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Making Live through the Gig: The Case of Comfort Taxis in Singapore

Lateral, 2023
Against the scholarly emphasis on precariousness, this article focuses on how gig work in 1970s Singapore was developed with the specific vision of enabling life for the working-class Singaporean family-man.
Renyi Hong, Zachary Chan Mun Wei
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Skeletal pathologies in extant crocodilians as a window into the paleopathology of fossil archosaurs

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Crocodilians, together with birds, are the only extant relatives to many extinct archosaur groups, making them highly important for interpreting paleopathological conditions in a phylogenetic disease bracketing model. Despite this, comprehensive data on osteopathologies in crocodilians remain scarce.
Alexis Cornille, Kyla Beguesse, Ewan Wolff, Clemens Zinner, Patrick Asbach, François Clarac, Florian Witzmann   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Gig Economy and Contingent Work [PDF]

Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 2017
"The gig economy describes forms of contingent work arrangements that require digital platforms, representing an evolution in contingent work, both in moving up the educational scale and in increased visibility. It has engaged many workers who are highly educated and might previously have been in traditional employer-employee relationships, and appears
Tran, Molly, Sokas, Rosemary K.
openaire   +2 more sources

Reduction of Ribonucleotide Reductase Subunit RRM2 Potentially Impairs Gut Function of Woody Breast Broilers

Animal Research and One Health, EarlyView.
Woody breast compromises meat quality leading to reduced consumer appeal. Although its causes are unclear, improvements observed with certain dietary supplements suggest that gut health may influence woody breast development. Ribonucleotide reductase subunit RRM2 is vital for mitochondrial function and gastrointestinal integrity, and alteration in its ...
Majid Shakeri, Elizabeth Ziabtchenko, Janghan Choi, Caitlin E. Harris, Richard J. Buhr, Trevor R. Mitchell, Byungwhi Kong, Hong Zhuang, Brian Bowker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Parental involvement and engagement during COVID‐19 lockdowns: School staff and parents' reflections about children's learning at home

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Valuing parental engagement, as part of home–school collaboration, can benefit children's learning. This article focuses on parents and school‐based staff's (N = 120) experiences of children's learning occurring at home during the COVID‐19 lockdowns (2020–2021), both school‐mandated and other learning activities.
Ashley Brett, Bonny L. Hartley, Deborah Wallace, Adewale Magaji, Lorraine Smith, Rachel Wolfendale   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precarious employment and its relation to mental well-being in the gig economy: comparing main and supplementary workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates the association between precarious employment (PE) and mental well-being and examines the mediating role of five intrinsic quality of work (IQW) dimensions: autonomy, physical demands, work intensity, skill discretion,
Elief Vandevenne, Christophe Vanroelen, Lara Stas, Jessie Gevaert   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The health of workers in the global gig economy

Globalization and Health, 2018
Background The “gig” economy connects consumers with contractors (or workers) through online platform businesses to perform tasks (or “gigs”). This innovation in technology provides businesses and consumers access to low-cost, on-demand labour, but gig ...
Uttam Bajwa, Denise Gastaldo, Erica Di Ruggiero, Lilian Knorr   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: Beyond the Algorithm: Qualitative Insights for gig Work Regulation by Deepa Das Acevedo [PDF]

, 2022
Primož Rataj
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Contrasting roles of school and public libraries in lower primary pupils' reading

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Libraries represent an important institutional component of children's reading socialisation, yet their role is often treated as uniform despite substantial differences between school and public libraries. This study examines how visits to school and public libraries relate to pupils' reading attitudes, practices and self‐assessed reading ...
Kateřina Balcarová, Jiří Balcar
wiley   +1 more source

KONSEP FLEKSIBILITAS DALAM GIG WORKER DAN PENGARUHNYA PADA KINERJA PERUSAHAAN JASA: LITERATURE REVIEW

J@ti Undip: Jurnal Teknik Industri
Ekonomi gig merupakan fenomena dalam bidang pekerjaan baru yang muncul akibat dorongan tren digitalisasi. Orang yang melakukan pekerjaan berbasis gig ekonomi disebut sebagai gig worker.
Nopia Tarigas, Markus Hartono
doaj   +1 more source