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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Physical Work"”.
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Task-Space-Strengths Fit – An Approach to Positive Physical Work Environment Design
The physical environment is ubiquitous in our human experience. Research indicates it can be used to positively influence its inhabitants’ behavior, cognition, and emotions to foster well-being. This paper suggests a strengths-based approach to space design with a focus on physical work …
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Effects of alcohol, pica, and heavy physical work on pregnant women and their offspring
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Effects of alcohol, pica, and heavy physical work on pregnant women and their offspring
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Relative Contributions of Selected Structural and Functional Factors to Physical Work Capacity: A Comparison of Arm and Leg Ergometry
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The relationship between age, gender, physical work capacity profile and a worksite wellness program for workers in an electricity supply company
1. The problem and objective of study Workers in physically demanding jobs have, over the last decade, shown a high incidence of work-related injuries as well as other related physical disorders (Dempsey & Hashemi, 1999:183; Mital & Ramakrishnan, 1999:74; WHO, 1999:1; Weir & Nielson, 2001:128; Cox …
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Validation of the Human Factors Satisfaction Questionnaire
… employee and his/her interaction with the physical work environment. The main purpose of this research was to gather evidence of the validity of the Human Factors Satisfaction Questionnaire (HFSQ) in order to provide a tool with which employees' preceptions of several elements of their …
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Investigation and Application of Methods for Measuring Energy Expenditure Rate and Selected Physiological Changes Due to Exercise in Horses
… and factor the energy expenditure rate during physical work in horses, and (3) to apply these physiological parameters during racing and conditioning in horses.
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Grip strength of telecommunication workers thirty to forty years of age
The hand is used in nearly all physical work activities and is the recipient of more work injuries than any other part of the body except the trunk. In 1983 there were 360,000 disabling injuries to the hand and fingers (Accident Facts, 1984) . Accident statistics in some industries suggest that …
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Short term recovery with cold water immersion following cycling in the heat
… with perceptions of fatigue and reductions in physical work capacity. Following completion of a bout of exercise in the heat, cold water immersion (CWI) is sometimes used by athletes to rapidly decrease their core temperature, and may facilitate recovery. Few studies however, have examined the …
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The Effects of Live Plants and Window Views of Green Spaces on Employee Perceptions of Job Satisfaction
… Web page (http://floriculture,tamu.edu:7998/workplaceenvironment/) for six months. The survey included questions regarding physical work environment, the presence or absence of live interior plants, windows, exterior green spaces, environmental preferences, job satisfaction, life quality and …
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Reconsidering the Politics of Nature and Community on the Applachian Trail
… community, and develops a conceptualization of a work-based community. The history and development of the Appalachian Trail is reviewed as an example of how private citizens can reshape unbuilt environments through physical work and dedication to a common goal. Through the work of maintaining a …
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Total rewards or totally not what the people want? Examining the preferred total rewards of those at home vs. in the workplace
With the rapid change to remote work, the present study explored whether differing life circumstances (e.g., an at-home parent vs. an older male) changed reward preferences. The present study adds to the scarce total reward preference research by examining the moderating effect age, gender, and …
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Unwanted guests: Black women who contemplated and then voluntarily terminated their non-faculty employment at predominantly White institutions of higher education
… and Historical Womanist. The WHO Healthy Workplace theoretical framework was also used to stimulate discussion as it pertains to the participants’ physical work environment, psychosocial work environment, personal health resources, and enterprise community. This research was able to give …
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Swimming In The Shallows: Drowning The Standard Conventions of Directing
… be pressed flat. Like a screen. The actors’ physical work should be vertical and horizontal rather than three-dimensionally horizontal. (6) Bock’s suggestion infers a reconsideration of traditional staging principles. This thesis examines the challenges and pitfalls of Bock’s recommendations …
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From the Liminal to the Land: Building Amazon Culture at the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival
… on the experiences of 32 participants, and the physical work they do to create a world that places their minds and bodies, their values and experiences, and their relationships in the center of their own community structures. By inverting the concept of liminality used to describe lesbian …
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Slaugos priežiūros darbuotojų moterų šlapimo nelaikymo ir nuovargio sąsajų ištyrimas /
The aim of research work: to investigate the relationship between intensity of fatigue and prevalence of urinary incontinence forms of the nursing staff (nurses and nursing assistants) working in multifunctional hospital. Tasks of work: 1. To investigate the demographic, social, and lifestyle data …
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Underemployment and Health-related Quality of Life
… self-rated health, activity limitations and work-related stress. The study compares an expanded model of work-health relations that, along with the factors addressed by control-demand, and social capital theories, includes characteristics of the physical work environment, and employees’ …
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Sample attrition and physical health of immigrants in the UK
… is methodological, the other two papers focus on physical health. All papers use data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) which started in 2009 and includes an Ethnic Minority Boost sample, providing large enough sample sizes to study the immigrant population in detail. The first …
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Measuring employee attitudes toward their physical environment
… of forms and materials for the creation of physical environments conducive to its users. However, many spaces appear to be designed arbitrarily, forcing the user to conform to what is there. This lack of congruency seems to be especially prevalent in the design of work environments. Often …
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Does better sleep set the stage for a physically active and progressive workday? Considerations across the daily cycle of rest, commuting, and work
… whereby employees strive to meet their daily work and non-work demands and incorporate valuable experiences and activities into their workday. Previous research has largely focused on segmented aspects of employee daily lives. However, there is limited research on how employees' daily …
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