The effects of online social interactions on life satisfaction of older Chinese adults: new insights based on a longitudinal approach by Zhou, Dong, Xu, Yi, Ai, Pengya

“…We also find that OSIs narrow the social inequality in life satisfaction across groups from rural-urban areas and groups with different social statuses. …”
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Hydrological & hydrodynamic modelling of the Baliem River in Highland Papua, Indonesia by Wee, Khai Zher

“…Thereafter, we generated simulated river discharges at these pour points with meteorological data in the Génie Rural à 4 paramètres Journalier (GR4J) rainfall-runoff hydrological model. …”
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Sensitivity analysis on river discharge from uncertainties in basin and rainfall parameters by Toh, Amos Yu Heng

“…The parameters to be varied included the roughness index and the landuse percentage (rural grasslands vs urban concrete areas). The rainfall input used is pre-generated by 23 years of annual rainfall and converted to the Log Pearson Type 3 distribution. …”
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Parameter optimization methods for calibrating tank model and neural network for rainfall-runoff modelling by Kuok, King Kuok

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Wages, family background, on-campus performance and gender: an investigation of Chinese graduates’ first job salaries by Liu, S

“…</p> <p>Compared with the widely observed wage disparities among less educated workers caused by gender and Hukou status, this thesis provides evidence that higher education helps reduce the gender wage gap and rural-urban disparity in China. Analyses in the thesis are consistent with ‘state as equalizer’ and ‘market as equalizer’ theories. …”

West African labour and the development of mechanised mining in southwest Ghana, c.1870s to 1910 by Mark-Thiesen, C

“…Finally, part three takes a comparative look at headship and recruitment through rural chiefs, which began in 1906; two successive forms of non-free wage labour mobilisation. …”

Local multipliers in tradables and non-tradables by van Dijk, J

“…</p> <p>To better understand how these local multipliers work, I develop an efficiency wage model with rural-urban migration for the non-tradable sector. …”

Methodology research in clinical studies for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) of the skin: Addressing design, conduct and relevance for context and target population by Erber, A

“…</p> <p>The first is a study evaluating a diagnostic test for BU at a point-of-care (PoC) setting in rural Ghana, complemented by interviews and focus group discussions (FGDs) with relevant stakeholders. …”

Identifying the sources of intestinal colonization with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in healthy infants in the community by Amin, MB, Hoque, KI, Roy, S, Saha, SR, Islam, MR, Julian, TR, Islam, MA

“…This study aimed to identify the sources of ESBL-Ec colonization in children &lt; 1 year old through comparative analysis of <em>E. coli</em> isolates from child stool, child’s mother stool, and point-of-use drinking water from 46 rural households in Bangladesh. The pairwise similarity in antibiotic susceptibility of <em>E. coli</em> from all three sources was evaluated, followed by phylogenetic clustering using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus polymerase chain reaction and whole-genome sequence analysis of the isolates. …”

GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis model for utility water demand: the case of Lodwar Municipality, Turkana County, Kenya by Wanguba, B, Siriba, DN, Okumu, BO

“…This method offers an alternative hybrid technique for mapping potential utility water demand in rural municipalities with inadequate data.…”

Facilitators and barriers affecting the implementation of e-health for chronic respiratory diseases in remote settings: a qualitative evidence synthesis by Salmi, EM, Basile, FW, Khan, FA, Watt, L, Song, R, Bijker, EM

“…Conclusions: Several factors affecting the implementation of e-health in remote and rural locations for patients with chronic respiratory disease were identified. …”

Evaluating urban microclimate temperature using Envi-Met Simulation Model: a case study conducted in two city areas, Pudu and Wangsa Maju by Anis Batrisyia Asmadi, Alamah Misni, Mohamed Brahimi

“…Urban areas usually experience the urban heat island effect, where the area is significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas. This is due to the urban character and microclimate change. …”
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Unveiling the impacts of climate change and human activities on land-use evolution in ecologically fragile urbanizing areas: a case study of China's Central Plains Urban Agglomerat... by Jiang, Zhimeng, Li, Yan, Wu, Hao, Mohamed Shariff, Abdul Rashid, Zhou, Han, Fan, Kaixuan

“…Our results reveal that environmental changes significantly influence the spatiotemporal evolution of land use, accelerating rural-to-urban conversions in ecologically vulnerable regions, as validated by a CA-Markov model Kappa coefficient of 0.8378. …”
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AHP Model for Selection of Sustainable Energy: A Focus on Power Generation and Supplying for End-users by Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal, Mohd Shafie, Shafini, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…The use of AHP for selecting the source of renewable energy as the alternative for the non-renewable source of energy is important, especially to the environmental conscious’ end-users, or those who are living in the rural area. However, in the field of sustainable energy, AHP application for power generation focusing on the end-users is still limited. …”
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AHP Model for Selection of Sustainable Energy: A Focus on Power Generation and Supplying for End-users by Ahmad Zaidi, Mohamad Faizal, Mohd Shafie, Shafini, Abdul Rahim, Mohd Kamarul Irwan

“…The use of AHP for selecting the source of renewable energy as the alternative for the non-renewable source of energy is important, especially to the environmental conscious’ end-users, or those who are living in the rural area. However, in the field of sustainable energy, AHP application for power generation focusing on the end-users is still limited. …”
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Developing a conceptual framework of household energy consumption – energy efficiency in Selangor by Maisarah, Ahmad Sofi, Salina, Daud, Sabihah, Hitam, Wan Fadzilah, Wan Yusoff, Wan Noordiana, Wan Hanafi, Maryam Jamilah, Asha’ari, Mariam, Abdul Majid

“…Ethical practices encompass a set of principles and behaviours that align with moral and social values, promoting fairness, integrity, and responsibility in various contexts. …”
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Introduction — a roundtable on The Woman of Colour (1808) : pedagogic and critical approaches (Roundtable) by Sinanan, Kerry

“…This double movement in the novel unsettles white hierarchies of moral superiority and liberal ideals exposing them to be less immutable than they appear.…”
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Causal attribution, benefits sharing, and earnings management by Helikum, Lukas J., Tan, Hun-Tong, Xu, Tu

“…Furthermore, we show that the extent to which participants use moral justifications mediates the effect of benefits sharing on earnings management, but only when causal attribution is external, and that it mediates the effect of causal attribution on earnings management, but only when benefits are shared. …”
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A human-centric automated essay scoring and feedback system for the development of ethical reasoning by Lee, Alwyn Vwen Yen, Luco, Andrés Carlos, Tan, Seng Chee

“…This study focuses on the use of essays as a principal means for assessing learning outcomes, through students’ writing in subjects that require arguments and justifications, such as ethics and moral reasoning. We considered AI with a human and student-centric design for formative assessment, using an automated essay scoring (AES) and feedback system to address issues of running an online course with large enrolment and to provide efficient feedback to students with substantial time savings for the instructor. …”
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"模仿欲望" ：《肉蒲团》和《绣榻野史》中性欲的表现 = Mimesis of desire : sexual desires in “Carnal Prayer Mat” and “Incest of the Two Absurd Families” by 许嘉欣 Koh, Jia Xin

“…Past analysis on such novels had usually placed emphasis on the moral degradation of social values, e.g. “disciplinary punishment”, “karmic retribution” and sex culture, etc. …”
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