3. Initial Conditions and State Political Competition

2012 ◽  
pp. 60-91
Author(s):  
Daniel Berkowitz ◽  
Karen B. Clay

This chapter investigates the relationship between five initial conditions in states—temperature, precipitation, distance to oceans, distance to rivers and lakes, and colonial legal system—and long-run levels of state political competition. State political competition is measured by examining the division of seats in the legislature between the political parties, although a number of other measures of state political competition are also examined. This chapter sketches some relationships between initial conditions and state political competition. It emphasizes the importance of state political competition, because it is thought to lead to better economic and social outcomes. In fact, there is a strong positive association between the extent of political competition and outcomes.


Author(s):  
Daniel Berkowitz ◽  
Karen B. Clay

This chapter examines how a state's colonial legal system and levels of political competition in the state legislature shaped the independence of judges on the state high court. It argues that the independence of judges in state high courts influences their behavior on the bench and thus economic and social outcomes. This is because judges face the difficulties of maintaining their positions. Thus, this chapter shows how judges facing Republican electorates were more likely to vote for businesses over individuals, and how those facing Democratic electorates had the opposite voting patterns. The chapter illustrates a model emphasizing these patterns, by plotting the relationships among legal initial conditions, political competition, and state courts.


Author(s):  
Daniel Berkowitz ◽  
Karen B. Clay

This chapter argues that initial conditions associated with trade and agriculture shaped the occupational distributions of early state elites who, in turn, influenced the subsequent evolution of state political competition. It provides a summary of the relationships among initial conditions, occupational homogeneity of the elite, and state political competition. The chapter thus shows how conditions shaped the early comparative advantage of the state economy and that, moreover, the mix of elite occupations influenced state political competition. When state elites worked largely in the same profession, a single party that reflected the interests of this occupation tended to dominate. When state elites worked in a broader mix of professions, different groups supported different parties, and political competition was stronger from the outset.


Author(s):  
Musraini M Musraini M ◽  
Rustam Efendi ◽  
Rolan Pane ◽  
Endang Lily

Barisan Fibonacci dan Lucas telah digeneralisasi dalam banyak cara, beberapa dengan mempertahankan kondisi awal, dan lainnya dengan mempertahankan relasi rekurensi. Makalah ini menyajikan sebuah generalisasi baru barisan Fibonacci-Lucas yang didefinisikan oleh relasi rekurensi B_n=B_(n-1)+B_(n-2),n≥2 , B_0=2b,B_1=s dengan b dan s bilangan bulat  tak negatif. Selanjutnya, beberapa identitas dihasilkan dan diturunkan menggunakan formula Binet dan metode sederhana lainnya. Juga dibahas beberapa identitas dalam bentuk determinan.   The Fibonacci and Lucas sequence has been generalized in many ways, some by preserving the initial conditions, and others by preserving the recurrence relation. In this paper, a new generalization of Fibonacci-Lucas sequence is introduced and defined by the recurrence relation B_n=B_(n-1)+B_(n-2),n≥2, with ,  B_0=2b,B_1=s                          where b and s are non negative integers. Further, some identities are generated and derived by Binet’s formula and other simple methods. Also some determinant identities are discussed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Mujiem Mujiem

This research is a classroom action research that aims to improve the ability of teachers to apply the problem centered learning model of learning in the Elementary School 187/ X Bangun Karya, Academic Year 2019/2020. The subject of this study was a teacher at 187 / X Bangun Karya Elementary School, Rantau Rasau District, Tanjung Jabung Timur District, Jambi Province. This class action research was carried out in two cycles, each cycle consisting of two meetings. The results of the evaluation are converted into a recapitulation table of the results of cycle I. The conversion results state that the research has not yet reached the target, it needs to be continued with cycle II. The results of observers in the implementation phase of the second cycle showed that all parts of the learning activities were going well, so that there were no more parts of the learning activities that needed to be improved. While the results of the second cycle are converted with the results of the recapitulation table states that the study has reached the target limit of completeness criteria in the first cycle that is equal to 50% and an average of 68.7 in the initial conditions of improvement in the second cycle completeness criteria to be 100% and the average namely 91.7 states that the Focus Group Discission can improve the ability of teachers to apply the Problem Centered Learning learning model in learning in 187 / X Public Elementary School Build Work Year 2019/2020.


Author(s):  
Alexander S. Lelekov ◽  
Anton V. Shiryaev

The work is devoted to modeling the growth of optically dense microalgae cultures in natural light. The basic model is based on the idea of the two-stage photoautotrophic growth of microalgae. It is shown that the increase in the intensity of sunlight in the first half of the day can be described by a linear equation. Analytical equations for the growth of biomass of microalgae and its macromolecular components are obtained. As the initial conditions, it is assumed that at the time of sunrise, the concentration of reserve biomass compounds is zero. The simulation results show that after sunrise, the growth of the microalgae culture is due only to an increase in the reserve part of the biomass, while the structural part practically does not change over six hours. Changes in the ratio of the reserve and structural parts of the biomass indicate a change in the biochemical composition of cells.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Gy. Sitkei

Motion of particles with air resistance (e.g. horizontal and inclined throwing) plays an important role in many technological processes in agriculture, wood industry and several other fields. Although, the basic equation of motion of this problem is well known, however, the solutions for practical applications are not sufficient. In this article working diagrams were developed for quick estimation of the throwing distance and the terminal velocity. Approximate solution procedures are presented in closed form with acceptable error. The working diagrams provide with arbitrary initial conditions in dimensionless form of general validity.


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