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An analysis of the importance of volunteers during events [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Volunteers play an important role in events worldwide. This research examines the importance of volunteers’ motivation and satisfaction during events by using Sing China as a case study. This research focuses on events, volunteers, volunteer recruitment,
Li, Lidong, Robertson, Jan
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Networking for Philanthropy: Increasing Volunteer Behavior via Social Networking Sites [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Social networking sites (SNSs) provide a unique social venue to engage the young generation in philanthropy through their networking capabilities. An integrated model that incorporates social capital into the Theory of Reasoned Action is developed to ...
Kim, Yoojung, Lee, Wei-Na
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Analysis of endometrial microbiota by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing among infertile patients: a single‐center pilot study

open access: yesReproductive Medicine and Biology, 2018
Purpose The present study aimed to analyze the endometrial and vaginal microbiome among a Japanese infertile population by sequencing and the impact of the endometrial and vaginal environment on implantation.
Koichi Kyono   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The V in VGI: Citizens or Civic Data Sources

open access: yesUrban Planning, 2016
Volunteered geographic information (VGI), delivered via mobile and web apps, offers new potentials for civic engagement. If framed in the context of open, transparent and accountable governance then presumably VGI should advance dialogue and consultation
Suthee Sangiambut, Renee Sieber
doaj   +1 more source

Volunteer Finds Voice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Elizabeth Guzman ’14 found her calling in high school when she helped launch the Youth Advisory Council of the Oregon School-Based Health Care ...
Bouchard, Alison, \u2712
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The role of automated feedback in training and retaining biological recorders for citizen science [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The rapid rise of citizen science, with lay people forming often extensive biodiversity sensor networks, is seen as a solution to the mismatch between data demand and supply while simultaneously engaging citizens with environmental topics.
Adams   +28 more
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Women’s Engagement with Humanist, Spiritual and Religious Meaning-Making in Prison: A Longitudinal Study of Its Impact on Recidivism

open access: yesReligions, 2018
This study explores the long-term impact on recidivism of the engagement of over 300 women prisoners with humanist, spiritual and religious ways of making meaning during their incarceration.
Jeff Duncan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Uncle Sam Wants Whom? The Draft and the Quality of Military Personnel [PDF]

open access: yes
It has been argued the draft may enable the military to attract more able individuals than a volunteer military and thus increase welfare. We find this may be the case if a volunteer military simply takes the least able individuals.
Timothy Perri
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Next generation translation and localization: Users are taking charge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Nonprofit translation activity driven by users and volunteer translators now represent a market force that easily rivals the mainstream translation and localization industries. While they still try to understand the drivers behind this nonprofit movement
O'Brien, Sharon, Schäler, Reinhard
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Perceptions on technology for volunteer respite care for bedridden elders in Chile

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, 2018
Purpose: Informal caregivers of bedridden elders need a respite. One form of obtaining a respite is through volunteers who are contacted by means of information and communication technology (ICT).
Esmeralda Abarca   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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