发达地区失地老人养老支持体系内卷化及其突破 — 基于苏州市的个案研究 = The involution of the eldercare system for the landless elderly in China’s developed regions : a case study based on Suzhou municipality... by 叶继红 Ye Jihong, 占少华 Zhan Shaohua

“…As a special group in the process of rural urbanization and land acquisition, the old people who lost their land are facing the practical problems regarding eldercare service provision. …”
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Contract research, the university, and the academic by Crawshaw, Bruce

“…The problems which are examined include the moral and ethical implications, the legal aspects, problems over ownership of research results, the implications for staff rights, the status of contract researchers, the implications for publication, problems of authority, responsibility and social justice, and the conflicts between teaching and research. …”
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Challenges of measuring self-reported exposure to occupational biomechanical risk factors amongst people with low literacy engaged in manual labour: findings from a cross-cultural... by Igwesi-Chidobe, Chinonso Nwamaka, Sorinola, Isaac Olubunmi, Ozumba, Benjamin Chukwuma, Godfrey, Emma Louise

“…The adapted ORFQ was pre-tested amongst rural Nigerian adults with chronic LBP using cognitive think-aloud interviewing. …”
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幽禁中之丰姿，落寞中之妖冶：《唐詩名媛集》述評 = Charming in silence and coquettish in desolate : a commentary on Tangshi Mingyuan Ji by 曲景毅 Qu, Jingyi

“…Xinmeng feishi describes a woman of unwavering moral principles. However, the line dimi chuancong is baffling. …”
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On the manipulator-focused response to manipulation cases by De Marco, G, Cyr, TW

“…The key insight of such views is that being subject to the will of another agent significantly affects our freedom and moral responsibility. Though different authors take this key insight in different directions, and the mechanics of their views are quite different, these views turn out to share many key components, and this allows us to discuss several authors’ views at the same time, highlighting a variety of challenges for such views and helping to identify pitfalls to avoid in further developments of views of this type. …”

International differences in conservation priorities are more complicated than Global North-Global South divisions by Mutinhima, Y, Sibanda, L, Rono, B, Kulunge, S, Kimaili, D, Dickman, A, Madsen, E, Mandoloma, L, Tacey, J, Allred, S, Hare, D

“…Moreover, variation among local publics (i.e., living in high biodiversity areas of rural sub-Saharan Africa) was greater than among distant publics. …”

The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024 disaggregation results and methodological note by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…<p>OPHI MPI Methodological Note No. 59 presents the methodology and technical decisions that underlie the published <strong>disaggregation</strong> results (age groups, rural and urban areas, subnational regions and gender of household head) of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024. …”

Negotiation of the Singapore auntie identity by Chew, Rachel Si Wei

“…According to the results that have been gathered, it is realized that the negotiation of identities are affected by consciousness of the stigmatization, situational and structural factors, as well as moral culture brought about through education. The results have also witnessed the implications of these factors upon their identity negotiation process.…”
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Milton's Satan: the unexpected theologian in Milton's Paradise by Sim, Jaryl

“…In doing so, the Romantic perception of Satan as a hero must be expelled, as Satan is not the protagonist of Milton’s Paradise, but a central character in which Milton uses to elucidate the moral of the poem. As such, it is necessary for the reader to read Paradise Regained not as a sequel to Paradise Lost, but as a singular entity or as the fourth “smaller epic poem” within Paradise Lost in order to fully understand the true nature of the devil as the unexpected theologian and his role in relation to Christ, who is for the most part, an extension of Milton’s God, albeit a singular and independent entity in his own right.…”
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British Muslim youth and religious fundamentalism: a quantitative investigation by Kashyap, R, Lewis, VA

“…Overall, Muslim youth religiosity although uniquely expressed, influences moral and social attitudes for Muslims similarly to that of Christian or other religious youth.…”

Collective reflective equilibrium, algorithmic bioethics and complex ethics by Savulescu, J

“…This paper describes the concept of algorithmic bioethics as a way of addressing pluralism of values and context specificity of moral judgment and policy, and addressing complex ethics.…”

After revolution : reading Rousseau in 1990s China by van Dongen, Els, Chang, Yuan

“…During the 1990s, following the tragedy of Tiananmen and the decline of socialism, Rousseau served to reflect on China’s twentieth-century trajectory and the disastrous political consequences of collective moral idealism. For Zhu Xueqin, a key question was: Why were the French Revolution and the Cultural Revolution so similar?…”
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Ritual in the Xunzi : a change of the heart/mind by Sung, Winnie

“…Based on these conclusions, I will flesh out an implicit assumption Xunzi might have adopted about a pattern in human psychological constitution so as to further our understanding of Xunzi’s moral psychology.…”
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(Re)wilding London: fabric, politics, and aesthetics by Turnbull, J, Fry, T, Lorimer, J

“…We establish future priorities for research into urban rewilding, including exploring minoritarian cultures of nature, comparative analysis of diverse cases, and examination of rural–urban linkages. …”

Biofuel : impact on global economy. by Ho, Sarah Shu Ching., Seah, Patricia Kai Ling.

“…The biofuel industry contributes to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth by increasing energy supply, mitigates carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, but raising moral issues like creating bouts of food shortage. …”
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Incidence and mortality rates of 14 site-specific infectious diseases in 10 diverse areas of China: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank, 2006-2018 by Huang, R, Kartsonaki, C, Turnbull, I, Pei, P, Chen, Y, Liu, J, Du, H, Sun, D, Yang, L, Barnard, M, Lv, J, Yu, C, Chen, J, Li, L, Chen, Z, Bragg, F

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> From 2004 to 2008, the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank enrolled 512,726 adults aged 30-79 years from 10 diverse areas (5 rural, 5 urban) of China. During the 12 years of follow-up, 101,673 participants were hospitalized for any infectious disease. …”

Electrical substations mapping for possible communication technologies using QGIs and Google Earth Pro by Zulkifli, Izzati Thaqifah, Azhar, Nayli Adriana, Mohamed Radzi, Nurul Asyikin, Md. Aripin, Mohamad Faruq Syahmi, Mohd. Azmi, Kaiyisah Hanis, Samidi, Faris Syahmi

“…The QGIS in this study is used to reclassify the demographics into three main demographics: urban, suburban, and rural areas. On the other hand, the Google Earth Pro programme is used to map and visualize the overall electrical distribution substations alongside the communication technology ranking, based on the three main demographics. …”
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Pre-emption and prevention : an ethical and legal critique of the Bush doctrine and anticipatory use of force in defence of the State by Brailey, Malcolm

“…From an ethical perspective, the moral reasoning of the just war tradition will be used to demonstrate that whilst many of the claims made by the US are valid, any policy of preventive war targeted against sovereign states cannot be justified. …”
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Resettlement of Northern Muslims: A Challenge for Sustainable Post-War Development and Reconciliation in Sri Lanka by Yusoff, Mohammad Agus, Sarjoon, Athambawa, Mohd. Zain, Zawiyah

“…In addition, the issue of resettling northern Muslims became highly contested due to lack of proper policies and plans of the government authorities, as well as moral and institutional support from the Tamil community and their polity, opposition, and criticisms from the Sinhalese-Buddhist nationalist forces, and fragmentation within Muslim politics, together with the protracted nature of the displacement. …”
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Built to last : the global refugee regime by Ting, Yuanyi

“…Reduced commitment to moral and legal obligations undermines access to refugee protection and compounds global insecurity. …”
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