EDUCATION IN CHINA : Philosophy, Politics and Culture / by Ryan, Janette, 1956- author 278536, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Although China has ambitious plans for its education system, several problems remain, including an examination-obsessed system and highly competitive culture which skew the social fabric, dominating family life and childhoods. This accessible analysis will be a welcome resource for students of comparative education as well as those across the social sciences interested in Chinese society"--…”
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Foundations of Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling / by Capuzzi, David, editor 296803, Stauffer, Mark D., editor 393065, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…Now in its second edition, Foundations of Couples, Marriage, and Family Counseling delivers a comprehensive treatment of current theory, research, and real-life practice in family therapy. The text is fully aligned with the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE). …”
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Automate Your Busywork : Do Less, Achieve More, and Save Your Brain for the Big Stuff / by Tank, Aytekin, author 655218, John Wiley & Sons (Online service) 647106

“…You'll explore what's possible when you offload repetitive tasks, why automation has democratized innovation, and how you can use cheap—or even completely free—no-code automation tools to transform your ability to focus on what truly matters in your business and life. In the book, you'll discover: Why the future of business is no-code, and how you can use an automation-first mindset to unlock your productivity potential; How to move from busywork to less work, and finally to having the time you need to accomplish your most important work; How you can use delegation and automation to achieve "timefulness," the state of having enough time. …”
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Design and Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Programmable Cleavability by Zafar, Hadiqa

“…The remaining two chapters are a departure from BBPs, instead introducing a novel approach to cleavable comonomers for improving plastic end-of-life sustainability. The fourth chapter thus provides detailed background on the current plastic waste outlook, vinyl polymers and their synthesis, radical ring-opening polymerization, and current approaches to cleavable comonomers and the end-of-life options they offer commodity polymers. …”
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Autonomy Work: Personhood, Expertise, and Activism of Disabled AI Data Workers in China by Wu, Di

“…This dissertation examines the labor and life of disabled workers in China’s artificial intelligence (AI) data annotation programs. …”
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Validation of the Needs Assessment of Family Caregivers - cancer scale in an Asian population by Yang, Winson Fu Zun, Liu, Jianlin, Chan, Yiong Huak, Griva, Konstadina, Kuparasundram, Sangita, Mahendran, Rathi

“…It would be a useful instrument for determining family caregivers’ needs and to inform future interventions to address those needs and improve or maintain quality of life in both patients and their caregivers.…”
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Bacterial biofilm colonization and succession in tropical marine waters are similar across different types of stone materials used in seawall construction by Summers, Stephen, Pek, Y. Shona, Vinod, Deepthi P., McDougald, Diane, Todd, Peter A., Birch, William R., Rice, Scott A.

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Monitoring human arboviral diseases through wastewater surveillance: challenges, progress and future opportunities by Lee, Wei Lin, Gu, Xiaoqiong, Armas, Federica, Leifels, Mats, Wu, Fuqing, Chandra, Franciscus, Chua, Desmond Feng Jun, Syenina, Ayesa, Chen, Hongjie, Cheng, Dan, Ooi, Eng Eong, Wuertz, Stefan, Alm, Eric J., Thompson, Janelle

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Alginate encapsulation improves probiotics survival in carbonated sodas and beers by Tan, Li Ling, Ang, Kai Lin, Loo, Joachim Say Chye

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Three-component Friedel-Crafts-type difunctionalization of ynamides with (hetero)arenes and iodine(iii) electrophile by Kikuchi, Jun, Nagata, Toya, Ito, Shingo, Yoshikai, Naohiko

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Optimization of the thermal performance of building double-skin envelope by Chua, Wei Jin

“…Due to the hot and humid climate that Singapore experience throughout the year, residence of Singapore rely a lot on the use of the air-conditioner to achieve thermal comfort in their everyday life. But it was found that the excessive use of air-conditioner, not only in Singapore, has given rise in the mean global temperature or in other words, global warming. …”
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失败人生与精神阉割 ： 论英培安笔下华校生系列小说 = Setback and mental castration : a study of Yeng Pway Ngon’s novels of the Chinese-educated by 林俊捷 Lim, Chun Kiat

“…It is also intended to provide a comprehensive analysis of all the five full length novels with respect to the threat of failure in life and mental castration in which the Chinese-educated community is exposed to. …”
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Identification of potential common cyclic-di-GMP regulated biomarkers among three gram negative bacteria via transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling by Cai, Zhao

“…Bacterial cells can switch between two life styles, namely planktonic and biofilm, depending on different environmental cues. …”
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探析中国打工妹之婚恋 = A study on love and marriage of Chinese female migrant workers by 朱嘉怡 Zhu, Jiayi

“…This paper, in a new perspective, aims to discuss the dual marginalized identity of migrant women who have experienced a unique marriage and love life. Some migrant workers choose to return to the rural villages, some willing to use their body in exchange with the benefits of goods from global capitalism and some inspired to create a marvellous life with their own hands. …”
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A Tensor Compiler with Automatic Data Packing for Simple and Efficient Fully Homomorphic Encryption by Krastev, Aleksandar, Samardzic, Nikola, Langowski, Simon, Devadas, Srinivas, Sanchez, Daniel

“…As a result, translating large applications, like neural networks, into efficient FHE circuits takes substantial tedious work. …”
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A Unified Approach to Learning Ising Models: Beyond Independence and Bounded Width by Gaitonde, Jason, Mossel, Elchanan

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Insights on the solubilization products after combined alkaline and ultrasonic pre-treatment of sewage sludge by Lin, Leonard, Ng, Wun Jern, Tian, Xinbo, Wang, Chong, Trzcinski, Antoine Prandota

“…Excitation emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy analysis identified soluble microbial product-like and humic acid-like matters as the main solubilization products. …”
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Neutrophil‐mediated enhancement of angiogenesis and osteogenesis in a novel triple cell co‐culture model with endothelial cells and osteoblasts by Herath, Thanuja D. K., Larbi, Anis, Teoh, Swee Hin, Kirkpatrick, C. James, Goh, Bee Tin

“…Neutrophils significantly increased angiogenesis in the tissue construct, evidenced by the formation of microvessel‐like structures with an extensive lattice‐like, stable tubular network in the co‐culture model. …”
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Spin-orbit torque magnetization switching in Co/Pt multilayers for multistate memory and logic devices by Lim, Gerard Joseph

“…Multistate magnetization switching, useful for synaptic applications due to the analogue-like behaviour, is experimentally demonstrated in a Hall cross device. …”
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All carbon based high energy lithium-ion capacitors from biomass : the role of crystallinity by Sennu, Palanichamy, Arun, Nagasubramanian, Madhavi, Srinivasan, Aravindan, Vanchiappan, Lee, Yun-Sung

“…The pyrolyzed carbon exhibits a few layers of graphene-like structure and tubular morphology with multiple inherent heteroatoms like N, S, and Ca. …”
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