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Framing Modern Slavery: Do Stakeholders Talk Past Each Other?
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences / Revue Canadienne des Sciences de l'Administration, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Modern slavery literature has thus far mostly adopted a downstream perspective, in the sense that researchers investigated corporate actors' responses after the enactment of transparency legislation. The common finding is that corporate disclosure is poor and ineffective, contributing to a failure to eradicate modern slavery.
Sylvain Durocher +2 more
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Deep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.Triaxial compression tests under unloading confining pressure conditions were conducted to systematically analyze the permeability behavior of granite retrieved from the different classification surrounding rocks. Abstract The rock mass within mountain tunnels undergoes complex changes in permeability, strength, and deformation during tunneling ...
Xiaoyan Zhang +4 more
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Comparing China and India's disputed borderland regions:Xinjiang, Tibet, Kashmir and the Indian Northeast [PDF]
, 2015 The paper tries to make an assessment of the borderland regions of China and India with a focus on Xinjiang, Tibet, Kashmir and the Indian Northeast. The paper looks at the conflict in India and China's periphery, how these conflicts have evolved with ...
Mukherjee, Kunal
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ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.Liquid coal tar (CT) is synthesized into hypercrosslinked polymers (HCPs) via the Friedel–Crafts alkylation, followed by oxidation‐carbonization to form disordered microporous carbon. The resulting CF2CT exhibits a high three‐electrode specific capacitance of 342 F g−1 at 1 A g−1, and the assembled symmetric supercapacitor illuminates a light sign ...
Zhichao Ren +6 more
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Systemic aging fuels heart failure: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic avenues
ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1059-1080, April 2025.Abstract Systemic aging influences various physiological processes and contributes to structural and functional decline in cardiac tissue. These alterations include an increased incidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, a decline in left ventricular diastolic function, left atrial dilation, atrial fibrillation, myocardial fibrosis and cardiac ...
Zhuyubing Fang +7 more
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Nestorian Christians in Frontier History
Журнал Фронтирных Исследований, 2019 Nestorianism is the Christian doctrine that Jesus existed as two characters, the man and the divine or Son of God. Nestorios, the patriarch of Constantinople taught that thesis in the churches, but the synod of Ephesus in 431 declared it as a heretical ...
Borbála Obrusánszky
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Obama\u27s Failed Attempt to Close Gitmo: Why Executive Orders Can\u27t Bring About Systemic Change [PDF]
, 2011 [Excerpt] “In the lead up to the 2008 Presidential election, there was broad bipartisan support for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. President Bush was quoted as saying, “I’d like it to be over with.” John McCain and General Colin Powell
Corcoran, Erin B.
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This work reveals the “C‐Y,” double “Y,” “π,” and “Y” fracture modes of thick, hard strata and their progressive breaking process (O‐F‐R/S mode), providing a theoretical basis for controlling strong ground pressure in deep mining. ABSTRACT In response to the dynamic hazards caused by the fracture of thick‐hard strata in deep mining, this study ...
Meilu Yu, Jianping Zuo
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iMetaMed, EarlyView.The occurrence and progression of colorectal cancer are intricately linked to metabolites produced by the gut microbiota. Metabolites generated by pathogenic microbial communities can promote colorectal cancer development by reshaping the immune microenvironment.
Xinrui Yang +3 more
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The Religious Revival in China
The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, 2005 Since 1979, China has experienced a widespread revival of religious faith and practice. This article aims to provide an overview of this phenomenon, by examining the causes behind it, the variety and popularity of religions and the different profi les of
Hongyi Harry Lai
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