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Elements for the Agent-Based Modeling of Slavery Systems
Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal, 2020 This paper introduces formal concepts for the agent-based modeling of slavery systems. The concepts of master-slave economic relationship, slavery-based economic system, slavery-supporting legal system, and slavery-based material agent society are ...
Antõnio C R Costa
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Conservation Science and Practice, 2020 Locations where populations are most reliant on forests and their ecosystem services for subsistence and development are also areas where modern slavery persists.
Bethany Jackson +3 more
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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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, 2020 This paper investigates how organisations are responding to mandatory modern slavery disclosure legislation. Experimentalist governance suggests that organisations faced with disclosure requirements such as those contained in the UK Modern Slavery Act ...
M. Rogerson +4 more
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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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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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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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Development of Teleoperated Robotic System for Remote Intraocular Microsurgery
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A teleoperated robotic system, characterized by micrometer‐scale precision and a remote center of motion design, is developed and validated to ensure the safety and flexibility of remote intraocular surgery. This system exhibits superior performance in experimental evaluations and holds significant potential for advancing remote microsurgery ...
Andi Xu +30 more
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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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