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Technologies for the marketplace from the Centers for Disease Control [PDF]

The Centers for Disease Control, a Public Health Service agency, is responsible for the prevention and control of disease and injury. Programs range from surveillance and prevention of chronic and infectious diseases to occupational health and injury ...
Greene, R. Eric, Malvitz, Dolores M., Reid-Sanden, Frances L.   +2 more
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Culturally Safe Assistive Technology Provision in Australia: Concept Mapping Perspectives From Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Disparities in Assistive Technology (AT) access exist for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples despite recent policy reforms. This paper brings together First Nations and Western academic ways of being, knowing and doing to deliver an AT practice analysis based upon primary data from two research reports into the cultural safety of AT
Shane Hearn, Vanessa Langenberg, Kristy Harper, Libby Callaway, Hilary O'Connell, Eleanor Kennett‐Smith, Natasha Layton   +6 more
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A World of Opportunities: Community Reintegration for Individuals with Brain Injury [PDF]

, 2015
Objectives of Presentation: ● Define community reintegration within the scope of occupational therapy ● Explain the importance of community reintegration for adults with a brain injury ● Discuss the effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions ...
Gebbia, OTS, Francine, Miller, OTS, Amy, Sanchez, OTS, Marianella, Serviolo, OTS, Erica, Turoff, OTS, David   +4 more
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Housing as Asset‐Based Welfare in Australia: An Investigation Through a Consumption Lens

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Housing asset‐based welfare has long been a key component of Australia's social policy. This resonates with a parallel literature identifying a trade‐off between homeownership and the size of nations' welfare states, wherein owner‐occupiers in smaller welfare states tend to come to rely on housing wealth to meet many of their welfare needs ...
Gavin A. Wood, Christopher Phelps, Silvia Salazar, Rachel Ong ViforJ   +3 more
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Exploration of predicting occupational injury severity based on LightGBM model and model interpretability method

环境与职业医学
BackgroundLight gradient boosting machine (LightGBM) has become a popular choice in prediction models due to its high efficiency and speed. However, the "black box" issues in machine learning models lead to poor model interpretability.
Youhua MO, Peng ZHANG, YiShuo GU, Xiaojun ZHU, Jingguang FAN   +4 more
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Bypassing the selection rule in choosing controls for a case-control study

, 2010
Objectives It has been argued that in case–control studies, controls should be drawn from the base population that gives rise to the cases. In designing a study of occupational injury and risks arising from long-term illness and prescribed medication, we
Coggon, David, Kim, Miranda, Palmer, Keith T.   +2 more
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Understanding the hospital sharps injury reporting pathway [PDF]

, 2015
INTRODUCTION: Patient-care workers are frequently exposed to sharps injuries, which can involve the risk of serious illness. Underreporting of these injuries can compromise prevention efforts.
Aiken, Alvarado-Ramy, Amick, Azaroff, Boden, Boden, Bureau of Labor Statistics USDoL, Cutter, d'Errico, Davis, Doebbeling, Elder, Galizzi, Hopcia, Karasek, Kim, Laramie, Menzel, Moore, Osborne, Panlilio, Pransky, Probst, Probst, Probst, Probst, Quinn, Rodríguez Acosta, Rosenman, Siddharthan, Sorensen, Tandberg, Voide, Wuellner   +33 more
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Wireless blood pressure sensor implantation in sheep: A detailed technique

Animal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
Twelve adult sheep underwent wireless blood pressure sensor implantation. The procedure lasted an average of 36 min, with mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 93 ± 6 and 65 ± 5 mmHg, respectively. This rapid, minimally invasive protocol is a powerful platform for cardiovascular device development.
David Santer, Paul Ecker, Judith Radloff, Katharina Heissl, Smruti Mirchandani, Sabine Leitner, Bruno Mora, Martin Czerny, Roman Gottardi, Michael Moore, Bruno K. Podesser   +10 more
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Occupational injuries in Canadian youth: an analysis of 22 years of surveillance data collected from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program

Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada, 2016
Introduction: Inexperience, inadequate training and differential hazard exposure may contribute to a higher risk of injury in young workers. This study describes features of work-related injuries in young Canadians to identify areas for potential ...
B. Pratt, J. Cheesman, C. Breslin, M. T. Do   +3 more
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Integrated Evaluation of Contaminant Profiles, Detection Techniques, and Management Strategies for Tannery Sludge

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This review article critically examines the environmental and health hazards of tannery sludge (TS), a complex by‐product of the leather tanning industry. TS is characterized by a diverse array of contaminants, including heavy metals like chromium, organic pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds ...
Yashar Aryanfar, Ali Keçebaş, Soheil Hassanzadeh, Arash Nourbakhsh Sadabad, Farhan Lafta Rashid, Shabbir Ahmad, Ahmed Hendy, Hafiz M. Irfan, Shaban Mousavi Ghasemlou, Julio Blanco Fernandez, Jorge Luis Garcia Alcaraz   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source