Triadic interaction in the background of a pairwise spin-glass by Bagherikalhor, M., Askari, B., Jafari, G. R.

“…Developing an equilibrium solution for a pairwise spin-glass with a quenched random infinite range shows a continuous phase transition. …”

Global China by Ling, Wessie, Segre-Reinach, Simona

“…The implication of China as a global actor has manifested into transformations in East Asia (Pieke and Iwabuchi 2021) that are tightly interwoven with all aspects of life, modernities, and aesthetic formation, giving rise to the so-called Asia Century (Lee, Moon and Tu 2019). …”
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Eurocentric fables of international debt and China. China report by Nayak, Bhabani Shankar

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An extended NATREX model for China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper extends, for the first time, Stein’s (1995a) NATREX model to China and other similar emerging market economies. …”
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Rural transformation and productivity in China by You, Kefei, Sarantis, Nicholas

“…This paper carries out for the first time an econometric investigation of the contribution of rural transformation to total factor productivity in China. We find that the efficiency gains resulting from rural transformation make a significant and nontrivial contribution to factor productivity in China. …”
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The life project by French, Fiona, Camille, Baker, Raskob, Evan, Rothwell, Nick

“…The Life Project explores issues of psychological projection into technology by diving into the convoluted relationship between practical purpose and emotional attachment, through both the creative act of designing and making robot entities with artificial emotions, and the social act of engaging with them. …”
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Book review : Hate Spin: the manufacture of religious offense and its threat to democracy, by Cherian George by Haynes, Jeffrey

“…Book review of: Hate Spin: the manufacture of religious offense and its threat to democracy / by Cherian George…”

Microcredit in China: Recommendations for Policy Makers by Geraci, Michele, Luan, Mengna, Dixon, Chris

“…This is the first of a series of planned reports on microcredit in China. In this paper we offer our view of what is preventing microcredit from developing in China and offer a list of recommendations for Chinese policy makers that wish to promote this sector. …”
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China collection 2.1: Aerosol Optical Depth dataset for mainland China at 1km resolution by Xue, Yong, He, Xingwei, Xu, Hui, Guang, Jie, Guo, Jianping, Mei, Linlu

“…We compared the China Collection 2.1 AOD datasets for 2010 with AERONET data. …”
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Towards better governance on biosafety and biosecurity: China’s advances and perspectives in medical biotechnology legislation by Xue, Yang, Shang, Lijun

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Visualizing the intercity highway network in mainland China by Niu, Fangqu, Li, Jun

“…China is accelerating its high-speed transportation network development. …”
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Visualizing the intercity railway network in Mainland China by Niu, Fangqu, Li, Jun

“…In China, railways play a major role in inter-city travel. his study uses an equal population cartogram to plot the intercity railway network in Mainland China…”
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Conceptualizing Made in China for a museum exhibition by Ling, Wessie

“…The Wereldmuseum Rotterdam is planning to hold an exhibition on China in 2023 in which fashion and design are one of the exhibiting categories. …”
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Two pandemics in China, One Health in Chinese by Huang, Jie, McLean, Gary R., Dubee, Frederick C., Zheng, Zhiji

“…The philosophy of One Health is now widely accepted by the international community, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which was first reported in China, but its origin is far from certain. China has suffered two major pandemics during the 21st century. …”
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China's influence on fashion-making in Southeast Asia by Ling, Wessie

“…This podcast discusses Ling's research on China’s influence on fashion-making in Southeast Asia, from the fabric supply chain through design and sales; how fashion designers in the region feel about this influence and how these sentiments vary by country; steps Vietnamese designers are taking to highlight Vietnamese characteristics in fashion; how the research fieldwork and methodology are conducted for the study.…”
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Heat transfer model to predict skin burn injury for firefighters by Zainol, Zaina Norhallis

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Schopenhauer and Gotama on life's suffering by Ryan, Christopher

“…This chapter defends the view that Arthur Schopenhauer and Siddhattha Gotama were unquestionably pessimistic philosophers, insofar as they converged in locating the source of life’s suffering within the person rather than the external world. …”
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The secret to a good life by Smith, Bob, Smith, Roberta, Patrick, Brill, Jessica, Voorsanger

“…The Secret to a Good Life was commissioned by the Royal Academy (RA) to mark its 250th anniversary. …”
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'She loved this place': memorial benches as death writing, life writing and life siting by Karpf, Anne

“…I explore some reasons for their increasing popularity, their very materiality valued as a way of marking a life in a digital age. Memorial benches are also a reminder of the ways in which public spaces are stitched into daily routines, of the quiet value and meaning attached to local public squares, parks and beaches, increasingly encroached upon by privatisation. …”
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Anti-inflammatory and epidermal barrier protecting activities of virgin coconut oil by Ahmad, Zunairah

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