As a result of population aging and changing family structures, more Canadians than ever are balancing careers with family caregiving responsibilities. Previous research has suggested that different policy responses are required to support caregivers, depending on the intensity of their caregiving contributions. This discussion paper focuses on needed workplace supports for family caregivers in...

With the growth in customers’ demand diversification, mixed-model U-lines (MMUL) have acquired increasing importance in the area of assembly systems. There are generally two different approaches in the literature for balancing such systems. Some researchers believe that since the types of models can be very diverse, a balancing approach without simultaneously sequencing of models will not yield...

Generalized dimension exchange (GDE) has been proposed as a method of load balancing in interconnection networks. This paper examines the behavior of GDE over the family of binary Hamming graphs. A lower bound for the rate at which GDE converges to load balance is also given.

With impending human resource needs in the field of cardiology, attention has turned to recruitment of female medical trainees. The authors explore the issues around balancing career and family. Possible solutions are considered, and all require a satisfactory work-life balance that will be able to attract young, talented physicians.

In this paper, we describe some recent developments in the use of projection methods to produce a reduced-order model for a linear time-invariant dynamical system which approximates its frequency response. We give an overview of the family of Rational Krylov methods and compare them with \near-optimal" approximation methods based on balancing transformations.