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The article offers information on the election of board members and president of the nonprofit organization Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) for the academic year 2016 in the U.S. Details on the election process for president, board or directors and amendment to the bylaws are discussed. Brief profiles of the candidates for president including Sandra Erdelez and Lynn Silipigni Connaway and board of directors including Kathryn La Barre and Yuelin Li are offered.

The article announces that a five-year research project to identify the genetic variants affecting the risk for recurrent major depression will be conducted in 15 different sites in China.

The article discusses the report of the state media in China on the formation of labor unions for the 60 stores of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in the country. The All-China Federation of Trade Unions has been lobbying for two years to organize the employees of Wal-Mart but the efforts failed due to the alleged obstruction of the company. In this regard, the Chinese labor official has promised to form a union in each of the store's branches even though Chinese workers have no clear benefits from it.