Interns or workers? China's student labor regime by Chan, J, Pun, N, Selden, M

“…In the summer of 2010, Taiwanese-based Foxconn Technology Group- the world's largest electronics manufacturer- utilized the labor of 150,000 student interns from vocational schools at its facilities all over China. Foxconn is one of many global firms utilizing student intern labor. …”

China's rural migrant workers and labour politics by Chan, J, Selden, M

“…With a shift in manufacturing from the developed countries of North America, Europe, and East Asia to the emerging economies, China has become not only the workshop of the world, but also the epicentre of labour unrest. …”

Strength and heat emissions performance of high strength concrete containing fine metakaolin & palm oil fuel ash as partial cement replacement by Abu Bakar, M. N. R., Ismail, M. H., Che Rahim, N. A. N., Majid, M. A., Md Noor, N., George, A. F.

“…The slump and compressive strength tests were carried out first on concrete that uses fine metakaolin (FMK) only as a partial cement replacement to obtain an optimum value of FMK. …”
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The retrovirus HERVH is a long noncoding RNA required for human embryonic stem cell identity by Lu, Xinyi, Sachs, Friedrich, Ramsay, LeeAnn, Jacques, Pierre-Étienne, Göke, Jonathan, Bourque, Guillaume, Ng, Huck-Hui

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Self-organized canals enable long-range directed material transport in bacterial communities by Li, Ye, Liu, Shiqi, Zhang, Yingdan, Seng, Zi Jing, Xu, Haoran, Yang, Liang, Wu, Yilin

“…Long-range material transport is essential to maintain the physiological functions of multicellular organisms such as animals and plants. …”
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The impact of "Maritime Silk Road" on trade between China and Obor countries : China’s container throughput forecast based on quantitative analysis by Xu, Junjie

“…Under “one belt one road” strategy, China and partner countries would have a spacious room for business cooperation. …”
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10,000 students of UPM phased to return school by China Press

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Fine-scale genetic structure and natural selection signatures of southwestern Hans inferred from patterns of genome-wide allele, haplotype, and haplogroup lineages by Wang, Mengge, Yuan, Didi, Zou, Xing, Wang, Zheng, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, Liu, Jing, Wei, Lan-Hai, Wang, Chuan-Chao, Zhu, Bofeng, Liu, Chao, He, Guanglin

“…The evolutionary and admixture history of Han Chinese have been widely discussed via traditional autosomal and uniparental genetic markers [e.g., short tandem repeats, low-density single nucleotide polymorphisms). However, their fine-scale genetic landscapes (admixture scenarios and natural selection signatures) based on the high-density allele/haplotype sharing patterns have not been deeply characterized. …”
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Filter Bubble or Homogenization? Disentangling the Long-Term Effects of Recommendations on User Consumption Patterns by Anwar, Md Sanzeed, Schoenebeck, Grant, Dhillon, Paramveer S.

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Annotated bacterial chromosomes from frame-shift-corrected long-read metagenomic data by Arumugam, Krithika, Bağcı, Caner, Bessarab, Irina, Beier, Sina, Buchfink, Benjamin, Górska, Anna, Qiu, Guanglei, Huson, Daniel H., Williams, Rohan B. H.

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Mortality forecasts for long-term care subpopulations with longevity risk : a bayesian approach by Kogure, Atsuyuki, Fushimi, Takahiro, Kamiya, Shinichi

“…This article aims to propose a new Bayesian methodology to forecast mortality rates of long-term care (LTC) subpopulations with longevity risk. …”
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Nintendo Wii as an intervention : improving the well-being of elderly in long-term care facilities. by Koay, Jing Li., Ng, Janissa Sihui., Wong, Gladys Li Chieh.

“…Finally, we studied how the benefits of playing Wii may be magnified under different playing conditions. A six week-long intervention was held in SASCO Senior Citizens’ Home, a long-term care facility in Singapore. 45 residents aged between 56 and 92 years old took part in the study. …”
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Evaluating vision-language models long-chain reasoning ability with multiple ground truths by Setiadharma, Christopher Arif

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Revealing the existence of long-range liquid-liquid interfacial potential in phase-transfer processes by Ow, Matthew Jun Kit, Yeow, Edwin Kok Lee

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Manual laterality, grip types and tool use styles of andaman long-tailed macaques. by Tan, Say Hoon.

“…The relationship between handedness, grip type, food type, tool use style, tool sizes, and bout characteristics were examined amongst a group of Andaman long-tailed macaques. Coding from videotapes was done to obtain data. …”
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Nonverbal communication cues of bank CEOs and long term performance during financial crisis. by Goh, Le Min., Liang, Sihui., Lim, Shi Bin.

“…Standardised earnings surprise, amount of TARP money borrowed, duration of TARP money borrowed, as well as probability of getting into TARP, are used as long term performance measures to determine the predictability effect of each non-verbal observation on the financial performance of each company. …”
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Characterizing the spectrum of slip behavior at the Sumatran subduction zone with long-term geodetic records by Tsang, Louisa Lok Hang

“…First, from an ~1100-year-long paleogeodetic record at Simeulue Island, I discover that time-variable vertical deformation rates can be explained by changes in interseismic fault coupling over time. …”
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Screening for older inpatients at risk for long length of stay : which clinical tool to use? by Beauchet, Olivier, Fung, Shek, Launay, Cyrille P., Cooper-Brown, Liam Anders, Afilalo, Jonathan, Herbert, Paul, Afilalo, Marc, Chabot, Julia

“…Background: Screening for inpatients at risk for long length of stay (LOS) is the first step of an effective hospital care plan for older inpatients. …”
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The novel application of the lightning process to treat long COVID in primary care: case report by Finch, Fiona, Parker, Phil, Nollett, C., Burns, S.

“…As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Long COVID (LC) is now prevalent in many countries. …”
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Long-term outcomes in thoracic aortic surgery: 11 year single centre experience by Staniforth, E, Ttofi, I, Ttofi, J, Perinparajah, V, Vijjhalwar, R, Uberoi, R, Sideso, E, Dubey, S, Krasopoulos, G