results mean age was 41.6 ± 9.2 for the military truck drivers and 43.4 ± 10.9 for commercial truck drivers (p > 0.05). no significant difference between military and commercial drivers was found in terms of driving experience, number of mvcs, binocular va, frequency of color vision defects and cs scores. in contrast, the last ocular examination was significantly earlier in military drivers tha...

The paper reviews the concept and trend of Key Intangible Performance indicators (KIPs) for organisational success. Although KPIs are useful for tracking tangible performance drivers, KPIs cannot adequately measure intangible performance drivers. Therefore, organisations need to look for KIPs (which measure intangible drivers) in order to generate a complete picture of overall performance of or...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of minor psychiatric disorders and to identify associated stressors among truck drivers. METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted with 460 truck drivers from a cargo transportation company of the Southern and Southeastern regions of Brazil, in 2007. Workers completed a questionnaire about sociodemographic, lifestyle and working conditions data. Workin...

BACKGROUND Tocilizumab is an effective therapy for patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis that is administered by infusion over one hour every 4 weeks. The community-based infusion (ACTiv) program was introduced to Australia in August 2010 to provide accessible and convenient treatment for patients with rheumatoid arthritis who require tocilizumab. The primary objectives of this ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the status of occupational stress in different types of train drivers. METHODS By using cluster sampling method, a cross-sectional study was conducted in 1 339 train drivers (including 289 passenger train drivers, 637 freight trains drivers, 339 passenger shunting train drivers, and 74 high speed rail drivers) from a Railway Bureau depot. The survey included individual fa...

of the 5,655 accidents with casualty that had occurred during 1973 in teheran, 4,936 or 87. 3% were caused by the negligence on the part of the drivers. the most accident producing driving middle-aged men of 30- 39 years, who had recently acquired driving permit and were wage earners as drivers in the city of tehran. alcohol intoxication as the cause of the accident had been recorded in only o....

background: taxi drivers have the most important role in the public transport services. they are exposed to various harmful agents and occupational hazards. noise is a harmful occupational factors and hearing loss is its most important effect. protection of drivers against hearing loss is essential. this study was performed to determine the prevalence of hearing loss among taxi and agency drive...

This paper depicts lighting home office conditions within different countries and continents, emphasizing the user's satisfaction with visual environment. The scope of this article is to investigate drivers participants' at office. study was developed by a team international experts working together on Subtask A: User perspective requirements, Task 61 IEA (International Energy Agency): Solution...

Net Promoter Score (NPS) has become the de facto standard for customer surveys; however, how can you get specific information about what drives customer referrals out of a “one question” survey? The goal of this paper is to explain how NPS survey results can be leveraged for achieving software business success, using Six Sigma concepts. The approach includes detection, selection, and validation...