This study was conducted to reveal the impact of rural-urban migration on broiler production in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Data were collected from 795 household heads and farmers/managers/supervisors of 25 selected broiler farms in the study area. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis was utilized to analyze the data. Able bodied young men constituted most of the rura...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Oxytocin for labor augmentation is widely used in obstetric care in Western countries. Two recent, smaller studies found opposing results regarding the association between prenatal exposure to oxytocin for labor augmentation and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In Denmark, oxytocin is the medication used for nearly all medical augmentations of labor, and...

Abstract Collective labour rights, including the right to organize and strike, were recognized in principles of International Labour Organization (ILO) as fundamental rights. Despite their importance, different countries enacted legislation that included a ban on police organization trade unions or just strikes. The officers strike is particular importance nowadays at time increased public scru...

PURPOSE The global economy is changing the labour market and social protection systems in Europe. The effect of both changes on health needs to be monitored in view of an ageing population and the resulting increase in prevalence of chronic health conditions. The Spanish WORKing life Social Security (WORKss) cohort study provides unique longitudinal data to study the impact of labour trajectori...

Introduction The potential advantages of the use of informatics support for applied clinical research and clinical trials seems to be evident, however their real use is very variable. In medical informatics we tend to focus on tools for patient care rather than clinical rsearch and it would seem profitable to address the question what are the bafriers to current implementation of informatics to...

To achieve ergonomics awareness in 3 subsidiary companies, an intervention team was formed. The aims of this study were to implement basic ergonomics through a participatory ergonomics intervention process that can support a continuous learning process and lead to an improvement in health and safety as well as in the work systems in the organization. The findings of this study (i.e., method, co...

The paper analyzes the ways in which the two paramedics organize their work activities in the courses of interaction with the patient. The paramedic-patient -interaction is generally based on question-answer -sequences where one paramedic asks a question to which the patient answers. The paper examines the organization of paramedics' institutional roles and responsibilities within these particu...

Organizations face increasing complexity and dynamics of their environment. To cope with it organizational structures have to be rethought. In this context the concept of self-organization is nowadays widely discussed in management science. Contrary to a tayloristic approach where organizations were perceived as social units which could be controlled mechanically from the top, the concept of se...

This article analyses the treatment that International Labour Organization (ILO) gave to international migration in Latin America—between 1930 and 1960—at American Labor Conferences. Based on a qualitative methodology, documentary corpus consisting of memories, statements, reports produced context conferences held by organization was constructed analyzed. document aims contribute scarce existin...