Maybe It’s Time to change the Order of the Seimas Elections? by Rolandas Tučas, Giedrius Kanapka

“…The problems of the Lithuanian electoral system discussed in the article are recommended to be solved in the future by using only proportional representation for the election of the Seimas, dividing the state into 6 multi-member constituencies (the 7th constituency is for citizens of our country living abroad), which would be formed on the basis of counties, merging smaller counties together. …”
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Facility-Based Audit System With Integrated Community Engagement to Improve Maternal and Perinatal Health Outcomes in Rural Pakistan: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Implementation St... by Zahid Memon, Wardah Ahmed, Shah Muhammad, Sajid Soofi, Shanti Chohan, Arjumand Rizvi, Paul Barach, Zulfiqar A Bhutta

“…Outcomes will be the geographic distribution of mortality to measure the reach, proportion of facilities initiated to implement an audit system for measuring the adoption, proportion of audit committees with community representation, and proportion of audit committee members’ sharing feedback regularly to measure acceptability and feasibility. …”
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PENGATURAN SISTEM PEMILIHAN UMUM ANGGOTA DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT REPUBLIK INDONESIA SETELAH PERUBAHAN UNDANG-UNDANG DASAR 1945 by , KAMARUDIN, SHI, , Fajrul Falaakh, S.H., MA., M.Sc.

“…Nevertheless, it is no doubt that electoral system are dependent of other systems. Hence, mixed member proportional system can be selected as alternative system for simplifying multi party system, creating affective relationship between government and Indonesia House of Representatives, and strengthening presidential govermnetal system. …”

GEOGRAPHY OF THE NEW ELECTORAL SYSTEM AND CHANGING VOTING PATTERNS IN HUNGARY by Zoltán Kovács, György Vida

“…Combining geographical representation (single candidates) and proportional party representation (party-lists) according to the German model, it provided a solid basis for six consecutive parliamentary elections. …”
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Women Leadership in the AGU Chapman Conference Series: Convener Impacts on the Science Program Committee by Andreas Keiling, Beverly L. Smith‐Keiling

“…At the individual conference level, the unfavorable case that convener or SPC teams were comprised only of men was nonetheless frequent. (b) On average, mixed convener teams, as opposed to all‐men convener teams, selected a higher women representation among the SPC members (18% vs. 28%). …”
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Re: ?Correlations Between Department and Training Program Online Presence and Women in Orthopedic Surgery Training? by Adkins et al.: Social Media As a Tool for Perpetuating Gender... by Cassandra Bakus, Sean Richards, Jasmin Valenti, Nicolas Nadeau, Kevin M. Posner

“…Social media can give a representation of what life is like for an individual resident and the culture they would contribute to as a member of it. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Hispanic/Latina/o Immigrant Mental Health: Why More Needs to Be Done

“…Policy recommendations The COVID-19 pandemic has particularly exacerbated the unmet needs and social insecurity of undocumented Hispanics, with >50% reporting difficulty paying for their rent, food, and utilities.12 Alarmingly, these numbers may continue to increase given the long-term effect of the pandemic on health and well-being, and most especially since some immigrants were not eligible for stimulus packages despite being essential contributors to the U.S. economy.9,12,38 Living in mixed-status households (households with individuals of variable immigration status) may also cause delays in accessing or/forgoing mental health services due to fear of bringing attention to undocumented members of the household.9 Breaking down structural barriers by (1) including undocumented individuals in government stimulus packages, (2) providing greater free and/or affordable mental health resources to immigrant populations, and (3) creating an environment where immigrants have equitable access to health care without fear of immigration authorities or repercussions is paramount. …”
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Taxonomic, biological and geographical traits of species in a coastal dune flora in the southeastern Cape Floristic Region: regional and global comparisons by Richard M. Cowling, Caryl Logie, Joan Brady, Margie Middleton, B. Adriaan Grobler

“…Consequently, MCE dune floras are likely to be distinctive with a high proportion of habitat specialists and strong convergence in growth form mixes. …”
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The political structure of the Wolverhampton Borough Council since 1900 by Jones, G, Jones, G. W.

“…<p>(Chapters 1 and 2) In 1900 parties did not contest municipal elections in Wolverhampton nor compel their members on the Council to vote together as blocks. …”