Working While Rehabbing

Online Help Systems: learning while Working

Most widely-used computer software packages, such as word processors, spreadsheets and web browsers, incorporate comprehensive help systems, partly because the software is meant for those with little technical knowledge. This paper identifies four systematic philosophies or approaches to help system delivery, namely the documentation approach, based on written documents, either paper-based or o...

Learning and Memory: While You Rest, Your Brain Keeps Working

A recent study shows that brain activity recorded while the human subject is at 'rest' is significantly affected by a prior learning episode. These results suggest that understanding resting brain activity may be critical to understanding how humans learn from experience.

Food worker experiences with and beliefs about working while ill.

Transmission of foodborne pathogens from ill food workers to diners in restaurants is an important cause of foodborne illness outbreaks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that food workers with vomiting or diarrhea (symptoms of foodborne illness) be excluded from work. To understand the experiences and characteristics of workers who work while ill, workplace interviews were condu...

Symptomatic approach to problems while working in the tropics.

The best approach to a tropical deployment is to assume that diagnostic facilities will be minimal and that reliance, within reason, should be based on clinical methods (Figure 1) and so-called "near bedside" technology such as urinary and blood dipsticks (Figure 2). If additional capability is available, this bonus can be used to potential advantage but is never a substitute for careful clinic...

Working while sleep-deprived: not just a problem for residents.