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Creating compliance value through informal work procedures

Cogent Social Sciences, 2018
Informal work procedures are often untapped in organisations because they remain compartmentalised and unavailable for organisational learning. Trends from Auditor General Reports show the metastasising culture of non-compliance in local government and ...
Ogochukwu Nzewi, Modeni Sibanda, Nqobile Sikhosana, Maxwell Sentiwe   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Making informal water distribution work: collective agency and self-organization in informal areas of Xochimilco, Mexico City

International Journal of the Commons, 2023
Global environmental change can disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in informal settlements already struggling with diminished access to resources, conditions of poverty, and other inequalities.
Bertha Hernandez, David Manuel-Navarrete, Amy M. Lerner, Jesus Mario Siqueiros   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evidence‐Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Febrile Neutropenia: Resource‐Sensitive Recommendations for the Asian Continent

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Febrile neutropenia (FN) is a frequent and serious complication in children receiving cancer therapy. Standardizing FN management across Asia is challenging due to variable healthcare infrastructure, diagnostic capacity, and infection patterns; however, it could improve resource use and patient outcomes.
Joliza Patricia Cañeba, Shweta Bansal, Tea Reljic, Allyne Montecillo‐Aguelo, Hamidah Alias, Farrah Amaranto, Maria Stella Aquino‐Calingasan, Bambang Ardianto, Eggi Arguni, Sally Blair, Thi Tam Dang, Maria Beatriz Gepte, Samanmalee Gunasekara, Andini Handayani, Miriam Kimpo, Catherine G. Lam, Nawachai Lertvivatpong, Sergio Licona, Ana Loseo, Ratha Mlis, Vivian Moreno Berrio, Nguyen Hoai Anh, Anna Lisa Ong‐Lim, Ha Thu Pham, Krishna Sagar Sharma, Bun Sereyleak, Sally Jane G. Velasco‐Aro, Su Yadana, Ambuj Kumar, Sheena Mukkada   +29 more
wiley   +1 more source

From junk to function — How weak selection in eukaryotes builds new parts and drives genomic complexity

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
How do genomes gain new functional parts? In eukaryotes, which tend to evolve under weak selection, much of the genome is junk. Palazzo and Qiu borrow the logic of Markov chains to show how non‐functional DNA becomes functional through the appearance of intermediate states, which arise due to epistasis, buffering, and biochemical messiness, allowing ...
Alexander F. Palazzo, Yi Qiu
wiley   +1 more source

Informal employment of rural residents

Вестник университета
The theoretical foundations of the analysis of informal employment that have developed in modern sociological science have been considered, the modern society phenomenon characteristic patterns have been highlighted, and various interpretations of the ...
V. V. Levchenko, Ya. O. Bayandina
doaj   +1 more source

Pathways and pitfalls: a qualitative study of student experiences in biomedical science education

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Biomedical science students from underrepresented backgrounds face barriers including financial strain, disrupted laboratory access and cultural exclusion. Peer networks provide vital support when institutional systems are difficult to navigate. To create inclusive learning environments and achieve academic success, educators should blend active, hands‐
Olivia J. Russell, Cassy Ross, Panagiota S. Filippou, Bruno Silvester Lopes, Dominic Gilchrist, Paul Dean, Kamar Ameen‐Ali, Tora K. Smulders‐Srinivasan, Ahmad A. Khundakar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engagement Patterns With an Artificial Intelligence Health Coach for Systemic Sclerosis Self‐Management: A Mixed Methods Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate utility of an artificial intelligence (AI) health coach for systemic sclerosis (SSc) self‐management and identify patterns associated with participant engagement. Methods We conducted a mixed methods study in which an AI health coach, powered by a large language model (LLM), was used to support self‐management for SSc.
Nirali Shah, Melanie Morris, Cristina Daraban, Sophia Johnson, Susan L. Murphy   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neither Free nor Forced: Survival Entrepreneurship, Household Governance, and Constrained Labor Among Displaced Syrian Women

Social Sciences
Entrepreneurship is widely promoted as a pathway to refugee self-reliance, yet the conditions under which entrepreneurial livelihoods unfold, and the forms of labor they generate, remain underexamined.
Rola ElAli, Gloria Haddad, Severine Le Loarne Lemaire, Farid Abdallah   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Shift work, work time control, and informal caregiving as risk factors for sleep disturbances in an ageing municipal workforce

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to examine the contribution of shift work, work time control (WTC) and informal caregiving, separately and in combination, to sleep disturbances in ageing employees.
Marianna Virtanen, Saana Myllyntausta, Jenni Ervasti, Tuula Oksanen, Paula Salo, Jaana Pentti, Mika Kivimäki, Annina Ropponen, Jaana I Halonen, Jussi Vahtera, Sari Stenholm   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Caregiver Perspectives on the Burden of Disease and Treatment in Uncontrolled Gout

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Uncontrolled gout (UG) refers to persistently elevated serum urate (SU) levels >6 mg/dL and ongoing gout symptoms despite use of urate‐lowering therapy (ULT). The objective of this study was to evaluate the burden associated with informal caregiving for individuals with UG.
Angelo Gaffo, Bhavisha Desai, Abiola Oladapo, Nana Kragh, Rebekah Zincavage, Brad Padilla, Naomi Schlesinger   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source