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Does Taxing Mobile Money Harm the Poor: Evidence From the 10 Per Cent Excise Fee Introduction in Kenya 对移动货币征税会伤害穷人吗:来自肯尼亚10%消费税的证据

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.845

Kai Foerster

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Isabel Wilkerson (2020), Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents 伊莎贝尔·威尔克森(2020)，《种姓:我们不满的根源》

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.1243

Sanika Savdekar

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Preventing Cancer with Turmeric: The Whole is Better than the Sum of its Parts 用姜黄预防癌症:整体胜于部分之和

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.939

M. Bowers

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Reinvention: Research Through a Cultural Lens 重塑:文化视角下的研究

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.1242

Shreya Sridharan

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Digital Decodings? Becoming-Ungenderable in Online Spaces 数字解码?在网络空间中变得不分性别

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.900

Emerson Hurley

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Post-COVID Challenges for Incoming and Returning International Students 新冠肺炎疫情后，新生和归国留学生面临的挑战

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-10-31 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i2.948

Aliya Pal

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Biodegradable Synthetic Polymers for Tissue Engineering: A Mini-review 用于组织工程的可生物降解合成聚合物:综述

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i1.801

Emily Hartley, Harrison Moon, A. Neves

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Reinvention: Innovation and Inclusion 再造:创新与包容

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i1.1170

Shreya Sridharan

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Appetite Control With Ageing 随着年龄的增长控制食欲

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i1.707

Adam Plotkin

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Libraries, Piracy and the Grey Area In-Between: Free Digital Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic 图书馆、盗版和中间的灰色地带:2019冠状病毒病大流行期间的免费数字媒体

Reinvention: an International Journal of Undergraduate Research Pub Date : 2022-04-29 DOI: 10.31273/reinvention.v15i1.799

Helen Yesberg

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