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The New Economics of Cape Slavery

South African Journal of Economics, Volume 94, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT In this survey, I argue that the Cape Colony has become one of the most useful settings for studying the economics of unfree labour. The Cape offers a distinctive combination: a slavery regime linking the Indian Ocean and Atlantic worlds, an urban and agrarian economy, overlapping labour regimes and archives rich enough for linked micro‐data ...
Johan Fourie
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The Heterogeneous Effects of Illiberal World Society on Child Health, 1960–2024

Social Science Quarterly, Volume 107, Issue 6, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study theorizes how and empirically analyzes the extent linkages to illiberal world culture shape child mortality. Methods I test these arguments using fixed‐effects panel regression models of worldwide country‐year data from 1960 to 2024. Results Affiliations with illiberal intergovernmental organizations and the global density
Steven A. Mejia
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Characteristics of Immersion Freezing Ice Nucleating Particles During Dust Season in Beijing

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 19, 16 October 2026.
Abstract Atmospheric dust is a primary source of ice nucleating particles (INPs), yet their concentrations at temperatures warmer than −20°C are not fully characterized during Asian dust events. This study uses a membrane filtering method to collect aerosol samples and a droplet freezing method to measure daily immersion‐mode INP concentrations in ...
Ke Cao, Manni Chen, Zhaolong Wu, Angnuo Tian, Yangze Ren, Kai Bi, Ping Tian, Qinghong Zhang, Huiwen Xue   +8 more
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Bridging the gap: advancing climate services integration into environmental planning in Barbados

Climate Services
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) such as Barbados face escalating climate risks that threaten infrastructure, livelihoods, and economic stability, yet climate services remain unevenly integrated into regulatory planning.
Atoofa Zainab, Kalim U. Shah, Janice Cumberbatch   +2 more
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Preharvest supplemental lighting enhances productivity and modulates postharvest quality in hydroponically grown Apulian unripe melon ‘Scopatizzo’ ( Cucumis melo L.)

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, Volume 106, Issue 13, Page 7666-7681, October 2026.
Abstract BACKGROUND Preharvest light management is increasingly used to enhance yield and fruit quality in soilless systems, yet its effects on unripe melon fruits remain poorly understood. This study evaluated the impact of supplemental red–blue light‐emitting diode (LED) lighting applied during cultivation in a closed‐cycle hydroponic system on ...
Onofrio Davide Palmitessa, Marica Troilo, Carlo Porfido, Roberto Terzano, Davide De Angelis, Massimiliano Renna, Francesco Caponio, Pietro Santamaria   +7 more
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Amazon River Plume Control on Carbonate Chemistry in the Western Tropical Atlantic

Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Volume 40, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract The Amazon River Plume (ARP) modulates the carbonate system of the western Tropical Atlantic (WTA) through physical and biological processes, including freshwater dilution, biological carbon uptake, and circulation‐driven transport; however, its basin‐scale impact has not been quantitatively assessed.
Matheus Batista, Eunice Machado, Thiago Monteiro, Nathalie Lefèvre, Rodrigo Kerr   +4 more
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Savannah Club Garrison, Barbados. [PDF]

Landscape; Black & white; 3 ½” x 5 ½”The architectural features of the Savannah Club Garrison, Barbados are prominent in this image. The building is enclosed with a wrought iron fence. The St. Ann’s Garrison clock tower is also visible.

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Complex inner and outer setting interactions determine feasibility and readiness of developing primary care registries in small island developing states: sequential mixed methods study

Frontiers in Health Services
IntroductionWe assessed feasibility and readiness for registry development and sought to understand the factors likely to affect the implementation of a registry into health systems in small island developing states (SIDS).MethodsWe conducted online ...
Natasha P. Sobers, Natasha P. Sobers, Joeleita Agard, Jacqueline Campbell, Kia Lewis, S. M. Jeyaseelan   +5 more
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The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

Gender &History, Volume 38, Issue 3, Page 799-809, October 2026.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
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The impact of a volcanic ash fall event on the Critically Endangered Barbados leaf-toed gecko Phyllodactylus pulcher

Oryx
Ecosystem disturbance is known to negatively affect herpetofauna. There are, however, few studies on the impact of volcanic ash fallout on reptile species and no known publications on any impacts on the family Phyllodactylidae.
Dennis Connor Blades, Isabel Maria Vique Bosquet   +1 more
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