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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Productivity loss"”.
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Change Orders And Productivity Loss Quantification Using Verifiable Site Data
… projects. Changes themselves might not cause productivity losses; in this case the damage calculation will be straightforward. However, changes may cause disruption in unchanged work where the working conditions are impacted, and as a result, lost productivity (inefficiency) is encountered. …
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Transferability of Productivity Loss Costs in Non-Communicable Diseases: Local Factors and Regional Adjustments
Productivity is a measure of output per unit of input (Zhang, Bansback, & Anis, 2011). In health sciences, productivity loss (PL) refers to the individual’s forgone output due to a health issue corresponding to the reduced output compared to a healthy individual. Recent years have seen considerable …
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Association of oral health-related productivity loss and wealth among working-age adults from 2011-2018
… examine the association of oral health-related productivity loss (OHRPL) with wealth in 10,908 working-age adults (30-64 years old) using 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. METHODS: This study measured the association of oral health-related productivity …
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Cost Benefit Analysis of Virginia EFNEP: Calculating Indirect Benefits and Sensitivity Analysis
… tangible benefits are classified as 1) delaying productivity loss due to mortality and 2) avoiding productivity loss due to morbidity. This study also uses sensitivity analysis to evaluate the effects of two critical assumptions pertaining to retention of dietary behaviors and to incidence rate …
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Assessing the risk of ocean acidification for scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef
… it can lead to dysfunction of the symbiosis and loss of productivity. The major objective of this thesis was to provide insight into the mechanism of CO₂₋induced bleaching and productivity loss across multiple life-history stages and interpret these findings in an ecological context. Chapter 1 …
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Simulating long-term food producing capacities in China using a Web-based land evaluation system
… predicted that food crops may experience a 9.7% productivity loss by 2030 if the soil is degraded at the current rate (“business-as-usual” scenario, BAU); productivity loss will increase to an unbearable level of 36.7% by 2050, should the soil be twice more degraded than it is now (“double …
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Estimating productivity losses due to change orders
… adverse impact of change orders on construction productivity. In order to provide an in-depth analysis of change orders and develop a reliable model, a comprehensive field study was carried out. The field study was conducted at a Montreal based firm, specialized in project management and …
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Forward and inverse metabolic engineering strategies for improving polyhydroxybyrate production
… by PHB plasmid genetic instability and rapid PHB productivity loss.
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Case-based Study and Analysis of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) Approach and Trust-Building Attributes
… reflecting on the current industry's crisis: productivity loss, fragmented delivery process, and lack of trust and collaboration. Through a literature review a Project Delivery and Contracting Strategies (PDCS) framework, an IPD traits framework, and a trust-Building framework are developed. …
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An Evaluation of Perceived and Observed Safety and Productivity in Residential Construction
… if a tradeoff exists between safety and productivity to avoid shortcut behaviors in the field. This is specifically important due to the number of contractors, subcontractors and laborers that participate in the different projects. The overall objective of this research was to increase …
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Matched, Somewhat-Matched or Mismatched? Predictors of Degree-Job Match among STEM Graduates
… in lower wages, low job satisfaction and productivity, loss of unused skills, higher turnover, feelings of loss in educational return on investments, loss of return on human capital investment, and an inadequate labor force for workforce' expansion and growth. The current research in the …
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Cost of Illness Study of Anxiety Disorders for the Ambulatory Adult Population of the United States
… disorders. Mortality cost was estimated as the productivity loss from age at death to life expectancy.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Among adult participants in 2009-2010 MEPS, 30.35 million (8.74%) reported being diagnosed with anxiety disorder(s). It was also estimated that in 2010, 3,497 …
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Nanotechnology on Foam Stability for Hydraulic Fracturing Application
… consumption to generate comparable or better productivity). In this study, a non-damaging and stable foam is developed using silica nanoparticles and a living polymer made of worm-like surfactant micelles. The experimental results show that foam stability increases two to three times in the …
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Three Essays on Occupational Safety and Labor Market Outcomes
… on workplace safety, product quality, and worker productivity in nursing facilities. The identification strategy exploits the nationwide Site-Specific Targeting (SST) plan of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The SST plan prioritized establishments for inspection if their …
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Deposition and characterisation of (Ti,Zr) based hard compound and multi-layer PVD films.
… the deposition of 3rd generation films without a productivity loss in comparison to 1st generation and 2nd generation hard coatings.
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Essays in Industrial Policy, Misallocation and Production Networks
… lead to substantial misallocation, or aggregate productivity loss. Far less well understood is how these phenomena affect members of society differently. We embed a new dataset which we build by linking workers and owners to firms, firms to each other, firms to consumers, and firms and consumers …
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Iron Modified Bismuth Titanate Pyrochlore Photocatalysts for Environmental Remediation and Solar Fuel Production
… use of the photocatalyst leads to over 70% loss in the Fe-BTO photoactivity. The productivity loss is attributed to the formation of surface-functional groups. The groups may be removed by a simple oxidative surface treatment to recover the photocatalyst without impacting the surface or …
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Childhood varicella vaccination: an evaluation of clinical effectiveness, safety and cost effectiveness in Ireland
… Varicella is also associated with significant productivity loss mainly due to absence from paid work for those caring for people who are sick with the disease. While 44 countries and regions globally recommend childhood varicella vaccination, recommendations differ between countries. Currently …
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Essays on Societal Cost of Alcohol and Related Issues - A Health Economic Analysis
… investigating the potential societal gain in productivity if all women were long-term light drinkers. It is found that the effect of alcohol consumption on long-term sickness-related absence is rather small on an individual level, although the added societal effect is substantial. It is shown …
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The economic burden, patients' well-being, and social determinants related to diabetes in South Africa
… reduces the quality of life and work productivity. South Africa is leading the diabetes epidemic in SSA, with the incidence rate increasing both in urban and rural settings, equally affecting both genders. While diabetes imposes high levels of health, financial and economic burdens, …
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