Why Is Participation Low in Referendums? Lessons from Latin America by Eli Gavin Rau, Radha Sarkar, Susan C. Stokes

“…By shifting focus to Latin America, we introduce more variation in the features of political parties that influence levels of turnout. …”
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Recurrent Patterns of User Behavior in Different Electoral Campaigns: A Twitter Analysis of the Spanish General Elections of 2015 and 2016 by S. Martin-Gutierrez, J. C. Losada, R. M. Benito

“…We have retrieved and analyzed several millions of Twitter messages corresponding to the Spanish general elections held on the 20th of December 2015 and repeated on the 26th of June 2016. …”
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Enhancing the performance of 3D printed bio-photoelectrochemical cells through multi-objective Bayesian optimisation by JongHyun Kim, JaeHyoung Yun, Mirkomil Sharipov, Jinwook Moon, WonHyoung Ryu

“…Using the optimised BPEC ink, we demonstrate the 3D printing of fully integrated BPEC cells arranged in series.…”
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Contested and nervous spaces: exploring the environment of healthcare provision for international migrants in the Gauteng province of South Africa by Janine A. White, Laetitia C. Rispel

“…Following ethics approval, we observed the facilities for 234 person-days. …”
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Mitigating Barren Plateaus of Variational Quantum Eigensolvers by Xia Liu, Geng Liu, Hao-Kai Zhang, Jiaxin Huang, Xin Wang

“…Finally, we investigate a plethora of examples in ground state estimation where we obtain significant improvements in the magnitude of the cost gradient and the convergence speed.…”
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Social context affects sequence modification learning in birdsong by Lioba Fortkord, Lena Veit

“…We tested whether social context affects song sequence learning in adult male Bengalese finches (Lonchura striata domestica). …”
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A Step Prior to REDD+ Implementation: A Socioeconomic Study by Anne Bernard, Nancy Gélinas

“…In the summer of 2013, we assessed a REDD+ pilot project in and around the Luki Biosphere Reserve, Bas-Congo Province. …”
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Comparison of Multiobjective Evolutionary Algorithms for Operations Scheduling under Machine Availability Constraints by M. Frutos, M. Méndez, F. Tohmé, D. Broz

“…We consider an experimental framework in which we schedule production operations for four real world Job-Shop contexts using three algorithms, NSGAII, SPEA2, and IBEA. …”
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Design and mechanical analysis of a novel modular bionic earthworm robot with upright functionality by Shufeng Tang, Jianan Yao, Yue Yu

“…Initially, we present a bionic robot unit module that is capable of attaining an upright posture. …”
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Co-targeting of metabolism using dietary and pharmacologic approaches reduces breast cancer metastatic burden by Qianying Zuo, Jin Young Yoo, Erik R. Nelson, Matthew J. Sikora, Rebecca B. Riggins, Zeynep Madak-Erdogan

“…We also explored interactions between glucose, palmitic acid, and β-hydroxybutyric acid. …”
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Colored Petri Net-Based Verification and Improvement of Time-Sensitive Single-Unit Manufacturing for the Soil Preparation Instrument of Space Missions by Kai Leung Yung, Ming Gao, An Liu, Wai Hung Ip, Shancheng Jiang

“…Based on these advantages, we clearly describe the complex structure of the SPOSYS unit production process. …”
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Epidemiological and Genome-Wide Association Study of Gastritis or Gastric Ulcer in Korean Populations by Sumin Oh, Sejong Oh

“…As the result, we could not prove a strong relation with these factors and gastritis or gastric ulcer in the GWAS. …”
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Effect of Processing Parameters on Performance of Spray-Deposited Organic Thin-Film Transistors by Jack W. Owen, Natalia A. Azarova, Marsha A. Loth, Markos Paradinas, Mariona Coll, Carmen Ocal, John E. Anthony, Oana D. Jurchescu

“…In particular, we report on the effect of the nature of solvent, the pressure of the carrier gas used in deposition, and the spraying distance. …”
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Effect of Curvature-Dependent Surface Elasticity on the Flexural Properties of Nanowire by Mengjun Wu, Quan Yuan, Honglin Li, Bin Wu, Lin Fang, Mengyang Huang

“…Additionally, we have tried to study the bending deformation of circular nanowire. …”
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Dental prosthesis and buccal lesions in the elderly by Beatriz García Alpizar, Mikhail Benet Rodíguez, Eduardo Enrique Castillo Betancourt

“…<strong><br />Methods</strong>: We carried out a study descriptive of cross section in 125 elderly with oral prosthesis. …”
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Maximum Entropy Threshold Segmentation for Target Matching Using Speeded-Up Robust Features by Mu Zhou, Xia Hong, Zengshan Tian, Huining Dong, Mingchun Wang, Kunjie Xu

“…First of all, based on the gray level of each pixel and the average gray level of its neighboring pixels, we construct a 2D gray histogram. Second, by the target and background segmentation, we localize the feature points at the interest points which have the local extremum of box filter responses. …”
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New restricted and extended soft set operations: restricted gamma and extended gamma operations by Aslıhan Sezgin, Fitnat Aybek

“…A number of restricted and extended soft set operations have been defined, and their characteristics have been investigated. In this study, we present a new restricted and extended soft set operation, which we refer to as extended gamma and restricted gamma operation, and we study their fundamental algebraic properties in detail. …”
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Method for Determining the Model Order for Model Order Reduction of the Linear Parameter Varying Heat Conduction Model using the Monte Carlo Method by Akiyasu MIYAMOTO

“…We applied this algorithm to a 3D FEM model with linear parameter varying convective heat transfer. …”
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Chaotic dynamics of string around charged black brane with hyperscaling violation by Da-Zhu Ma, Dan Zhang, Guoyang Fu, Jian-Pin Wu

“…Abstract By fast Lyapunov indicator (FLI), we study the chaotic dynamics of closed string around charged black brane with hyperscaling violation (HV). …”
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Impact of Digital Inclusive Finance on Rural High-Quality Development: Evidence from China by Le Sun, Congmou Zhu

“…Under the background of the digital economy in China, we studied how digital inclusive finance affects the high-quality development of the rural economy. …”
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