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GLoRIA: A Multimodal Global-Local Representation Learning ...

In addition, we propose methods to lever- age the learned representations for various downstream medical image recognition tasks with limited labels. Our.

Local Representation and Voter Mobilization in Closed-list ...

We investigate whether geographic representation affects local voting behavior in closed-list proportional representation (PR) systems.

2024SB-00198-R000184-BA.pdf - Connecticut General Assembly

SUMMARY. For any Connecticut Siting Council proceeding occurring on or after. October 1, 2024, this bill requires the council's membership ...

Video Captioning Using Global-Local Representation - IEEE Xplore

Video captioning is a challenging task as it needs to accurately transform visual understanding into natural language description.

Local Representation

What if local government was a better place for women and gender minorities? November 2024. We are solidly into Phase 2 of this project, this time in ...

Local Representation and Voter Mobilization in Closed-list ...

We investigate whether geographic representation affects local voting behavior in closed-list proportional representation (PR) systems, ...

"Fair Representation in Local Government" by Ruth Greenwood

This article focuses on my work in Illinois to use the Voting Rights Act (VRA) to improve minority representation at the local level.

A Hybrid Global-Local Representation CNN Model for Automatic ...

Cataract is one of the most serious eye diseases leading to blindness. Early detection and treatment can reduce the rate of blindness in cataract patients.

Local Elections and Representation in the United States

In recent years, there has been a surge in the study of representation and elections in local politics. Scholars have made progress on many ...

Full article: Strengthening the local representative system

This paper takes a close look at representation to find out if and how it can strengthen local democracy.

Women's Representation in Local Government: A Global Analysis

The paper considers the impacts of legislated quotas and electoral systems in local elections on women's political participation.

Racial and Ethnic Representation in Local Government

We study close elections between White and non-White candidates for California city council and the corresponding impact on housing values.

Mapping Inequalities in Local Political Representation - Sage Journals

We investigate the geographic distribution of school board candidates', including winners', places of residence across two election cycles for 610 school ...

Backpropagation-Free Deep Learning with Recursive Local ...

Training deep neural networks on large-scale datasets requires significant hardware resources whose costs (even on cloud platforms) put them out ...

Local representation of the electronic dielectric response function

Xiaochuan Ge and Deyu Lu. Phys. Rev. B 92, 241107(R) – Published 11 · Xiaochuan Ge and Deyu Lu. Phys. Rev. B 92, 241107(R) – Published 11 December 2015.

Individual Representation and Local Party Government - SpringerLink

Marko Kukec studies the effect of intra-party coordination on individual behavior of local councilors, which is usually considered to be restrictive.

TrueViews launch and panel discussion: Improving Voter ... - YouTube

Do candidates seeking political office know what their constituents think and care about? On September 3, panelists marked the launch of a ...

Women's representation in local government: A global analysis

The paper also analyses the use of legislated gender quotas and types of electoral systems in local elections as factors impacting women's political ...

Planning and Local Representation Bill - Parliamentary Bills

A Bill to give people who have made representations about development plans the right to participate in associated examination hearings; ...

Race, Representation, and Local Governments in the US South

Using novel data on Black elected officials between 1962 and 1980, we assess the impact of the Voting Rights Act on the racial makeup of local governments in ...


The World as Will and Representation

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The World as Will and Representation, sometimes translated as The World as Will and Idea, is the central work of the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer. The first edition was published in late 1818, with the date 1819 on the title page.

Winner-take-all system

A winner-take-all electoral system is one where a voting bloc can win all seats in a legislature or electoral district, denying representation to any political minorities. Such systems are used in many major democracies.

Mixed-member proportional representation

Form of government

Mixed-member proportional representation is a type of representation provided by some mixed electoral systems which combine local winner-take-all elections with a compensatory tier with party lists, in a way that produces proportional representation overall.

Santos FC

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Santos Futebol Clube is a Brazilian sports club based in Vila Belmiro, a bairro in the city of Santos. It plays in the Campeonato Paulista, the state of São Paulo's premier state league, as well as the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, the second tier of the Brazilian football league system, after getting relegated in the 2023 season for the first time in the club's history.

Representation of the People Act 1918

The Representation of the People Act 1918 was an act of Parliament passed to reform the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes known as the Fourth Reform Act.

Birth certificate

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A birth certificate is a vital record that documents the birth of a person. The term "birth certificate" can refer to either the original document certifying the circumstances of the birth or to a certified copy of or representation of the ensuing registration of that birth.