PURPOSE To investigate the influence of lifestyle, health, and work conditions in the association between education and productivity loss at work and sick leave. METHODS Employees of six companies filled out a questionnaire on demographics, lifestyle-related, health, and work-related factors, and productivity loss at work and sick leave at baseline (n = 915) and after 1-year (n = 647). RESU...

BACKGROUND Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, debilitating disease with a significant impact on workplace productivity. AIM To perform a systematic review of studies of the relationship between RA and reduced workplace productivity. METHODS Screening of 307 titles identified in bibliographic database searches resulted in 38 articles subject to systematic review. Productivity loss was e...

in arid, semiarid, and mediterranean climates, particularly in west asia and north africa, farmers face limited water resources and must develop irrigation management methods to increase crop production while reducing water use. this study examined methods to reduce irrigation water loss and increase maize water productivity at safiabad agricultural research center in dezful, iran in 2007 and 2...

Product launch – an event when a new product debuts for production in a plant – is an important phase in product development. But launches disrupt manufacturing operations resulting in productivity losses. Using data from North-American automotive plants from years 1999-2007, we estimate that a product launch entails an average productivity loss of 12-15% at the plant level. This translates to ...

background and objectivesintercropping or simultaneous growing of two or more crops on the same piece of land has the potential of enhanced ecosystem productivity. in a cereal-legume intercropping system, an increase in cereal and a decrease in legume intercrop yield is reported. several indices such as land equivalent ratio (ler), relative crowding coefficient (k), competitive ratio (cr), aggr...

Sedimentation results in the creation of new mudflats for mangroves to colonize among other benefits. However, large sediment input in mangrove areas may be detrimental to these forests. The dynamics of phenological events of three mangrove tree species (Avicennia marina, Ceriops tagal, and Rhizophora mucronata) were evaluated under experimental sediment burial simulating sedimentation levels o...

conclusions office workers with chronic hepatitis c, treated with pegylated-interferon-α2b plus ribavirin, had work performance loss. in subjects treated with acetyl-l-carnitine supplementation we observed increased daily activity and reduced presenteeism and fatigue. acetyl-l-carnitinegroup had a smaller reduction of productivity comparing to placebo group. results significant difference were ...

OBJECTIVE In light of the large number of recent studies and systematic reviews investigating the cost of RA, this article examines the methods used to assess the impact of RA on employment and work productivity, and provides an overview of the issues surrounding work productivity loss in the RA population. METHODS A review of the published literature was conducted in order to identify releva...