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Training Competences in Industrial Risk Prevention with Lego (R) Serious Play (R): A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper proposes the use of the Lego (R) Serious Play (R) (LSP) methodology as a facilitating tool for the introduction of competences for Industrial Risk Prevention by engineering students from the industrial branch (electrical, electronic ...
Albert   +34 more
core   +3 more sources

AI‐Assisted IoT‐Enabled ECG Monitoring: Integrating Foundational and Generative AI Tools for Sustainable Smart Healthcare—Recent Trends

open access: yesAI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT) has significantly advanced the field of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring, enabling real‐time, remote, and patient‐centric cardiac care. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of AI assisted IoT‐based ECG monitoring systems, focusing on the integration of emerging technologies such as ...
Amrita Choudhury   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Joint Committees: No Substitute for Union Action [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
[Excerpt] Nearly half of all industrial union contracts mandate joint labor-management health and safety committees (JHSCs). In the past five years, mandated JHSCs have also become common in the public sector in states that have enacted occupational ...
Egarian, Marjorie
core   +1 more source

Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Occupational health regulations and health workers: protection or vulnerability? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Several trade agreements include occupational health and safety regulations but there are many barriers to implementation.
Lethbridge, Jane
core  

Occupational safety and health practice: a study at rubber manufacturing industry by using hirarc [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) is a discipline with broad scope involving many specialized fields. The definition of safety is the state of being ‘safe’, condition of being protected against physical, social, spiritual, financial, political ...
Ahmad Jais, Mohamad Harizat   +5 more
core  

Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

SARS-CoV-2 infection risk by non-healthcare occupations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesJournal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, several industries were deemed essential. However, information on infection risk in occupational settings outside of healthcare workers and medical staff (HCWs) remain scarce.
Katharina M. A. Gabriel   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural Injuries With Dementia: Double Whammy?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nearly 40% of US farmers are over 65 years old. Some emerging evidence links agricultural occupational exposure to increased dementia risk. However, little is known about dementia and injury outcomes in agricultural settings. Methods We employed data from the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Programs Participant Use File (
Kanika Arora   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA IN VIEW OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2013
Health and safety at work has become one of the most substantial and important sectors in the EU social policy over the last years.In Romania, the implementation of health and safety management systems is performed by: a systematic approach to problems ...
Rusu-Zagar Gilda   +3 more
doaj  

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