Nowadays industrialized countries with their high labor costs have to rely on production automation to keep their competitive advantage. One of the most flexible and powerful automation technology available today is industrial robotics. Equipped with the right tool, standardized industrial robots can perform numerous production tasks. Since acquisition and programming of an industrial robot are...

LABOR: DEFINITION AND PHYSIOLOGY Labor is defined as the process by which the fetus is expelled from the uterus. More specifically, labor requires regular, effective contractions that lead to dilation and effacement of the cervix. This chapter describes the physiology and normal characteristics of term labor and delivery. The physiology of labor initiation has not been completely elucidated, bu...

The large influx of immigrants in recent decades has led to an equally long, still unresolved debate over their effect on the labor market outcomes of native-born workers. Economic theory posits that an increase in the supply of labor, such as from immigration, will reduce the wages and employment of native-born workers. Studies, utilizing two approaches to test the theory, have produced confli...

This paper examines the impact of fo reign management as a sep a rate input in a competitive economy open to both international trade and international movement of productive capital. Three inputs (capital, labor, management) are used to produce two final goods in a model characterized by competition, homogeneous products, and full e m p l oyment. This model provides a simple starting point for...

There is an increasing interests in micro-expression researches. Spotting micro-expressions in long-term videos is very important, not only for providing clues for lie detection, but also for reducing the labor required to collect micro-expression data. However, little progress has been made in spotting micro-expressions. In this paper, we propose a Main Directional Maximal Difference (MDMD) An...

In 2021, Dve Domovini / Two Homelands published a special issue entitled The Coronavirus Crisis and Migration (vol. 54), which contained numerous articles on various contexts specific aspects. Considering the importance of topic, one year later, is devoting new to migration in pandemic era. editorial 54, we analyzed coronavirus crisis’s origins, characteristics, social effects. this editorial, ...

This study analyzes real wage cyclicality for male full-time workers within employer-employee matches in Germany over the period 1984–2004. Five different wage measures are compared: the standard hourly wage rate; hourly wage earnings including overtime and bonus pay; the effective wage, which takes into account unpaid overtime; and monthly earnings, with and without additional pay. None of the...

Equipping Immigrants: Migration Flows and Capital Movements Both policy makers and researchers have devoted considerable attention in recent years to the large current account and capital account imbalances among OECD countries. In particular, the size of the United States current account deficit has attracted intense attention and spawned numerous explanations. There are undoubtedly many reaso...

This paper examines social and economic disparities surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic within context of neoliberal capitalism. The gendered, racialized, other inequities that were evident during this health crisis are linked to shifting work conditions activities labor capital workplace at household level. analysis draws from feminist geography examine dimensions, spatial dynamics, processes hi...