BACKGROUND The health condition of workers is known to impact on productivity outcomes. The relationship between health and productivity is of increasing interest amid the need to increase productivity to meet global financial challenges. Prevalence of psychological distress is also of growing concern in Australia with a two-fold increase in the prevalence of psychological distress in Australia...

AIM this study reported various factors associated with a higher probability of HIV patients drop out, and potential productivity loss due to HIV patients drop out. METHODS we analyzed data of 658 HIV patients from a database in a main referral hospital in Bandung city, West Java, Indonesia from 2007 to 2013. First, we utilized probit regression analysis and included, among others, the follow...

Background Heat stress is a major occupational problem in India that can cause adverse health effects and reduce work productivity. This paper explores this problem and its impacts in selected workplaces, including industrial, service, and agricultural sectors in Chennai, India. Design Quantitative measurements of heat stress, workload estimations, and clothing testing, and qualitative informat...

Abstract Gross primary production is the basis of global carbon uptake. losses are often related to hydroclimatic extremes such as droughts and heatwaves, but trend driven by remains unclear. Using observationally-constrained process-based model data from 1982-2016, we show that drought-heat events, drought-cold heatwaves dominant drivers gross loss. Losses associated with these increase in nor...