Chinese labor protest and trade unions by Chan, J, Pun, N, Selden, M

“…Foxconn Technology Group, a Taiwanese-owned transnational corporation founded in Taipei in 1974, holds more than 50 percent of the market share in global electronics manufacturing. 1 Its 1.4 million workers in China are comprised mostly of rural migrants in their late teens to twenties. This chapter considers their struggle for labor rights, the nature of union representation at the giant firm, and the joint responsibility of the enterprise and government for the protection of workers.…”

Production risk and technical efficiency of Thai Koi (Anabas testudineus Bloch) farming in some selected areas of Bangladesh by Sarker, Md. Al Amin

“…The net returns and benefit cost ratio were also the highest with the floating feed. The C-D regression and PSM results confirm that farmers using floating feed produced higher quantity of fish per unit compared to those using the other feed types. …”
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Ultra-low power CMOS circuit for IoT by Lau, Fong Hou

“…In this project, various CMOS power reduction techniques have been studied and used to come out with a few proposed full adder designs based on the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) of an IoT sub-system. …”
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Design of ultra low power 1-bit full adder cell for logic devices by Kumar, Abhishek

“…Technology has been continuously changing and semiconductors industry has been constantly evolving for past few decades [2]. …”
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Machine learning for industrial IOT by Yeow, Brandon Wei Liang

“…This paper concludes by proposing an algorithm for peer-to-peer Federated Learning where clients search for peers up to the 𝑘th degree and perform the best actions with 𝑛 peers under bandwidth constraints. …”
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Youth at Risk : A Prevention Resource for Counselors, Teachers, and Parents / by Capuzzi, David, editor 296803, Gross, Douglas R., editor 296809, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Developmental in its orientation, the text moves from population definition and identification, to causal factors and issues most often identified with placing youth at risk, to a prevention–intervention paradigm specifically created for teens. Illustrative case studies and enlightening sidebars enhance reader self-awareness, promote self-study and skill development, and aid in the comprehension of the concepts and applications of chapter material. …”
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Influence of depression and loneliness on suicidal behaviour among public university students in Malaysia by Norazizi, Nur Dini Kamilia, Che Amat, Muhammad Asyraf, Mohammad Hanafi, Nor Hafizah, Firman, Salam, Syahrul Nizam

“…The quantitative study involved 406 public university students in Malaysia, including early teens aged 20 years and below and adults aged 40 years and above. …”
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Love and Other Words / by Lauren, Christina, author 593883, Little, Brown Book Group (Online service) 655987

“…Once upon a time, Elliot was Macy’s entire world—growing from her gangly teen friend into the man who coaxed her heart open again after the loss of her mother…only to break it on the very night he declared his love for her. …”
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Respiratory epithelium, production performance and behaviour of formaldehyde-exposed broiler chicks by I., Zulkifli, O., Fauziah, A.R., Omar, S., Shaipullizan

“…Formaldehyde vaporization resulted in higher weekly (days 0-6 and 21-27) and total (days 0-41) feed intake and poorer weekly (days 0-6, 7-13, 21-27 and 28-34) and overall (days 0-41) feed conversion ratios. …”
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Lesbian rights and recognition in Singapore : lesbian relationships should be accepted legally and socially. by Yu, Bertinelli Shasha.

“…This project researches on how family, peers, religion, politics and society in general influence the psychological, emotional, and sometimes economical well-being of lesbians and thereby affect their lesbian relationships. …”
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Surface quality improvement in meso-scale milling with spindle axial directional ultrasonic vibration assistance by Ko, Jeong Hoon., Shaw, Kah Chuan., Tan, Sha Wei., Lin, Rong Ming.

“…Recently, vibration assistance has been experimentally investigated to the intermittent milling process mainly for feed and cross- feed directions. …”
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The long-term impact of multisystemic therapy: an experiential study of the adolescent-young adult life transition by Conroy, Dom, Smith, Jonathan A., Butler, Stephen, Byford, Sarah, Cottrell, David, Kraam, Abdullah, Fonagy, Peter, Ellison, Rachel, Simes, Elizabeth, Anokhina, Alisa

“…Interviews were conducted with 32 young people aged 16 to 22 years at their 48-month follow-up as part of the Systemic Therapy for At-Risk Teens (START) evaluation trial in the United Kingdom. …”
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The mobile augmented reality application for improving learning of electronic component module in TVET by Muthu, Nalienaa, Abdul Aziz, Faieza, Abdullah, Lili Nurliyana, Omar, Muhd Khaizer, Mustaqim Nazar, Muhammad Amir

“…Teens and young adults may get training in anything from the basics to advanced skills in various workplace and academic settings at Technical and Vocational Education Training and Education (TVET) institutions. …”
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Evaluation of Enterococcus hirae isolated from vegetable wastes as probiotic and improvement of immune response in African catfish (Clarias spp.) by Hamid, Nur Hidayahanum

“…Therefore, probiotics usage as an alternative strategy has been suggested to be used as substitution for antimicrobial drugs. …”
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Evaluation of drilling by induced delamination of hybrid biocomposites reinforced with natural fibers: a statistical analysis by RSM by Elhadi, Abdelmalek, Amroune, Salah, Slamani, Mohamed, Jawaid, Mohammad, Koklu, Ugur, Bidi, Tarek

“…The findings indicated that the most effective cutting parameters for minimizing delamination are achieved using the HSS drill bit, namely at lower feed and rotational speeds. Delamination remains below the threshold of 1.106 when the feed is 0.04 mm/rev and the rotational speed is 1592 rpm. …”

Low power digital CMOS design based on adiabatic switching principles by Wang, Wen Yuan.

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Enriching students’ cross-cultural and multilingual communication: the serious play approach utilizing Playmobil pro figures by Meletiadou, Eleni

“…Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data which revealed that Playmobil pro facilitated intercultural communication in the post-COVID-19 era as students seemed to be unwilling to work with their peers in face-to-face classes, possibly suffering from trauma. …”
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Study of pressure distribution in compliant coated abrasive tools for robotic polishing by Muhammed Umer.

“…While much research has been done to reduce polishing force variations by force control and compliance mechanisms, not much work has been done to understand the effect of compliance on the distribution of forces in the contact area of such tools. …”
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Development of fed-batch strategy to produce bacteria cellulose by Chua, Gek Kee, Soo, Yang Kee

“…It is found that BC produced from fed-batch modes has a higher yield (3.75 g/L for low feed frequency and 4.79 g/L for high feed frequency) compared to batch mode (2.24 g/L). …”
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Design and simulation of CMOS-based imprecise full adders by Wu, Chenxi

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