Inside Work

Surgical mission work: an inside perspective.

Inside the fitness for work consultation: a qualitative study.

BACKGROUND Evidence now suggests that work is generally good for physical and mental health and well-being. Worklessness for whatever reason can lead to poorer physical and mental health. The role of the general practitioner (GP) in the management of fitness for work is pivotal. AIMS To understand the interaction between GP and patient in the fitness for work consultation. This study forms pa...

Chromatin: a tunable spring at work inside chromosomes.

This paper focuses on mechanical aspects of chromatin biological functioning. Within a basic geometric modeling of the chromatin assembly, we give a complete set of elastic constants (twist and bend persistence lengths, stretch modulus and twist-stretch coupling constant) of the so-called 30-nm chromatin fiber, in terms of DNA elastic properties and geometric properties of the fiber assembly. T...

Nerve Tissue Prefabrication Inside the Rat Femoral Bone: Does It Work?

AIM To investigate whether nerve regeneration can be induced in the tubular bone between distal and proximal cut nerve ends. MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty adult Wistar rats were used for the study. Rats were divided into three groups; femoral bone conduit group, nerve transection group, sham group. The sciatic nerve was surgically cut and from both ends inserted into the adjacent femoral bone t...

Which Stress Does Influence Returning to Work in Japan, Inside or Outside the Workplace?

BACKGROUND In this cohort study, we investigated the background factors promoting and inhibiting a return to work after long-term absence from work due to sickness among psychiatric outpatients. METHODS We surveyed 73 psychiatric outpatients who were absent from work for a long time (POAWs), and 42 POAWs who were followed up until the 2-year time point. GHQ-30, NEO-FFI, MPS, RSS and questionn...