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Preparing the Terrain: Conditioning Factors for the Regionalization of the Vote for Federal Deputy in São Paulo

open access: yesBrazilian Political Science Review, 2018
This article proposes a new interpretation of the regional distribution of votes in the dispute for legislative offices in Brazil. The literature has traditionally understood regionalization to be evidence that politicians deliberately create zones of ...
Glauco Peres da Silva, Graziele Silotto
doaj   +1 more source

Ideological Cleavage under Open-list Proportional Representation: Parties’ Position toward the 2019 Indonesian Presidential Threshold

open access: yesJSP: Jurnal Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, 2021
This article examines the ideological position of Indonesia’s political parties in addressing the 2019 presidential threshold under the open-list proportional representation system.
Ridho Al-Hamdi
doaj   +1 more source

Geographically Sexual?: Advancing Lesbian and Gay Interests through Proportional Representation [PDF]

open access: green, 1996
Part I of this Article explores lesbian and gay interests and representational characteristics. Part II highlights the inadequacies of a single-member districting system in representing the interests of lesbian and gay communities.
Darren Rosenblum
openalex   +3 more sources

Why the Proportional Representation System Fails to Promote Minority Interests?

open access: yesPCD Online Journal, 2017
Proportional representation (PR) is favoured as the most suitable form of electoral system for multi-ethnic societes because it allows every vote to be counted. It, therefore, provides a strong incentive for minority parties and other political groups to
Minna Thaheer
doaj   +1 more source

Preferential votes and minority representation in open list proportional representation systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The author is grateful to FNRS for their financial support.Under open list proportional representation, voters vote both for a party and for some candidates within its list (preferential vote).
Negri, Margherita
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The Adoption of Proportional Representation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The debate between economic and political explanations of the adoption of proportional representation has yielded mixed results. We re-examine this debate and argue that one has to take the different levels on which the causal mechanisms are located into
Leemann, L, Mares, I
core   +4 more sources

An Effective Chromosome Representation on Proportional Tuition Fees Assessment Using NSGA-II

open access: yesJITeCS (Journal of Information Technology and Computer Science), 2019
Proportional tuition fees assessment is an optimization process to find a compromise point between student willingness to pay and institution income.
Farid Jauhari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients With Solid Tumors

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Pediatric patients with extracranial solid tumors (ST) receiving chemotherapy are at an increased risk for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PJP). However, evidence guiding prophylaxis practices in this population is limited. A PJP‐related fatality at our institution highlighted inconsistent prescribing approaches and concerns about
Kriti Kumar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Survival for Children Diagnosed With Wilms Tumour (2012–2022) Registered in the UK and Ireland Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of Childhood (IMPORT) Study

open access: yesPediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Improving Population Outcomes for Renal Tumours of childhood (IMPORT) is a prospective clinical observational study capturing detailed demographic and outcome data on children and young people diagnosed with renal tumours in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Naomi Ssenyonga   +56 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generalized Proportional Caputo Fractional Differential Equations with Noninstantaneous Impulses: Concepts, Integral Representations, and Ulam-Type Stability

open access: yesMathematics, 2022
The generalized proportional Caputo fractional derivative is a comparatively new type of derivative that is a generalization of the classical Caputo fractional derivative, and it gives more opportunities to adequately model complex phenomena in physics ...
Ravi Agarwal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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