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Making Live through the Gig: The Case of Comfort Taxis in Singapore

open access: yesLateral, 2023
Against the scholarly emphasis on precariousness, this article focuses on how gig work in 1970s Singapore was developed with the specific vision of enabling life for the working-class Singaporean family-man.
Renyi Hong, Zachary Chan Mun Wei
doaj   +1 more source

Manual Reduction of Incarcerated Abdominal Wall Hernias. A Feasible Option during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Prospective Study

open access: yesThe Surgery Journal, 2022
Background Incarcerated hernia is a common surgical emergency with considerable morbidity or even mortality. Manual reduction (taxis) and elective surgery could be an alternative management approach.
Konstantinos Bouliaris   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pattern formation in prey-taxis systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
In this paper, we consider spatial predator–prey models with diffusion and prey-taxis. We investigate necessary conditions for pattern formation using a variety of non-linear functional responses, linear and non-linear predator death terms, linear and ...
Lee, J.M., Lewis, M.A., Hillen, T.
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The impact of kombi-taxis on public transport [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Includes bibliography.This thesis attempts to quantify the impact of kombi-taxis on the conventional modes of public transport, in particular the bus, in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area.
Bassier, A M
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Taxi

open access: yesEAAE Annual Conference Proceedings, 2019
Bob takes calls from NYC taxi drivers with various viewpoints on driver unionization, labor strikes and changes in driver ...
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Nano is nano is nano or: nanotechnology – a European legal perspective

open access: yesNanotechnology Reviews, 2014
In Europe, nanotechnology is perceived as one of the innovative technologies that may drive technological progress. At the same time, Europe historically has followed an approach to cautiously but proactively regulate new technologies, instead of taking ...
Fulda Christian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

'Boda boda' bicycle taxis and their role in urban transport systems : case studies of Nakuru and Kisumu, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 117-120).The bicycle taxi has a padded cushion fitted onto a reinforced rear seat; typically removed when transporting goods.
Mutiso, Wilson Kasyoki
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Continuous lateral oscillations as a core mechanism for taxis in Drosophila larvae

open access: yeseLife, 2016
Taxis behaviour in Drosophila larva is thought to consist of distinct control mechanisms triggering specific actions. Here, we support a simpler hypothesis: that taxis results from direct sensory modulation of continuous lateral oscillations of the ...
Antoine Wystrach   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

TXA11114: Discovery of an In Vivo Efficacious Efflux Pump Inhibitor (EPI) That Potentiates Levofloxacin Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa

open access: yesAntibiotics
Objectives: Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa represents a major clinical challenge, driven in part by resistance–nodulation–division (RND) efflux pumps that reduce intracellular antibiotic concentrations and limit the efficacy of many ...
Jesus D. Rosado-Lugo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yellow taxis have fewer accidents than blue taxis because yellow is more visible than blue [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Is there a link between the color of a taxi and how many accidents it has? An analysis of 36 mo of detailed taxi, driver, and accident data (comprising millions of data points) from the largest taxi company in Singapore suggests that there is an explicit
Juin Kuan Chong   +7 more
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