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From Dahl to O’Leary: 36 Years of the “Yale School of Democratic Reform”

open access: yesJournal of Deliberative Democracy, 2007
A review of Kevin O’Leary’s book, Saving Democracy: A Plan for Real Representation in America.
J. H. Snider
doaj   +2 more sources

Heuristic Approaches for Goal Recognition in Incomplete Domain Models

open access: yes, 2018
Recent approaches to goal recognition have progressively relaxed the assumptions about the amount and correctness of domain knowledge and available observations, yielding accurate and efficient algorithms.
Meneguzzi, Felipe, Pereira, Ramon Fraga
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Disordered but rhythmic—the role of intrinsic protein disorder in eukaryotic circadian timing

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Unstructured domains known as intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) are present in nearly every part of the eukaryotic core circadian oscillator. IDRs enable many diverse inter‐ and intramolecular interactions that support clock function. IDR conformations are highly tunable by post‐translational modifications and environmental conditions, which ...
Emery T. Usher, Jacqueline F. Pelham
wiley   +1 more source

Banking behaviour and the Brazilian economy after the Real Plan: The post-Keynesian approch

open access: yesPSL Quarterly Review, 2003
This paper aims at analysing--from a Post Keynesian approach--the Brazilian bankingbehaviour in the current phase of the business cycle that is at the semi-stagnation state of the economy.
Luiz-Fernando De Paula, Antonio J. Alves
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Real-Time Adaptive GPU Multiagent Path Planning

open access: yes, 2012
This chapter presents a graphics processing units (GPU) path planning algorithm that is derived from the sequential A* algorithm to allow massively parallel, real-time execution. Many types of computer games involve player and nonplayer characters moving over terrain.
Erra, U., Caggianese, G.
openaire   +4 more sources

Stay or Switch: Competitive Online Algorithms for Energy Plan Selection in Energy Markets with Retail Choice

open access: yes, 2019
Energy markets with retail choice enable customers to switch energy plans among competitive retail suppliers. Despite the promising benefits of more affordable prices and better savings to customers, there appears subsided participation in energy retail ...
Chau, Sid Chi-Kin   +2 more
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Substrate specificity of Burkholderia pseudomallei multidrug transporters is influenced by the hydrophilic patch in the substrate‐binding pocket

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Multidrug transporters BpeB and BpeF from the Gram‐negative pathogen Burkholderia pseudomallei have a hydrophilic patch in their substrate‐binding pocket. Drug susceptibility tests and growth curve analyses using an Escherichia coli recombinant expression system revealed that the hydrophilic patches of BpeB and BpeF are involved in the substrate ...
Ui Okada, Satoshi Murakami
wiley   +1 more source

The Funding Status of Teacher Pensions: An Econometric Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
The financing of public employee pensions has become an issue of growing public concern. This paper examines the fundinq status of teacher pension plans for the fifty states and for selected localities for the decade, 1971-1980.
Robert P. Inman
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smart Meter Devices and The Effect of Feedback on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Northern Ireland [PDF]

open access: yes
Using a unique set of data and exploiting a large-scale natural experiment, we estimate the effect of real-time usage information on residential electricity consumption in Northern Ireland.
Alberto Longo, Anna Alberini, Will Gans
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