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. The study draws on 14 months of ethnographic fieldwork, conducted over three years, with disabled activists, disabled workers, employment advocates, tech company staff, and government officials. …”
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涂涂写写 = Alchemy of color and brushwork by Ng, Woon Lam

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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2... by Brauer, M, Roth, GA, Aravkin, AY, Bandyopadhyay, S, Bennett, DA, Browne, AJ, Graham, SM, Rodriguez, JAB, Runghien, T, Sartorius, B

“…Estimates reported represent the mean value across 500 draws from the estimate's distribution, with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs) calculated as the 2·5th and 97·5th percentile values across the draws. …”

Just Doing My Job: Normative Dimensions of Social Roles by Wells, Eliza

“…I grapple with this problem in Chapter Three. Drawing on theories of structural injustice, I argue that roles’ normative character actually generates responsibilities for justice. …”
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Structural derivation and crystal chemistry of apatites by White, Timothy John, Dong, Zhili

“…The inclusion of A(1)O6 metaprisms in structure drawings is useful for comparing apatites and condensed-apatites such as Sr5(BO3)3Br. …”
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Modelling and characterization of membrane fouling in osmotically-driven membrane processes (ODMPs) by Lai, Li

“…With intensification of water scarcity, forward osmosis has been drawing increasing attention due to its low energy requirement and power of removing pollutants in wastewater treatment and desalination processes. …”
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15.269 Literature, Ethics and Authority, Fall 2005 by Hafrey, Leigh

“…The course draws on various professions and national cultures, and is run as a series of moderated discussions, with students centrally engaged in the teaching process.…”
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Essays on the market for corporate bonds by Levonmaa, A

“…The results show that the bond market responds to news on credit quality asymmetrically: credit rating downgrades, representing bad news for bond holders, produce the strongest response in returns, whilst upgrades do not generate a statistically significant increase in returns. …”

Insurgent envelopment: the emergency blanket and scenes of exposure at border zones by McCormack, D

“…Fabricated from metallised polymer films, emergency blankets are used commonly to provide thermal protection for bodies at risk of exposure in a range of situations. …”

Application of Judith Butler’s “gender performativity” in Asian cultures by Ding, Gary Yongping

“…This paper aims to expand on the works of Judith Butler by examining her theory of Gender Performativity in relation to Asian Cultures through the use of films. While Butler’s theory of Gender Perfomativity may have been founded on continental philosophy, its validity still holds when applied to Asian Cultures.…”
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