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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"lost productivity"”.
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Impactos econômicos dos acidentes fatais de trânsito no Estado da Paraíba no ano de 2012: efeitos sobre a produtividade
… indirect costs and more specifically directed to lost productivity, observed from the cases of deaths found in the base data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) of the Ministry of Health of Brazil. From the information available was traced socioeconomic profile of casualties who died in …
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EFFECTS OF BACLOFEN AND PHENMETRAZINE ON NEURONAL SIGNALING PATHWAYS IMPLICATED IN PSYCHOSTIMULANT ADDICTION
… estimated cost of substance abuse, including lost productivity-, crime-, and health- related costs, exceeds $700 billion per year (National Drug Intelligence Center, 2011); yet, funding for research through the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse …
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Dysmenorrhea and body mass index
… the U.S. economy approximately $2 billion in lost productivity each year. The present observational study examined the correlation of BMI and diagnoses of dysmenorrhea in a large sample of women ages 18-40 seen in an outpatient setting over the course of one year at a large health system in …
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A national estimate of the cost of illness in Parkinson's disease using retrospective data analysis
… Home Component (MEPS-NHC). Indirect costs for lost productivity due to missed work or bed-days (morbidity) were estimated using the MEPS-HC and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Indirect costs for lost productivity due to death (mortality) were estimated using the National Vital Statistics …
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Zebrafish and Conditioned Place Preference: A Translational Model of Drug Reward
… in costs associated with healthcare, crime and lost productivity due to addiction. Efficacious treatments remain few in number, the development of which will be facilitated by comprehension of environmental, genetic, pharmacological and neurobiological mechanisms implicated in the pathogenesis …
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Perceptions and Misperceptions of Health Among Different Groups in the United States
… medical expenditures as well as billions more in lost productivity. This paper explores the degree to which people in different groups account for poor health habits on their health status. Using data from the National Health Interview Survey, the self reported health status was used to determine …
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Analysis, design, and control for robots in temperature-restricted environments
… tank is in service would reduce the cost due to lost productivity during human inspection. A thermal management system (TMS) was designed to maintain the robot's electronics and components within operating limits, while preventing the external environment from increasing in temperature above safe …
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Effects of Time Pressure and Mental Workload on Physiological Risk Factors for Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders While Typing
… disorders (WMSDs) are a major source of lost productivity and revenue in the workplace and disability in workers. There is strong evidence for a relationship between physical risk factors, such as repetitive motions and excessive force, and the development of WMSDs; yet there are …
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Patient Knowledge, Perceived Self-Efficacy, and Self-Management Among Patients with Type II Diabetes Mellitus
… costs. The indirect costs include disability and lost productivity (CDC, 2014).</p> <p>Previous studies focusing on diabetes education acknowledge the significance of self-management activities in managing T2DM. Extant studies examining self-management and treatment outcomes for persons with T2DM …
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Understanding the role of appraisal in the relationship between work overload, work engagement and burnout in South African organisations
… and society is reported to be high due to lost productivity and healthcare costs. The current study used the challenge-hindrance stressor model to determine the impact of appraisal on the relationship between work overload and work engagement/burnout. The current study proposed that …
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The Effects of Perceived Locus of Control and Dispositional Optimism on Chronic Pain Treatment Outcomes.
The financial cost for health care and lost productivity due to chronic pain has been estimated at over $70 billion per year. Researchers have attempted to discover the psychosocial and personality factors that discriminate between people who learn to cope well with chronic pain and those who have …
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Are Functional Limitations Predictive of Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Chronic Pain Patients?
… $560 – 635 billion per year in medical costs and lost productivity. Some of the consequences of chronic pain are functional limitations, limitations in activities of daily living, and emotional limitations that present as anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. Many chronic pain patients turn to …
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Testbed Implementation for the Development of a New Technology to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea
… motor vehicle and workplace accidents, and lost productivity[9]. These numbers only increase when calculated for the global population. Current treatments are cumbersome, uncomfortable, and disrupt the normal sleeping environment, leading to noncompliance among patients. Serious, long-term …
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Strategic Design of Smart Bike-Sharing Systems for Smart Cities
… to negative environmental impacts, wasted fuel, lost productivity, and increased travel time. In big cities, trains and buses bring riders to transit stations near shopping and employment centers, but riders then need another transportation mode to reach their final destination, which is known as …
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Stunting in pre-school and school-age children in the Peruvian highlands and its association with Fasciola infection and demographic factors
… leads to delayed cognitive development and lost productivity. We hypothesized that fascioliasis is among the factors associated with stunting in children from endemic areas. We conducted a cross-sectional study among children attending pre-school and school in 26 communities in the Anta …
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The Economics of Vivax Malaria Treatment
… Across four countries, the indirect cost due to lost productivity was the largest cost component for households of patients with vivax malaria. After combining provider and patient costs with case estimates, the global economic burden of vivax malaria was estimated to be US$330 million per year. …
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Ant: A Framework for Increasing the Efficiency of Sequential Debugging Techniques with Parallel Programs
… the software industry billions of dollars in lost productivity each year. Even if simple parallel programming models are created, they will not reduce the level of sequential bugs in programs below that of sequential programs. It can be argued that the complexity of current parallel …
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Psychosocial Work Environment Stressors, Health, and Health Disparities: Findings from the 2002 to 2014 General Social Surveys
… of well-being, increased healthcare usage, and lost productivity. Concomitantly, the U.S. is relatively unusual among industrialized countries in that it reports the health status of its population based on race/ethnicity while most other countries focus on social class differences. One of the …
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Cost-benefit Analysis of the Virginia Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)
… $250 billion each year in medical charges and lost productivity. It has been assumed that the numerous diet and food-related changes made by EFNEP participants will lead to a reduction in the risk of chronic disease among homemakers, and perhaps, other family members. Thus, the improved diets …
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Development of New Network-Level Optimization Model for Salem District Pavement Maintenance Programming
… condition of infrastructure systems results in lost productivity and reduces the quality of life. Today's global economy forces governments to sustain and renew infrastructure systems already in place in order to remain competitive and productive (GAO, 2008). Therefore, civil engineers and …
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