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Racial Geographies, Imperial Transitions: Property Ownership and Race Relations in Cienfuegos, Cuba, 1894–1899

open access: yesJournal of Transnational American Studies, 2011
This article explores race relations in the provincial city of Cienfuegos, Cuba, during a time of immense political change from 1894 to 1899. In those five years, Cuba was transformed from a Spanish colony struggling for independence to an occupied ...
Bonnie Lucero
doaj   +3 more sources

O significado da anemia falciforme no contexto da 'política racial' do governo brasileiro 1995-2004 The significance of sickle cell anemia within the context of the Brazilian government's 'racial policies' (1995-2004)

open access: yesHistória, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2005
O objetivo deste ensaio é refletir sobre o significado social de um crescente interesse pela anemia falciforme e outras doenças associadas ao corpo negro no Brasil. Investigarei a rede discursiva que se formou em torno da doença no contexto social da sua
Peter H. Fry
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Forty Four Years of Debate: The Impact of Race, Community and Conflict [PDF]

open access: yes
Race, Community and Conflict by John Rex and Robert Moore was published in 1967 and had a considerable public impact through press and TV. Forty four years later it is still widely cited in research on British urban society and 'race relations'.
Robert Moore
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Examining ‘Race’ in Health Research: the case for ‘listening’ to language [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Health researchers must be constantly conscious of the contribution that they may or may not make to the politics of race through language. In order to unpack concepts such as multiculturalism race relations ethnic minority citizenship and so forth at ...
Jones, Kip
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Tunable Extraordinary Optical Transmission in the Long‐Wavelength Infrared Range Using Electrostatic MEMS Actuation

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
A MEMS‐integrated metamaterial filter enables continuous, low‐voltage spectral tuning in the long‐wavelength infrared (LWIR). The device employs extraordinary optical transmission in a dual suspended metasurface stack, where electrostatic actuation precisely controls the intermembrane air gap.
Oleg Bannik   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Racial Fault-lines in “Baseball’s Great Experiment:” Black Perceptions, White Reactions

open access: yesTransatlantica, 2012
This paper examines three facets of the breaking of major league baseball’s color line by Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947: the perception of blacks, the response of white players (whether teammates or opponents), and the reaction of ...
Henry D. Fetter
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[Review of] John E. Farley. Majority-Minority Relations [PDF]

open access: yes, 1984
John E. Farley, who is on the faculty of Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville), says that he has written this book because he is concerned about the deteriorating status of minorities and intergroup relations in the United States.
Garcia, Homer D. C.
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Multiobjective Codesign Optimization of a Planar Pneumatic Artificial Muscle‐Based Snake‐Like Robot for Enhanced Agility and Energy Efficiency

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A codesign multiobjective optimization framework was developed to enhance the morphology and controller of a snake‐like robot driven by artificial muscles. It improved planar locomotion, agility, and power efficiency. The approach optimized link geometry and controller gains, revealing that shorter muscles near joints and longer linkages maximize ...
Ayla Valles, Mahdi Haghshenas‐Jaryani
wiley   +1 more source

Personal Explorations in the Study of Ethnic and Race Relations

open access: yesJournal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2018
Many have discussed the inherent problems in teaching race and ethnic relations courses. Students often come to class with preconceived ideas about their social world, and a range of feelings and experiences including confusion, biases and misconceptions.
Marguerite V. Marin
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Peons and Progressives: Race and Boosterism in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1904-1941 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The Texas borderlands have come to be increasingly important in the historical literature and in public opinion for the way that the region shapes national thought on race, borders, and ethnicity.
Cavazos, Margarita   +3 more
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