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Vote Pricing Spatial Probability Models in the Philippines

Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2013
This paper seeks to look into the causes and factors that lead to the practice of vote buying in the Philippines. This also tries to examine the motivations of candidates who buy and sell their votes.
Jessica M. Avenido, Roberto M. Cabardo, Rosario L. Cabillada   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Covid-19 and Vote Buying in Direct Regional Head Elections

Journal of Islamic World and Politics, 2022
The current covid-19 pandemic has killed tens of millions people. One way to avoid covid-19 is to keep a distance from each other. At at the same time, Indonesia actually held direct regional head elections in 270 regions, which required voters to come ...
Mohammad Hidayaturrahman, Sudarman Sudarman, Ahmad Hasan Ubaid, Elazhari Elazhari, Aryo Wibisono, Faqih Alfian   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the Sobre Vote-buying in Rural Villages: The Lived Experiences of Poor Voters in the Philippines

Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal
Empirical evidence showed the prevalence of vote-buying in the country, particularly in rural areas targeting poor voters. This study explores the lived experiences of poor voters from rural areas on sobre vote-buying, the most prevalent type in the ...
Graham Naz, Bryan Fruto
doaj   +1 more source

Vote-Selling as Unethical Behavior: Effects of Voter’s Inhibitory Self-Control, Decision Toward Vote-Buying Money, and Candidate’s Quality in Indonesia Election

Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2022
This study examines two stages of vote-selling among voters: to accept or refuse money, and then to vote for the vote-buyer or competitor. Using unethical behavior and money-as-temptation as a framework, we predict that the amount of the money will ...
Rizka Halida, Harry Susianto, Saiful Mujani, Annas J. Pratama   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways of Electoral Clientelism in University Student Elections in Ghana: An Exploratory Study

Journal of Student Affairs in Africa, 2021
Recent studies on student politics and governance have shown that electoral clientelism (EC) in university student elections is often facilitated by clientelist relations between student leaders and political parties.
Kwaku Abrefa Busia, Alice Amegah, Francis Arthur-Holmes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vote Buying: Legislatures and Lobbying [PDF]

Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 2009
We examine the consequences of lobbying and vote buying, assuming this practice were allowed and free of stigma. Two lobbyists compete for the votes of legislators by offering up-front payments to the legislators in exchange for their votes. We analyze how the lobbyists’ budget constraints and legislators’ preferences determine the winner and the ...
Eddie Dekel, Matthew O. Jackson, Asher Wolinsky   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Clientelism and vote buying in low-cost housing provision: A case study of the Greater Giyani Local Municipality, Limpopo province of South Africa

Africa’s Public Service Delivery & Performance Review, 2020
Background: This article seeks to examine ethical dilemmas and clientelism in the allocation of low-cost houses using 10 selected villages under the jurisdiction of the Greater Giyani Local Municipality area as units of analysis.
Ntwanano E. Mathebula, Mokoko P. Sebola
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanism‐Informed Machine Learning Enables Discovery of Oncolytic Peptides for Cancer Immunotherapy

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
MISPOP integrates ensemble learning with membrane‐active physicochemical priors to identify Dermaseptin‐S9, a natural oncolytic peptide that disrupts tumor membranes, triggers immunogenic cell death, and shows strong antitumor activity. The study illustrates a mechanism‐informed route from peptide sequence data to cancer immunotherapy leads.
Wen Zhang, Shengxin Lu, Guangyong Zheng, Shensuo Li, Hongyu Chen, Mei Hong, Xiangru Zhou, Ruotian Tang, Ye Wu, Weidong Zhang, Dong Lu, Xin Luan   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Vote Buying among Madurese Muslim; Islamic Law Standpoint

Al-Ihkam: Jurnal Hukum dan Pranata Sosial
As one of the largest Muslim democracies, Indonesia is facing a significant challenge, one of which is vote-buying among its Muslim voters.  It is believed that vote buying is a popular type of bribery practice or so-called risywah.
I Made Yunita, Anak Agung Putu Sugiantiningsih, Mohammad Hidayaturrahman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Synergistic Integration of Artificial Merkel Disc and Meissner Corpuscle via Dermal Papillary Structures for Mechanically Filtered Multimodal Tactile Sensing

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
A multimodal tactile sensor module that mimics the spatial arrangement and function of Merkel discs and Meissner corpuscles within the human papillary structure operates in a self‐powered manner, responding to both dynamic and static stimuli, achieving tactile perception more similar to human skin.
Jaehyeong Kim, Bohee Maeng, Seunghwan Seo, Kyoung‐Yong Chun, Chang‐Soo Han   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source