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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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The first bear raid and squeeze: Isaac Le Maire and the Dutch East India Company
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In 1609, the Dutch East India Company (VOC) faced a bear raid by a syndicate of short sellers led by Isaac Le Maire, a former director. We reconstruct the forward trade between 1607 and 1611, the actions taken by the syndicate members, and the responses to these actions by the company.
Oscar Gelderblom +2 more
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Software-Defined-Networking-Based One-versus-Rest Strategy for Detecting and Mitigating Distributed Denial-of-Service Attacks in Smart Home Internet of Things Devices. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Karmous N +4 more
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Spinoza on Humans as Social Animals
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.Abstract Spinoza repeatedly suggests that humans are set apart from other animals by their rational and moral abilities. Yet he disparages the traditional definition of the human as a ‘rational animal’ and several of his other views suggest that these abilities are not sufficient by themselves to characterize human nature.
Ruben Noorloos
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Reimagining State Aid: Guiding Law and Policy Reform in a Changing World
European Law Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU state aid law has shifted fundamentally from an originally purely repressive tool to a proactive steering mechanism for critical EU goals today. This paper argues that the current legal framework in Article 107 TFEU is gravely misaligned with this new function.
Thomas Jaeger
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The United Kingdom is an asymmetric polity, in part because it is a multi‐national state brought together by conquest and voluntary union. The 1998 devolution settlements for Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland were conceived and implemented in the context of UK membership of the European Union (EU).
David Heald
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An event-based resilient consensus algorithm for secure and low-carbon operation of cyber-physical smart grids. [PDF]
Sci RepAlfaifi BY +4 more
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on Gendered Opportunity Structures Theory (Ely and Meyerson), this cross‐national qualitative study examines how formal policies, informal practices, and symbolic cultural narratives jointly configure employer support across three phases of the maternity transition—before leave, during leave, and after leave—in Brazil and the United ...
Letícia Maria Barbano +1 more
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A systematic review of DoS and DDoS attack detection in cloud environments: evolutionary trends and the emerging role of meta-learning for cross-domain adaptability. [PDF]
Front Artif IntellTiwari A, Navaneethan C.
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International Endodontic Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Tooth discolouration of endodontic origin (DEO) refers to an undesirable change in tooth colour arising from the pulp space as a result of reactive physiological processes, pathological processes or endodontic procedures and materials. As DEO frequently affects teeth in the aesthetic zone, it may substantially impair self‐esteem and
Gabriel Krastl +7 more
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