Increasing Employees’ Fruit Consumption through Access and Peer Support at Work

Effect of fresh fruit availability at worksites on the fruit and vegetable consumption of low-wage employees.

OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of fresh fruit availability at worksites on the fruit and vegetable consumption and related psychosocial determinants of low-wage employees. DESIGN A prospective, randomized block experimental design. SETTING Seven apparel manufacturing and 2 food processing worksites. PARTICIPANTS A convenience sample of 391 low-wage employees in 6 intervention worksites a...

Engaging employees through high-involvement work practices

Cancer peer support programs-do they work?

Cancer can be a devastating diagnosis, creating social, emotional, financial and psychological problems. Peer support programs are based on the premise that support from others who have been through a similar experience can help reduce the negative impacts of this disease. While there is strong theoretical rationale for this, empirical evidence that would guide program planning is scarce. We co...

Ubiquitous Broadband Access Networks with Peer-to-Peer Application Support

Many last-mile access technologies exist, including cable, DSL (digital subscriber line), powerline (the world’s largest infrastructure), free-space optics, and broadcast satellite (which is attractive for both urban and rural areas, even isolated areas not serviceable by terrestrial methods). Unfortunately, these technologies represent a significant bottleneck between a highspeed residential n...

Rumor: Mobile Data Access Through Optimistic Peer-to-Peer Replication

Rumor is an optimistically replicated le system designed for use in mobile computers Rumor uses a peer model that allows oppor tunistic update propagation among any sites replicating les The paper outlines basic characteristics of replication systems for mobile computers describes the design and implementation of the Rumor le system and presents performance data for Rumor The research described...