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Introduction to Research Briefs: Immigrants and Precarious Employment in the New Economy

, 2009
In 2005 and 2006, our team, led by Professors Goldring and Landolt, held face-to-face interviews with 300 Caribbean and Latin American immigrant workers.
Landolt, Patricia, Goldring, Luin
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Precarious work among personal support workers in the Greater Toronto Area: a respondent-driven sampling study. [PDF]

CMAJ Open, 2022
Pinto AD, Hapsari AP, Ho J, Meaney C, Avery L, Hassen N, Jetha A, Lay AM, Rotondi M, Zuberi D.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enacting Equity‐Minded Change with Community College Latine Students in Rural Settings: Student Voice and Federal Policy

New Directions for Community Colleges, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how Hamiter led equity‐minded change at Jupiter Valley College (JVC), a rural Hispanic‐Serving Institution (HSI), serving predominantly first‐generation college students from low‐income backgrounds who reside in a rural community in California.
Carlos A. Galan, Reagen Dozier, Rogelio Salazar   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of dynamic modelling and model‐based predictive control to enhance a cooling tower

The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
Model predictive control (MPC) applied to improve the operation of cooling towers. Abstract Model predictive control (MPC) differs from traditional feedback control by making predictions within a time horizon, providing better control actions for the process.
Douglas de Almeida Giardini, Adriana Guglielmi Ranieri Miranda, Wilson Hideki Hirota, Bruno Faccini Santoro, José Ermirio Ferreira de Moraes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precarious work - precarious health?

, 2010
This thesis addresses the changes and challenges of a transforming labour market. The initial focus is on new types of employment, going beyond the standard employment relationship.
Mümken, Sarah
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Maternal and Neonatal Complications Associated with Breast Cancer Systemic Treatments—A VigiBase Disproportionality Analysis Study

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Pregnancy‐associated breast cancer (PrBC) presents therapeutic challenges. Understanding maternal–fetal safety of systemic anticancer therapies is critical. We performed a case/non‐case disproportionality analysis using the WHO global pharmacovigilance database up to January 2024, to evaluate maternal–fetal outcomes associated with breast cancer (BC ...
Rayan Kabirian, Floriane Jochum, Elise Dumas, Florence Coussy, Kevin Bihan, Bénédicte Lebrun‐Vignes, Barbara Pistilli, Marc‐Antoine Benderra, Lise Selleret, Laurent Chouchana, Fabien Reyal, Anne‐Sophie Hamy, Paul Gougis   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Precarious work and Covid-19: repercussions on the health of primary health care workers. [PDF]

Rev Saude Publica
Mendonça TT, Barros SG, Rossi TRA, Carvalho ACR, Cruz DN, Magno L, Dourado I.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Community Resident Perceptions of and Experiences with Precarious Work at the Neighborhood Level: The Greater Lawndale Healthy Work Project. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021
Hebert-Beirne J, Felner JK, Berumen T, Gonzalez S, Chrusfield MM, Pratap P, Conroy LM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Precarious work and employment

The increasing polarisation of the UK labour market means that work for many is marked by low-pay, irregular and variable working hours, with limited employment protections.
Smith, Andrew, McBride, Jo
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Exposing Gender Blindness in Business Scholarship on Modern Slavery

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The objective of this review is to analyse the treatment of gender within business scholarship on modern slavery and to propose a framework that supports more gender‐sensitive corporate responses. Modern slavery risk is an escalating concern for business, with the United Nations calling for its eradication by 2030.
Kathyayini Kathy Rao, Roger Leonard Burritt, Katherine Leanne Christ   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source