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Understanding the Experiences of Remote Workers: Opportunities for Ambient Workspaces at Home
Frontiers in Computer Science, 2021 As the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to work remotely from home, collaborating solely through digital technologies, a growing population of remote home workers are faced with profound wellbeing challenges. Passive sensing devices and ambient feedback
Eleni Kallopi Margariti +5 more
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Dagstuhl Reports, 2021 We are living in a world where ubiquitous computing devices are becoming parts of the fabric of our lives. At work and at school, devices such as calculators, tablet computers, mobile phones, and different electronic measurement devices, support our work and learning.
Brewster, Stephen +3 more
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Organizational Hindrances to the Retention of Older Healthcare Workers
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 The Swedish healthcare sector is currently experiencing recruitment difficulties combined with increasing demand for healthcare services. This study accordingly seeks knowledge of the obstacles to and opportunities for retaining older employees in the ...
Robin Jonsson +3 more
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Orchestration in Work Environment Policy Programs
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2017 In spite of many years’ efforts, it is difficult to prove substantial improvements of the work environment and policymakers are continuously searching for new efficient strategies.
Peter Hasle +3 more
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Northern Lights Instead of Workers’ Rights: Volunteer Working Tourists in Finnish Lapland
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 Research on volunteers in the tourism field often deals with the motivations of such persons as well as their effects on host locales, while research on the work conditions of tourism workers often focuses solely on paid employees. However, such research
Christopher Brennan
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Retirement as a lens for socioeconomic differences in Cognition and well-being
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 This study conceptualizes retirement as a lens with regard to patterns of social inequality across the life course. It investigates if socioeconomic differences in well-being and cognitive performance differ between older workers and retirees, using data
Stefanie König +3 more
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Labor Migration from Third Countries to Swedish Low-wage Jobs
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2018 Since December 2008, Sweden has more liberal rules for labor immigration from ‘third countries’ – countries outside the European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) – than any other country in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and ...
Olle Frödin, Anders Kjellberg
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Workplace Perceptions of Older Workers and Implications for Job Retention
Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies, 2020 Older workers’ opportunities for late careers are influenced by employer attitudes and willingness. Nordic managers seem unwilling to hire and retain older persons.
Kjetil Frøyland +1 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.This study reports a microfluidic device with a functionalized surface utilizing a polyoxazoline coating and covalently immobilized gold nanoparticles and anti‐phosphatidylserine antibody. The device efficiently eliminates pre‐apoptotic and apoptotic spermatozoa and yields sperm with substantially improved quality and low DNA damage, offering a simple ...
Soraya Rasi Ghaemi +5 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.We investigate whether Montessori and traditional schooling systems shape the developmental trajectory of large‐scale brain dynamics in different ways. We quantify the arrow of time (“non‐reversibility”) in neural activity during resting state and movie‐watching, revealing distinct maturational patterns.
Elvira del Agua +6 more
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