The effect of office type on sickness absence among office employees was studied prospectively in 1852 employees working in (1) cell-offices; (2) shared-room offices; (3) small, (4) medium-sized and (5) large open-plan offices; (6) flex-offices and (7) combioffices. Sick leaves were self-reported two years later as number of (a) short and (b) long (medically certified) sick leave spells as well...

dental offices produce a variety of dangerous wastes during normal business day. most of these waste are non-hazardous that can be managed as household wastes; however, some component are hazardous and can pose a risk to human and the environment if discarded to municipal solid wastes. these types of wastes must be managed separately. therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the component...

Digital radiography is gaining in popularity and many dentists are considering changing from a film-based system to this new technology. Dentists must clearly define their objectives for adopting digital radiography and be aware of the problems that may be encountered with this equipment, so that they can make an informed purchasing decision. This article provides an overview of digital radiogr...

BACKGROUND Computer technology has revolutionized the way the world does business, allowing us to work faster, smarter and more efficiently than ever before. Computers first made their way into the dental office in the late 1960s as an accounts receivable device. Today, we can digitize anything and recall it in the operatory with the patient. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS This article discusses new t...

Purpose To investigate whether the Polish Marshal Offices use instruments for social media marketing activities in the field of health promotion. Methodology 14 Polish Marshal Offices participated. The Computer-Assisted Web Interview and Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview were used along with a proprietary questionnaire. Standard statistical methods were employed. Findings The number of ...

To study the indoor climate, the psychosocial work environment and occupants' symptoms in offices a cross-sectional questionnaire survey was made in 11 naturally and 11 mechanically ventilated office buildings. Nine of the buildings had mainly cellular offices; five of the buildings had mainly open-plan offices, whereas eight buildings had a mixture of cellular, multi-person and open-plan offic...

The information revolution has a deep impact on office work. To create better environments for cognitive workers, we designed two observation tools recording office activity. The Subcam (subjective camera) is a miniature, wearable, wide angle video camera, clipped on a pair of glasses ; it records individual activity from a subjective point of view, wherever the user goes. The Offsat (office sa...

the aim of this study was to predict job burnout based on employees’ participation in sport and youth general offices in great khorasan. this study used a descriptive correlation approach. the statistical population included all staff in sport and youth general offices in great khorasan. due to the limited size of population, census sampling method was used. in fact, the sample equaled the popu...

abstract the aim of this study was to evaluate the status of information on forest and data transfer and to identify the gaps in information and data flow in forestry sector in iran. the study evaluated the data and information flow in three levels (control offices level, provincial offices level and organizational offices level) using the document analysis and questioning (interviews and ques...