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Circular Economy Capabilities for Slowing Resource Loops at Small Businesses in China, Finland and Japan – An Institutional Logics Perspective

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Existing circular economy (CE) research has primarily explored capabilities for the principle of closing resource loops (recycle and recover) in limited institutional contexts. However, little is known about the capabilities for the principle of slowing resource loops (reduce and reuse), despite its alignment towards achieving net zero ...
Savu Rovanto, Yuan Virtanen
wiley   +1 more source

Classifying Storage Temperature for Mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.) Using Bioimpedance and Diameter Measurements with Machine Learning

Sensors
Mandarin (Citrus reticulata L.) is consumed worldwide. Improper storage temperatures cause flavor loss and shorten shelf lives, reducing marketability.
Daesik Son, Siun Lee, Sehyeon Jeon, Jae Joon Kim, Soo Chung   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’: migrant care workers in ageing Shanghai Revendiquer la parenté par le « cœur filial » : travailleurs migrants du care dans Shanghai vieillissante

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Drawing on the ethnography of migrant care workers in eldercare in Shanghai, this article reveals the evolving landscape of caregiving and kinship practices in contemporary China. The ethnography presents the emic perspective of care workers, who actively develop symbolic trajectories for claiming kinship through ‘filial heart’ in caregiving.
Xinyuan Wang
wiley   +1 more source

HKNSC: A Dynamic Bilingual Narrative Speech Corpus from Hong Kong

Journal of Open Humanities Data
This data paper introduces the Hong Kong Narrative Speech Corpus (HKNSC), a bilingual narrative speech corpus collected from bilingual immigrants in Hong Kong.
Yike Yang
doaj   +1 more source

Root protein interatomic network obtained from citrus seedlings subjected to water deficit : S08O03 [PDF]

, 2012
Citrus Brazilian industry may be strongly affected by drought. Characterize rootstock behavior under different environmental conditions is crucial, since rootstocks may confer better adaption to environmental stresses.
Bonatto, Diego, Coelho Filho, Mauricio Antonio, Costa, Marcio Gilberto Cardoso, Magalhaes de Oliveira, T, Morillon, Raphaël, Neves, Diana Matos, Pirovani, Carlos Priminho, Silva, F.   +7 more
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Strangers on the ladder of the party‐state: Women in teaching in Nationalist Taiwan, 1940s–1980s

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract As the ruling party of a party‐state in China and Taiwan, the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/Guomindang) built a close relationship with the teaching profession. Many teachers joined the party and there was a well‐trodden pathway from teaching into local representative politics and civil service.
Joseph Lawson
wiley   +1 more source

Inpatient Dignity Scale: Mandarin translation and psychometric characteristics evaluation [PDF]

, 2021
Yao Huang, Ying Zhou, Thomas Wong, Dongyi Luo, Gangna Zhang, Jiani Chen, Graeme D Smith   +6 more
openalex   +1 more source

The Cost of Love: Emotional Labour and Moral Tensions in the Lives of Chinese Young Carers

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Like adults, children also provide care. This article explores the emotional labour of young carers who care for ill or disabled family members in China, a context where children's caregiving remains largely invisible in both policy and scholarship.
Kefan Xue, Kaidong Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Topicality and (Non-)Specificity in Mandarin [PDF]

, 2001
Current analyses of specificity are unable to provide an explanatory account for why specific and nonspecific uses of indefinites are available. While Abusch (1994), Reinhart (1997), and Kratzer (1998) provide successful mechanisms for deriving specific ...
Portner, Paul
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How Class Influences the Ethnic Identity of Chinese Immigrants in the UK: Citizenship, Work, and Solidarity

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT One of the current focal points of ethnicity research is the relationship between ethnic identity and social inequality. This paper examines how immigrants' understandings of ethnicity are influenced by class. Through life‐history interviews with 28 Chinese immigrants in the UK, I focus on the experiences and feelings of immigrants from ...
Zhaowei Yin
wiley   +1 more source