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'Descended from immigrants and revolutionists': how family immigration history shapes representation in Congress [PDF]

, 2019
Does recent immigrant lineage influence the legislative behavior of members of Congress on immigration policy? We examine the relationship between the immigrant background of legislators (i.e., their generational distance from immigration) and ...
Feigenbaum, James, Palmer, Maxwell, Schneer, Benjamin   +2 more
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Physiological Indicators of Thermal Comfort: A Comprehensive Approach Using the Metabolic-Based Predicted Mean Vote Index

Buildings
Current thermal comfort constructs are perceptional, and their relationships to the physiological responses are not fully understood. The latter are very important, not only to indicate personal comfort perception but also to protect personal health ...
Abdelaziz Laouadi
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INNOVATION OF BUILDING DESIGN BASED ON PREDICTED MEAN VOTE (PMV) INDEX FOR INCREASING HUMAN COMFORT

Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment, 2016
Concerning towards the quality of air comfort and safety to pedestrians in the University area should be increased as Indonesia economics booming. The objective of this study is to investigate and then to evaluate the distribution of thermal comfort at ...
Sugiono Sugiono
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Human Pose Estimation using Deep Consensus Voting

, 2016
In this paper we consider the problem of human pose estimation from a single still image. We propose a novel approach where each location in the image votes for the position of each keypoint using a convolutional neural net.
DH Ballard, J Gall, L Karlinsky, M Everingham, MA Fischler, O Russakovsky, PF Felzenszwalb, V Kolmogorov   +7 more
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A Method for Estimating Instantaneous Predicted Mean Vote Under Dynamic Conditions by Accounting for Thermal Inertia

Buildings
Researchers have increasingly focused on thermal comfort, examining both individuals’ thermal sensations and the percentage of people dissatisfied with the thermal environment.
László Lenkovics, László Budulski, Gábor Loch, Anett Tímea Grozdics, Ágnes Borsos, Zsolt Kisander, János Girán, Mária Eördöghné Miklós, Balázs Cakó   +8 more
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Season influence on rapid thermal sensation assessment by young adults

Engineering Reports, 2019
Thermal comfort is one of the most important ergonomic aspects of building occupancy. In this research, laboratory experiments are performed in a climatic chamber and described in detail.
Denis A. Coelho, Pedro D. Silva
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Political Ambition and Legislative Behavior in the European Parliament [PDF]

, 2007
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) typically follow one of two career paths, either advancing within the European Parliament itself or returning to higher office in their home states.
Bernhard, William T., Meserve, Stephen A., Pemstein, Daniel   +2 more
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Evaluating and comparing objective and subjective thermal comfort in a malaysian green office building: A case study

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
This study examined thermal comfort in a sustainable office building in Malaysia, with the goal of understanding how objective environmental data relates to occupants' subjective experiences. The study utilized established thermal comfort models, such as
Muhammad Tarique Lakhiar, Shalini Sanmargaraja, AbdulLateef Olanrewaju, Chong Hooi Lim, Vignes Ponniah, Anselm Dass Mathalamuthu   +5 more
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Vote expectations and pre-electoral tariff cuts in Flemish municipalities [PDF]

, 2007
Using data covering 3 election moments (1988-2000) for 294 Flemish municipalities we examine whether the decision to cut tariffs before elections depends on the government’s expectations of staying into office.
Goeminne, Stijn, Smolders, Carine
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Physical performance and durability evaluation of rubberized concrete [PDF]

, 2014
The main objective of this research is to develop rubberized concrete with achievable structural strength using simple mix design. Simple mix design is a description by using the crumb rubber, used as in condition just received from the plant without
Md Noor, Nurazuwa
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