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Showing 1 to 20 of 35 for “"Primaries"”.
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Congressional primaries and legislative behavior
Are competitive elections “good” for democracy? Competitive elections are said to symbolize the health of democracy, and their absence thus challenges the viability of the political system. But, there are actually competing expectations about the consequences of competition on representation. Close …
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A primer on primaries: Exploring the variation in U.S. primary election laws
… state legislative, etc.). Some states’ primaries are open to all voters, while other states permit participation only by those registered with the party, and still others use some type in between. I study potential explanations for these differences, using both quantitative analysis to …
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When Establishment and Social Movements Fail: Exploring the Populist Candidacies of the 2016 American Presidential Primaries
… a second look at the 2016 American Presidential Primaries from the perspective of asking what the American people were really after then they chose to ultimately support populism. Media reports and editorial discussions all pointed to a base that was somehow backing misogyny and racism. My …
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The Crucible of Texas Politics: An Analysis of the United States Senatorial Primaries of 1941 and 1948.
<p>Lyndon Johnson's opponents used the outcome of his 1948 senatorial bid to demonstrate his dishonesty. This win by eighty-seven disputed votes gave him the derogatory title, "Landslide Lyndon." Johnson's initial senate campaigns in 1941 and 1948 are examined for Texas Politics as …
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Seismic imaging using internal multiples and overturned waves
… are usually designed to image solely with primaries, and so do not make full use of energy propagating along other wave paths. In this thesis I describe several modifications to existing seismic migration algorithms to enable more effective exploitation of the information contained in these …
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Moult as a dynamic link in the annual cycle of birds: insights from seabirds and a long-distance migratory raptor
… To date, most moult studies mainly focus on primaries, but it is important to understand other feather tracts, such as the secondaries, which can exceed primaries in number, total length and mass in long-winged birds. Feather replacement is more challenging for large birds than small birds, …
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Are there structural differences in the flight feathers among Procellariiformes related to the use of wings for underwater propulsion?
… the differences to be more marked in the primaries compared to the secondaries, because primary feathers are subject to greater forces during flight. Allometric comparisons showed both expected and unexpected results. The primary feathers of diving birds were shorter relative to body mass …
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When Do Party Leaders Democratize? Analyzing Three Reforms of Voter Registration and Candidate Selection
… Pennsylvania. The historical origins of the U.S. primaries have mostly been discussed in terms of statewide legislations around the Progressive Era, which made the primaries mandatory for the two major parties. This paper focuses instead on the voluntary adoption phase that took place under the …
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Characteristics of High Energy Particle Interactions from the Study of Irregular Air Showers
… any irregular air showers in simulations of iron primaries. The analysis demonstrates the proton primaries are present in the cosmic rays at these energies.
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UBV photometry of close visual double stars using an area scanner
… Absolute magnitudes are calculated for the primaries by several methods. Individual stars are discussed where appropriate. The accuracy of the results is discussed. No significant systematic errors are evident in the results, but systematic errors are present in the results of other authors. …
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Precision Measurements of Neon, Magnesium, and Silicon Flux in Cosmic Rays with the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer on the International Space Station
… and Oxygen, even though the two groups are both primaries produced at cosmic rays sources.
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An evaluation of the manipulation of color in alternative color spaces
… broadcast signals (YIQ), and two sets of color primaries. Eighty subjects, divided equally among the color spaces, were required to match colors under time-limited conditions. The apparatus employed was a color-manipulation device using LEDs, custom-built in the Displays and Controls Laboratory …
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The moult and migration strategies of Lesser Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover and Terek Sandpiper
… a similar basic moult strategy in adults where primaries are moulted soon after arriving on the non-breeding grounds. Immature moult strategies are more complex and differ between species and latitude. In general adults in all three species at the more northern nonbreeding sites start moult …
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Low thrust augmented periodic orbits in the two- and three-body problems
… found that acceleration directed towards the two primaries results in Lyapunov-stable L4 and L5 points, permitting horseshoe orbits. In the 243 Ida system, a strategy is then proposed for finding periodic horseshoe orbits which rendezvous with the surface of the smaller primary. A search …
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Natural and perturbed dynamics about Trojan bodies
… Trojan body in a system composed of three primaries lying on a plane at the vertexes of an equilateral triangle, with their mutual positions fixed over the course of the motion. This configuration will here be referred to as "Lagrangian" or "equilateral triangle", implicitly meaning that …
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Pulsations in the white dwarf primary of a cataclysmic variable star
… techniques could be applied to the white dwarf primaries of Cataclysmic Variable stars, the study of accretion in interacting binary systems would benefit enormously. Our understanding of normal modes in white dwarf pulsators would benefit likewise from the study of how they respond to …
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Understanding moult patterns in Albatrosses and Petrels breeding on Marion and Gough Islands
… greatest in outer flight feathers, especially primaries. However, the pattern of increasing asymmetry towards the body was not consistent; inner primaries showed less symmetry than outer secondaries and inner secondaries were moulted with greater symmetry than central secondaries. Giant petrels …
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‘Story teaches you things' : an exploratory study of the use of story as a resource for learning and teaching in the primary school classroom in Scotland
… in Scotland, particularly in the Early Years (primaries 1-3), and an attempt is made to ascertain how far this is systematised, drawing on the perspectives of teachers and pupils in Scottish primary schools. A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods is used to attain an …
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Evolution and vulnerabilities of somatic copy number alterations in cancer
… sequencing of paired endometrial cancer primaries and metastases to explore how tumors sample the genetic landscape. We find that mutations of PTEN, and TP53 occur early in the evolution of endometrial cancers, whereas BAF complex alterations occur late. We identified novel recurrent …
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Candidate emergence and success: Evidence from women in state legislative primary elections
… involved. This study uses state legislative primaries as a lens to understand the gender gap. Using an institutionally based candidate emergence model which takes into account certain aspects of the state legislative office, the state geopolitical factors that influence competition, the …
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