BACKGROUND Whereas national prevalence estimates for workers' compensation benefits are available, incidence estimates are not. Moreover, few studies address which groups in the economy pay for occupational injury and illness when workers' compensation does not. METHODS Data on numbers of cases and costs per case were drawn from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and National Council on Compensat...

public accountability is a sign of modern and democratic administration. accountability has become a topic of concern in governance literature. the question of holding politicians and administration accountable in new governance environment, where many traditional means for controlling government have been no longer fully applied, has gained wide recognition. as a consequence, new types of acco...

many procedures suggest for reduction of responses of riser to vortex induced vibrations (viv). natural frequencies of marine risers is an important parameter that can affect the responses of riser to viv. change of riser properties such as top tension and bending stiffness can alter natural frequencies. in this study effects of riser specifications on the responses and fatigue damage of marine...

No organism lives in a constant environment. Based on classical studies in molecular biology, many have viewed microbes as following strict rules for shifting their metabolic activities when prevailing conditions change. For example, students learn that the bacterium Escherichia coli makes proteins for digesting lactose only when lactose is available and glucose, a better sugar, is not. However...

This article contributes empirical knowledge about the shifting ways in which Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) has articulated and addressed ‘the uniform issue’, that is, matters concerning servicewomen’s access to adequate uniforms other equipment, since 1980s. Drawing on analytical tools employed within post-structural policy analysis, we demonstrate how issue’ gone from being as a problem for serv...

Background and aims: Many workers face significant hazardous workplace exposures, especially indeveloping countries. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occupational riskfactors and common occupational diseases in Kerman.Methods: This study was based on data from occupational risk factor and disease monitoring systemsavailable at Kerman Provi...

The 1984 Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lecture was presented by Elnora Gilfoyle at the Annual Conference of the Amencan Occupational Therapy Association on iVlay 10, 1984, Kansas City) Jl1lSS oun . During the past few decades occupational therapy has been in a state of identity cnsis where the reality of occupational therapy and its proper place within health care systems is being questioned. Our profe...