This report defines the concept of maintaining occupational exposures to radiation as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) and describes the elements necessary for specific licensees to implement, operate, and evaluate an effective ALARA program. The r...
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This report reviews the literature on discriminatory reactions to accents. It tests to see if having a non-English mother-tongue has a negative effect on occupational achievement. It also tests to see if shift to English, switching to English as most ofte...
ILO plan of action (2010-2016) to achieve widespread ratification and effective implementation of the occupational safety and health instruments (Convention No. 155, its 2002 Protocol and Convention No. 187) is discussed. ILO documents on recording and notification as well as new list of occupational diseases ...
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... at levels of the hypothetical immigrant earnings levels ... of schooling and very good English lan- effects ... SIE Hispanic sub- tinues to study causes and ...
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This report defines the concept of maintaining occupational exposures to radiation as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) and describes the elements necessary for specific licensees to implement, operate, and evaluate an effective ALARA program. Examples of cost-effectiveness analysis and optimization are ...
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Family physicians are naturally concerned with the work effects or causes of their patients' health problems. As occupational risk factors have become better understood, however, a new specialty of occupational medicine has been recognized by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1984, two years after the Canadian Board of ...
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Occupational health remains neglected in developing countries because of competing social, economic, and political challenges. Occupational health research in developing countries should recognize the social and political context of work relations, especially the fact that the majority of developing countries lack the political mechanisms to translate ...
The definition of CTE (career/technical education) used by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) includes, at the high school level, family and consumer sciences education, general labor market preparation, and occupational education (Bradby and Hoachlander 1999; Bradby and Hudson 2007). Most researchers focus on occupational education ...
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... Title : Is 85% Duty Military Occupational Specialty Qualification (DMOSQ) Achievable for the Army Reserve Component by 2005? ...
High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes are common throughout the United States. There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that efficient and effective management of existing HOV lanes is both achievable and sustainable through applications including mana...
... Login American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all. ... to similar occupations. Creating an environment where good communication can take place should be a goal for ...
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...achieving the goals. Decisions on part-time employment will be based on such factors as agency mission, occupational mix, workload fluctuations, affirmative actions, geographic dispersion, effect on providing services to the public, and employee...
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A field study of the actual lighting savings achievable from occupancy sensor use was performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. The study involved two seperate field assessments. The objective of the first test was to assess and effectively ...
Biomarkers are potentially useful tools for occupational health and safety research, practice, and policy. However, the full realization of this potential has not been achieved. In this paper, the progress made in these three usage areas is reviewed to identify what efforts can be taken to realize the full promise of biomarkers. Biomarker uses are ...
Education on occupational medicine is a neglected area in the United Kingdom in terms of resources and staffing. Education on occupational health and safety is even more neglected and education in the workplace on occupational health is most neglected of all. 1944 saw the demise of the Industrial Health Education Society. This society ...
This report assessed the Indiana Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health programs (IOSH) progress toward achieving the performance goals established by their Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Annual Performance Plan and reviewed the effectiveness ...
This report provides an assessment of the Arizona Division of Occupational Safety and Healths (ADOSH) progress towards achieving performance goals established in their Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Annual Performance Plan and the effectiveness of program ...
This report assessed the Maryland Occupational Safety and Health (MOSH) programs progress towards achieving the performance goals established in their Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Annual Performance Plan and reviewed the effectiveness of programmatic are...
In order to assess the influence of the shielding of windows performed by occupants in residential buildings on the heat balance of the building, the shielding of 40,000 windows was determined by observation during two heating seasons. It is shown that the demand for privacy has a large effect on the degree of window-shielding. There are also indications ...
The use of input-output analysis, in conjunction with occupational safety and health statistics, is a viable method of screening energy technologies for occupational safety and health impacts. The method developed here achieved results well within the range of more detailed, process analytic techniques. The input-output technique has ...
Contents: Occupational Lung Diseases: Magnitude of the Problem; Air Pollutants at the Workplace and Their Effects on the Respiratory System; Approaches to the Prevention and Control of Occupational Lung Diseases; Occupational Lung Diseases: Their Causes a...
Previous research has demonstrated that achievement-motivated people perform better under working conditions of challenge, autonomy, and rapid feedback. These achievement-congenial conditions characterize entrepreneurial business and, among those occupations traditionally filled by women, teaching. Achievement ...
... The immigrants' human capital is considered exceptionally high in educational and occupational terms. ... occupational terms. ...
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The literature was reviewed and accident data were analyzed to establish relations between automobile size and the frequency of occupant death and injury. On the assumption of four future scenarios for the size of automobiles, the consequences for car occupant deaths were calculated. The present effects of the 55 mph speed limit and ...
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Both this guide and Regulatory Guide 8.8, Information Relevant to Maintaining Occupational Radiation Exposure as Low as is Reasonably Achievable (Nuclear Power Reactors), deal with the concept of as low as is reasonably achievable occupational exposures to radiation. This guide describes an operating philosophy ...
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Research has confirmed the prevalence of depression in women, based on theoretical explanations that encompass genetic/endocrinological factors, the learned helplessness model, the cognitive model of depression, the effects of marital and occupational roles, and/or social discrimination. Women (N=215) completed a questionnaire which examined undesirable ...
An installation in a Federal building tested the effectiveness of a highly-controlled, workstation-specific lighting retrofit. The study took place in an open-office area with 86 cubicles and low levels of daylight. Each cubicle was illuminated by a direct/indirectpendant luminaire with three 32 watt lamps, two dimmable DALI ballasts, and an occupancy ...
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The association of body height with occupational success has been frequently studied, with previous research mainly finding a positive effect among men and positive or null effects among women. Occupational success has almost exclusively been measured so far by short-term success variables (e.g., annual income). In ...
This article outlines a method of applying the as-low-as-reasonably-achievable principle to occupational radiation exposures in nuclear power stations. A set of protective actions already taken at French pressurized-water reactors now in operation were selected, and their cost and effectiveness were assessed, allowing for the possible ...
Neutrinoless double beta (0???) decay of the 76Ge, 82Se, 128Te, 130Te and 136Xe nuclei is discussed in terms of the associated nuclear matrix element (NME). The effects of the size of the single-particle model space and the occupancies of individual orbits on the NME are discussed by using the proton-neutron quasiparticle random-phase approximation ...
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To assess the role of Occupational Medicine in the promotion of workers'health over the last forty years, the author studied the evolution of this discipline from a clinical-diagnostic approach to the current emphasis on prevention. However, it is stressed that in Occupational Medicine even preventive measures are based on clinical methodology, as for ...
... Title : Effectiveness of the US Public Health Service Occupational Illness and Injury Contingency Management Process (OPTICOMAP) in National ...
The objectives, and achievements of this program at the West Virginia University Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health were described. The program was intended to create a trained group of health professionals with interest and experience in ...
This guide is directed specifically toward medical licensees and recommends methods acceptable to the NRC staff for maintaining occupational exposures ALARA in medical institutions.
The occupational noise standard places a priority to the use of engineering controls over personal protective equipment for the reduction of noise exposure, but conditioned upon the engineering controls being feasible. Neither the Act nor the noise standard define feasible. The courts have had to interpret the meaning of feasible in the Act and the meaning of feasible in the ...
... 2011-04-01 false Effects of work on occupational disability. 220...Under the Railroad Retirement Act for Work in an Employee's Regular Railroad Occupation § 220.15 Effects of work on occupational disability....
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The efficiency and effectiveness of educational programmes in the occupational field of nursing are only assessable through testing and comparing achieved learning results. In search of an appropriate diagnostic instrument, a comprehensive literature research in German-speaking countries concerning the current state of competence ...
A description is given of the standards for protection of persons who work in areas that have a potential for radiation exposure. A review is given of the units of radiation exposure and dose equivalent and of the value of the maximum permissible dose limits for occupational exposure. Federal Regulations and Regulatory Guides for radiation protection are discussed. Average ...
To be truly effective, the occupational and environmental health nurse must possess skills as both a manager and a leader. Effective management results in programs and projects that are likely to be successful, achieve established goals, and meet expectations of the intended recipients. ...
The time-dependent proportional hazards model is used to analyse 1st achievement by married couples of a home in 1 of the 2 major British housing tenures: owner-occupation and local authority accomodation. The effect of demographic and socioeconomic influences such as age at marriage, social class, and previous housing and fertility ...
GRC Occupational Medicine Examination Protocol - Effective April 2001 ... Medicine Services. Physician Signature. Occupational Medicine Services ...
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... To conduct an effective air occupation, the military should understand how to perform air occupations and ensure required equipment and trained ...
...Relating to Labor (Continued) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS Occupational Health and Environmental Control §...
It is not possible to achieve high bed occupancy in an acute children's ward without serious detriment to the local community. Analysis of a year's admissions shows that `short stays' and high turnover rates must produce low occupancy, and that this represents efficient management.
Occupational therapy's core values and founding beliefs reflect a commitment to the attainment of a self-directed life that enables full community participation. The reality that this desired outcome remains unattainable for millions of persons with disabilities due to the institutional bias of current public policies cannot be ignored. The Supreme Court's landmark Olmstead ...
Interventions to reduce cancers related to certain occupations should be evidence-based. The authors have developed a method for forecasting the future burden of occupational cancer to inform strategies for risk reduction. They project risk exposure periods, accounting for cancer latencies of up to 50 years, forward in time to estimate attributable ...
Two theories about the effects of industrialization on an individual's attainment of social, educational, and occupational status are examined in this study of 12 Japanese regions in varying stages of development. The first, the theory of industrialism, suggests that as development occurs, the attainment of educational and occupational ...
... Title : Special Aspects of Aviation Occupational Medicine-Cardiovascular and Nervous System Effects of Bromotrifluoromethane. ...
... To observe the effects of overcrowding, the latent and sensible heat outputs of the simulated occupants were increased to that of 680 persons ...
... Title : Occupational Health Hazards of Nitroglycerin with Special Emphasis on Tolerance and Withdrawal Effects -- A Literature Review. ...
... occupations and the effects of the menstrual cycle on human performance. The material is divided into two major subject areas: Women's Studies ...
Workplace stress and its impact upon retention levels are becoming an increasing concern within the teaching profession (Brown, Davis, & Johnson, 2002; Jarvis, 2002). Research has largely focused upon the effects of environmental factors, whilst noting that it is the interplay between the individual and the environment which may hold the key to understanding this problem ...
Although adopting an effective energy code for new home construction is an important first step in achieving energy efficient new housing, that's just the beginning. A home is a system composed of its exterior envelope, mechanical systems and occupants. While energy codes address envelope and mechanical systems technology by ...
This guide to standards and measures for compliance with the Perkins Act was developed by and for 29 community colleges in Michigan in order to provide accountability for planning and program improvement. The Perkins Act requires recipients of Perkins funds to evaluate the effectiveness of programs based upon a statewide system of standards and measures. This document provides ...
... is concerned with China's major achievements in industrial hygiene and in the prevention and treatment of occupational diseases during thee past ...
This monograph is an attempt to explain why it is that work is very important to some people and not at all important to others. The theory that is offered as an explanation focuses on the conditions under which occupational achievement or lack of achieve...
asbestos exposure hazards as low as reasonably achievable for all building occupants and service personnel. This can be achieved through a well-defined ACP ...
An encouraging trend of reductions in accidents and fatalities in the Danish construction industry, brought about by the combined sustained efforts of unions, management, and government, is suffering a reverse. While some large construction companies have achieved excellent safety records through effective internal programs combining rewards and penalties ...
The current rate of technological advances has brought with it an overwhelming increase in the usage of chemicals in the workplace and in the home. Coupled to this increase has been a heightened awareness in the potential for acute and chronic injuries attributable to chemical insults. The Hazard Communication Standard has been introduced with the desired goal of reducing workplace exposures to ...
The purpose of this report is to assess the State's progress towards achieving their performance goals established in their Federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Annual Performance Plan and to review the effectiveness of programmatic areas related to enforcement ...
In recognition of the importance of occupational health as a problem area, this study was undertaken to begin to target, in as effective a manner as possible, scarce occupational health resources. The analysis attempts to identify occupations and industri...
As occupational therapy expands into new practice arenas such as wellness, driver rehabilitation and ergonomics, educators are challenged to revise the curriculum as well as change educational technology. One of the changes in occupational therapy educational programmes is the utilization of on-line teaching. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ...
Previous studies with some 500 patients have indicated that the forces at particular injury sites of occupants in motor-vehicle accidents cannot be simply related to parameters for the occupant or the impact.[1-2] Another factor that might play a role is assessed in this research, namely passenger compartment geometry, which in most low-severity insults ...
The program was developed to provide a method for predicting occupational exposures caused by the deposition of radioactive corrosion products outside the core of the primary system of an operating power reactor. This predictive capability will be useful in forecasting total occupational doses during maintenance, inspection, decontamination, waste ...
Abstract Background: One of occupational therapy's core assumptions is that engagement in occupations influences well-being. Because occupational engagement is integral to human well-being, and because well-being is integral to human rights, this paper contends that the ability and opportunity to engage in ...
This article looks at the importance of leisure as a key principle within occupational therapy practice. A review of current literature and two in-patient case studies are used to discuss the role of the Occupational Therapist in adapting leisure occupations for individuals with complex neurological disability. The article highlights ...
This prospective study tested with 272 children a structural model of the network of sociocognitive influences that shape children's career aspirations and trajectories. Familial socioeconomic status is linked to children's career trajectories only indirectly through its effects on parents' perceived efficacy and academic aspirations. The impact of parental self-efficacy and ...
A systematic review of literature related to the effects of drivers' license policies and community mobility programs on older adult participation was completed as a part of the American Occupational Therapy Association's Evidence-Based Literature Review Project. The results revealed that states can achieve a goal of reducing traffic ...
When high-energy photon beams are used for irradiation in radiotherapy, neutrons that are the result of photonuclear reactions create activation products that affect the occupational dose of radiotherapy staff. For the assessment of activation products in situ gamma spectroscopy was performed parallel to dose-rate measurements following irradiation, by using a high-energy ...
Clergy represent a salient group in Western communities, providing a variety of services aimed at supporting diverse members of those communities. Significantly, rates of attrition among clergy are high, suggesting the need to better understand their occupational well-being and factors relevant to it. The present study draws on the quadripolar need ...
Noise, vibration and acoustical design, construction, commissioning and operation practices influence building cost, efficiency, performance and effectiveness. Parameters for structural vibration, building systems noise, acoustics and environmental noise crossing property boundaries will be presented with brief case studies illustrating noise and vibration problems with ...
... Accession Number : ADA213834. Title : Effect of Age, Occupation, and Physical Training on Human Tolerance to Long-Term Acceleration. ...
OBJECTIVE�To find a broad consensus on research priorities and strategies in the field of occupational health and safety in Italy.?METHODS�A two phase questionnaire survey was based on the Delphi technique previously described in other reports. 310�Occupational safety and health specialists (from universities and local health units) were given an ...
We examine the prediction of individuals� educational and occupational success at age 48 from contextual and personal variables assessed during their middle childhood and late adolescence. We focus particularly on the predictive role of the parents� educational level during middle childhood, controlling for other indices of socioeconomic status and children�s IQ, and the ...
We examine the prediction of individuals' educational and occupational success at age 48 from contextual and personal variables assessed during their middle childhood and late adolescence. We focus particularly on the predictive role of the parents' educational level during middle childhood, controlling for other indices of socioeconomic status and children's IQ, and the ...
ObjectiveThis study aimed to summarize the major health problems among Chinese workers, the strategies and measures for occupational hazards control, the network and organizations of occupational health administration, and the achievements and current challenges of occupational health in China.ResultsThe situation ...
An attempt to achieve an agreed set of priorities for research in occupational medicine was undertaken by the Delphi technique. Fifty three senior practitioners of occupational medicine in academe (25) and industry or government (28) were canvassed about their views and choices for priority activity. Forty six (86%) responded to the ...
Issues related to occupant activity in passive commercial buildings are being investigated to determine their energy impacts. Total building energy analyses are performed to identify the heating, cooling and lighting effects of a variety of occupant requi...
A six-month study into the effect of a substantial programme of integrated health education promoting the use of seat belts showed no major change in the rates for occupants of front seats, which remained around 35%. Though there were increases of up to 5% in the rates for wearing seat belts immediately after the multimedia campaigns which ...
In 1994, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) initiated a program to address communication gaps between community residents, researchers and health care providers in the context of disproportionate environmental exposures. Over 13 years, together with the Environmental Protection Agency and National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety, NIEHS ...
The adverse health effects of work on approximately 2 million employed children troubled many in the United States during the early 20th century. Advocates of reform initially built a rationale for protective legislation primarily from informal, lay observations of the broad developmental outcomes of premature employment. In this endeavor, they projected a dismal scenario of ...
Medication of the worker with pharmacotherapeutic agents and its meaning for individual pharmacokinetics of the agent(s) to which the worker is exposed is a largely unexplored zone, on the border of both occupational and clinical medicine. Medication and exposure to occupational agents can result in pharmacodynamic and/or pharmacokinetic interactions; the ...
The Subpanel on Occupational Radiation Protection Research concludes that the most urgently needed research is that leading to the resolution of the potential effects of low-level ionizing radiation. This is the primary driving force in setting appropriate radiation protection standards and in directing the emphasis of radiation protection efforts. Much ...
The initial goal of occupational reproductive health research is to effectively study the many toxicants, physical agents, and biomechanical and psychosocial stressors that may constitute reproductive hazards in the workplace. Although the main objective of occupational reproductive researchers and clinicians is to prevent recognized ...
The number of annually compensated occupational diseases due to exposure to hand-arm vibration (HAV) has decreased during the last 15 years. The number of exposed workers has been declining in Finland, especially in forestry work, as harvesters have increasingly replaced manual chain saw operations. During the entire 1970s, forest work caused more cases of vibration-induced ...
An estimated 1.2 million scavengers in the country are involved in the sanitation of our surroundings. The working conditions of these sanitary workers have remained virtually unchanged for over a century. Apart from the social atrocities that these workers face, they are exposed to certain health problems by virtue of their occupation. These health hazards include exposure to ...
Fe substitution for Cu in YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub y} can give information about the local environment on the two crystallographic Cu sites through Mossbauer effect measurements. In this paper, we explore the possibility of forcing larger amounts of Fe onto the Cu (2) site which represents the CuO planes. At values near y = 6, the chain Cu (1) site is characteristic for Cu{sup ...
A field study of the actual lighting savings achievable from occupancy sensor use was performed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE) on the Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. The study involved two seperate fiel...
The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission contracted with Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to provide technical assistance in establishing operational guidelines, with respect to radiation control programs and methods of minimizing occupational ra...
Evidence of undergraduate academic achievement has often been used as part of the examination process for entry into many federal occupations. Frequently concern is raised about the job-relatedness and validity of such selection programs. The objective of...
The report is a study of educational and occupational attainments, and aspirations of a sample of American youth. Thirty-three variables were linked and tested through the use of path analysis.
The mission of EH-61 is the prevention of worker illness by fostering outstanding occupational medicine and medical surveillance programs within the DOE complex. The EH-61 annual report for 1998 describes our major activities and achievements as we have w...
This study, exploring why first grade children from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, fail in school, utilized computerized techniques of statistical analysis to measure the relationships of various school and family characteristics with student achievement. Four types of schools--urban state, rural state, municipal, and private--were used to test the effect of ...
This study is a field experiment aimed at evaluating environmental comfort by investigating the impact of different environmental conditions on the perceptions, behaviors and performance of building occupants. The development of a prediction model for thermal comfort and the determination of actual energy savings achieved by altering environmental ...
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) has challenged occupational therapy practitioners to advance the profession so that we may become more "powerful" and "widely recognized" by the year 2017 (AOTA, 2007a). To fully achieve this vision, this article argues that the profession should encourage ...
Shielding for the APS will be such that the individual radiation worker dose will be as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). The ALARA goals for the APS are to keep the total of the work-related radiation exposure (exposure coming from other than natural or medical sources) as far below 500 person-mrem per year, collective total effective dose equivalent, ...
This article seeks to quantify the effects of the penalty points system driver's license during the 18-month period following its coming into force. This is achieved by means of univariate and multivariate unobserved component models set up in a state space framework estimated using maximum likelihood. A detailed intervention analysis is carried out in ...
