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Elections as beauty contests: do the rules matter? [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Multi-party Quantum Computation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We investigate definitions of and protocols for multi-party quantum computing in the scenario where the secret data are quantum systems. We work in the quantum information-theoretic model, where no assumptions are made on the computational power of the ...
Smith, Adam
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Enabling Digital Continuity in Virtual Manufacturing for Eco‐Efficiency Assessment of Lightweight Structures by Means of a Domain‐Specific Structural Mechanics Language: Requirements, Idea and Proof of Concept

open access: yesAdvanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.
This article presents a solver‐agnostic domain‐specific language (DSL) for computational structural mechanics that strengthens interoperability in virtual product development. Using a hierarchical data model, the DSL enables seamless exchange between diverse simulation tools and numerical methods.
Martin Rädel   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Legacy of Dictatorship for Democratic Parties in Latin America

open access: yesJournal of Politics in Latin America, 2016
When dictators seize power, they face a choice about how to deal with the pre-existing political parties. Some simply repress all parties, some ally themselves with one of the traditional parties and use it to help organize their rule, and others repress
Erica Frantz, Barbara Geddes
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Social Media in Political Communication of Swedish Right-Wing Parties

open access: yesДискурс
Introduction. The institutionalization of social media as the main communicative area of modern life forces political parties to be involved in new formats of interaction with the audience. The spread of populism, made possible thanks to new technologies,
A. Yu. Kolianov   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Party System Analysis in Central and Eastern Europe: the Case of the Baltic States [PDF]

open access: yesStudies of Transition States and Societies, 2011
The nature of the party systems in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) has puzzled many scholars. High instability of the party systems and their specific evolution makes the application of theoretical models designed predominately for Western European ...
Tõnis Saarts
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Party Competition in Latin America in Flux: Party Systems, Parties, and Partisans

open access: yesLatin American Research Review, 2019
This essay reviews the following works: The Fates of Political Parties: Institutional Crisis, Continuity, and Change in Latin America. By Jennifer Cyr. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. Pp. v + 269. $99.99 hardcover. ISBN: 9781107189799.
Ryan E. Carlin
doaj   +1 more source

How Prediction Markets can Save Event Studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Event studies have been used in political science to study the cost of regulation (Schwert, 1981), the value of political connections (Roberts, 1990a; Fisman, 2001), the effect of political parties on defense spending (Roberts, 1990b), the importance ...
Snowberg, Erik   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Synchrotron Radiation for Quantum Technology

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Materials and interfaces underpin quantum technologies, with synchrotron and FEL methods key to understanding and optimizing them. Advances span superconducting and semiconducting qubits, 2D materials, and topological systems, where strain, defects, and interfaces govern performance.
Oliver Rader   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mauritania: an authoritarian regime and the reconfiguration of the party system [PDF]

open access: yesRevista CIDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 2015
This investigation raises the question of whether Mauritania should be considered an authoritarian regime. The explanatory variable used is not the only factor, but in Mauritania’s case it is one that has been given little attention. It is an analysis of
Raquel Ojeda García
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