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Sex estimation using skull silhouette images from postmortem computed tomography by deep learning
Scientific ReportsPrompt personal identification is required during disasters that can result in many casualties. To rapidly estimate sex based on skull structure, this study applied deep learning using two-dimensional silhouette images, obtained from head postmortem ...
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Corporate Political Spending: Why Shareholders Must Weigh In [PDF]
, 2012 This article focuses upon the growing problem confronting companies and their shareholders: the use of general treasury (i.e., shareholder money) to propagate political agendas which are not only contrary to companies’ policies of employment, but are ...
Goodridge, Julie N.W., Jantz, Christine
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RUDN Journal of Russian History, 2016 The article, based on archival sources, examines the problems of the relationship between the War Ministry and the Treasury of the Russian Empire in 1909-1911 on the subject of the vote on Vladivostok Fortress’s reinforcement.
Roman Sergeevich Avilov
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Executive authority, the personal vote, and budget discipline in Latin American and Carribean countries [PDF]
Recent scholarship on the impact of fiscal institutions on budgeting outcomes in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries indicates that political institutions impact the level of budget discipline. BuiIding upon this previous research, we argue that
Hallerberg, Mark, Marier, Patrick
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Economic Crisis and Fiscal Reforms in Latin America [PDF]
The recent financial crisis has initiated pressures for not only policy reform but also fundamental institutional fiscal reforms. This paper explores the connection between economic crises and fiscal institutional reforms in a region that has experienced
Carlos Scartascini, Mark Hallerberg
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The Economy, the War in Iraq and the 2004 Presidential Election [PDF]
In this paper I apply the Bread and Peace model of voting in US presidential elections to analyze the sources of George W. Bush’s narrow re-election victory in 2004.
Hibbs, Douglas A.
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Voting in 2008: Ten Swing States [PDF]
, 2008 Surveys ten battleground states in the 2008 election to assess the progress made since 2006 in improving the voting process, including poll worker training, student voting rights, voter registration and education, and the allocation of voting ...
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A Voter Participation Starter Kit for Nonprofits and Social Service Agencies [PDF]
, 2012 The Starter Kit offers an introduction to nonpartisan voter registration, voter education, and get-out-the-vote work. It emphasizes how to integrate voter engagement into your organization's ongoing activities and services--addressing clients and ...
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The geometry of consistent majoritarian judgement aggregation [PDF]
Given a set of propositions with unknown truth values, a `judgement aggregation rule' is a way to aggregate the personal truth-valuations of a set of jurors into some `collective' truth valuation.
Pivato, Marcus
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Strong Support For Sununu, Drugs Remain Most Important Problem Facing NH 5/9/17 [PDF]
, 2017 Governor Chris Sununu enjoys bipartisan approval of his job performance as well as increasing personal favorability among New Hampshire adults. A strong majority continue to believe overall the state is headed in the right direction, but for the first ...
Survey Center, UNH
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