BACKGROUND Health impairments can result in disability and changed work productivity imposing considerable costs for the employee, employer and society as a whole. A large number of instruments exist to measure health-related productivity changes; however their methodological quality remains unclear. This systematic review critically appraised the measurement properties in generic self-reported...

BACKGROUND Few studies have examined the impact of 'sit less, move more' interventions on workplace performance. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of and patterns of change within, a 19-week workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain; W@WS; 2010-11) on employees´ presenteeism, mental well-being and lost work performance. METHODS A site randomised control trial recruited...

Title:Quality of life and organ damage are intimately related to activity limitations in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Understand the limitations of panoramic radiography in detecting systemic diseases. For the purposes of this report, “systemic disease” will be interpreted as conditions that are spread out within the body rather than localized strictly to the tissues of the oral cavity. Since it would take many volumes to review all such conditions, the intent of this issue of Panoramic Imaging News is to revi...

Systems Intelligence attempts to combine the holistic orientation of systems approaches to an appreciation of the everyday subtleties which continually mould the systems we are a part of. George H. Mead’s theory of the emergence of individuals and social organizations holds that neither individuals nor organizations are stored anywhere but that both are continuously being formed by each other. ...