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UNINA9910826855103321 |
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Grose Christian R. |
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Congress in black and white : race and representation in Washington and at home / / Christian R. Grose [[electronic resource]] |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011 |
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1-107-22080-7 |
1-139-01247-9 |
1-283-01599-4 |
9786613015990 |
1-139-01168-5 |
1-139-01194-4 |
1-139-01115-4 |
1-139-01088-3 |
0-511-97682-8 |
1-139-01141-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiv, 242 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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African American legislators |
Gerrymandering - United States |
African Americans - Government policy |
Civil rights - Government policy - United States |
Representative government and representation - United States |
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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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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Machine generated contents note: 1. African-American legislators, African-American districts, or democrats?; 2. A unified theory of African-American representation in Congress; 3. The "hollow hope" of civil rights change in the US House; 4. Location, location, location: delivering constituency service to African-Americans; 5. Constituency service in the district: connecting black legislators, black staff, and black voters; 6. Bringing home the bacon: delivering federal "pork" to African-Americans; 7. The future of racial redistricting: black decisive districts. |
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The symbolic importance of Barack Obama's election is without question. But beyond symbolism, does the election of African-American politicians matter? Grose argues that it does and presents a unified theory of representation. Electing African-American legislators yields more federal dollars and congressional attention directed toward African-American voters. However, race and affirmative action gerrymandering have no impact on public policy passed in Congress. Grose is the first to examine a natural experiment and exceptional moment in history in which black legislators - especially in the U.S. South - represented districts with a majority of white constituents. This is the first systematic examination of the effect of a legislator's race above and beyond the effect of constituency racial characteristics. Grose offers policy prescriptions, including the suggestion that voting rights advocates, the courts, and redistricters draw 'black decisive districts', electorally competitive districts that are likely to elect African Americans. |
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UNINA9910818938103321 |
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Titolo |
Modeling of molecular properties / / edited by Peter Comba |
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Weinheim, : Wiley-VCH, c2011 |
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9783527636419 |
3527636412 |
9781283869775 |
1283869772 |
9783527636426 |
3527636420 |
9783527636402 |
3527636404 |
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Edizione |
[2nd ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (513 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Biochemistry |
Chemistry, Inorganic |
Chemistry, Organic |
Molecules - Models |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Modeling of Molecular Properties; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Part One: Theory and Concepts; 1 Accurate Dispersion-Corrected Density Functionals for General Chemistry Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Theoretical Background; 1.2.1 Double-Hybrid Density Functionals; 1.2.2 London-Dispersion-Corrected DFT; 1.3 Examples; 1.3.1 GMTKN30; 1.3.2 A Mechanistic Study with B2PLYP-D; 1.3.3 Double-Hybrids for Excited States; 1.4 Summary and Conclusions; References; 2 Free-Energy Surfaces and Chemical Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Elementary Reactions |
2.3 Two Consecutive Steps2.4 Multiple Consecutive Steps; 2.5 Competing Reactions; 2.6 Catalysis; 2.7 Conclusions; References; 3 The Art of Choosing the Right Quantum Chemical Excited-State Method for Large Molecular Systems; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Existing Excited-State Methods for Medium-Sized and Large Molecules; 3.2.1 Wavefunction-Based ab initio Methods; 3.2.2 Density-Based Methods; 3.3 Analysis of Electronic Transitions; 3.4 Calculation of Static Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra; 3.5 Dark States; 3.5.1 Excited Electronic States with Large Double Excitation Character |
3.5.2 Charge-Transfer Excited States3.6 Summary and Conclusions; References; 4 Assigning and Understanding NMR Shifts of Paramagnetic Metal Complexes; 4.1 The Aim and Scope of the Chapter; 4.2 Basic Theory of Paramagnetic NMR; 4.2.1 The Origin of the Hyper.ne Shift; 4.2.1.1 The Contact Shift; 4.2.1.2 The Pseudocontact Shift; 4.2.2 Relaxation and Line Widths; 4.2.2.1 Electronic Relaxation; 4.2.2.2 Dipolar Relaxation; 4.2.2.3 Contact Relaxation; 4.2.2.4 Curie Relaxation; 4.2.3 Advice for Recording Paramagnetic NMR Spectra; 4.3 Signal Assignments; 4.3.1 Comparison of Similar Compounds |
4.3.2 Separation of Contact and Pseudocontact Shift4.3.3 Estimating the Dipolar Contributions; 4.3.4 DFT-Calculation of Spin-Densities; 4.4 Case Studies; 4.4.1 Organochromium Complexes; 4.4.2 Nickel Complexes; References; 5 Tracing Ultrafast Electron Dynamics by Modern Propagator Approaches; 5.1 Charge Migration Processes; 5.1.1 Theoretical Considerations of Charge Migration; 5.2 Interatomic Coulombic Decay in Noble Gas Clusters; 5.2.1 Theoretical Considerations of ICD; References; 6 Natural Bond Orbitals and Lewis-Like Structures of Copper Blue Proteins |
6.1 Introduction: Localized Bonding Concepts in Copper Chemistry6.2 Localized Bonds and Molecular Geometries in Polyatomic Cu Complexes; 6.3 Copper Blue Proteins and Localized Bonds; 6.4 Summary; References; 7 Predictive Modeling of Molecular Properties: Can We Go Beyond Interpretation?; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Models and Modeling; 7.3 Parameterized Classical and Quantum Mechanical Theories; 7.4 Predictive Energies and Structures; 7.5 Other Gas-Phase Properties; 7.6 Solvent Effects: The Major Problem; 7.7 Reaction Selectivity; 7.8 Biological and Pharmaceutical Modeling; 7.8.1 SAR Modeling |
7.8.2 Force Fields, Docking, and Scoring |
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Molecular modeling encompasses applied theoretical approaches and computational techniques to model structures and properties of molecular compounds and materials in order to predict and / or interpret their properties. The modeling covered in this book ranges from methods for small chemical to large biological molecules and |
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materials. With its comprehensive coverage of important research fields in molecular and materials science, this is a must-have for all organic, inorganic and biochemists as well as materials scientists interested in applied theoretical and computational chemistry. The 28 |
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