Establishing A Business Production For Written and Stamped Batik Crafts by Mulyanto Mulyanto

“…To establish a batik business with an initial production process for one month, a fund of Rp.37,350,000.00 is needed, 5 batik makers, 1 color dealer, an area of 100m2 and a building of 64m2. To establish a combination of stamp and writing batik business with an initial production process for one month, funds amounting to Rp 113,900,000.00, 4 employees, land 100m2 and building 69m2 are needed. …”
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Contested Colonial Metrological Sovereignty: The Daching Riot And The Regulation Of Weights And Measures In British Malaya by Por, Heong Hong

“…In 1897, a riot against the Sanitary Board broke out in Kuala Lumpur for its attempt to mandate that previously exempted traders use only government-verified and -stamped scales. The colonial government managed to maintain order and restore its authority at the end of the riot, but four types of merchants goldsmiths, silversmiths, opium dealers, and drug sellers managed to remain exempted. …”
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Advertising postcards in the collections of the National Museum of the History of Moldova (late 19th c. - the 1st half of the 20th c. by Ana Griţco

“…Performed in the style of their time, they reflect changes in both production and society. Unlike postage stamps and envelopes, the postcard is more convenient as a carrier of information, including advertising. …”
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Dynamic network measures reveal the impact of cattle markets and alpine summering on the risk of epidemic outbreaks in the Swiss cattle population by Beatriz Vidondo, Bernhard Voelkl

“…Conclusions Dynamic measures based on time-stamped data—the outgoing contact chain—can give better risk estimates and could help to improve surveillance schemes. …”
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«The true estimation» e «un certo convenzionale valore». Tutela e mercato delle sculture antiche a Roma alla fine del Settecento / «The true estimation» and «un certo convenzionale... by Chiara Piva

“…More than laws or sporadic proposals to fix the prices, the main factor conditioning the market appears to be the expertise by Pio-Clementino museum’s curators and by others intermediaries and art dealers.…”
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