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Historical roots of implicit bias in slavery
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2019 Significance Geographic variation in implicit bias is associated with multiple racial disparities in life outcomes. We investigated the historical roots of geographical differences in implicit bias by comparing average levels of implicit bias with the ...
B. Payne +2 more
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Corporate responses to modern slavery risks: an institutional theory perspective
European Business Review, 2020 Purpose Drawing on statements made under the transparency in supply chains provision of the UK Modern Slavery Act, this paper aims to examine how firms are responding to modern slavery risks in their supply chains. Design/methodology/approach Using an
A. Flynn, H. Walker
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Black Maternal and Infant Health: Historical Legacies of Slavery.
American Journal of Public Health, 2019 The legacies of slavery today are seen in structural racism that has resulted in disproportionate maternal and infant death among African Americans.The deep roots of these patterns of disparity in maternal and infant health lie with the commodification ...
D. C. Owens, Sharla M. Fett
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The Sierra Club: Environmental Activism and US Empire, 1892–1900
USAbroadFormed in 1892, the Sierra Club (SC) is the oldest US environmental organization concerned with the environment within US borders and beyond. Yet, to date, the Club has not received much attention from historians.
Dean Clay
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Modern Slavery Policies in a Conceptual Perspective
International Journal of Engineering and Management Sciences, 2018 Most of the people assume modern slavery end up in 19th century. However, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO), today 40 million people live as a slave. Moreover, modern slavery is the world’s fastest growing crime and has huge number,
Imran Sarihasan, Domicián Máté
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Perceptions of Psychological Coercion and Human Trafficking in the West Midlands of England: Beginning to Know the Unknown. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Modern slavery is less overt than historical state-sanctioned slavery because psychological abuse is typically used to recruit and then control victims.
Coral J Dando +2 more
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Sociologie Românească, 2023 This article aims to analyse the content of the local collective memory regarding slavery in Tismana, the place of the first documentary attestation of “Gypsies” in Romanian territory as slaves.
Adrian-Nicolae Furtună
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review systematically examines robotic systems for robot‐assisted transoral surgical procedures, classifying them based on transoral access depth, and evaluates their fundamental design principles, mechanical innovations, algorithmic advancements, and clinical implementation status.
Yuhao Shi +5 more
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Continuum Mechanics Modeling of Flexible Spring Joints in Surgical Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.A new mechanical model of a tendon‐actuated helical extension spring joint in surgical robots is built using Cosserat rod theory. The model can implicitly handle the unknown contacts between adjacent coils and numerically predict spring shapes from straight to significantly bent under actuation forces.
Botian Sun +3 more
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Slavery and Early Christianity - a reflection from a human rights perspective
Acta Theologica, 2016 Addressing the topic “slavery and Early Christianity” is a difficult task for various reasons. First, it is complex to reach an understanding of slavery of that time.
P. G. Kirchschlaeger
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