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In Whose Interest? Ante-Bellum Abolitionism, the Bible, and Contemporary Christian Ethics

open access: yesPerichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2018
Christians look to Scripture to inform their ethical decision-making, believing that God speaks through it. However, disagreement as to what the Bible requires us to do can often lead to acrimonious splits within the church.
Carson Marion L. S.
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Social Work Abolitionism in the Midst of the Hong Kong Protests

open access: yesCritical Social Work
2019 was a historic year for political struggle in Hong Kong. What had begun as protests against a bill that would allow for the extradition of activists and labour organizers to the mainland Chinese criminal justice system, transformed into a broader ...
Edward Hon-Sing Wong
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Ni explotación ni trabajo. Repensando el estatus de la prostitución a la luz de la historia del sexo compensado entre varones en Latinoamérica

open access: yesConfluenze, 2022
This article studies the history of compensated sex between men in Latin America in the 20th century. The study has two goals. On one hand, exploring how the changes affecting male compensated sex are inextricably intertwined with the transformation of ...
Santiago Joaquín Insausti
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The Abolition of Capital Punishment in the major Countries of Europe

open access: yesJournal on European History of Law, 2017
The present paper deals with the history of abolitionism in the main European states. This essay first introduces the course of abrogation of capital punishment in its Italian cradle, then it details the steps by which the status of this kind of ...
Zoltán János Tóth
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Abolitionism in transhumanism – A future without suffering

open access: yesSocial Sciences and Humanities Open
The term “transhuman” first appeared in Dante Alighieri's 1308 term “transumanare,” meaning to transcend the human condition. Since its inception, transhumanism has focused on surpassing human biological constraints.
Damon Mackett
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Sustainable Poly(Lactic Acid)/Graphene Oxide Bioelectronic Platform for Neurotransmitters Sensing and Tunable Stimulation of Astrocytes

open access: yesAdvanced Materials, EarlyView.
This work introduces sustainable PLA/graphene oxide bioelectronic interfaces featuring electrodes with tunable conductivity and strong electrocatalytic performance. These platforms were used to implement a new method for tuning astrocyte Ca2+ signaling and for the efficient detection of key biomarkers.
Alessandra Scidà   +15 more
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Free-Trade Ideology and Transatlantic Abolitionism: A Historiography [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This essay seeks to trace the many—and often conflicting—economic ideological interpretations of the transatlantic abolitionist impulse. In particular, it explores the contested relationship between free-trade ideology and transatlantic abolitionism, and
Marc-William Palen (21828914)
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Repurposing FDA‐Approved Drugs to Inhibit Fungal PPTases for Broad‐Spectrum Synergy

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Fungal secondary metabolites serve as crucial virulence effectors; however, the potential of their biosynthetic pathways as antifungal targets remains inadequately comprehended. Repurposed FDA‐approved drugs inhibit fungal PPTase (essential for secondary metabolism) in vivo.
Zili Song   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Slavery, Sympathy, and White Self-Representation in Dutch Bourgeois Theater of 1800

open access: yesEarly Modern Low Countries, 2018
Unlike the German, French, and particularly Anglo-American cases, the Dutch theatrical imaginings of colonialism, slavery, and race have been largely neglected by scholars of imperial culture.
Sarah Josephine Adams
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