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From Connections to Actions: When Do Government Ties Matter to Nonprofit Organizational Performance?

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nonprofit organizations are essential for public service delivery, yet the value of their government ties is contested. This study examines the mechanism that translates these connections into tangible results. We propose that political networking—the deliberate cultivation and use of official relationships—is the critical catalyst.
Qiang Dong, Jiahuan Lu, Shanshan Guan
wiley   +1 more source

State of the Art of Mobility as a Service (MaaS) Ecosystems and Architectures—An Overview of, and a Definition, Ecosystem and System Architecture for Electric Mobility as a Service (eMaaS)

World Electric Vehicle Journal, 2019
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is a concept that aligns with both current and future mobility demands of users, namely intermodal, personalized, on-demand and seamless.
José Roberto Reyes García, Gadi Lenz, Steven P. Haveman, Gerrit Maarten Bonnema   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ride2Rail: integrating ridesharing to increase the attractiveness of rail travel

European Transport Research Review
Shared travel offers an important way to increase the accessibility of rail services. However, providing an integrated shared travel capability for rail travel is both a conceptual and technical challenge.
David Golightly, Emiliano Altobelli, Nicola Bassi, Petr Buchníček, Cristian Consonni, Petra Juránková, Lambros Mitropoulos, Giuseppe Rizzi, Matteo Rossi, Maria Scrocca, Eetu Rutanen, Annie Kortsari, Harris Niavis   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preferences for MaaS bundles: Insights from various choice models

Journal of Urban Mobility
More transport opportunities are available in cities, but the adoption of diverse solutions is rather slow. This highlights a gap between the growing availability of mobility options and travelers’ limited willingness to integrate them into daily travel.
Willy Kriswardhana, Domokos Esztergár-Kiss   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

MaaS platform features: An exploration of their relationship and importance from supply and demand perspective

Journal of Urban Mobility, 2022
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) aims to offer travelers easy and convenient access to transportation modes via a joint digital channel, often in a mobile application.
Alexia Athanasopoulou, Tom Deijkers, Baris Ozkan, Oktay Turetken   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Remembering Interracial Intimacies: South Asian Perspectives on Black/Brown Sex and Romance in Colonial East Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Bringing together historical evidence, postcolonial fiction and memory work, this study recovers South Asian cultural attitudes towards interracial heterosexual romance from the margins of East African history. It asks why Black/brown intimacy was treated as taboo and denied legitimacy within South Asian diasporic communities in British‐ruled ...
Carissa Chew
wiley   +1 more source

Gambling disorder in late life: A systematic review of behavioral patterns, clinical correlates, and psychotherapeutic interventions

The American Journal on Addictions, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and Objectives Gambling in older adults represents an emerging but still underrecognized mental health concern. Although gambling participation is increasingly observed in later life, the specific psychological, social, cognitive, and biological factors associated with gambling‐related problems in older adults remain insufficiently ...
Graziella C. Prezzavento, Maria C. Quattropani, Vittorio Lenzo, Alberto Sardella, Chiara Franceschini, Giulia Galea, Pasquale Caponnetto   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Data, AI and governance in MaaS – Leading to sustainable mobility?

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) is regarded as key innovation for sustainable mobility, with data and AI playing a central role. This paper explores the nexus of data-AI-governance in MaaS to understand in how far sustainability is addressed. While the role
Eriketti Servou, Frauke Behrendt, Maja Horst   +2 more
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Ascetics, slaves, and necessity in Late Antiquity: renouncing all wealth, but for a single slave

Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.
Slave owners in Late Antiquity viewed the possession of at least one slave to be a necessity and a defining mark that distinguished the dignified social classes from the poor. Ascetics who shared this perspective faced a choice when renouncing all worldly possessions in pursuit of spiritual perfection, one not merely about luxury, but also about status
E.T. Dailey, Justin Pigott
wiley   +1 more source