The Legislature required the Controller to contract with actuaries for California's first valuation of unfunded state retiree health liabilities. reported that the state's estimated unfunded liabilities total $48 billion. This report answers key questions concerning the valuation and identifies actions the Legislature could take to address the state's liabilities. Analyst's Office (LAO) is a no...

In this paper we share and explore the key features we have found to be critical for different health facilities with regard to automation of hospital processes and Electronic Patient Records (EPR). We have deployed an Electronic Patient Record Management System (EPRMS) in a total of 15 hospital facilities in Uganda albeit with varying levels of success. The goal was to create a paperless envir...

BACKGROUND Inspired by recent findings that prolonged sitting has detrimental health effects, Rietveld Architecture Art Affordances (RAAAF) and visual artist Barbara Visser designed a working environment without chairs and desks. This environment, which they called The End of Sitting, is a sculpture whose surfaces afford working in several non-sitting postures (e.g. lying, standing, leaning). ...

Taiwan is located in a subtropical region with high temperatures and humidity. Office spaces are air-enclosed rooms buildings, where doors windows remain closed only central air-conditioning system provides temperature adjustment ventilation. Most offices this area have office seating areas, document storage areas on both sides of the office, multi-function devices, which can cause sick syndrom...