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Productivity and quality-adjusted life years: QALYs, PALYs and beyond [PDF]
We develop a unified framework for the measurement and valuation of health and productivity. Within this framework, we characterize evaluation functions allowing for compromises between the classical quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and its polar productivity-adjusted life years (PALYs).
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A 3D Mesh Based Approach to In Home Safe Walking Spaces for Older Adults [PDF]
arXiv, 2022 Falling continues to be a significant risk factor for older adults and other mobility limited individuals. Monitoring and maintaining clear, tripping hazard free pathways in living spaces is invaluable in helping people live independently and safely in their home. This paper proposes and demonstrates a Microsoft HoloLens-based technology for monitoring
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.Abstract We present an adjusted bid price mechanism that incorporates economic multiplier effects in public food procurement decision making. Under Input–Output model assumptions, the algorithm estimates enhanced tax revenues to state governments through multiplier effects associated with in‐state supplier purchasing.
Todd M. Schmit, Xiaoyan Liu
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Respiratory Research, 2023 Background Recently in Japan, six workers at a chemical plant that manufactures resins developed interstitial lung diseases after being involved in loading and packing cross-linked water-soluble acrylic acid polymers (CWAAPs).
Shotaro Yamano +15 more
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Accelerating Psychometric Screening Tests With Bayesian Active Differential Selection [PDF]
arXiv, 2020 Classical methods for psychometric function estimation either require excessive measurements or produce only a low-resolution approximation of the target psychometric function. In this paper, we propose a novel solution for rapid screening for a change in the psychometric function estimation of a given patient. We use Bayesian active model selection to
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Forecasting Emergency Department Crowding with Advanced Machine Learning Models and Multivariable Input [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Emergency department (ED) crowding is a significant threat to patient safety and it has been repeatedly associated with increased mortality. Forecasting future service demand has the potential patient outcomes. Despite active research on the subject, several gaps remain: 1) proposed forecasting models have become outdated due to quick influx of ...
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Occupational Safety and Health in Nepal
International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 1970 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijosh.v1i1.5224 International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, Vol 1 (2011) 1 ...
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Genetics and occupational safety and health [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2007 In occupational health much has been made of the potential impact of the “genetic revolution” on worker health.1 Schulte2 and OEM are right to ask the direct question—what hath this wrought? In the accompanying editorial Schulte acknowledges that although genetics has not yet had a major impact upon occupational health and safety, with continued ...
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Exploring barriers to utilizing local agricultural products in the catering industry
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Both the proportion and expenditure of dining out and takeaway in Taiwan have been increasing year by year. This study investigates the factors influencing the catering service providers (CSPs) procurement of domestically produced or imported food materials.
Wan‐Yu Liu +2 more
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Safety and Health at Work, 2017 We present the case of a 45-year-old man with a history of benzene exposure who developed splenic marginal zone lymphoma. For 6 years, he had worked in an enclosed space cleaning instruments with benzene.
Jihye Lee +3 more
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