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An EEG-based Experiment on VR Sickness and Postural Instability While Walking in Virtual Environments [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2023
Previous studies showed that natural walking reduces the susceptibility to VR sickness. However, many users still experience VR sickness when wearing VR headsets that allow free walking in room-scale spaces. This paper studies VR sickness and postural instability while the user walks in an immersive virtual environment using an electroencephalogram ...
arxiv  

Ensuring equitable access to sick leave [PDF]

open access: yesCanadian Medical Association Journal, 2014
Despite medicine’s impressive advances, there are still simple solutions to reduce the likelihood of illness and to speed up recovery that are underused. Paid sick leave with job protection is one such example in Canada.
Jody Heymann, Mark Daku
openaire   +2 more sources

Crosstalk between gut microbiota and tumor: tumors could cause gut dysbiosis and metabolic imbalance

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In this research, we analyzed the relationship between gut microbiota and tumor. We discovered that both subcutaneous and metastatic tumors would alter the composition and metabolic function of gut microbiota. Meanwhile, fecal microbiota transplantation also indicated the anti‐tumor role of the gut microbiota, revealing the crosstalk between tumor and ...
Siyuan Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Education of the primary health care staff based on acceptance and commitment therapy is associated with reduced sick leave in a prospective controlled trial

open access: yesBMC Family Practice, 2021
Background The use of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to cope with mental distress and pain issues has helped many patients in primary health care in Sweden. However, the effects of CBT to reduce sick leave has not been equally convincing.
Åsa Kadowaki   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health, Work, and Family Strain – Psychosocial Experiences at the Early Stages of Long-Term Sickness Absence

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2021
BackgroundKnowledge about the psychosocial experiences of sick-listed workers in the first months of sick leave is sparse even though early interventions are recommended.
Martin I. Standal   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

SICKNL: A Dataset for Dutch Natural Language Inference [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
We present SICK-NL (read: signal), a dataset targeting Natural Language Inference in Dutch. SICK-NL is obtained by translating the SICK dataset of Marelli et al. (2014)from English into Dutch. Having a parallel inference dataset allows us to compare both monolingual and multilingual NLP models for English and Dutch on the two tasks.
arxiv  

Contagion Nation: A Comparison of Paid Sick Day Policies in 22 Countries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This report finds that the U.S. is the only country among 22 countries ranked highly in terms of economic and human development that does not guarantee that workers receive paid sick days or paid sick leave. Under current U.S.
Alison Earle   +3 more
core  

Escape from TGF‐β‐induced senescence promotes aggressive hallmarks in epithelial hepatocellular carcinoma cells

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Chronic TGF‐β exposure drives epithelial HCC cells from a senescent state to a TGF‐β resistant mesenchymal phenotype. This transition is characterized by the loss of Smad3‐mediated signaling, escape from senescence, enhanced invasiveness and metastatic potential, and upregulation of key resistance modulators such as MARK1 and GRM8, ultimately promoting
Minenur Kalyoncu   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Short-term sick leave and future risk of sickness absence and unemployment - the impact of health status

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2012
Background In previous studies the authors have found sick leave to be a predictor of future sick leave, unemployment and disability pension. Although sick leave reflects underlying health problems, some studies have suggested that sick leave may have ...
Hultin Hanna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the relationship between simulation-based team training and sick leave among healthcare professionals: a cohort study across multiple hospital sites

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2023
Objective Burnout and mental illness are frequent among healthcare professionals, leading to increased sick leave. Simulation-based team training has been shown to improve job satisfaction and mental health among healthcare professionals.
Anders Schram   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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