OBJECTIVE To explore the underlying mechanisms between organisational downsizing and deterioration of health of employees. DESIGN Longitudinal cohort study. Data were assembled from before downsizing (time 1); during major downsizing affecting some job categories (time 2); and after downsizing (time 3). Contributions of changes in work, support, and health related behaviours between time 1 an...

Abstract We compare individuals engaged in online crowdwork against workers traditional occupations from the United States and Europe, investigating determinants of access into crowd employment nature deterioration salary conditions job quality characterizing these markets. do so by matching responses comparable working surveys, controlling for most individual socio-economic characteristics aff...

Objective To explore the underlying mechanisms between organisational downsizing and deterioration of health of employees. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Data were assembled from before downsizing (time 1); during major downsizing affecting some job categories (time 2); and after downsizing (time 3). Contributions of changes in work, support, and health related behaviours between time 1 and ...

BACKGROUND There are millions of working children worldwide. Several causes are suggested for this social evil of which poverty plays a significant role in whether a child will work. OBJECTIVE To determine the morbidity profile in the working children of gem polishing units of Jaipur, India and assess some of its associated socio-economic factors. METHODS The present cross-sectional study i...

Aging is associated with decline in a multitude of cognitive processes and brain functions. However, a growing body of literature suggests that agerelated decline in cognition can sometimes be reduced through experience, cognitive training, and other interventions such as fitness training. Research on cognitive training and expertise has suggested that age-related cognitive sparing is often qui...

BACKGROUND Aging may cause various functional abilities gradually deteriorate. With changes in social forms, the trend of functional fitness decline will change accordingly. Therefore, this study endeavored to identify the trends in functional fitness decline by comparing the differences in the functional fitness of females in various age groups. METHODS Thirty six healthy females were divide...

Nowadays the loss of job of people close to retirement and in general in old age is a reality shared by many European countries. This condition causes serious difficulties for older employees when returning to the job market and inevitably leads to a deterioration of their emotional state and well-being. On a different perspective, following the concept of active aging, the fact that older peop...

this paper considers the fuzzy inventory model for deteriorating items for power demand under fully backlogged conditions. we define various factors which are affecting the inventory cost by using the shortage costs. an intention of this paper is to study the inventory modelling through fuzzy environment. inventory parameters, such as holding cost, shortage cost, purchasing cost and deteriorati...

Two studies examined the associations between life regrets and indicators of quality of life across the adult life span. Given that opportunities to undo regrets decline with age, regret intensity was expected to be inversely associated with subjective well-being and health among older adults. In addition, the research explored protective factors that have the potential to reduce older adults' ...