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Proportional representation. Proportional representation ( PR) refers to any type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. [ 1] The concept applies mainly to political divisions ( political parties) among voters.
Proportional control, in engineering and process control, is a type of linear feedback control system in which a correction is applied to the controlled variable, and the size of the correction is proportional to the difference between the desired value ( setpoint, SP) and the measured value ( process variable, PV).
Public relations ( PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception. Public relations and publicity differ in that PR is controlled internally, whereas publicity is not ...
Puerto Rico remained under a tropical storm watch as Ernesto turned into a Category 1 hurricane late Wednesday morning, leaving more than 600,000 power clients without electricity and prompting ...
e. Mixed-member proportional representation ( MMP or MMPR) is a mixed electoral system which combines local winner-take-all elections with a compensatory tier of party list votes, which are used to allocate additional members in a way that aims to produce proportional representation overall. In typical MMP systems, voters get two votes: one to ...
He added it was unclear whether Sir Keir was simply describing the existing system by which police forces can send officers to support each other in emergencies or "if he was proposing something new".
Flowchart showing baroreceptor reflex. The baroreflex or baroreceptor reflex is one of the body's homeostatic mechanisms that helps to maintain blood pressure at nearly constant levels. The baroreflex provides a rapid negative feedback loop in which an elevated blood pressure causes the heart rate to decrease. Decreased blood pressure decreases ...
For convergence models, the goal of communication is convergence: to reach a mutual understanding. Feedback plays a central role in this regard: effective feedback helps achieve this goal while ineffective feedback leads to divergence. [67] [68] Difference models emphasize the role of gender and racial differences in the process of ...