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The aftershocks: migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation in post-earthquake Nepal [PDF]
, 2015 Laura McManus is an ethical supply chain consultant specializing in modern slavery in Nepal. She is currently completing research for a joint project with photographer Monica Jane Frisell that examines the lives of Nepali domestic workers.
McCormack, Sam, McManus, Laura
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The Application of Telemedicine in Surgery
Med Research, EarlyView.This figure provides an overview of the content presented in this article. Telemedicine is integrated throughout the entire surgical workflow, with distinct applications across the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. These applications are enabled by a suite of supporting technologies, while the associated implementation challenges ...
Yufan Yang +8 more
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Modern Slavery Disclosure in Indonesia Corporate Supply Chains
Jurnal Riset dan Aplikasi: Akuntansi dan Manajemen: Modern Slavery Disclosure in Indonesia Corporate Supply Chains. Purpose: This study examines how Indonesian companies disclose modern slavery risks under a voluntary reporting regime.
Padma Adriana Sari +4 more
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Modern slave or illegal worker? The haze around modern slavery and its implications [PDF]
, 2017 The Modern Slavery Act 2015 has been far from a solution to the problem of worker exploitation. Candice Morgan explains how the Act is flawed in its application, and why much of the ineffectiveness comes down to how ‘modern slavery’ is being ...
Morgan, Candice
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CONCERT: A Modular Reconfigurable Robot for Construction
Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents CONCERT, a fully reconfigurable modular collaborative robot (cobot) for multiple on‐site operations in a construction site. CONCERT has been designed to support human activities in construction sites by leveraging two main characteristics: high‐power density motors and modularity. In this way, the robot is able to perform a
Luca Rossini +18 more
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Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking: An Overlooked Issue [PDF]
, 2011 Slavery and human trafficking have become a widespread problem across the globe today. Practices including debt bondage, forced labor, sexual slavery, and more are occurring in every country, including here in the United States.
Kuhl, Michelle
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Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.This study investigates the integration of synthetic imagery, created with diffusion‐based models, to supplement limited training data and improve muskox (Ovibos moschatus) detection in zero‐shot (ZS) and few‐shot (FS) settings. ZS models detected more than 80% of muskoxen in real images, confirming the potential of synthetic data as a substitute for ...
Simon Durand +4 more
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Slaves out of context: domestic slavery and the Anglo-Indian family, c. 1780–1830 [PDF]
, 2009 This paper explores the place of domestic slaves in British families resident in India, c. 1780–1830, and the ways in which the presence of slaves within these Anglo-Indian households challenged British understandings of slavery as a practice.
Finn, Margot C.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Temporary migrant workers (TMW) in the agrifood system face social determinants of health (SDoH) that contribute to health inequities. Despite their dual residency, the potential of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to support the health of TMW remains underexamined.
Théa Demmers +4 more
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TESOL Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the language experiences of refugees and asylum seekers who survived sex trafficking, domestic slavery, and sexuality‐based persecution. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 15 respondents followed across two time points separated by 6 years, all members of an England‐based therapeutic community, we focus here on four ...
Sally Rachel Cook, Jean Marc Dewaele
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