Opposition in a Changing Political Environment: Leadership and the Conservative Party, 1997-2010 [PDF]
This thesis examines the changing nature of opposition within the British political system through a study of the balance of power between the Conservative Party and its leader in their most recent period in opposition from 1997 to 2010.
Harris, Ben David Alexander +1 more
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Data‐Driven Materials Science for Energy‐Sustainable Applications
Data‐driven approaches powered by artificial intelligence are transforming materials discovery for energy sustainability. This review examines how auto‐generated high‐quality materials databases and domain‐specific language models accelerate research in photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, batteries and magnetic materials. Applications involve extraction of
Jacqueline M. Cole
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The Eqivocality between the Individual and the Authority in the Regimes and its Impact on the Political Pluralism [PDF]
Despotism is a phenomenon known by the Arabic region for a long time ago, many factors have been involved in its formulation, such as the political, economic, social, cultural, and psychological ones. It reveals a defect in the relation between ruler and
Waleed Salim Mohamed
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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Authoritarian Dissent Management: Repression of the Nonsystemic Political Opposition in the Post-Soviet Region [PDF]
This dissertation aims to advance scholarly understanding of autocratic repression by analyzing patterns of state-led violence against political opposition candidates in the context of presidential elections.
Lerner, Alexis M
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The Mind From Within: Visceral Roots of Human Cognition
The physiological activity of visceral organs, such as the heart, the lungs, and the gut, is surprisingly linked to many sophisticated mental operations, such as remembering the past, being aware of ourselves, making choices, and forging social bonds.
Alessandro Monti +1 more
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Opposition in Consensual Switzerland: A Short but Significant Experiment
Although conventional wisdom sees Switzerland as oppositionless, in December 2007 its biggest party, the Swiss People's Party (SVP), declared itself in ‘opposition’.
Vatter, Adrian, Church, Clive H.
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How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang +4 more
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La gauche marocaine, défenseure du trône. Sur les métamorphoses d’une opposition institutionnelle
This article proposes analytical alternatives for comprehending the logic which underlies the political and identitary transformations of the USFP, one of the rare Arab socialist groups to “get down to business” after 40 years in opposition.
Abderrahim El Maslouhi
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Extreme Weather Events and Consumer Food Responses
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer food responses to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which affected a swath of the Southeastern U.S. in 2024. Using representative consumer survey data from six affected states, we analyze 10 distinct food responses classified into ex ante and ex post responses, and examine their associations with food insufficiency
Ahmad Zia Wahdat, Joseph Balagtas
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