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, 2013 Participating in elections is an essential component of democracy: citizens in democratic political systems are expected to be able to vote and to choose their representatives. Through their vote, either directly in presidential elections or indirectly in parliamentary elections, citizens also select among competing government alternatives.
André Blais, Eva Anduiza
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Turnout Intention and Social Networks [PDF]
How can networking affect the turnout in an election? We present a simple model to explain turnout as a result of a dynamic process of formation of the intention to vote within Erdös-Renyi random networks.
Fosco, Constanza +2 more
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.A novel method that combines 3D printing and organ‐on‐chip technology enables the creation of hollow channels lined with endothelial cells through a fibroblast‐populated connective tissue matrix. The model supports stable metabolic culture conditions, angiogenic sprouting, and immune cell migration, thereby demonstrating an easy and versatile method to
Jonas Jäger +7 more
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Can Voting Reduce Welfare? Evidence from the US Telecommunications Sector [PDF]
Voter turnout is frequently cited as gauging a polity's health. The ease with which electoral members produce political support can, however, retard an economy's productive capacity.
Dino Falaschetti
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Dynamic Modulation of the Microenvironment Promotes Functional Maturation of Engineered Tissues
Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Engineered tissues lack the dynamic microenvironment of native tissues. A biocompatible, diffusible small molecule to dynamically modulate tissue microenvironments during maturation is used. Timing‐dependent modulation yields distinct outcomes, producing thicker, more native‐like blood vessels, stronger and more mature cardiac tissues, and optimized ...
Eric Silberman +7 more
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Political Institutions, Voter Turnout and Policy Outcomes [PDF]
We question whether the impact of constitutions on economic outcomes (Persson and Tabellini, 2004) is direct. We show that voter turnout is a channel through which forms of government affect economic policies.
Eileen Fumagalli and Gaia Narciso
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.To dissect how mechanical forces influence intestinal physiology, we developed a stretchable 3D colon‐on‐chip that integrates tunable topography, stiffness and peristalsis‐like motion within a physiologically relevant microenvironment. We showed that stretching is a dominant factor governing epithelial behavior, markedly enhancing proliferation and ...
Moencopi Bernheim‐Dennery +10 more
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Toward the problem of political absenteeism
Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Общественные наукиBackground. Political absenteeism is a serious problem for modern society, as this process negatively affects both democratic processes in general and the legitimacy of government in particular. Given the growing distrust of political institutions, it is
O.V. Elistratova, V.V. Fomin
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European Parliament Electoral Turnout in Post-Communist Europe [PDF]
The relatively low voter turnout rates in the June 2004 European Parliamentary elections in many of the post-communist states surprised observers. While the average turnout rate for these new-EU member states barely surpassed 30%, turnout exhibited much ...
Christine Fauvelle-Aymar, Mary Stegmaier
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America Goes to the Polls 2012: A Report on Voter Turnout in the 2012 Election [PDF]
, 2013 All 50 states have certified their results. The 2012 presidential election is officially in the books. The election survived Hurricane Sandy and a blizzard of proposed or enacted state level changes in voting procedures.
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