Mobile Work: Handcart and Bicycle Workers Across the Urban Economy of Greater Accra Region
Area, EarlyView.Short Abstract This article explores the role of handcart and bicycle workers—mobile workers—in the urban economy of Accra and Tema, Ghana. Drawing on qualitative fieldwork, it shows how their practices of food vending, e‐waste collection and mobile trade exemplify a form of relational infrastructure that sustains urban life through improvisation ...
Kauê Lopes dos Santos +1 more
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Ethical Dilemmas in Pain Management for Frail and End-of-Life Elderly Patients: Balancing Relief, Autonomy, and Clinical Uncertainty. [PDF]
CureusIdahor CO +8 more
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From Rating System to Thought Leadership: The Evolution of the Canada Green Building Council
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Green Building Social Movement Organizations encourage the adoption of green buildings, primarily by promoting sustainability rating tools. While numerous papers have explored the market impact of these sustainability rating tools, very few have examined either the lengthy and protracted process of their selection and enrollment by ...
J. J. McArthur +2 more
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Is procrastination among students lower in group work? Evidence from a registered field experiment
British Journal of Educational Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Background Research on procrastination mostly focuses on person‐related antecedents and neglects situational and social factors, such as group work. Prior research indicates that conjunctive and additive group work may increase individual effort and performance as compared to individual work.
Markus Koppenborg +2 more
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Multiagent game-theoretic robust optimization for power system planning under source-load uncertainty. [PDF]
Sci RepMi J +6 more
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Three shades of self‐regulation with unique complex dynamics, drivers and targets for intervention
British Journal of Educational Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Self‐regulated learning (SRL) is an active process involving multiple interacting components that evolve over time, exhibiting characteristics of complex systems such as non‐linearity, emergent behaviour, self‐organization, and hierarchy. These interactions unfold at different temporal levels, each warranting a dedicated lens to capture their ...
Sonsoles López‐Pernas +2 more
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Vitamin A concentration in bovine liver and milk does not only depend on characteristics of the farming system. [PDF]
NPJ Sci FoodSchulz K +9 more
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Digital Transformation of Retail Work: The Rise of Chaotic Rationalisation
British Journal of Industrial Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine how new digital technologies are transforming labour processes in frontline jobs in United States (US) store‐based retail, examining the US as an extreme case of labour market liberalisation. Research on technological change presents three scenarios: job displacement, job enrichment and ‘digital Taylorism’ involving heightened ...
Chris Tilly, Françoise Carré
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Optimization design of centrifugal impeller based on Bezier surface and FFD space grid parameterization. [PDF]
PLoS OneWang Y, Sun Z, Liu J, Liu M, Zhou Y.
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Boreas, EarlyView.Map of Lower sediment (LS) thickness is a surrogate for the distribution of Thorncliffe Formation (TF) and ~75% of TF thickness from the slope of Niagara Escarpment east to Brighton. Inset images show the LS sequence at the Don Valleys brickyards (DVBY) and undeformed TF sand and gravel (~15 m) below Newmarket Till (NT) at sites L and Co.
David R. Sharpe +3 more
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