charvát
doaj   +1 more source

Term limits, Campaign contributions, and the distribution of power in state legislatures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Using campaign contributions to legislators as an indicator of member influence, we explore the impact of term limits on the distribution of power within state legislatures.
Apollonio, DE, La Raja, RJ
core   +1 more source

Structural problems without structural solutions? Youth leaders' perceptions of their community

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract As young people explore and reflect on the conditions of their neighborhoods and communities, they can forge a critical consciousness—merging their perspectives and analysis to direct both individual and collective actions. Photovoice is a methodological tool that allows participants to document their perspectives and analysis and discuss with
Linnea L. Hjelm   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Has the DRG System Influenced the Efficiency of Diagnostic Technology in Portugal? [PDF]

open access: yes
The use of Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG) as a mechanism for hospital financing is a currently debated topic in Portugal. The DRG system was scheduled to be initiated by the Health Ministry of Portugal on January 1, 1990 as an instrument for the ...
Clara Dismuke, Vania Sena
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Navigating an STI diagnosis: The role of social support, intergenerational learning, and transformative growth among Black women

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Black women face a myriad of challenges that heighten their susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs), resulting in a disproportionate impact of STIs among this population. Yet, there is a lack of research that explores how women navigate these diagnoses with resilience.
Jaleah D. Rutledge   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

What constitutes a new party? The lack of a standard operationalization and the way forward

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
This mini-review examines scholars' responses to the question, “What constitutes a new party?” It proposes a path out of a situation in which there is no one standard answer to this question, or even a dominant answer.
Gideon Rahat
doaj   +1 more source

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