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The Capacity to Vote of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
The right to vote can be abrogated when persons become incompetent to cast a ballot. This applies particularly to people with Alzheimer's disease, who at some point will lose capacity. A 2001 federal court decision offered the first clear criteria ("Doe voting capacity standard") for determining voting competence, focused on understanding the nature ...
Appelbaum, Paul S   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

From Exchange to Inter-knowledge: Ethnography and the Invisible Facts of Political Work

open access: yesÍconos, 2018
Based on an ethnographically situated study of recent electoral processes in Argentina, this study contributes to the understanding of politics and political activities of which the protagonists- politicians and political activists or operators- refer to
Julieta Quirós
doaj   +1 more source

The Medical Library Association (MLA) voter: a survey of attitudes, perceptions, and voting practices in MLA national elections

open access: yesJournal of the Medical Library Association, 2020
Objective: Voting in professional associations is critical for selecting leaders who will implement a desirable vision for an association. Members of the Medical Library Association (MLA) were surveyed to assess their attitudes and perceptions of the ...
James Shedlock   +1 more
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Aspetti demografici ed ideologici del populismo in Europa

open access: yesSocietàMutamentoPolitica: Rivista Italiana di Sociologia, 2017
This article explores the socio-economic and attitudinal profile of voters of radical right populist in ten European countries. It provides confirmation of the so-called syndrome of the ‘losers of globalization’ which the literature indicates as a ...
Carlo Ruzza, Enzo Loner
doaj   +1 more source

Banning burkas and niqabs? Exploring perceptions of bias in media coverage of Islam and Muslims in Switzerland and their relation to people’s voting intention concerning the burka-initiative

open access: yesStudies in Communication Sciences, 2021
In Switzerland, Islam and Muslims are repeatedly the subject of political debates and, thus, of media reporting. While content analyses show a certain bias in Western media coverage of Islam and Muslims, relatively little is known about the audience’s ...
Dorothee Arlt
doaj   +1 more source

Bookseller Vasily Ivanovich Lagutkin (1883–1933): A Lishenets’ Biography Reconstruction

open access: yesИзвестия Уральского федерального университета. Серия 2: Гуманитарные науки, 2021
This article analyses the social and economic situation of the citizens deprived of suffrage for engagement in trade during the years of the NEP, with reference to a biography reconstruction of Vasily Ivanovich Lagutkin (1883–1933), an ordinary USSR ...
Alexey Pavlovich Kilin
doaj   +1 more source

Performance of Machine Learning Algorithms considering Spatial Effects Assessment for Indoor Personal Thermal Comfort in Air-Conditioned Workplace [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
Personal comfort models were developed to circumvent most of the constraints imposed by the Predicted Mean Vote (PMV) and present adaptive models, which consider the average response of a large population.
Ahmad Syafiq Asyraff   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The nurses that roared: nurses from history who found their voices and challenged the status quo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
In this article we explore how nurses from history challenged norms of nursing and society, and consider how they can influence and inspire nurses today. We discuss the role of nurses in the fight for women’s suffrage, campaigning for the vote and caring
Attenborough, J.   +2 more
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Thermal Comfort Analyses of Secondary School Students in the Tropics

open access: yesBuildings, 2018
This study aims to analyze the thermal comfort level of students in secondary schools in the tropical city of Makassar. The analysis is carried out based on data surveyed from eight selected high schools. The study involved 1594 students in 48 classrooms.
Baharuddin Hamzah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A new beginning

open access: yesInternet Policy Review, 2020
It is 2038. In our data-driven future, data has been firmly established as an economic asset and new, data-driven smart technologies have changed the way we live, work, love, think and vote. However, privacy laws provide a powerful counterbalance against
Arnoud Engelfriet
doaj   +1 more source

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