background and objective: organizational citizenship behavior (ocb) is referred to as the voluntarily activities that are not included as duties in the job description or the formal system of rewards. development of ocb can have a great impact on human resources performance and organization’s achievements. similar with many other organizational variables, ocb as well is dependent on contextual ...

Trichinellosis is an important zoonosis and the most common source of human infection is meat from pigs and wild boars. The European Union (EU) supports alternative pig production systems (organic and free-ranging) as sustainable farming systems. However, these systems that allow outdoor access for farm animals, may create new or reintroduce old risks to public health. During the last years, al...

Background Transport policy and practice impacts health. Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are regulated public policy mechanisms that can be used to consider the health impacts of major transport projects before they are approved. The way health is considered in these environmental assessments (EAs) is not well known. This research asked: How and to what extent was human health considere...

Background and Objectives: High performance research activity in the health domain is crucial to overcoming ever-growing health-related problems. Despite availability of data sources, only a limited number of researchers use these data to derive health-related information. Thus, the present study aimed at exploring the barriers to research promotion as perceived by the university health researc...

human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection has been associated with cardiac disease, including anatomical or functional disturbance to the heart. cardiomyopathy (cmp) is one of these disturbances that have been associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. in this review article, several aspects of potential relationships between hiv infection and cardiomyopathy development have been...

background: textile factory is among the most common manufacturing industries that has higher rate of work-related injuries. knowing the associated factors of work-related injuries can be a critical step for improving the working condition of workers in the sector. objective: to assess the major determinants of occupational injury among workers in kombolcha textile factory, north-east ethiopia....

Issue Assessment of the potential risks to health from natural health products containing synephrine and/or octopamine in combination with caffeine. various products not licensed for sale in Canada Type of Product Natural Health Products Common Name (if any) various Medicinal/Active Ingredient(s) Synephrine and/or Octopamine and Caffeine Dosage Form(s) various Strength(s) various Route of Admin...

background: the earlier atomic bomb explosion in hiroshima and nagasaki, and three worth mentioning nuclear accidents - detonation at fukushima daiichi nuclear plant, chernobyl nuclear fallout and an accident at three mile island nuclear power plant have made us more worried about the secure exploitation of nuclear energy. the central focus of this paper is to review radiation-mediated health e...

objective: to understand the knowledge and services of informal providers and to explore their role in addressing the human resource gap in uttar pradesh, india, within the context of maternal health. materials and methods: the study is exploratory in nature, conducted in four blocks of four districts of uttar pradesh state, india. semi-structured interviews were conducted with 114 informal pro...