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Railroad Turnout Wear Diagnostics

open access: yesSensors, 2021
The article presents a few issues related to the technical condition of a railway turnout, an important element of the railway network where about 90% of railway accidents occur.
Jerzy Kisilowski, Rafał Kowalik
doaj   +2 more sources

Correlates of Voter Turnout [PDF]

open access: yesPolitical Behavior, 2021
Despite decades of research, there is no consensus as to the core correlates of national-level voter turnout. We argue that this is, in part, due to the lack of comprehensive, systematic empirical analysis. This paper conducts such an analysis.
Richard W. Frank, F. M. I. Coma
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Can nonpartisan primaries boost turnout and lessen demographic disparities? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
U.S. congressional general elections are largely uncompetitive, featuring candidates who emerge from low-turnout primaries. Voters in these primaries are unrepresentative of the broader electorate; primary voters tend to be older and wealthier.
Todd Donovan   +2 more
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Numerical simulations and experimental analysis of high-speed turnout rails wear models [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
This study analyzed different contact theories and models for simulating rail wear in the turnout areas. The typical cross-sections of the high-speed turnout switch and frog areas are selected.
Jincheng Li, Min Hu, Hao Wu, Hao Zhong
doaj   +2 more sources

Measurement of the Geometric Center of a Turnout for the Safety of Railway Infrastructure Using MMS and Total Station

open access: yesSensors, 2020
The turnouts in railway infrastructure constitute bottlenecks, limiting the capacity of the entire railway network. These turnouts force speed limits due to their design and geometry.
Arkadiusz Kampczyk
exaly   +2 more sources

The Turnout Gap

open access: yes, 2018
In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting for Whites, African Americans, Latinos, and Asian Americans from the 1800s to the present, Fraga documents persistent gaps in turnout and shows that elections are ...
Bernard L. Fraga
openaire   +2 more sources

Election turnout in authoritarian regimes

open access: yes, 2020
What explains election turnout in authoritarian regimes? Despite the significant energy, resources, and time ruling parties devote to improving the participation rates of citizens, there exists extraordinary variation both within and across authoritarian
F. M. I. Coma, Lee Morgenbesser
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on voter turnout

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Political Economy, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the risk of participating in public events, among them elections. We assess whether the voter turnout in the 2020 local government elections in Italy was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Matteo Picchio, Raffaella Santolini
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Does affective polarisation increase turnout? Evidence from Germany, The Netherlands and Spain

open access: yesWest European Politics, 2022
Polarisation is often seen as mainly negative for the functioning of democracies, but one of its saving graces could be that it raises the stakes of politics and encourages participation.
E. Harteveld, Markus Wagner
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A review of research on design theory and engineering practice of high-speed railway turnout

open access: yesIntelligent Transportation Infrastructure, 2022
This paper systematically reviews the research progress, problems, specific countermeasures and development trends of the dynamic design theory as applied to high-speed railway turnouts.
Ping Wang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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