Allergenic pollen concentrations in the United Kingdom by Jones, Sandra

“…This research has relevance within many subject areas. The long term data sets on which a large part of the thesis is based are of great interest to Aerobiologists in the identification of long term trends in pollen data. …”
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Critical Thinking through Problem-based Learning in an Applied Ethics Module by Duckworth, Craig

“…Employers and governments have long called for graduates with generic, interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills [1]. …”
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Estimating persistence in the volatility of asset returns with signal plus noise models by Caporale, Guglielmo Maria, Gil-Alana, Luis A.

“…The results suggest that volatility has a component of long-memory behaviour, the order of integration ranging between 0.3 and 0.5, the series being therefore stationary and mean-reverting.…”
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Structural Breaks and the Equilibrium Chinese Yuan/US Dollar Real Exchange Rate: A FEER Approach by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…We find structural breaks in all trade and the sustainable current account equations, with the break dates corresponding to important policy changes in China. The misalignment rates show that the real exchange rate was overvalued in most years until 2003, followed by undervaluation during 2004-2009. …”
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Hey, did you see that label? It’s sustainable! - understanding the role of sustainable labelling in shaping sustainable purchase behaviour for sustainable development by Siraj, Ahsan, Taneja, Shilpa, Zhu, Yongming, Jiang, Hongbing, Luthra, Sunil, Kumar, Anil

“…This research integrates the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) with environmental concern, consumer effectiveness, consumer innovativeness and sustainable label awareness to determine how these affect the sustainable purchase behaviour for food products in China. The findings of structural equation modelling using data gathered from 273 consumers indicate all the constructs as significant, with consumer innovativeness having a negative and significant association. …”
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Design of intelligent agricultural environmental big data collection system based on ZigBee and NB-IoT by Niu, Lu

The commercial street as “frozen” festival: a study in Chinese mercantile traditions by Gao, Yun, Temple, Nicholas, Li, Yan

“…This study explores themes relating to these intersections between building and festive occasion through an examination of two traditionally designed commercial streets in China. It argues that architecture in these two cases presents in different ways a “foregrounding” of festivals, in which participants are reminded of previous events. …”
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A literature survey on vaccine supply chain management amidst COVID-19: literature developments, future directions and open challenges for public health by Joshi, Sudhanshu, Sharma, Manu

“…The top five countries contributing to VSCM literature are the USA, France, China, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Supply chain, vaccine, immunization, and Vaccine Supply Chain Management are the high-frequency keywords in the area of VSCM. …”
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Building tomorrow's smart cities with 6G infrastructure technology by Singh, Sushil Kumar, Virdee, Bal Singh, Jadeja, Rajendrasinh, Tanwar, Sudeep, Khanna, Ashish

Future reservoir performance projection using integrated models in the framework of climate change by Hamidon, Nuramidah

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Improved aerosol optical depth and Ångstrom exponent retrieval over land from MODIS based on the non-Lambertian forward model by Yang, Leiku, Xue, Yong, Guang, Jie, Kazemian, Hassan, Zhang, Jiahua, Li, Chi

“…This new algorithm was applied to MODIS measurements of the whole year of 2008 over Eastern China. By comparing the results with that of AERONET, we found that the accuracy of the aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrieval was improved with the regression plots concentrating around the 1 : 1 line and two-thirds falling within the expected error (EE) envelope EE = ±0.05 ± 0.1τ (from 53.6% with L_FM to 68.7% with NL_FM at band 0.55 μm). …”
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Fashion-making and co-creation in the transglobal landscape: Sino-Italian fashion as method by Ling, Wessie, Segre Reinach, Simona

“…Specifically, what happens when Italy and China collaborate in transglobal fashion-making? …”
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Decoding Covid-19 with the SARS-CoV-2 genome by Ellis, Phoebe, Somogyvári, Ferenc, Virok, Dezső P., Noseda, Michela, McLean, Gary R.

“…Purpose of review: SARS-CoV-2, the recently emerged coronavirus (CoV) that is responsible for the current global pandemic Covid-19, first appeared in late 2019 in Wuhan China. Here, we summarise details of the SARS-CoV-2 genome to assist understanding of the emergence, evolution and diagnosis of this deadly new virus. …”
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Multiple cross-docks scheduling with multiple doors using fuzzy approach and meta-heuristic algorithms by Movassaghi, Mitra, Avakh Darestani, Soroush

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Influence of culture on learning object design and evaluation by Qi, Mei

“…This study began with an empirical case study that was carried out in two universities in China and the UK to elucidate influences of culture on the reuse of learning objects, and then identified four dimensions of culturally sensitive factors that may be involved in learning objects designs through a systematic review. …”
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Physical activity and academic procrastination among Chinese university students: a parallel mediation model of self-control and self-efficacy by Li, Changqing, Hu, Yanbo, Ren, Kai

“…The sample comprised 564 university students from a university in Zhejiang, China. The physical activity rating scale-3 (PARS-3), self-control scale (SCS), generalized self-efficacy scale (GSES), and procrastination assessment scale-students (PASS) were used to investigate university students’ physical activity, self-control, self-efficacy, and academic procrastination respectively. …”
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Group at a formal dinner by Waterford Association, WA

“…Colour photograph showing seven people sitting at a long table during a formal dinner. Photographer unknown.…”
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Is the Future in T-Bond Trading? by Bojkova, Viara

“…If, as anticipated, real long-term rates increased, such as the real yield on a 10-year Treasury bond, the shift away from fixed-income instruments towards equities and alternative investments or pure liquidity could be reversed. …”
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Group at a formal dinner by Waterford Association, WA

“…Colour photograph showing at least thirteen people sitting around a long table during a formal dinner. Photographer unknown.…”
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Group at a formal dinner by Waterford Association, WA

“…Colour photograph showing at least fourteen people sitting around a long table during a formal dinner. Photographer unknown.…”
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