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How to promote informal learning in the workplace? The need for incremental design methods

, 2017
Informal Learning in the Workplace (ILW) is ensured by the everyday work activities in which workers are engaged. It accounts for over 75 per cent of learning in the workplace.
Marty, Jean-Charles, Michel, Christine, Touré, Carine   +2 more
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Social Support and Personal Agency in At-Risk Mothers [PDF]

Psychosocial Intervention, 2011
This study investigated: a) mothers´ use and satisfaction with informal and formal supports in at-risk psychosocial contexts, and b) the relationships between satisfaction with help and the mothers´ perception of their role (personal agency). Self-report
María José Rodrigo, Sonia Byrne
doaj   +1 more source

Choice in the context of informal care-giving [PDF]

, 2007
Extending choice and control for social care service users is a central feature of current English policies. However, these have comparatively little to say about choice in relation to the informal carers of relatives, friends or older people who are ...
Allen I., Appleby J., Arksey H., Audit Commission, Bell J., Cabinet Office, Carers National Association, Caring Costs Alliance, Clarke J., Commission for Social Care Inspection, Department for Work and Pensions, Department of Health, Department of Health, Department of Health, Dowding K., Ellis K., Giddens A., Hadley R., Hasler F., Hirsch C.H., Howard M., Joshi H., Kagan C., Klein R., Larkin J.P., Lent A., Levin E., Macgregor G., Mayo E., McLaughlin E., Minichiello V., Mooney A., Morris J., Morris J., Myers F., Needham C., Nolan M., Parker G., Parker G., Parry J., Penrod J., Pickard L., Pickard L., Princess Royal Trust for Carers, Qureshi H., Royal Commission on Long Term Care, Schwartz B., Scottish Executive, Scourfield P., Seddon D., Seddon D., Shakespeare T., Tilse C., Twigg J., Twigg J., Twigg J., Vernon A., Welsh Assembly Government   +57 more
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Family-to-family child migration network of informal adoption in China

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2020
Historically, informal adoption has been a prevalent Chinese social phenomenon that has altered typical family structures and the lives of children. Due to ambiguous definitions and the scarcity of data on informal adoption, the patterns and processes of
Xueyao Ma, Gang Li, Junjun Zhou, Xing Gao, Qifan Nie, Shuyan Xue, Ling Liu, Jiaobei Wang, Tingting Xu, Annan Jin   +9 more
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Microengineered Gradient Hydrogels for Mechanobiology

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
Gradient hydrogels are used to mimic the mechanical heterogeneity in native tissues, offering powerful in vitro platforms to study cell‐material interactions in diverse pathophysiological contexts. Here, we present a comprehensive review of the design and experimental considerations for stiffness gradient hydrogels, discussing exemplary achievements ...
Shin Wei Chong, Deepu Ashok, Anna Waterhouse, Marcela M. M. Bilek, Daniele Vigolo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Community Based Responses and the Natural History of a Drug Market

Social Work and Society, 2015
Previous studies portray open drug market neighborhoods as uniformly poor, urban, socially disorganized, with weak informal social control. Further, open drug market neighborhoods appear sui genesis.
Wes Abercrombie, Mitchell Mackinem
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Scalable Wheat Bran‐Algae Composites for Edible Electronics with Spray‐Coated Food‐Grade Conductive Inks

Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
A fully edible wheat bran–algae substrate is fabricated through scalable mould‐compression and spray‐coating, enabling robust, food‐grade platforms for sustainable electronics. A chitosan barrier improves water resistance and ink compatibility, while activated‐carbon conductive films form uniform electrodes with Ohmic behaviour.
Jaz Johari, Muhua Zhu, Zhiging Wang, Yichen Lang, Georgios Nikiforidis, Mingqing Wang, Mengyan Nie, Shahab Akhavan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neighborhood differences in social capital in Ghent (Belgium) : a multilevel approach [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Little research has focused on the spatial distribution of social capital, despite social capital's rising popularity in health research and policy.
De Winter, Dieter, Neutens, Tijs, Vyncke, Veerle, Willems, Sara   +3 more
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Problems, perceptions and actions: An interdependent process for generating informal social control.

Social Science Research, 2018
Using two waves of survey data for residents in neighborhoods in Brisbane, this study explores the interdependent relationship between residents' perceptions of neighboring, cohesion, collective efficacy, neighborhood disorder, and the actions they take ...
John R. Hipp, R. Wickes
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Role of Social Food Infrastructure in Addressing SNAP Participation Gaps: Evidence From Linked Administrative and Ground‐Sourced Data

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We link American Community Survey and SNAP records for 185,000 units with ground‐sourced social food infrastructure data from FindFoodIL (Illinois Extension SNAP‐Ed) to examine SNAP participation determinants among eligible units. Bivariate probit models reveal, beyond SNAP offices, quantity of social infrastructure is associated with ...
Michael Lotspeich‐Yadao, Caitlin Kownacki, Jennifer McCaffrey, Craig Wesley Carpenter   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source