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Notes on Luma, a Southern Ngwi Language in Laos
Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, 2023 This paper provides a geographic, ethnographic, and linguistic background on Luma, a lesser-known language belonging to the Akoid subgroup of Southern Lolo/Ngwi in Phongsaly Province, Lao PDR.
Lew, Sigrid
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Japan as a Source of Legal Ideas: A View from the Mekong Subregion of ASEAN
New Voices in Japanese Studies, 2021 Much has been written about Japanese law within the context of Japan. Less is known about the application of Japanese legal models outside Japan. A prevailing view among some commentators is that Japanese law scholarship does not offer insights that are
Nobumichi Teramura
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Lao PDR Case Study: Électricité du Laos
, 2014 Électricité du Laos (EDL), the public electricity utility of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, has achieved remarkable institutional success over the past two decades, particularly in terms of the gains in rural electrification it has achieved in the country. EDL has distributed electricity to a steadily increasing proportion of the Lao population,
Barma, Naazneen H. +1 more
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The Bitter Taste of Brazil's Temporary Import Ban on Robusta Coffee
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Brazil, a leading Robusta coffee producer and exporter, faced a significant drought in 2016–2017, which drastically reduced production and depleted stocks. Consequently, Brazil temporarily permitted the import of one million 60‐kg bags of Robusta coffee in the spring 2017. An import ban was imposed shortly afterward due to lobbying by domestic
Hanifi Otgun +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates innovative financing strategies to mobilise private capital for climate adaptation, emphasising Hong Kong's role in advancing efforts across Southeast Asia. Using expert interviews and case studies, it addresses two key questions: which financial instruments can strengthen public–private collaboration, and what best ...
Laurence L. Delina +5 more
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Thixotropic Behavior of Cement Pastes Under Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
Applied Rheology, 2017 Cement-based materials exhibit highly complex rheological properties, in particular yielding and thixotropy. These two properties can be characterized by considering rebuilding under a constant stress (creep) after shear at high rate.
Conte T., Bennacer R., Chaouche M.
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Consumer Mobile Phone Recycling Behaviour: A Systematic Review and Future Research Agenda
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Mobile phone recycling has received increasing attention from scholars and practitioners due to its environmental, social, and economic impacts. However, knowledge about consumer mobile phone (MP) recycling behaviour is fragmented, making it challenging to develop effective strategies to promote this behaviour. This study follows the Preferred
Xinru (Angie) Jiang +4 more
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Applied Rheology, 2014 Large amplitude oscillatory shear (LAOS) rheology is often performed in order to complement steady simple shear (SSS) rheology, i.e., probe rheological properties of materials that cannot be not observed with SSS alone.
Stickel Jonathan J. +2 more
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Strain-Rate Frequency Superposition in Large-Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
, 2010 In a recent work, Wyss, {\it et.al.} [Phys. Rev. Lett., {\bf 98}, 238303 (2007)] have noted a property of `soft solids' under oscillatory shear, the so-called strain-rate frequency superposition (SRFS).
A. Collyer +7 more
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Model-driven transformation and validation of adaptive educational hypermedia using CAVIAr [PDF]
, 2010 Authoring of Adaptive Educational Hypermedia is a complex activity requiring the combination of a range of design and validation techniques.We demonstrate how Adaptive Educational Hypermedia can be transformed into CAVIAr courseware validation models ...
Melia, Mark, Pahl, Claus
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