In this paper we study the response of vote shares to economic fluctuations and conflict. Spain seems to be the ideal niche for a case study like this since it has experienced both phenomena during the last decades. Recent Spanish democratic history has witnessed four complete economic cycles, with deep recessions and pronounced booms. During this period, there has been a nationalistic conflict...

In this paper, we adopt a new factor analysis of neighborhood preserving embedding (NPE) for speaker verification under the support vector machine (SVM) framework. NPE aims at preserving the local neighborhood structure on the data and defines a low-dimensional speaker space called neighborhood preserving embedding space. We compare the proposed method with the state-of-the-art total variabilit...

The application of a modified Simon-Glatzel-type relation [Z. Anorg. Allg. Chem. 178, 309 (1929)] for the pressure evolution of the glass temperature is presented, namely, Tg(P)=Tg0[1+DeltaP/(pi+Pg0)]1/bexp[-(DeltaP/c)], where (Tg0,Pg0) are the reference temperature and pressure, DeltaP=P-Pg0, -pi is the negative pressure asymptote, b is the power exponent, and c is the damping pressure coeffic...

In this reply, we reiterate the main point of our 2012 paper, which was that the measure of inequality used by Norton and Ariely (2011) was too difficult for it to yield meaningful results. We describe additional evidence for this conclusion, and we also challenge the conclusion that political differences in perceived and desired inequality are small.

In this paper, genetic algorithm-based approach for transient analysis of single transmission line connected to arrester is proposed. In this approach, the lightning channel striking the overhead line is first represented by a current source and this source is truncated by a finite set of frequency harmonies in time domain. Norton equivalent circuit viewed across arrester is then computed by me...

Aims: To identify risk assessment scales for pressure ulcers that have been used in critical care units. Determine which of them have been validated according to validity, predictive capacity and reliability criteria, developing, where possible, aggregate indicators. Methods: Systematic review of the clinical literature with meta-analysis. The main international health science databases were se...

Epidamaeus hexatuberculatus sp. n. (Oribatida: Damaeidae) is described from Russia. The new species similar to E. nortoni Bayartogtokh, 2004 and tritylos Behan-Pelletier et Norton, 1983 but differs both by the absence of enantiophyses E2 V, presence mediosejugal enantiophysis, narrowly phylliform interlamellar seta tubercle-like, rounded distally discidium, localization prodorsobasal tubercle Da.

Joseph Bates and I had finished at the same college nine years ago, and had been fortunate enough to secure employment in a large chemical works in Detroit where we had each attained positions of trust and influence. Joe , having established a home, had very kindly extended its hospitality to me, and he and I were spending this evening in my apartments. " J o e , " I said, "you ought to be a ve...

The estimation of the solution of a system of two differential equations introduced by Norton et al. (1976) that is equivalent to the famous Gompertz growth law is performed by means of the recent adaptive scheme of Besançon and collaborators (2004). Results of computer simulations illustrate the robustness of the approach.

Loopy games are combinatorial games in which repetition is permitted. The possibility of nonterminating play inevitably raises difficulties, and several theories have addressed these by imposing a variety of assumptions on the games under consideration. In this article we survey some significant results on partizan loopy games, focusing on the theory developed in the 1970s by Conway, Bach and N...