Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem
ABSTRACT The epistocracy debate has turned largely on the character of the electorate—what voters know, whether competence filters can be designed well, and what filtered selection produces. Another strand has focused on the legitimacy of epistocratic justifications. I ask instead about the equilibrium effects of the institution.
Simon Goldstein
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A dynamic evaluation method for ethical awareness in metaverse-based educational environments using hybrid Bayesian sequential models. [PDF]
Yang B, Zhang X, Li C, Wu Y.
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SUMMARY The status of the edible brown alga Sargassum fusiforme (Fucales) in Kagoshima in 2025, located at the southern distributional limit in Kyushu, mainland Japan, was investigated to assess whether its populations were stable or declining, based on comparisons with herbarium specimens and records from previous studies conducted between the 1960s ...
Chiyuki Zemba, Ryuta Terada
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Application of Decision-Analytic Models to Evaluate Integrated Care Interventions for Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Wambiya EOA +6 more
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There Is Always a Bigger Fish. Determinants of Power Perceptions in Swiss Biodiversity Policy
ABSTRACT The Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) views power as crucial in policy processes, but the nature of coalition power, its determinants, and how to empirically measure it remain understudied. In this article, we use a mixed method approach and social network analysis to explore power relationships in the biodiversity policy subsystem in ...
Alix d'Agostino +2 more
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Health-Seeking Behaviors After Acute Respiratory Infection Among Urban and Rural Residents and Different Age Groups: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study. [PDF]
Lai M +6 more
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A methodological analysis of systematic reviews of cost-effectiveness in screening, diagnosis, and treatment of colorectal cancer. [PDF]
Velásquez MA, Bachelet VC.
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Abstract figure legend Schematic overview of the experimental and computational framework for investigating hiPSC‐CM electrophysiology with MEA systems. The MEA‐based model integrates experimental data with phenotype‐specific ionic models and tissue‐level heterogeneity.
Sofia Botti +2 more
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A Q-Learning-Based Distributed Energy-Efficient Routing Protocol in UASNs. [PDF]
Geng X, Li Q, Pan X, Cao F.
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Abstract figure legend Illustration of spatial calcium dynamics (left panels) and the state cycle approximation (middle panel) that enables reduced simulation of spatially dependent dynamics without explicit description of space (right panels). The selected example here illustrates a spontaneous calcium wave, showing temporal snapshots of local calcium
Michael A Colman +2 more
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