Disability Inclusion in Corporate Supplier Diversity Initiatives
ConclusionDespite the growth in disability inclusion, the absence of disability as a diversity category in regulations mandating supplier diversity initiatives for government contractors impacts disability inclusion. If we want to align our supplier diversity programs with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the first step is to address the issue in the Small Business Administration and federal contracting requirements. (Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation)
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - April 5, 2024 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research
Availability of Hand Sanitizers in Food Establishments of New York City: An Observational Study
AbstractHand hygiene is a crucial tool to limit the transmission of common respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. While hand sanitizers were ubiquitous early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of food establishments that have adequately maintained them remains unknown. Through systematic observations in 89 New York City food establishments, we found that hand sanitizer dispensers were present in only 40% of the stores, and only 23% had functional ones. This scarcity highlights the necessity of providing ongoing support to small business owners nationwide to promote and maintain primary prevention measures at all ti...
Source: Journal of Community Health - March 21, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Causal Effect of Small Businesses on Street Theft: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of the Beijing Cleanup Campaign
ConclusionsThere are two competing yet coexisting mechanisms through which small businesses influence street theft. On the one hand, commercial premises provide large numbers of criminal opportunities for potential offenders; on the other hand, they are central to local social control and order. While small businesses exercise a certain amount of natural surveillance power, as a whole, they function primarily as crime generators. Implications for implementing targeted policies tailored to the nature of small businesses are discussed. (Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology)
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - March 16, 2024 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Availability of Hand Sanitizers in Food Establishments of New York City: An Observational Study
AbstractHand hygiene is a crucial tool to limit the transmission of common respiratory and gastrointestinal infections. While hand sanitizers were ubiquitous early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of food establishments that have adequately maintained them remains unknown. Through systematic observations in 89 New York City food establishments, we found that hand sanitizer dispensers were present in only 40% of the stores, and only 23% had functional ones. This scarcity highlights the necessity of providing ongoing support to small business owners nationwide to promote and maintain primary prevention measures at all ti...
Source: Journal of Community Health - March 11, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Transmission of Viruses from Restroom Use: A Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment
In this study, we apply quantitative microbial risk assessment to quantify the risk of viral transmission by contaminated restroom fomites. We estimate risk from high-touch fomite surfaces (entrance/exit door, toilet seat) for three viruses of interest (SARS-CoV-2, adenovirus, norovirus) through eight exposure scenarios involving differing user behaviors, and the use of hand sanitizer following each scenario. We assessed the impacts of several sequences of fomite contacts in the restroom, reflecting the variability of human behavior, on infection risks for these viruses. Touching of the toilet seat was assumed to model adj...
Source: Food and Environmental Virology - February 19, 2024 Category: Virology Source Type: research
Organizational life-cycle analysis of corporate offending: insights into how changes in business cycles interact with regulatory oversight to shape compliance and violations
AbstractThis paper showcases an organizational life-cycle analysis of corporate offending behavior in small businesses. It analyzes two small food and hospitality firms in China, drawing on deep ethnographic data collected during three years of fieldwork. The paper investigates these two businesses as they go through three phases: pre-existence, existence, and survival. The study shows that organizational life-course analysis is important for understanding the development and root causes of organizational offending. It finds that offending evolves alongside the development of the organization. It shows that an organization...
Source: Crime, Law and Social Change - February 15, 2024 Category: Criminology Source Type: research
Sensors, Vol. 24, Pages 732: Wide-Angle Beam Steering Closed-Form Pillbox Antenna Fed by Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Horn for On-the-Move Satellite Communications
in Abbosh
Wide-angle mechanical beam steering for on-the-move satellite communications is presented in this paper based on a closed-form pillbox antenna system. It includes three main parts: a fixed-feed part, which is a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) horn with an extended aperture attached to a parabolic reflector; a novel quasi-optical system, which is a single coupling slot alongside and without spacing from the parabolic reflector; and a radiating disc, which is a leaky-wave metallic pattern. To make the antenna compact, pillbox-based feeding is implemented underneath the metallic patterns. The antenna is des...
Source: Sensors - January 23, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Muhammad Ikram Kamel Sultan Ahmed Toaha Mobashsher Mahdi Moosazadeh Amin Abbosh Tags: Article Source Type: research
Small Empires: How Equipped are Small Business Owners to Hire People with Disabilities?
ConclusionHiring employees with disabilities is challenging for small businesses, and bias is difficult to avoid. The availability of clear information on how to comply with the ADA and other laws and practices would be welcome by many small business owners. (Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation)
Source: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation - December 1, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Source Type: research
A qualitative study of factors that managers in small companies consider important for their wellbeing
CONCLUSIONS: The specific context of managerial work in small companies encompasses unique factors. For instance, the small company managers' wellbeing was affected by vulnerability due to the smallness of the business and the absence of available resources. Simultaneously, a small company context provided a strong social climate and close relationships with employees and customers that strengthened the managers' wellbeing. The findings suggest that the availability of financial, personnel, and organizational resources varies between small companies of different size, which may have implications for small business managers...
Source: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being - November 27, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Elena Ahmadi Daniel Lundqvist Gunnar Bergstr öm Gloria Macassa Source Type: research
Building Value for Veterinary Practice Sale
This article provides an overview of the factors that lead to veterinary practice value. People do not enter veterinary medicine with the primary goals of owning and operating a small business. However, those who spend their careers in private practice may start or purchase a veterinary practice. To maximize value, the business must be profitable and carry as little risk to a potential buyer as possible. This article discusses the adjustments a professional valuation analyst is likely to make to calculate profits, the elements that measure risk, and how to mitigate that risk to increase value. (Source: Veterinary Clinics o...
Source: Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice - November 22, 2023 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: Leslie A. Mamalis Source Type: research
Using AI to disrupt business as usual in small evaluation firms
AbstractWhile many knowledge workers may fear that the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) will threaten their jobs, this article argues that small evaluation businesses shouldembrace AI tools to increase their value in the marketplace and remain relevant. In this article, consultants from a research, evaluation, and strategy firm, Intention 2 Impact, Inc., make a case for using AI tools to disrupt business as usual in evaluation from theoretical and practical perspectives. Theoretically, AI may be another example of technology that was initially feared but is now ubiquitous in society. Using concrete examples, the author...
Source: New Directions for Evaluation - November 3, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Nina R. Sabarre,
Blake Beckmann,
Sahiti Bhaskara,
Kathleen Doll Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Removal efficiencies of emissions of volatile organic compounds by adsorption systems installed in small-scale auto-repair painting operations
In this study, three auto-repair shops (one with an old and two with new air pollutant adsorption systems) in Seoul were selected to evaluate their removal efficiencies with respect to THC and VOCs during painting and drying operations. Results show that the THC removal efficiencies were −41.3–35.4% and 17.2–59.2% for the old and new adsorption systems, respectively. The removal efficiencies of the top five VOC species such as butyl acetate, toluene, 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene, m-, p-xylene, and ethylbenzene were positive (+) and negative (−) for the new and old adsorption syste ms, respectively. These results provide ...
Source: Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health - November 1, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research
How Satisfaction with Running Business and Private Life Are Related to Small-Business Owners ’ Subjective Well-Being
This study examined how satisfaction with aspects of running the business as well as satisfaction with aspects of the private life are related to small-business owners' subjective well-being (SWB). Measures were obtained of both life satisfaction (LS) and emotional well-being (EWB) to investigate possible differences. Questionnaire data from a survey of small-business owners (n=614) showed that in the business domain LS is associated with satisfaction with revenues, EWB with satisfaction with customer and employee contacts, and both LS and EWB with satisfaction with working time. In the private life domain, LS is associate...
Source: Applied Research in Quality of Life - November 1, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
