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Gender and Anticipatory Labour in the Gig Economy: How Employability Is Unequally Performed by Women and Men on Project‐Based Platforms

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Work mediated by digital labour platforms is often framed as flexible and autonomous, yet accessing paid tasks commonly requires extensive unpaid effort. Drawing on 65 qualitative interviews with Australian workers on project‐based platforms (including Airtasker, Fiverr and Freelancer), we develop the concept of anticipatory labour: the unpaid,
Brendan Churchill, Kate Dangar, Asangi Mira Gunawansa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Teachers' Beliefs About Math Aptitude and Brilliance Explain Gender Differences in Children's Math Ability Self-Concept?

Frontiers in Education, 2019
The self-concept of ability in math in elementary school is an early predictor for future math-related choices and careers. Unfortunately, already at this early age girls report lower ability self-concepts in math than boys—despite their comparable ...
Anke Heyder, Ricarda Steinmayr, Ursula Kessels   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interactional privilege of violence: Status and interaction in the street field

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract Criminologists have long described and theorized the relationship between status, respect, and violence within urban communities. Although this finding is generally accepted within criminology, ethnographic empirical illustrations of this phenomenon are sparse.
Hakan Kalkan, Heith Copes
wiley   +1 more source

A Structured Review of Research‐Informed Instructional Strategies to Support CPA Enabling Competencies in Future Accountants*

Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 189-249, March 2025.
ABSTRACT CPA enabling competencies underpin the human skills and professional values that all future accountants should possess. Nevertheless, to date, the discourse is limited within the scholarship of teaching and learning on how to best inculcate these competencies in future accountants.
Sanobar Siddiqui
wiley   +1 more source

La selección de estudiantes de Medicina con competencias en humanidades: resultados de una prueba piloto

Medicina Clínica Práctica
Resumen: Las características de los alumnos que inician el Grado de Medicina en España están determinadas por el resultado de las pruebas de acceso (EBAU).
Josep Roma, Jaume March-Llanes, Eva Peguero, Bárbara Segura, Antoni Castro   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acquisition of musical skills and abilities in older adults—results of 12 months of music training

BMC Geriatrics
Background Older adults can acquire new skills across different domains. Practicing a musical instrument has been identified as a promising activity for improving cognition, promoting well-being, and inducing brain plasticity in older individuals ...
Hannah Losch, Eckart Altenmüller, Damien Marie, Edoardo Passarotto, Clara R. Kretschmer, Daniel S. Scholz, Matthias Kliegel, Tillmann H. C. Krüger, Christopher Sinke, Kristin Jünemann, Clara E. James, Florian Worschech   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Paediatric BCG Vaccine Century: From Historical Success to Future Innovations

Acta Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim The tuberculosis (TB) vaccine, Bacille‐Calmette‐Guérin (BCG), protects infants against severe forms of primary TB. Yet, it does not protect against pulmonary reactivation TB in adults. Methods A literature review was conducted between 1st January and 28th February 2025 using PubMed, Google Scholar and reports of the World Health ...
Stefan H. E. Kaufmann
wiley   +1 more source

Automating Archaeological Discovery: Assessing Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) Tools for Stone Wall Identification in Kweneng, South Africa

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The discovery of archaeological sites traditionally entails the utilisation of physically demanding exploration methodologies, including terrain surveying and the analysis of historical records. Recent technological developments have led to an increased use of non‐invasive remote sensing techniques, including Google Earth, LiDAR and aerial ...
Mncedisi J. Siteleki
wiley   +1 more source

Worked examples, cognitive aptitudes and the self‐explanation mechanism – A replication

British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Self‐explaining is an engagement activity that supports learners' active use of instructional scaffolds such as worked examples. Self‐explanation quality is assumed to mediate the worked example effect on learning outcomes. However, prior investigations have relied on analytical approaches limited in scope and quality or have ...
Sarah Bichler, Matthias Stadler, Markus Bühner, Samuel Greiff, Frank Fischer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Factors of Dog Temperament Impacting Pass/Fail Outcomes in Therapy Dog Aptitude Tests

Pets
In recent years, requests for animal-assisted interventions (AAI) from medical institutions and welfare facilities have increased. Dogs are the most commonly used animals in AAI. Dogs that pass the “therapy dog” aptitude test can work in AAI. In previous
Shiori Kawai, Saki Terashima, Natsuki Ebashi, Mayu Sakurama, Miki Ito, Yumiko Nakanowataru, Takanori Kooriyama   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source