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Varieties and similarities of platform capitalisms: a comparative approach of labor regulation in Brazil, Portugal and Spain

open access: yesFrontiers in Sociology
Digital platforms have led to the emergence of a new digital proletariat worldwide, subject to institutional arrangements that put the labor framework outside of labor law.
José Soeiro   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A plataforma Uber e o mercado de automóveis no Brasil

open access: yesEconomia & Região, 2023
O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar o comportamento da demanda brasileira de automóveis a partir da entrada da plataforma Uber no mercado, considerando variáveis microeconômicas, macroeconômicas, crédito e a Plataforma Uber. O método utilizado
Pedro Augusto Lopes Soyer   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

The need for a new legal framework for VTC licenses to allow competition in the services of city transport -including taxis-. A matter of EC Competition Policy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In the recent years, the phenomenon of the sharing economy has played an important part in the market of the city transport of passengers. The performance of these digital platforms such as Uber, Blablacar or Cabify has been full of controversy.
Olmedo-Peralta, Eugenio
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Owning Home, Finding Belonging: Relational Meanings of Homeownership for Migrant Healthcare Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
wiley   +1 more source

Tape recorder Patent [PDF]

open access: yes, 1969
Tape recorder designed for low power consumption and resistance to operational failure under high stress ...
Uber, P. W.
core   +1 more source

Dynamischer Austausch von Bindemolekülen steigert die Effizienz der Proteinmarkierung in DNA‐PAINT um das bis zu 15‐Fache

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Der dynamische Austausch von Bindemolekülen (Dynamic Binder Exchange; DyBE) nutzt transiente Binde–Zielprotein‐Interaktionen, um die Markierungseffizienz in der superauflösenden Mikroskopie um das 15‐Fache zu steigern. DyBE kartiert die Organisation von Rezeptor‐Tyrosinkinasen (RTKs), einschließlich HER2‐Homodimere und EGFR–HER2‐Heterodimere, auf der ...
Clemens Steinek   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

How does initial soil moisture influence the hydrological response? A case study from southern France [PDF]

open access: yesHydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2018
The Cévennes–Vivarais region in southern France is prone to heavy rainfall that can lead to flash floods which are one of the most hazardous natural risks in Europe.
M. Uber   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surge pricing on a service platform under spatial spillovers: evidence from Uber [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Ride-sharing platforms employ surge pricing to match anticipated capacity spillover with demand. We develop an optimization model to characterize the relationship between surge price and spillover.
Bellamy, Marcus   +4 more
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Kern‑Schale: Versiegelung nanoporöser Partikel mit semipermeablen Kohlenstoffschichten befreit Hartkohlenstoffanoden von ihrem Dilemma

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
Eine Kern‐Schale‐Strategie wird vorgestellt, um die hohen Verluste nichtgraphitischer Hartkohlenstoffanoden zu überwinden. Aktivkohle wird durch Gasphasenabscheidung mit einer semipermeable Kohlenstoffschicht versiegelt, wodurch die SEI‐Bildung und Natriumspeicherung räumlich getrennt werden.
Paul Alexander Appel   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating platform work through solidarity and hustling: the case of ride-hailing drivers in Nairobi, Kenya

open access: yesOnline Media and Global Communication
Scholarship about worker precarity, economic insecurity, and individualized risk in platform work tends to ignore that these trends are common features of informal economies in countries like Kenya, which has a culture of hustling rooted in economic ...
Ekdale Brian, Aidoo Ebenezer
doaj   +1 more source

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