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Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]
, 2014 The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
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Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.Pressure skin wounds are frequent complications after spinal cord injury (SCI), with impaired healing due to vascular and immune deficits. Elastin‐like polypeptides (ELP) fused to α‐MSH (MSH‐ELP) or MCP‐1 (MCP‐ELP) are developed and tested on these wounds. The resulting nanoparticles are non‐toxic and bioactive, and they enhance macrophage recruitment,
Suneel Kumar +7 more
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Visual computation of surface lightness: Local contrast vs. frames of reference [PDF]
, 2010 Seeing black, white and gray surfaces, called lightness perception, might seem simple because white surfaces reflect 90% of the light they receive while black surfaces reflect only 3%, and the human retina is composed of light sensitive cells.
Alan Gilchrist, Ana Radonjic
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Bioinspired Adaptive Sensors: A Review on Current Developments in Theory and Application
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.This review comprehensively summarizes the recent progress in the design and fabrication of sensory‐adaptation‐inspired devices and highlights their valuable applications in electronic skin, wearable electronics, and machine vision. The existing challenges and future directions are addressed in aspects such as device performance optimization ...
Guodong Gong +12 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright +8 more
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Stigmatized Labor in the Mirror of Collective Shadow: from Rejection to Integration
ДискурсIntroduction. The relevance of the study stems from the need to comprehend labor stigmatization, particularly in the context of “dirty work”, which, despite its social importance, faces devaluation. The aim is to frame stigmatized labor as a metaphor for
A. K. Shcheglov
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Revue d’Histoire des Sciences Humaines, 2019 The early years of Marinette Dambuyant’s correspondence with Ignace Meyerson reveal three lasting biographical strands: teaching (as a secondary school philosophy teacher); her social and political commitment; and her research (her interest in India is ...
Noemí Pizarroso López
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Colour appearance is affected not only by perceptual but also by linguistic context [PDF]
, 2010 Terminology is a crucial problem in science, since quite often the terms used to denote theoretical concepts are directly taken from the vocabulary of common words, which usually have multiple meanings.
Alessandra Galmonte, Tiziano Agostini
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Auditory–Tactile Congruence for Synthesis of Adaptive Pain Expressions in RoboPatients
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.In this work, we explore auditory–tactile congruence for synthesizing adaptive vocal pain expressions in robopatients. Using a robopatient platform that integrates vocal pain sounds with palpation forces, we conducted 7680 trials across 20 participants.
Saitarun Nadipineni +4 more
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PSIHOLOGIA MASELOR: DE LA GUSTAVE LE BON LA SERGE MOSCOVICI
Studia Universitatis Moldaviae: Stiinte ale Educatiei, 2010 After more than one hundred years after the publication of Gustave le Bon's “Crowd Psychology” (1895) the role of masses on the stage of history remains equally significant and this underlines the determining influence of psychosocial factors in ...
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