BACKGROUND The study investigated the relationship between the type of employment (permanent/temporary) contract and mortality. Factors through which temporary employment was expected to be associated with increased mortality were the degree of satisfaction with the uncertainty related to temporary work situation (Study 1) and the voluntary/involuntary basis for temporary work (Study 2). METH...

Abstract Nursing facilities (NFs) used a variety of strategies to mitigate worsening nursing staff shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted analysis payroll based journal PBJ data and interviewed 9 experts understand COVID’s impact on NF staffing, especially changes in contract staffing. In 2020, NFs increased their use hours per resident day (HPRD) by 24%. Use first year pandemic (...

background: informal employment is common in developing countries, including egypt. this type of employment may have significant consequences on mental health. objectives: to determine the prevalence and risk factors of common mental disorders and substance abuse among temporary hired hospital cleaners. methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 242 adult temporary cleaners and 209 perma...

Abstract We consider an operator of machinery with deteriorating efficiency, facing the problem optimally timing either a minor (maintenance) investment or major (replacement) under price uncertainty. If maintenance is chosen, efficiency will deteriorate more slowly, and replacing later still possible. The optimal decision rule expressed in form thresholds for long-run prices, indicating that i...

This study sought to develop a typology model of temporary facility constraints that can be used practically in construction site layout planning (CSLP) automation models. A triangulated methodology (literature review, in-depth interviews, and actual case studies) was identify 11 facilities are considered mainly CSLP classify them into six constraint types (i.e., dimensional, regional, relocati...

Abstract Subway stations are underground facilities of high responsibility. The use new construction technologies requires their scientific justification. single-vault station “Teatralna” the Dnipro Metro is designed as one that under by New Austrian tunneling method. Since this type a working large cross-section, it necessary to determine stress state rock massif, which affects temporary faste...

Temporary cardiac pacing can be a life-saving manoeuvre. The indications and techniques are well established. 1 The procedure is one of the 'essential' components of the training programme in general internal medicine. This may be desirable, but is it wise nowadays? Is it achievable? The traditional indication for a temporary cardiac pacemaker is heart block; the usual venue for the procedure i...