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Synthesis of Cellulose Hexanoate, Benzoate, and Mixed Esters: Exploring Their Potential as Enzyme Immobilization Platforms

Macromolecular Bioscience, Volume 25, Issue 11, November 2025.
Cellulose sourced from cotton linters was utilized to synthesize cellulose esters, specifically hexanoate, benzoate, and a mixed hexanoate‐benzoate variant, which were evaluated as platforms for enzyme immobilization. These esters were shaped into various architectural forms, including electrospun mats, layered sandwich structures, and spherical shapes.
Roberta Teixeira Polez, Thamiris Voltarelli Ferracini, Samuel Filipe Cardoso de Paula, Rachel Passos de Oliveira Santos, André L.M. Porto, Elisabete Frollini   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information in the Presence of Monitoring and ALMP [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
This paper studies the effectiveness of vacancy information from the public employment services (PES) in Germany, focussing on vacancy information obtained early in the unemployment spell. As in many other countries, the German activation practice combines information provision with monitoring to increase the willingness to apply.
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Profiles Among Women Without a Paid Job and Social Benefits: An Intersectional Perspective Using Dutch Population Register Data

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 59, Issue 5, Page 717-728, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite their potential vulnerability and untapped work potential, research on the group of women without a paid job and social benefits is limited. This study is the first to identify profiles among women in this group based on their intersecting economic, sociodemographic and contextual characteristics.
Lea Kröner, Deni Mazrekaj, Tanja van der Lippe, Anne‐Rigt Poortman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

In Search of a Connection: Public Procurement and Active Labour Market Policies in the United Kingdom, United States and Australia

Social Policy &Administration, Volume 59, Issue 5, Page 803-814, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Governments in countries such as Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have increasingly utilised public procurement—their power to purchase goods and services—to assist disadvantaged groups in accessing better‐quality jobs. This approach is part of a broader effort to create ‘good jobs’.
Anne Daguerre, Jo Ingold, Qian Yi Lee, Sean Vincent   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Performance Information Affect Job Seekers in Selecting Private Providers in Voucher-Based Almp Programs? [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015
One of the services provided at the Swedish Public Employment Services is job coaching. Since 2012, that service has been organized according to a voucher-based choice system. In 2013, a performance indicator of job coaching providers was made available at an online website.
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Inside the ‘Black Box’ of the Nexus Between Economic Conditions and Crime: Can the Relationship Be Mitigated?

Kyklos, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 1070-1090, August 2025.
ABSTRACT This study examines how the impact of economic conditions on criminal activity is mitigated by the presence of labour market policies and that of a sizeable shadow economy. The analysis reveals a positive relationship between economic downturns and property crime, supporting the well‐documented idea that economic hardships intensify criminal ...
Alban Asllani, Eleftherios Goulas, Socrates Karidis   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Diversifying research on active labor market policies

Social Work and Society, 2016
Over several decades, there has accumulated a large body of research on active labor market policies (ALMP). In particular, numerous programs designed to encourage welfare recipients to move into work and off benefits have been evaluated in western ...
Sophie Danneris
doaj   +2 more sources

Interventions to improve the labour market outcomes of youth: A systematic review of training, entrepreneurship promotion, employment services and subsidized employment interventions

Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2017
This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of youth employment interventions on the labour market outcomes of young people and business performance. The review summarises findings from 113 reports of 107 interventions in 31 countries.
Jochen Kluve, Susana Puerto, David Robalino, Jose Manuel Romero, Friederike Rother, Jonathan Stöterau, Felix Weidenkaff, Marc Witte   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Going nowhere to getting somewhere: suspending time while unemployed

Nordic Social Work Research
This article explores the temporal navigations of vulnerable unemployed people in two employment interventions based on supported employment (SE) and individual placement and support (IPS), respectively, in a Danish employment service context.
Silla Marie Mørch Sievers, Naja Berg Hougaard, Claus Brygger Jacobi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effectiveness of Active Labour Market Policies for Long‐Term Unemployed Jobseekers in Flanders

Social Inclusion
Despite the fact that many European countries in the post‐pandemic period exhibit relatively low unemployment rates similar to the late 2010s, population ageing and labour shortages urge European policy‐makers to increasingly aim to also activate the ...
Jonas Wood, Julie Maes, Karel Neels
doaj   +1 more source