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Costa Rican pension system : options for reform [PDF]

The Costa Rican Social Insurance Fund - the country's main social security institution - was established in 1941 to provide compulsory social insurance coverage for employees, through old-age, disability, and survivor pensions, as well as sickness and ...
Demirguc-Kunt, Asli, Schwarz, Anita
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How Much Does the Federal Government Spend to Promote Economic Mobility and for Whom? [PDF]

, 2008
Tracks and projects federal expenditures and tax subsidies aimed at enhancing economic mobility, such as employer-related work subsidies, homeownership, savings and investment incentives, and education and training, and who benefits from ...
Adam Carasso, C. Eugene Steuerle, Gillian Reynolds   +2 more
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Unique Performance Considerations for Printable Organic Semiconductor and Perovskite Radiation Detectors: Toward Consensus on Best Practice Evaluation

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A lack of standard approaches for testing and reporting the performance of metal halide perovskites and organic semiconductor radiation detectors has resulted in inconsistent interpretation of performance parameters, impeding progress in the field. This Perspective recommends key metrics and experimental details, which are suggested for reporting in ...
Jessie A. Posar, Matthew Large, Andrea Ciavatti, Laura Basiricò, Beatrice Fraboni, Paul J. Sellin, Attila J. Mozer, Marco Petasecca, Matthew J. Griffith   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative Assessment of Work-related Hand-arm Vibration Exposure Among Workers in the Construction, Underground Coal Mining, Wood Working, and Metal Working Industry: The German Hand-arm Vibration Study

Safety and Health at Work
Background: Standardized exposure assessments were conducted to quantify the historical occupational exposure to hand-arm vibration of workers in the German construction, underground coal mining, woodworking, and metalworking industries.
Yi Sun, Frank Bochmann, Winfried Eckert, Benjamin Ernst, Christian Freitag, Uwe Kaulbars, Uwe Nigmann, Christina Samel, Christian van den Berg, Nastaran Raffler   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

What is behind the seeming cessation of the increase in sleep medicine consumption in Finland during the last years?

Journal of Public Health Research, 2012
In Finland, between 2003 and 2010 and parallel to the increase in the prevalence of insomnia-related symptoms among the general population, there has been a cessation of growth and even a decrease in the consumption of traditional hypnotics.
Erkki Kronholm, Juha Markkula, Lauri J. Virta   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectiva crítica de algunos aspectos de la propuesta de la Comisión de la Unión Europea de Reglamento del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo por el que se modifica el Reglamento (CE) 883/2004 sobre la coordinación de los sistemas de Seguridad Social y el Reglamento (CE) 987/2009 por el que se establece el procedimiento de ejecución del Reglamento (CE) 883/2004 [PDF]

, 2017
The Commission presented on 13 December 2016 new proposals for amending the coordination of social security systems. For frontier workers there should be a shift of competence for unemployment benefits: according to the current regulation the country of ...
Weber, Helmut
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Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
wiley   +1 more source

[Tobacco consumption in the population insured by Mexican Institute of Social Security].

Salud publica de Mexico, 1997
To determine the prevalence of tobacco consumption among the active insured population of the Mexican Social Security Institute.A cross-sectional study in which the active insured population from the 36 political delegations was interviewed by means of a structured and self-applicable questionnaire on tobacco consumption, age of initiation, amount of ...
I H, Fernández-Gárate, J, Escobedo-de la Peña, D, Hernández-Tamayo, H, Tudón-Garcés, J D, Ramírez-Galindo, M G, Benítez-Martínez, A, Zárate-Aguilar, M, Madrazo-Navarro   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

Microneedle Technology in Psoriasis Management: Mechanistic Insights, Technological Innovation, Clinical Progress, and Challenges

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
This review explores the evolving role of microneedle systems in psoriasis management, highlighting their potential for enhanced drug delivery, diagnosis, and disease monitoring. It also discusses unmet clinical needs for psoriasis management and technical challenges, while outlining strategic directions to advance microneedle integration into routine ...
Fatma Moawad, Yasmine Ruel, Roxane Pouliot, Davide Brambilla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE COMPARISON BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL, SHARIA, AND SOCIAL INSURANCE IN INDONESIA

Diponegoro Law Review, 2019
Insurance is a risk transfer agreement from the insured to the guarantor. Insurance is a financial institution whose development is quite rapid, both in the world and in Indonesia.
Bagas Heradhyaksa, Nurul Hikmah
doaj   +1 more source