Missing links in The China Model by Li, Chenyang

“…Daniel A. Bell's recent book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy makes a significant contribution to political theory, political philosophy, and China studies. …”
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Land-making as state-making by Sud, N

“…As the state makes the land, it is also shaped by this land-making in turn. In the recent history of the global South, land-making as state-making implicated the colonial state. …”

Indo-Afghan strategic treaty : implications for Pakistan by Bibhu Prasad Routray

“…The Indo-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement signed on 4 October, unveils the congruence of US, Afghan and Indian end goals in the war torn country. It also has implications for Pakistani-Afghan relations.…”
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The Technology Doesn't Matter : Prioritizing the People in IT Business Alignment / by Lockett, Rachel, author 655215, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…In The Technology Doesn’t Matter: Prioritizing the People in IT Business Alignment, veteran IT executive Rachel Lockett delivers an engaging and insightful discussion of how to turn around IT departments struggling to effectively collaborate with their business counterparts. …”
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New US strategy : Afghans losing bargaining power by Bibhu Prasad Routray

“…However this approach runs counter to an Afghan vision of an end state for the war torn country.…”
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Slowdown: the end of the great acceleration—and why it's good for the planet, the economy, and our lives by Dorling, D

“…In this powerful and timely argument, Danny Dorling demonstrates the benefits of a larger, ongoing societal slowdown <br> Drawing from an incredibly rich trove of global data, this groundbreaking book reveals that human progress has been slowing down since the early 1970s. …”

Hand in hand : designing active learning for children. by Lio, Joanne Shi Qi.

“…The project celebrates the benefits of art making for both parent and child through a range of collaborative art activities in an activity book, and also promotional items. They are designed to encourage hands-on experiences between parent and child.…”
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A FPGA-based ultrasonic voice detection platform for whisper to voice reconstruction by Fan, Gaofeng

“…A novel engineering approach building upon a Code Excited Linear Prediction (CELP) codec was developed [1] to turn whispers to voice. The intention was to help post-laryngectomized patients regain the ability to speak. …”
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Duterte: Delivering the Promised Peace to Mindanao by Singh, Bilveer

“…After years of starts-stops and derailment of peace agreements, the Philippines is today poised to make a peace breakthrough in strife-torn Muslim-dominated Mindanao in southern Philippines. …”
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Build your own Android App by Kyaw, Thu Zin

“…The purpose of this project is to develop a GPS enabled android mobile application that will assist users to find an available parking space within a HDB residential town. The mobile application also has multiple functions such as displaying the current location of the user with nearby HDB car park information in Map View, search function by residential town, and search function by carpark name to look for real-time total carpark lots and available empty lot. …”
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The Nightingale / by Hannah, Kristin, author 369246, Macmillan Books (Online service) 655983

“…The Nightingale tells the stories of two sisters, separated by years and experience, by ideals, passion and circumstance, each embarking on her own dangerous path toward survival, love, and freedom in German-occupied, war-torn France–a heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. …”
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PUERTO RICO : A NATIONAL HISTORY / by Meléndez Badillo, Jorell A., author 656083

“…The creation of the Puerto Rican Commonwealth in 1952 involved using a number of institutions to create the notion of cultural nationalism that was detached from the island's colonial status, included Puerto Ricans in the diaspora and was not contingent on obtaining national sovereignty. The last part of the book focuses on more recent developments from the neoliberal turn in the 1990s to current (and likely future) socio-economic and environmental crises"--…”
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SCHOOL OF THIEVES / by Sabrina Ismail, author 655830, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…One day, a new family moves into town. It’s her father, who had long abandoned Amra and her family. …”

Online learning by Kashish Minocha.

“…More and more researchers turn to find learning models integrating both advantages of online learning and face-to-face learning. …”
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Sentinels of Afghan democracy : the Afghan national army by Chan, Samuel

“…Since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001, the international community has contributed much in terms of manpower, monetary aid, essential equipment and expertise in rehabilitaring this war-torn Central Asia country. The Afghan National Army (ANA) has arguably been one of the leading success stories. …”
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That's Not How We Do It Here! : A Story About How Organizations Rise, Fall - and Can Rise Again / by Kotter, John P., 1947-, author 368412, Rathgeber, Holger, author 507836

“…Now, ten years later, they're back with another must-read story that will help any team or organization cope with their biggest challenges and turn them into exciting opportunities. Once upon a time a clan of meerkats lived in the Kalahari, a region in southern Africa. …”

Off-farm employment and spatial distribution of paddy farmers in integrated agricultural development area in north-west Selangor determined using GIS by Lokman, Eleanor Daniella

“…The objective of this study is to investigate the involvement and location distribution of 250 paddy farmers and farm households in off-farm employment in IADA NWS using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to capture a farm location effect on mobility with regional condition, such as to work or to the nearest town. The descriptive analysis was used to describe the respondent’s socio-economic profile. …”
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TechX challenge by Yuan, Shenghai.

“…The concept of this competition is making future unman combat robot to replace human soldier in the future war-torn urban landscape. Robot has to function effectively in hazards situation. …”
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探 = In search of harmony by Ng, Woon Lam

“…This similarity is a result of overcoming limitations. Before the turn of the Industrial revolution, manufacturing technology was in its infancy and classical oil painting approach was limited by the availability of pigments. …”
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Let's get crackin' by Wong, Gwendolyn Jeng Teng

“…Cooking becomes a chore and a hindrance, and people increasingly turn to eating out or taking away food. Let’s Get Crackin’ seeks to spark joy and interest in food and cooking in children, and help them get in touch with food, using a fun, creative and mindful approach. …”
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