Semantelli has launched a healthcare focused big data collection solution, which is built with Apache Hadoop and other standard big data stacks. BIGHEALTHr solution, which comes with built-in ontologies, can be configured to collect big ...
Harvard researchers have been able to use sequencing technology to store 70 billion copies of a yet-unpublished book in DNA binary code. The results of the project by researchers at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically ...
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation has awarded $200,000 grant to the American Dental Education Association (ADEA) to expand the minority dental faculty development (MDFD) program's existing critical efforts to improve diversity among populations of ...
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Yazhou folk song is one of the ancient styles of Hainan folk song. It is popular in Sanya, Huangliu Village of Ledong County and the affiliated territory to ancient Yazhou. The old Yazhou folk song is still popular today. It is a kind of ...
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Policy and Administrative Rules Catalogue of Related Laws Foreign Trade Law of the People's Republic of China Customs Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity ...
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The four-happiness baby figurine (Sixi Wawa) is a kind of folk doll made according to the conjoined shape of babies. People either display it at home or hang it on the body, in the hope of bringing happiness and fortune. The ...
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Ivory carvings are the selections of Chinese carving art. Ivory is tough yet delicate in texture and perfectly fit for carving. These characteristics were recognized by our ancestors as early as in primitive society, which can be ...
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Chinese opera originated in ancient song and dance. Around 800 BC, there emerged "(you)," who were kept by the nobles for their own entertainment. These people, usually males, good at singing, dancing and impersonations, developed into the ...
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In ancient China, engagement was an important social rite where man and woman confirm marital ties, next only to official marriage in significance. Marital ties were made by following "parents' order and on the matchmaker's word". However, ...
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Hairpins and hair clasps were everyday embellishments in old China. During the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasties (1644-1911), women's hair ornaments expressed traditional Chinese thought and culture in exquisite, sophisticated techniques. ...
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China is a country with an ancient civilization, and the modern Chinese standards of beauty often mimic those from thousands of years ago. Garment The ancients had their own attitude towards beauty and fashion. "Beauties Wearing ...
An imam officiates at the wedding of Zhe Yagang (groom) and Yang Liu (bride), who were in traditional Islamic costume, at Hongbinlou, a famous halal restaurant in downtown Beijing. Opting for an Islamic wedding has become a favored choice ...
Popular in Sichuan,Guizhou and Yunnan,Chuanju(Sichuan opera)is the major form of local opera in southwestern China.A combination of several local opera forms,such as kunqu,gaoqiang,huqin,tanxi and dengxi,it developed around the middle of ...
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Gaopo County is located in a paramos mountainous area. The highest point is 1712.1m above the sea level. The place gets its name probably because the northern part is mainly high mountains and mesas with surface relief going from north down ...
Hada, a long piece of silk used by the Tibetans and some Mongols as gift when greeting people, worshipping celestial beings, and in daily person-to-person contacts. According to the book Tibetan Customs and Habits by the Tibetan scholar ...
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