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How Electoral Systems Can Influence Policy Innovation
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2010-11)
This paper argues that in certain areas of policy, electoral systems can influence policy innovation (how early countries will adopt certain policies). Electoral systems influence the number of parties that win representation ...
Ventral pallidal neurons code incentive motivation: amplification by mesolimbic sensitization and amphetamine
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2005-11)
Neurons in ventral pallidum fire to reward and its predictive cues. We tested mesolimbic activation effects on neural reward coding. Rats learned that a Pavlovian conditioned stimulus (CS+1 tone) predicted a second conditioned ...
Sex differences in self- and teachers' reports of self-esteem in preadolescents
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1978-10)
The short form of the Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory was administered to 952 fourth- and fifth-grade children (482 males, 470 females) from 41 classes. The children's teachers completed Coopersmith's Behavior Rating ...
Axisymmetric slosh frequencies of a liquid mass in a circular cylinder
(The American Institute of Physics, 2003-12)
Spectral eigenvalue methods along with some lower-dimensional techniques are used to determine the natural frequencies of a liquid slug in a circular tube. The contact lines are either pinned or governed by a slip coefficient ...
Approximation to a parabolic system modeling the thermoelastic contacts of two rods
(John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998-01)
In this article, we study a sequence of finite difference approximate solutions to a parabolic system, which models two dissimilar rods that may come into contact as a result of thermoelastic expansion. We construct the ...
Exploring the Public Understanding of Basic Genetic Concepts
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; National Society of Genetic Counselors, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-08)
It is predicted that the rapid acquisition of new genetic knowledge and related applications during the next decade will have significant implications for virtually all members of society. Currently, most people get exposed ...
Performance of the Personality Inventory for Youth Validity Scales
(Sage Publications, 1999)
Response sets as well as cognitive and academic deficits compromise the validity of child and adolescent self-report of emotional adjustment. Three studies using clinical and asymptomatic samples of 4th to 12th grade ...
Hell, Religion, and Cultural Change
(J.C.B. Mohr (Paul Siebeck), 1994-09)
This paper's key conclusion is that church doctrine about the afterlife is a function of factors predictable with economic theory. Religion, like government, family, and community can enforce property rights and encourage ...
The Effects of Stress on the Lives of Emerging Adult College Students: An Exploratory Analysis
(AuthorWiley Periodicals, Inc., 2015-10)