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Informal workplaces and their comparative effects on the health of street vendors and home-based garment workers in Yangon, Myanmar: a qualitative study

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Globally, two billion workers are employed informally but there is limited research on the relationship between informal work and health. Existing studies have focused on informality as an employment condition, with little emphasis on the ...
Thant Ko Ko   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Real‐Time Holographic Feedback via Mixed Reality Sensorized Laryngoscope Training System Enhances Pediatric Intubation Training

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
We proposed a Mixed Reality Sensorized Laryngoscope Training System to provide real‐time holographic torque feedback during pediatric endotracheal intubation simulation. Visualization formats are evaluated to reduce tracking error and visual demand.
Jiaqi Li   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor and informal work in North-South relations: A study on Iberian countries and Latin-America

open access: yesTempo Social, 2021
Departing from the North/South dialogue, and considering the historical relations between the Iberian countries and Latin America (LA), the aim is to analyze trends, contrasts and asymmetries in different scales.
Elísio Estanque, Víctor F. Climent
doaj   +1 more source

A Perspective on Interactive Theorem Provers in Physics

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Into an interactive theorem provers (ITPs), one can write mathematical definitions, theorems and proofs, and the correctness of those results is automatically checked. This perspective goes over the best usage of ITPs within physics and motivates the open‐source community run project PhysLean, the aim of which is to be a library for digitalized physics
Joseph Tooby‐Smith
wiley   +1 more source

Scalable Wheat Bran‐Algae Composites for Edible Electronics with Spray‐Coated Food‐Grade Conductive Inks

open access: yesAdvanced 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   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking Work in the Information Age [PDF]

open access: yesMedia Asia, 2000
AbstractThe Information Age promises to radically change the way people live and work. Traditional work practices are being challenged and many are uncomfortable with the new regime. This article seeks to explain those new work practices and their effects on individuals and organizations.
openaire   +2 more sources

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Video‐Based Information Affects Farmers' Willingness to Pay for Drone Services

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Professional service for digital technology like agricultural drones lowers transaction costs and scope thresholds for smallholders. Meanwhile, perceptual adoption barriers remain underexplored. We conduct a two‐stage choice experiment with a randomized video‐based information treatment among 384 Chinese crop farmers to measure its effect on ...
Hua Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Entrepreneuriat social et répression : la gestion du commerce populaire à Belo Horizonte

open access: yesBrésil(s)
Policies that confine street vendors to so-called popular shopping centers create an accumulation frontier, involving both public and private actors.
Tarcísio Perdigão Araújo Filho
doaj   +1 more source

Informal Eldercare and Work-Related Strain [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 2012
In light of an aging workforce, reconciling informal eldercare and paid work becomes increasingly pertinent. This article investigates the association between informal eldercare and work-related strain and tests for both the "competing demands" and "expansion" hypotheses.The sample of 938 Austrian employees consisted of employees caring for older ...
Birgit Trukeschitz   +3 more
openaire   +4 more sources

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