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Measuring and Harmonising Coverage, Generosity and History of Work‐Injury Policies Globally
ABSTRACT I present new measures of generosity, coverage and institutional characteristics of work‐injury policy across 189 countries in the Global Work‐Injury Policy Dataset (GWIP) version 2.0. To date, major research efforts produced detailed social policy data for the rich Western countries, and more recently countries of Eastern, Central and Central‐
Nate Breznau
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The Role of Foxes in Transmitting Zoonotic Bacteria to Humans: A Scoping Review
ABSTRACT Zoonotic diseases inflict substantial burdens on human and animal populations worldwide, and many of these infections are bacterial. An Australian study investigating environmental risk factors for Buruli ulcer in humans detected the causative agent, Mycobacterium ulcerans, in the faeces of wild foxes, a novel finding that suggests foxes may ...
Emma C. Hobbs+6 more
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Reinvention, renewal or repetition? the great western railway and occupational safety on Britain’s railways, c.1900-c.1920 [PDF]
Esbester, Mike
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Abstract Objectives Most esophageal cancers in Japan are squamous cell carcinomas; however, there has been some concern regarding a recent increase in Barrett's esophageal adenocarcinoma (BEA). This study aimed to clarify the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients treated via endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in Kyushu, including ...
Fumisato Sasaki+29 more
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Mitigating ingroup bias in regulatory firms: The role of inspector professionalism
Abstract This article adopts the lens of ingroup bias to study why regulatory firms tasked with enforcing regulatory compliance may underperform in their duties. We theorize that ingroup bias can lead regulatory agents to grant unwarranted trust to ingroup clients with whom they share salient characteristics, resulting in less stringent inspections for
Sae‐Seul Park, Sunkee Lee, Oliver Hahl
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Our study suggests that the irritative potential of alcohol‐based virucidal hand rubs (ABVHRs) varies, likely due to differences in alcohol type (1‐propanol in particular) and to the proportions and concentrations of alcohols or alcohol mixtures used. PA appears to be well tolerated and may enhance virucidal activity.
Michal Gina+5 more
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The incidence and persistence of partnerships in a British industrial city: Glasgow, 1861–81
Abstract This paper examines the prevalence of business partnerships in a late‐nineteenth‐century British city, using individual‐level data from post office directories and censuses. Focusing on Glasgow, we present a detailed picture of partnership number and type, demographic characteristics of the entrepreneurs who ran them, and how these businesses ...
Graeme Acheson+3 more
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Stationary steam power in the United Kingdom, 1800–70: An empirical reassessment
Abstract The conventional view that the industrial revolution was premised on the unprecedented supply of mechanical power delivered via steam engines has been undermined by econometric work, purporting to show that their adoption outside the cotton and mining sectors was extremely limited until at least 1870.
Sean Bottomley
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ABSTRACT Background Long Covid (LC) significantly impacts health, economic and social activities. Women, deprived, learning disability, homeless and some minority ethnic populations have high prevalence rates but low access to support, indicating health inequities in LC care.
Ghazala Mir+10 more
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ABSTRACT We know very little about how bystander behaviour is portrayed in the media outside the West. Here, we analyse 379 articles in Chinese media (identified through a systematic search of Chinese databases Baidu, Weibo, CNKI and Zhihu between 2011 and 2021) on the case of ‘Little Yue Yue’—a Chinese toddler killed in a hit‐and‐run accident.
Wanhao Cheng+2 more
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