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Mass Timber: Overview and Issues for Congress
Congressional Research Service · 2023-10-12 · Reports · 13,814 words · PDF available
Mass timber is a class of engineered wood products made into structural pieces of much larger sizes and more diverse shapes than can be made with lumber alone. Mass timber is a substitute for conventi...
China Primer: Hong Kong
Congressional Research Service · 2023-10-12 · Resources · 1,662 words · PDF available
Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (PRC, or China). The United Kingdom (UK) established Hong Kong as colony in 1841, and administered it until 1997 when the...
Liability for Algorithmic Recommendations
Congressional Research Service · 2023-10-12 · Reports · 14,975 words · PDF available
A key feature of many websites and online services is the use of algorithm-based systems to select content that may be of interest to the website’s users (recommendation systems or recommender systems...