Abstract A gap in the census surveys for England and Wales between 1921 1951 hinders analysis of their labour structure interwar years. The present article uses a dataset containing occupational titles from National Register – census-like enumeration 1939, recently digitised by genealogy service ‘Find My Past’ which was previously assigned numerical codes (the pst system). study expands existin...

We present the case of a 54-year-old patient with a thermal cement burn. This rare case is a localised occupational chemical cement burn on the lower limbs, with no systemic involvement and favourable outcome. The lesion was induced by prolonged contact of the skin with cement and water during hot summer days.

During the Risorgimento (1800–61), southern Italy was less industrial than central-northern and initially agricultural provinces in north saw rapid structural transformation. Renaissance (1400–1600), transformation south led to a near halving of initial difference employment share between centre-north south, but convergence came halt with ‘seventeenth-century crisis’. These trends suggest that ...

background: stroke is a prevalent cause of disability in adults. the fall is the most common balance and motor impairments, which affects the quality of life in stroke patients. this study aims to employ random effects hurdle model for evaluating the balance improvement in stroke patients under the occupational therapy. methods: in this longitudinal study with repeated measurement during one ye...

COVID-19 has disrupted people’s occupational daily activities with detrimental impact on their living performances and quality of life. Occupational therapy contributes toward restoring health by remediating limitation in participation meaningful occupation lifestyle redesign interventions. However, the research gap area “participation-limitation” for field Therapy cancer survivorship during is...

The gender segregation of occupations is an enduring feature of the labour market, and pay in femaledominated occupations remains lower than in male-dominated occupations. However, recent changes in the occupational structure have possibly altered the relationship between occupational segregation and the gender pay gap. Women’s skills are increasingly in demand, and this is reducing the gender ...

Occupational health services are available only to 10– 15% of the workers of the world. In industrialized countries the coverage varies between 15% and 90%, and in developing countries it ranges between a few percent and 20%. Even where such services are available, their quality and relevance may be low (1–3). The needs for occupational health services are growing continuously, however, and new...