T he gig economy describes forms of contingent work arrangements that require digital platforms, representing an evolution in contingent work, both in moving up the educational scale and in increased visibility. It has engaged many workers who are highly educated and might previously have been in traditional employer–employee relationships, and appears to increase their vulnerability to wage th...

INTRODUCTION Knowledge representation is a multidisciplinary subject that needs to apply theories, and techniques from logic, ontology, and computation, for this reason the Bodies of Knowledge (BOK), contain the relevant information for an area of knowledge, and it is necessary for the development of the science, and application in the professional, occupational profiles, and the possible incid...

Entry-level occupational therapy therapists are expected to conduct evaluations and provide interventions that are both effective and cost-efficient. To help students achieve this goal by the time of graduation, educational programs in occupational therapy provide as many learning experiences as possible for gaining technical skills in performing evaluations and interventions on clients with re...

Occupational health is a neglected and heedless domain within the healthcare system in Pakistan. Despite the formulation of a National Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases and Health Promotion in Pakistan in 2004,1 little has been achieved and much needs to be improved.2 Foremost is the need for legislation to enforce work-safety regulations and raise the status a...

background: in every organization, productivity is considerably related with organizational knowledge, experience, creativity, and skills. therefore, an organization must develop training programs to extract and supply individual, occupational, and organizational needs. this case study described the management performance promotion plan in the iranian ministry of health and medical education (m...

This article raises, but does not answer, the kinds of questions that need to be asked by responsible occupational therapists in the 1980s--ethical questions that deal with technological advances on the one hand and limited resources on the other. The article examines moral dilemmas that practitioners and students face when making clinical decisions in a climate where technology and cost contai...

Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is a complex psychiatric diagnostic category encompassing five diagnoses. Children diagnosed within this category present with an incredibly varied picture of skills, abilities, and limitations and may require nontraditional educational approaches, a variety of scaffolding supports, and alternative interventions. To promote the child’s development and comp...

In situ radon monitoring is necessary to characterize and qualify workplace and other environments in order to determine the need for occupational exposure assessments, to demonstrate compliance with standards and to verify the effectiveness of mitigation efforts. A web-based, energy sensitive electrostatic chamber radon monitoring system, developed at the University of Guelph, can be used to a...

Healthcare workers have a high risk of occupational exposure, more so in developing countries, with high incidence of blood borne diseases and prevalence of unsafe practices. Among the various blood borne diseases, the most common and important ones are HIV infection, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. Most of the occupational transmission can be prevented and the "standard precaution" has been show...