Today, commercialization, or “going to market” (Friedman, 2002), is particularly challenging, especially given the pressure to do it quickly. Indeed, it has been claimed that the need for speed in development and speed in going to market have a tremendous impact on the dynamics of technology transfer and is the most important driver of change, which means that a firm’s ability to develop and ma...

2014 A transition between a smectic A phase and a smectic A antiphase (SÃ) is observed for the first time in a pure compound : the nitrobenzoyloxybenzoate of heptylphenyl. So far, the anomalies of periodicities which are connected to this type of transition were only detected in cyano systems. Moreover, the solid phase of the inferior homologue of this nitro series is surprisingly influenced by...

This paper seeks to quantify two important sources of workers’ wage growth skill accumulation and occupational human capital by constructing and estimating a structural occupational choice model. Accumulated skills are assumed to be more transferable between jobs that utilize similar tasks. Unlike previous work, I allow task usage to vary not only by occupation, but also by hierarchical level w...

There is an emerging interest in issues of occupational justice and occupational deprivation within contemporary occupational therapy practice and theory. To inform this emerging agenda, research with populations at risk of occupational injustice is crucial. This study used a global ethnography framework to explore disabled refugees' access to occupational participation in the context of the U....

The role of the occupational therapist working in the school system is to facilitate a student's task performance or ability to do purposeful and meaningful activities so that the student benefits from the educational experience. To fulfill this role, occupational therapists need assessments that address functional performance issues in the classroom and provide information for effective progra...

in occupational and environmental health research, individual, group and community research participants have a unique and vested interest in the research findings. the ethical principles of autonomy, non-maleficence and beneficence are helpful in considering the ethical issues in the disclosure of research findings in occupational and environmental health research. researchers need to include ...

The need for transparent information on qualifications and learning opportunities across Europe is essential to support recruitment, career management, lifelong learning strategies and recognition processes. This requires stakeholders (awarding bodies, Member States authorities, employment services, education/training institutes, social partners, jobseekers, learners, employers, etc.) to cooper...