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The displaced plantation workers: A case study of rubber estates in Kedah [PDF]
, 2008 Eviction of plantation workers, due to the development of estate lands and changing land ownerships, has been a big and unresolved issue. Many plantation areas have been sold to make way either for housing projects or industrial sites.
Golam Hassan, Asan Ali +2 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Transducers convert physical signals into electrical and optical representations, yet each mechanism is bounded by intrinsic trade‐offs across bandwidth, sensitivity, speed, and energy. This review maps transduction mechanisms across physical scale and frequency, showing how heterogeneous integration and multiphysics co‐design transform isolated ...
Aolei Xu +8 more
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Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Electrochemical biosensors enable the accurate and timely detection of clinical biomarkers, improving healthcare and precision medicine. MXene nanosheets, a class of 2D transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides, are promising materials for developing next‐generation electrochemical biosensors due to their unique physicochemical ...
Muhsin Ali +4 more
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Chemically Doped Conductive Polymers for Wearable Health Monitoring
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Among conductive polymers, poly(3,4‐ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS), polyaniline (PANI), and polypyrrole (PPy) are the most studied and applied. Chemical doping significantly boosts intrinsic conductivity and mechanical robustness.
Mengdi Zuo +5 more
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A Profile of the Eastern Cape Province: Demographics, Poverty, Income, Inequality and Unemployment from 2000 till 2007 [PDF]
The Eastern Cape agricultural sector is a dynamic and livelihood sustainable sector. Approximately 1.7% of the Eastern Cape value added gross domestic product comes through agriculture and 2.9% of the population in the Eastern Cape is working in this ...
Jacobs, Elne, Punt, Cecilia
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How pro-poor is the selection of seasonal migrant workers from Tonga under New Zealand’s Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Program? [PDF]
, 2008 Temporary migration programs for unskilled workers are increasingly being proposed as a way to both relieve labour shortages in developed countries and aid development in sending countries without entailing many of the costs associated with permanent ...
Gibson, John +2 more
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Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang +8 more
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Real Immigration Reform: The Path To Credibility [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt] For over 40 years, efforts have been made to respond to the unexpected consequences of the accidental revival of mass immigration that has followed the passage of the Immigration Act of 1965. Immigrants had been declining as a percentage of the
Briggs, Vernon M, Jr
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Liquid Metal‐Based Stretchable Strain Sensor for Fruit Growth Monitoring
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.Schematic overview of the fruit growth sensor development workflow, including sensor fabrication by injection molding, electromechanical and environmental characterization, mechanical stability testing, electronic readout integration, and outdoor field validation for monitoring of fruit growth under practical orchard conditions.
Asad Ullah +7 more
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EQUITY SCHEMES IN SOUTH AFRICA: BENEFITS DELIVERED TO FARM WORKERS AS FUNCTION OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS' STRATEGY [PDF]
With the end of Apartheid, the South African Government created and corrected agricultural factor and product market failures in its attempt to improve the distribution of wealth and incorporate previously disadvantaged farmers into the mainstream of ...
Arellano-Vaca, Juan Francisco
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