WHAT A MUSHROOM LIVES FOR : Matsutake and the Worlds They Make / by Hathaway, Michael J., author 656068

“…Hathaway's book keys on how fungi exercise this capacity for world making. The matsutake takes center stage for most of this book. …”
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Making and remaking the home ‘at home’ in Shanghai in the time of COVID-19 by Xiao, L

“…This thesis explores the ever-ongoing process of home-making in contemporary Shanghai, China. …”

The South China Sea Disputes : Makings of a New Cold War? by Teo, KB

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Choice as an engine of independence : implications for employee voice and managerial decision making by Nanakdewa, Kevin

“…For example, people can either have a choice or not, or people can have more versus fewer alternatives to select from. In the present paper, I extended an emerging stream of research on the “choice mindset”, which highlights the subjective aspect of choice. …”
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THE ART OF CLOSING THE SALE : The Key to Making More Money Faster in the World of Professional Selling / by Brian Tracy, author 504285

‘Who’s the fairest of them all?’ The impact of men on the stepmother-daughter relationship in Snow White by Tan, Aaron Justin Li Jie

“…In fairy tales, there are no ambiguities or complications but instead, straightforwardness in the narrative trajectory, where good deeds are rewarded and wicked deeds punished as seen in the ‘happily ever after’ of Snow White and the cruel ending of the stepmother. …”
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Endogenous institutionalism and the puzzle of gender quotas: insights from Latin America by Gatto, MLAC

“…</p> <p>To evaluate the plausibility of my theory, I employ a series of multi-method and multi-level analyses presented across five substantive chapters, each of which is respectively based on: 1) a cross-sectional analysis of Latin America countries; 2) an elite survey experiment with Brazilian state legislators; and, in-depth process tracing of the cases of gender quota adoption in 3) Costa Rica; 4) Brazil; and, 5) Chile.</p> <p>The work makes three main contributions. Firstly, although previously identified, the resistance of male legislators towards gender quotas had never been systematically analysed in a comparative manner; focusing on the behaviour of male incumbents is thus a relevant contribution. …”

The Devotion of Suspect X / by Higashino, Keigo, 1958-, author 656116, Smith, Alexander O., translator 656118, Alexander, Elye J., translator 656119, Minotaur Books (Online service) 656121

“…When Detective Kusanagi of the Tokyo Police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigated. Nothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crime... …”
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Societal factors and the inescapability of Chinese female oppression by Wang, Carmen Onggo Jiawen

“…There is no sense of female camaraderie, because the only reality that women have been exposed to is from an artificial male construct and as such they too become perpetrators of patriarchal society. …”
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NEGOTIATE your way to RICHES / by Wink, Peter, 1966-, author 655681

“…Negotiate Your Way to Riches is unlike any negotiating book you've ever read. This book not only cover business negotiations, it also teaches you how to get deals on everyday personal purchases. …”

SCHOOL OF THIEVES / by Sabrina Ismail, author 655830, Naadhira Zahari, editor 655828

“…When life hits her hard, she has no choice but to do dirty thief work in order to make ends meet. One day, a new family moves into town. …”

Efficacy of Wolbachia-mediated sterility to reduce the incidence of dengue: a synthetic control study in Singapore by Lim, Jue Tao, Bansal, Somya, Chong, Chee Seng, Dickens, Borame, Ng, Youming, Deng, Lu, Lee, Caleb, Tan, Li Yun, Chain, Grace, Ma, Pei, Sim, Shuzhen, Tan, Cheong Huat, Cook, Alex R., Ng, Lee Ching

“…We evaluated the efficacy of releasing wAlbB-infected A aegypti male mosquitoes to suppress dengue incidence. Methods: In this synthetic control study, we conducted large-scale field trials in Singapore involving release of wAlbB-infected A aegypti male mosquitoes for dengue control via vector population suppression, from epidemiological week (EW) 27, 2018, to EW 26, 2022. …”
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Developing a medical ontology in the domain of colon cancer. by Yeo, Evelyn Andrewina Wan Gek.

“…Even though more data are available on demand than ever before, the gap in members of the public knowledge of health topics still thwarts their attempts to find information or make sense of what information they do receive (Stavri, 2001).…”
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E-cigarette (EC) and heated tobacco product (HTP) use in the United Arab Emirates, an emerging EC and HTP market: a cross-sectional analysis of the International Tobacco Control (I... by Leinberger-Jabari, A, Ahmad, A, Lindson, N, Oke, J, Hartmann-Boyce, J, Fong, G, El-Shahawy, O, Raghib, A, Sherman, S

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Of the 2,041 individuals who answered questions on EC use, 32% reported ever using them. Of 521 people providing data on HTP, 30% reported ever using them. …”

Anti-leukaemic and chemotherapy supportive effects of berberis vulgaris l. Fruit crude extract on in vitro and in vivo models by Saedi, Tayebeh Azam

“…However, herbal therapy is considered to have fewer side effects. Hence, the used of Berberis vulgaris crude extract (BVFCE) in treating leukaemia is highlighted. …”
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An ISA-95-based production scheduling system for high-mix,low-volume manufacturing by Phua, Tiong Lee.

“…in-depth investigation of the ISA-95 standar ed make it easy to be integrated into ISA-95 compliance. …”
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Prospects of a multipolar international monetary order by Alam Md Whaheed

“…The US dollar has been the dominant international currency ever since the introduction of Bretton Woods system. …”
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Business Research Methods / by Bell, Emma, 1968-, author 200397, Bryman, Alan, author 172014, Harley, Bill, author 655243, Oxford University Press (Online service) 655242

“…The authors have extensively revised this sixth edition to make it the most engaging and relevant text available. …”
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Sparse machine learning methods for financial signal processing by Pucha Srinivasa Sai Chakravarthy

“…Ever since stock trading came into force, financial economists are keen on identifying optimal methods that track stock movements and make a prediction on future prices with a high degree of accuracy. …”
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Finding similar motion across video sequences by Sim, Si Jia.

“…Security threats had always been an issue of concern in global countries and thus, security organizations had been trying to find ways to detect possible threats by the means of CCTVs to take a real time image of the surroundings of the public places. Have you ever wondered if what can be done to the images so as to detect the possible threats automatically? …”
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