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Prognostics with autoregressive moving average for railway turnouts [PDF]
, 2010 Turnout systems are one of the most critical systems on railway infrastructure. Diagnostics and prognostics on turnout system have ability to increase the reliability & availability and reduce the downtime of the railway infrastructure.
Camci, Faith +4 more
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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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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes have traditionally served as structural supports in osmotic energy systems. Here, blind‐hole AAO membranes are demonstrated as active ion‐selective platforms with tunable nanopore structures. By balancing membrane resistance, ion selectivity, and flux, enhanced performance is achieved, delivering a maximum power ...
Khanh Nhien Vu +6 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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Voting as a Signaling Device [PDF]
In this paper, citizens vote in order to influence the election outcome and in order to signal their unobserved characteristics to others. The model is one of rational voting and generates the following predictions: (i) The paradox of not voting does not
Aristotelis Boukouras +2 more
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Radiative Cooling by Green(er) Solvents‐Upcycled Polyvinyl Chloride From Drug Blisters Waste
Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.This study explores upcycling poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) from used pharmaceutical blisters into sustainable radiative cooling materials. Using solvent separation and membrane fabrication, PVC was converted into white membranes paired with aluminum foil.
Andrea Lanfranchi +2 more
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How Black Candidates Affect Voter Turnout [PDF]
Both Black and White voter turnout increases 2-3 percentage points with each Black Democrat on the ballot. Given the groups' representations in the population, the White response is numerically greater.
Ebonya Washington
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Advanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.Solution‐processed MoS2 films with intrinsic sulfur‐vacancy traps are used to integrate light sensing and memory in a simple two‐terminal pixel. Successive optical pulses program persistent, multilevel conductance states, while oxygen exposure enables rapid erasure.
Jihyun Kim +8 more
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Information and Voting: the Wisdom of the Experts versus the Wisdom of the Masses [PDF]
In a common-values election with continuously distributed information quality, the incentive to pool private information conflicts with the swing voters curse.
Joseph McMurray
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Toward an Equal Electorate [PDF]
, 2008 The 2008 presidential election is historic, with election officials anticipating record turnout. While voter registration and turnout in U.S. elections historically has been skewed toward those with higher incomes, there are indications this may be ...
Scott Novakowski
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