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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This study presents a robot‐assisted remote rehabilitation system for postoperative ankle fractures. The 2.634 kg modular system uses wireless control and deep learning to predict force delays, achieving 100 Hz control (normalized root mean square error ≤ 10.89%).
Zhiyuan He +4 more
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The Impact of Discrimination on Working Children and on the Phenomenon of Child Labour [PDF]
, 2002 This document is part of a digital collection provided by the Martin P. Catherwood Library, ILR School, Cornell University, pertaining to the effects of globalization on the workplace worldwide.
Anti-Slavery International
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.This article describes the integration of compliant bi‐stability in continuum robots. This integration leads to two variants of compliant bistable mechanism (CBM) integrated continuum robot segments, extending and locking. Results show that when used together, these CBM‐integrated segments allow the continuum robot to form custom shapes.
Muhammad Umer Khan Niazi +4 more
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Frontiers in Human DynamicsThis article reconsiders the nature of marketplace exchange in premodern economies by comparing two distinct cases: the monetized system of the Byzantine Empire and the exchange networks of the prehispanic central Andes.
Katerina Ragkou, Christian Mader
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Slavery is bad for business: analyzing the impact of slavery on national economies [PDF]
, 2013 Public discourse on human trafficking and modern-day slavery is reaching a tipping point -- it is coming to be understood as a global problem with economic and policy implications far beyond simple reports of cross-border human trafficking.
Bales, Kevin, Datta, Monti Narayan
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes +4 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Violent injuries tend to cluster together geospatially. The discriminatory housing practice of redlining undertaken by the United States federal government in the 1930s has been repeatedly linked with various contemporary community‐level disparities.
Samuel J. West +5 more
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MODERN SLAVERY IN INDONESIA: BETWEEN NORMS AND IMPLEMENTATION
Brawijaya Law Journal, 2015 People now in the 21st century are still sold like objects, forced to work for little or no pay and at the complete mercy of their 'employers'. The Global Slavery Index (GSI) 2013 shows that there are estimated 29.8 million people are living in a modern ...
Savira Dhanika Hardianti
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Was Slavery Unconstitutional Before the Thirteenth Amendment? Lysander Spooner’s Theory of Interpretation [PDF]
, 1997 In 1843, radical abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison called the Constitution of the United States, a covenant with death and an agreement with hell. Why?
Barnett, Randy E.
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), methylphenidate is one of the most widely used drugs, in which patient response significantly impacts prognosis. This study aimed to characterize the molecular profile of 10 genes associated with methylphenidate therapy.
Aline Pasquini Santos +14 more
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