The right look: Conservative politicians look better and voters reward it

When is it better not to look ahead?

In situations where one needs to make a sequence of decisions, it is often believed that looking ahead will help produce better decisions. However, it was shown 30 years ago that there are “pathological” situations in which looking ahead is counterproductive. Two long-standing open questions are (a) what combinations of factors have the biggest influence on whether lookahead pathology occurs, a...

The Empty Seat : a Historical Look at Absenteeism by Politicians

Through a qualitative content analysis of newspaper articles that have appeared in the New York Times over the last one hundred and fifty years (1855-2005), this study recounts historical trends in the coverage of absence by politicians. By focusing on this occupational group, the study demonstrates the special social expectations that politicians are subject to concerning attendance, the impor...

Reformers, politicians, and the courts: a preliminary look at US redistricting in the 1980s

This paper reviews a variety of criteria which have been proposed for legislative and congressional redistricting in the US and discusses the political and legal factors which have shaped 1980s redistricting. Particular attention is paid to the conflicts of interest between incumbents (seeking re-election), party organizations (seeking aggregate partisan advantage), minority interests (seeking ...

It is time to look at heart failure with preserved ejection fraction from the right side.

H eart failure (HF) with preserved left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF; or HFpEF) is seen in approximately half of patients with HF and confers morbidity and mortality similar to that of HF with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (HFrEF). 1 HFpEF has been characterized by abnormal LV dia-stolic function, abnormal LV-central vascular coupling, impaired systolic reserve and chrono...

IT Pro 2017: A Look Ahead