Selected aspects of institutional early childhood education and care in Warsaw – the perspective of professionals and low-income parents by Małgorzata Karwowska-Struczyk, Olga Wysłowska

“…The authors carried out two group interviews with parents, as well as three individual interviews with workers from the institutions. In the final part of the article, the results of the research are presented along with recommendations for politics concerning the sectors of education, upbringing and care of children from the ages of 0 to 6. …”
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FE or not FE? A Play in Two Acts by Gary Husband, Paul Murphy, Joel Petrie

“…It is deliberately playful, and at times absurd, which all too often reflects the lived experiences of workers in the sector.  The narrative form is employed to examine the potential challenges of engagement in scholarship, particularly methodology, for lecturers in further education embarking on research on, in and of the sector.  …”
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Psychometrical analysis of Warr, Cook & Wall Job Satisfaction Scale in a multioccupational sample from Arequipa, Peru by Walter L. Arias, Renzo Rivera, Karla D. Ceballos

“…The study, has as aim to make a psychometric analysis of the Overall Job Satisfaction Scale of Warr Cook and Wall (1979) in a sample of workers who are settled in Arequipa City (Peru). We tested 454 subjects with different Jobs by using the adapted version to Spanish by Pérez-Bilbao and Fidalgo (1995). …”
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STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND ENTERPRISES AS THE BASIS OF INNOVATION ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT by Nikolay A. Shevelyov

“…Perm National Research Polytechnic University has elaborated the system of mutually beneficial interaction with the leading industrial enterprises in Perm region and in Russia, which includes traineeship for lecturers and university workers, attracting of noted scientists from research centers and institutions, experts from enterprises to learning process, participation of employers in tutorial councils, cofinancing of university projects, organization of students’ practical work and others.…”
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ADAPTATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF STAFF STIMULATION AND MOTIVATION SYSTEM TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES by D. A. Lukashevskaya

“…The main conclusions and suggestions can be used in the activities of related organizations in order to improve the system of incentives for workers.…”
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Hydration in Hot Working Environments by Jeanine Beatty, Gail P. A. Kauwell

“…Summertime isn’t the only time you should be concerned about drinking enough water to stay hydrated. Workers in construction, landscaping, laundry, factory, farm, or restaurant settings, among others, often are faced with hot working environments year-round. …”
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Secure Pesticide Storage: Security Against Terrorist Threats by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Businesses that manufacture, reformulate, sell, distribute, transport, store, or apply pesticides have long known the mitigation steps for safety of their workers, customers and communities. In todays age, these efforts may not necessarily be enough. …”
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Secure Pesticide Storage: Security Against Terrorist Threats by Frederick M. Fishel

“…Businesses that manufacture, reformulate, sell, distribute, transport, store, or apply pesticides have long known the mitigation steps for safety of their workers, customers and communities. In todays age, these efforts may not necessarily be enough. …”
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study by Benjamin Gardner, Louise Marston, Kate R Walters, Vari M Drennan, Rachael Frost, Paul Chadwick, Rebecca L Gould, Yolanda Barrado-Martin, Sarah Gibson, Rekha Elaswarapu, Rashmi Kumar, Kalpa Kharicha, Tasmin Alanna Rookes, Christina Avgerinou, Jane Hopkins, Jessica Catchpole, Claire Jowett

“…We purposively sampled older participants receiving the service (n=49), workers delivering it (n=7) and stakeholders supporting its delivery (n=8). …”
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Knowledge and attitudes about human papillomavirus infection and prevention methods among medical science students in Novi Sad, Serbia: a cross-sectional study by Nikola Denda, Nemanja Maletin, Aleksandar Rašković, Dušan Prodanović, Zoran Golušin, Biljana Vučković, Marko Nemet, Milica Paut Kusturica

“…Medical students as future healthcare workers must be thoroughly informed about HPV infection in order to properly participate in the promotion of its prevention. …”
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Measles and Pregnancy: Immunity and Immunization—What Can Be Learned from Observing Complications during an Epidemic Year by Rosalia Ragusa, Armando Platania, Mario Cuccia, Gaetano Zappalà, Gabriele Giorgianni, Placido D’Agati, Maria Alessandra Bellia, Marina Marranzano

“…During a measles outbreak, gynaecologists and midwives should be active proponents of vaccination administration and counteract any vaccine hesitancy not only in patients but also among health care workers.…”
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Epidemiological and sociodemographic description of snakebite envenoming cases in Paraguay reported between 2015 and 2021 by Guillermo Sequera, Sofia Ardiles-Ruesjas, Edgar Sanabria, Victor Hugo Segovia Portillo, Lorena Jara Oroa, Viviana de Egea, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Irene Losada, María Jesús Pinazo

“…Blessed with large forested areas, its economy largely relies on agricultural production which increases the exposure of outdoor workers to the morbidity and mortality of SBE. Lack of sufficient and accurate epidemiological data highlights the importance of drawing an updated picture of SBE burden in the country.Methods We performed a retrospective descriptive study on secondary SBE data reported to the national surveillance system between 2015 and 2021. …”
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A Survey of the Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of a Sample of Albanian Medical Students in Relation to Occupational Exposure to Biological Agents by Lorenzo Ippoliti, Luca Coppeta, Ersilia Buonomo, Giuseppina Somma, Giuseppe Bizzarro, Cristiana Ferrari, Andrea Mazza, Agostino Paolino, Claudia Salvi, Vittorio Caputi, Antonio Pietroiusti, Andrea Magrini

“…(1) Background: Exposure to blood carries the risk of transmission of many infectious diseases. Healthcare workers (HCWs), including hospital-based medical students, face high and often under-reported rates of exposure to needlestick and sharps injuries. …”
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The mental health impact of COVID-19: the need for community interventions and collaboration for recovery by Nadarajah Rajeshkannan, Daya Somasundaram, Balachandran Kumarendran, Thirunavukarasu Kumanan, Ivan Dinesh Aloysius, Nalayini Sugirthan, Sivanantham Sasikumar, Nalayini Jegathesan

“…There were also positive effects such as better understanding of bio-knowledge, interventions and discoveries, online learning, gratitude toward health-care workers, increased community and family cohesion, reduction in road traffic accidents, and drop in other respiratory infections with their resultant morbidity and mortality. …”
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Design of a double-blade swirl wet dust collector for comprehensive mining faces by GONG Xiaoyan, HE Zilun, CHEN Long, WANG Haijun, FU Haoran, PEI Xiaoze, SUN Haixin, ZHANG Hongbing, YANG Fuqiang

“…After the installation of the dust collector, the dust concentration in the breathing zone of workers on the return air side of the tunnel significantly decreased. …”
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Is the Financing of German Health and Long-Term Care Insurance Sustainable? by Friedrich Breyer, Normann Lorenz

“…Depending on different assumptions of the future growth of GDP per worker, our estimates show that by 2040 the total social security contribution rate could reach between slightly below 50 % and above 53 % of gross wages. …”
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External pressure headache. Literature review by R. Timofejavaitė, K. Ryliškienė

“…However, as the epidemiological situation changes, healthcare workers as long-term users of personal protective equipment have a higher risk to experience this type of headache. …”
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Johne’s Disease in Beef Cattle by Bridget Stice, Lindsey Wiggins, Todd Thrift, Joao Bittar

“…This publication aims to inform ranchers, ranch workers, Extension agents, cattle owners, livestock-agricultural students, and interested residents about important Johne’s disease facts. …”
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Differences in Regional Economic Prosperity: Do State Policies Matter? – An Empirical Investigation of Data from the German States by Thomas Döring, Lorenz Blume

“…This article provides empirical evidence that determinants like geography, urbanization, industrial mix and social capital explain 68 percent of the variation in GDP per worker among West German regions. One element that all these factors have in common is that they cannot, at least in the short run, be influenced by state policies. …”
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Severe pulmonary-renal syndrome in honeybee sting envenomation – A case report by Alan Shaji, Malik Parvez, Naresh Kumar Chirumamilla, Nalin Sharma, Ashok Kumar Pannu

“…Honeybee stings with features of envenomation (either local or allergic and rarely systemic toxicity) are often seen in agriculture workers. An initial presentation with severe diffuse alveolar hemorrhage or pulmonary-renal syndrome is rare and only confined to a few case reports. …”
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