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Twenty‐First Century Butlers and the New Spirit of Service

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT More than 50 years ago, Lewis Coser argued that the “servant” had become obsolete, claiming that such a “premodern” occupation could not function within modernity without religious legitimations. However, with parts of the contemporary service sector exhibiting the very characteristics that Coser viewed as “premodern”—especially within ...
Bryan Boyle
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Demand Estimation with Text and Image Data

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We propose a demand estimation approach that leverages unstructured data to infer substitution patterns. Using pre‐trained deep learning models, we extract embeddings from product images and textual descriptions and incorporate them into a mixed logit demand model.
Giovanni Compiani, Ilya Morozov, Stephan Seiler   +2 more
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maid

, 1956
maid nSo, too... "maid" [is used] for "girl" - or rather for "woman", as I have heard a grandmother add- ressed as "maid."G. M. Story April 1956PRINTED ITEM DNE-citUsed I and SupUsed I and Sup1Used IMAIDEN, maid racket, maid teacherChecked by Rebecca

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Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer, John Taukäve, Maria Sahib, Eldine Glees, Aseri Driu, Joshua Lakabung, Atina Schutz, Joseph H. Genz, Shania G. Tamagyongfal, Jerolynn K. Myazoe, Alexander Mawyer, Alson Kelen, Larry Raigetal, Raffael Held, Andrew Irvin, Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Transform Aqorau, Kyrie Lalauvaki, Aileen Sefeti, John Kautoke   +20 more
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Coerced labour patterns in the Cape Colony, c. 1806–1826

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Multiple forms of coerced labour co‐existed in the early 19th‐century Cape Colony. This study examines changes in coerced labour force composition. Using annual taxation and census records, we examine district‐ and household‐level changes in reported enslaved, Recaptured African and indigenous Khoesan labour.
Kate Ekama, Benjamin Crous
wiley   +1 more source

Health leaders’ perspectives and attitudes on medical assistance in dying and its legalization: a qualitative study

BMC Medical Ethics
Background Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) has transformed health policy and practice on death and dying. However, there has been limited research on what shaped its emergence in Canada and the beliefs and views of health leaders who hold positions of
Amanda Yee, Eryn Tong, Rinat Nissim, Camilla Zimmermann, Sara Allin, Jennifer L. Gibson, Madeline Li, Gary Rodin, Gilla K. Shapiro   +8 more
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maid

, 1961
maid nAre you married or are you a maid?G. M. Story June 1961PRINTED ITEMUsed I and SupUsed I and Sup1Not usedMAIDEN, maid racket, maid teacherChecked by Rebecca Nolan on Wed 30 Sep ...

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Medical Archaeology and the Research Roads of Global Health in the Age of Eugenics

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article centers on an underexplored dimension of archaeology—the role of medicine and medical doctors in the ways archaeological excavations connected at times with early global health research and infrastructures. Its case studies focus on archaeology's role in the institutional networks, research routes, and racialized pathologies that ...
Franco D. Rossi
wiley   +1 more source

Contextualizing attitudes toward medical aid in dying in a national sample of interdisciplinary US hospice clinicians: hospice philosophy of care, patient-centered care, and professional exposure

Palliative Care and Social Practice
Background: Despite extensive theoretical debate, empirical research on medical aid in dying (MAID) largely has disregarded broader, contextual factors as potential correlates of attitudes in hospice clinicians.
Todd D. Becker, John G. Cagle, Cindy L. Cain, Joan K. Davitt, Nancy Kusmaul, Paul Sacco   +5 more
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Maid of Athens

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