THE RESILIENCE OF CHINESE MINORITIES: TRANSFORMATION OF CHINESE ENTREPRENEURS IN LASEM BATIK INDUSTRY, CENTRAL JAVA, INDONESIA

The resilience of Chinese minorities: Transformation of Chinese entrepreneurs in Lasem batik industry, Central Java, Indonesia

The Lasem batik industry underwent a significant dynamic change after the inauguration of batik as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO on October 2, 2009.The increasing growth of the batik industry in Lasem turned out to affect the decline in industrial ownership by Chinese-Indonesian business person.Although the Chinese-Indonesian business p

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Utilization of Natural Cellulosic African Teff Straw Fiber for Development of Epoxy Composites: Thermal Characterization with Activation Energy Analysis

This article ball stop focuses on the utilization of cellulosic fiber African Teff straw, for the fabrication of epoxy composites.5 and 10% NaOH solution is used for surface treatment of fiber.Compositional and XPS analysis is preformed for untreated and treated fibers and O/C ratio is evaluated.Impact, morphology, crystallinity, thermal characteri

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COSR: A Reputation-Based Secure Route Protocol in MANET

Now, the route protocols defined in the Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET) are constructed in a common assumption which all nodes contained in such networks are trustworthy and cooperative.Once malicious or selfish nodes exist, all route paths built by these protocols must be broken immediately.According to the secure problems within MANET, this paper p

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Evolution of stress responses refine mechanisms of social rank

Social rank functions to facilitate coping responses to socially stressful situations and conditions.The evolution of social status appears to be inseparably connected to the evolution of stress.Stress, aggression, reward, and decision-making neurocircuitries overlap and interact to produce status-linked relationships, which are common among both m

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