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UNINA9910453013403321 |
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Alvarez R. Michael <1964-> |
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Evaluating elections : a handbook of methods and standards / / R. Michael Alvarez, Lonna Rae Atkeson, Thad E. Hall [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013 |
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1-139-79433-7 |
1-316-09020-5 |
1-139-22654-1 |
1-139-78296-7 |
1-107-25477-9 |
1-139-77997-4 |
1-139-77693-2 |
1-283-81803-5 |
1-139-77845-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Elections - United States |
Elections |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: Introduction. Performance-Based Evaluation of Election Administration; 1. The electoral ecosystem; 2. Easily available data for performance evaluation; 3. Measuring the experiences of voters; 4. Measuring the performance of poll workers; 5. Auditing the election ecosystem; 6. Election observation. |
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In competitive and contested democratic elections, insuring integrity is critical. Evaluating Elections shows why systematic analysis and reporting of election performance is important and how data-driven performance management can be used by election officials to improve elections. The authors outline how performance management systems can function in elections and their benefits for voters, candidates and political parties. Journalists, election administrators and even candidates often ask whether recent elections were run well, whether |
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there were problems in the administration of a particular state's elections and how well elections were run across the country. The authors explain that such questions are difficult to answer because of the complexity of election administration and because there is currently no standard or accepted framework to assess the general quality of an election. |
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UNINA9910792224303321 |
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Knobil and Neill's physiology of reproduction / / editors-in-chief, Tony M. Plant and Anthony J. Zeleznik, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA ; associate editors, David F. Albertini, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA [and five others] |
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Amsterdam : , : Elsevier, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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0-12-397769-X |
0-12-397175-6 |
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[Fourth edition.] |
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1 online resource (10218 p.) |
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Reproduction |
Mammals - Physiology |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Illustration Credits; Contributors; Introduction; Preface; Foreword by Roy O. Greep; Foreword by M. Susan Smith; Volume 1; Section I. Gametes, Fertilization and Embryogenesis; Chapter 1. Mammalian Meiosis; Introduction; Effects of Gonadal Hormones: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms; Other Central Transmitters in the Metabolic Control of Reproduction; Conclusion; Conclusion; Conclusion; Chapter 2. The Mammalian Oocyte; Introduction; Components of Parental Care; Measures of Penile Function; Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Sensory Systems |
Steroid Hormones of the PlacentaChapter 3. The Spermatozoon; Introduction; Evolutionary Significance of Mate Choice; Food Intake and |
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Metabolism in Pregnancy; Fetal Programming and the Onset of Puberty; Milk Ejection; Chapter 4. Fertilization in Mammals; Introduction; Delayed Implantation (Mammalian Diapause); Imprinting Disorders; Sexual Differentiation in Different Contexts; Hypotheses Linking Hypothalamic T3 Content to Hypothalamic Neural Changes Driving Seasonal Breeding: A Pivotal Role for Tanycytes?; Milk Composition and its Regulation; Addendum; Chapter 5. Gamete and Zygote Transport |
IntroductionConsiderations for Understanding the Hormonal Regulation of Maternal Care; Immunological Origins of Pregnancy Disorders; Brain Areas Implicated in Control of Male Sexual Behavior; Chapter 6. Preimplantation Embryo Development and Primordial Germ Cell Lineage Specification; Introduction; Sensory Control of Maternal Care; Other Epigenetic Mechanisms; Brain Control of Maternal Behaviors; Regenerative Potential of Spermatogonial Stem Cells and Translation to the Clinic; Chapter 7. Sex Determination and Differentiation; Introduction; Hormones Most Significant for Paternal Behaviors |
Effects of Systemically or Intracerebroventricularly Administered DrugsSection II. Gonadal Steroids, Pituitary and Hypothalamus; Chapter 8. Human Steroid Biosynthesis; Introduction; General Concepts; The Conversion of Cholesterol to Pregnenolone and Mitochondrial Steroid Metabolism; Steroid Hydroxylation and the Microsomal P450 Enzymes; HSDs, the Terminal Steps, and Peripheral Metabolism; Steroid Sulfonation; Steroid Degradation and Excretion; Pathways; Comparison with Other Species; Conclusion; Chapter 9. Gonadal Steroid Action; Introduction; Transcriptional Actions of Gonadal Steroids |
Nontranscriptional Effectors of Gonadal SteroidsSteroid Signaling via Membrane Receptors; Coregulators and Gonadal Steroid Physiology; Informatic Approaches and Transcriptional Regulation by Gonadal Steroids; Conclusion; Chapter 10. Gonadotropes and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Signaling; Introduction; Areas of Emerging Interest; Chapter 11. Physiology of the Adult Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Neuronal Network; Introduction; Activation of Male Sexual Behavior by Gonadal Hormones; Male Reproductive Aging; Regulation of the Adult Prostate; Conclusion; Conclusion |
Chapter 12. Hypothalamic Control of Prolactin Secretion, and the Multiple Reproductive Functions of Prolactin |
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The Fourth Edition of Knobil & Neill continues to serve as a reference aid for research, to provide the historical context to current research, and most importantly as an aid for graduate teaching on a broad range of topics in human and comparative reproduction. In the decade since the publication of the last edition, the study of reproductive physiology has undergone monumental changes. Chief among these advances are in the areas of stem cell development, signaling pathways, the role of inflammation in the regulatory processes in the various tissues, and the integration of new animal models |
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