Working conditions, vocal health and work ability in teachers: an integrative review by Harold Zamir Taborda-Osorio, Luis Miguel Cárdenas-Castellanos

“…Introduction: Work Ability (WA) is the balance between job demands and a worker's individual resources to satisfy those demands. …”
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Black gold, dark realities: Unpacking the socio-economic and environmental fallout of unauthorized oil extraction (Investigation in East Aceh, Indonesia) by Said Musnadi, Ridwan Ibrahim, Zuraida Zuraida, Maulidar Agustina, Mahdani Ibrahim

“…Using proportional random sampling techniques, 245 respondents were selected, representing owners and investors (9), tenant investors (18), workers/laborers (68), melters (6), public figures/community leaders (3), the community (138), and village government officials (3). …”
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Liver Transplantation in Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis. Benefits and Limitations of Psychosocial Selection and Support in Alcohol Relapse. The Experience of a Tertiary Center in Ita... by Luca S. Belli, Adelaide Panariello, Giovanni Perricone, Paola Prandoni, Raffaella Viganò, Chiara Mazzarelli, Chiara Becchetti, Sara Giacalone, Giovanna Donvito, Sara Conti, Paolo A. Cortesi, Elena Roselli, Gianpaola Monti, Marco Carbone, Luciano G. De Carlis, Luciano G. De Carlis, Mauro Percudani

“…All patients were evaluated by an integrated team including psychiatrists, addiction specialists and social workers. Thirty (30%) were listed, of whom 25 underwent early liver transplantation (eLT) after a median time of 36 days from the index episode of SAH with a median model for end stage liver disease (MELD) score of 36, whereas 33 (33%) were excluded, with psycho-social issues being the main cause of exclusion in 18 patients (54.5%). …”
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Flow direction algorithm for optimal coordination of directional overcurrent relays considering arc flash by Dina K. Mahmoud, Shady H．E．Abdel Aleem, Ahmed M. Ibrahim, Mahmoud M. Sayed, Wael Abdelfattah

“…There are impacts such as incident energy (IE) caused by arc flash (AF) which must not exceed the threshold according to IEEE 1584 and NFPA 70E standards to increase workers' safety and reduce the danger of equipment damage. …”
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Silica-exposed patients with silicosis show shorter telomeres than do unexposed individuals: a pilot study in a population in southeastern Brazil by Marcos César Santos de Castro, Lucas de Carvalho Costa, Kaio Cezar Rodrigues Salum, Hermano Albuquerque de Castro, Patrícia Canto Ribeiro, Walter Costa, Angela Santos Ferreira Nani, Fabiana Barzotto Kohlrausch

“…We aimed to determine whether telomere length (TL) correlates with silicosis or severity of silicosis in silica-exposed workers in Brazil. Methods: We included 200 men in southeastern Brazil: 100 with silicosis and 100 who had not been exposed to silica. …”
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Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate during Labor: A Comparison of Three Methods by Tammy Y. Euliano, Shalom Darmanjian, Minh Tam Nguyen, John D. Busowski, Neil Euliano, Anthony R. Gregg

“…This confirms the results of other workers in this field.…”
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Revised recommendations from the CSO-HNS taskforce on performance of tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic – what a difference a year makes by D. D. Sommer, D. Cote, T. McHugh, M. Corsten, M. A. Tewfik, S. Khalili, K. Fung, M. Gupta, N. Sne, P. T. Engels, E. Weitzel, T. F. E. Brown, J. Paul, K. M. Kost, J. A. Anderson, L. Sowerby, D. Mertz, I. J. Witterick

“…New literature has helped us better understand various aspects including patient outcomes and health care worker (HCW) risks associated with tracheotomy during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Designing of Aplikasi Pendamping Diabetes (Si-PenDi) as a Control Tool for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients by Siti Julaiha, Elma Viorentina Sembiring, Citra Yuliyanda Pardilawati

“…Patient non-compliance is often caused by several factors, including forgetting to use medication, ADR, feeling healthy, and lack of education from health workers. The increasingly widespread use of Android-based applications among the public is an opportunity for patient consultations and reminding patients to be disciplined in using drugs so that they can improve patient clinical outcomes. …”
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Participation in Decision Making as a Property of Complex Adaptive Systems: Developing and Testing a Measure by Ruth A. Anderson, Donde Plowman, Kirsten Corazzini, Pi-Ching Hsieh, Hui Fang Su, Lawrence R. Landerman, Reuben R. McDaniel

“…Results demonstrated validity and reliability of the participation in decision-making instrument (PDMI) while measuring participation of workers in two distinct job categories (RNs and CNAs). …”
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A social enterprise model for TB detection and treatment through the private sector in Pakistan by S. M. A. Zaidi, W. Z. Jamal, U. Ibrahim, S. Khowaja, A. J. Khan, J. Creswell

“…Private providers with a focus on the informal sector were engaged through community workers to generate screening referrals. RESULTS: Overall 171,488 people were screened and 18,683 cases were notified, including 197 individuals with drug-resistant TB. …”
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Enhanced Sustainability Assessment Framework for Plywood Manufacturing: A Multi-Method Approach Using Delphi Technique, BWM, and S-VSM by Annisa Kesy Garside, Tyas Yuli Rosiani, Adelya Amanda, Thomy Eko Saputro, Eduardo e Oliveira

“…Applied to a plywood manufacturing case study, the framework highlighted areas requiring improvement, particularly in worker well-being and operational safety, while demonstrating the industry's moderate overall efficiency. …”
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Designing a Dynamic and Sustainable Cellular Manufacturing System by Considering the Amount of Energy Consumption and Manpower in Production Planning by Nader Ghanei, Gholam Reza Esmaeilian, Amir Saman Kheirkhah

“…On the other hand, paying attention to workers and the safety of the work environment has been introduced as a vital issue in creating a sustainable Manufacturing system. …”
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Internal communication and job performance in Peruvian health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic by Jorge Luis Damián Foronda, Ericson Félix Castillo Saavedra, Cecilia Elizabeth Reyes Alfaro, Rosa María Salas Sánchez, Carmen Isolina Ayala Jara

“…<p><strong>Background</strong>:<strong> </strong>Rationale: Internal communication within an organization ensures that workers carry out their activities effectively; which, in the health context, translates into prioritizing the patients´ well-being and quality of life.…”
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Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions by Starla Hairston Blanks, Henrie Treadwell, Anya Bazzell, Whitney Graves, Olivia Osaji, Juanita Dean, James T. McLawhorn, Jareese Lee Stroud

“…This Community Health Worker- (CHW-) led program enrolled 79 AAW aged 18 and older in a 7-week group health education intervention. …”
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Seroprevalence of <i>Borrelia</i>, <i>Anaplasma</i>, <i>Bartonella</i>, <i>Toxoplasma</i>, <i>Mycoplasma</i>, <i>Yersinia</i>, and <i>Chlamydia</i> in Human Population from Eastern... by Angelina Wójcik-Fatla, Anna Sawczyn-Domańska, Anna Kloc, Joanna Krzowska-Firych, Jacek Sroka

“…To monitor actual trends in selected zoonoses, a total of 473 serum samples from farmers, forestry workers, and veterinarians were collected for serological examination. …”
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Mapping the Transition of Adolescents to Adult HIV Care: A Mixed-Methods Perspective from the Cape Town Metropole, South Africa by Charné Petinger, Brian van Wyk, Talitha Crowley

“…Overburdened and poorly functioning health systems struggle to provide optimal care for ALHIV amidst the rising HIV pandemic in this priority population. (2) Methods: This study employed a mixed-methods design, comprising a descriptive qualitative study with healthcare workers and managers and a cross-sectional survey to examine the practices and pathways in which the transition to adult HIV care occurs in the Cape Town Metropole, South Africa. (3) Results: We delineate three distinct ways in which transition occurs (transfer-only, adolescent-friendly, and supportive transition). …”
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Applying Outdoor Environment to Develop Health, Comfort, and Energy Saving in the Office in Hot-Humid Climate by Rong Chen, Wen-Pei Sung, Hung-Chang Chang, Yi-Rou Chi

“…Ninety-five percent of the workers corresponded to the standard comfort zone after this improvement.…”
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Risk factors of urinary tract infection through demographic and laboratory markers among benign prostate hyperplasia patients: a single-center study by Muhammad Andriady Saidi Nasution, Betthy Meilina Br Aruan, Suandy Suandy, Adrian Joshua Velaro, Naufal Nandita Firsty

“…Conclusion: It is expected that health workers, especially nurses in hospitals can provide information, always monitor signs of infection and apply aseptic procedures in performing catheter insertion actions to BPH patients to avoid urinary tract infections.…”
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Considerations and Challenges for Acute Inhalation Toxicity Testing and Classification of Zinc Sulphide Under REACH by Gustav Gerd Bruer, Noömi Lombaert, Arne Burzlaff, Christine Spirlet, Daria Gödecke, Mehmet Ramazanoglu, Otto Creutzenberg

“…This study is crucial for ensuring the safety of workers exposed to zinc sulphide dust and complying with regulatory requirements for REACH. …”
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Changes and their effects on working and daily life time use allocation between work-from-home and office work days during the telework period: insights from the survey in Japan by Eri Aoki, Eri Aoki, Ai Hiramatsu, Keisuke Hanaki

“…A survey of 1,500 full-time workers in Japan’s Tokyo Metropolitan Region focused on daily time allocation, and telework preferences during telework periods. …”
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