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Social innovation, social enterprise, and local public services: undertaking transformation? [PDF]

, 2018
This article discusses some of the challenges encountered in embedding effective and sustainable social enterprise and social innovation within established political institutional systems to deliver local welfare services.
Ayob, Battilana, Bunt, Casebourne, Caulier-Grice, Chalmers, Conger, Crowley, Dart, Defourny, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Dey, Dey, Doherty, Dubois, Evers, Froggett, Gibson-Graham, Goldstein, Greenhalgh, GSEN and Social Value Lab, Hartley, Hazenberg, Hoogendoorn, Howaldt, Hulgård, INNOSERV, Kerlin, Leadbeater, Leadbeater, Lindsay, Lynn, McHugh, Moore, Moulaert, Mulgan, Naughton, Neal, Nicholls, Nicholls, Nicholls, Norman, Osborne, Peirce, Phills, Roy, Ruddat, Schumpeter, Scottish Government, Seanor, Sinclair, Sisson, Social Enterprise UK, Steiner, Teasdale, Viebrock, Wallace, Weber, Yunus   +58 more
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Collective Agency in the Making: How Social Innovations in the Food System Practice Democracy beyond Consumption

Politics and Governance, 2019
As the deleterious impacts of conventional food systems on areas including public health, environmental sustainability, and farmers’ livelihoods are progressively unveiled, citizen-led initiatives have ubiquitously sprouted, collectively building what is
Paula Fernandez-Wulff
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Social Innovations Patents.

Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 2023
The core of this paper is focused on establishing a Social Innovation Patent System for the coding, evaluation, certification and scaling-up social innovations. The system is framed under the Open Social Innovation framework.
Javier Spila, David González
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A trajectory of social innovations for the direct purchase of organic food by food services: a case study in Florianópolis, Brazil

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionAlthough interest in the so-called short food supply chains (SFSC) has grown in recent decade, studies and social innovations that emerged from this phenomenon have made little progress in involving food actors outside the home.
Adevan da Silva Pugas, Oscar José Rover, Suellen Secchi Martinelli, Francele Contarini Teodolino   +3 more
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Social and Political Innovations in the Development of Interaction between the Authorities and the Population during COVID-19: The Implication of Open Innovation

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021
: Open innovations combine the interaction of the authorities and the population in regions of Russia. Social and political interaction of Russian network users demonstrates new open forms of political participation, mobilization practices (initiative ...
Elena Kranzeeva, Evgeny Golovatsky, Anna Orlova, Natalia Nyatina, Anna Burmakina   +4 more
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Sparking Social Innovations [PDF]

, 2010
{Excerpt} Necessity is the mother of invention. The demand for good ideas, put into practice, that meet pressing unmet needs and improve people’s lives is growing on a par with the agenda of the 21st century.
Serrat, Olivier
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The MedSupport Multilevel Intervention to Enhance Support for Pediatric Medication Adherence: Development and Feasibility Testing

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction We developed MedSupport, a multilevel medication adherence intervention designed to address root barriers to medication adherence. This study sought to explore the feasibility and acceptability of the MedSupport intervention strategies to support a future full‐scale randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth G. Bouchard, Hital Patel, Paula C. Vincent, Justine Kahn, Kira Bona, Thai Hoa Tran, Elisa M. Rodriguez, Kristopher Attwood, Kara M. Kelly   +8 more
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Changes in Body Composition in Children and Young People Undergoing Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ongoing evidence indicates increased risk of sarcopenic obesity among children and young people (CYP) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), often beginning early in treatment, persisting into survivorship. This review evaluates current literature on body composition in CYP with ALL during and after treatment.
Lina A. Zahed, Raquel Revuelta Iniesta, Mary Fewtrell, Julie Lanigan, Breeana Gardiner, Graeme O'Connor   +5 more
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Competitive dynamics of lexical innovations in multi-layer networks

, 2014
We study the introduction of lexical innovations into a community of language users. Lexical innovations, i.e., new terms added to people's vocabulary, play an important role in the process of language evolution. Nowadays, information is spread through a
Javarone, Marco Alberto
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Radiotherapy Delivery in Deep Inspiration for Pediatric Patients—Final Results of the Phase II Feasibility Study TEDDI

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction The TEDDI trial tested the feasibility and reproducibility of deep‐inspiration breath‐hold (DIBH) in pediatric patients referred for radiotherapy. This report presents final results, including patient‐reported outcomes (PRO) and dosimetric comparison of DIBH and free‐breathing (FB).
Daniella Elisabet Østergaard, Anni Young Lundgaard, Laura Ann Rechner, Danijela Dejanovic, Hanne Krogh Rose, Jolanta Hansen, Leila Vaalavirta, Miia Mokka, Marianne Aznar, Peder Skov Wehner, Lisa Lyngsie Hjalgrim, Maja Vestmø Maraldo   +11 more
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