Search results for " work"

Antibodies to human herpes virus type 8 (HHV8) in general population and in individuals at risk for sexually transmitted diseases in Western Sicily.

2000

Human herpes virus 8 (HHV8) appears to be the primary aetiologic agent of Kaposi sarcoma (KS). To study the distribution of HHV8, a seroepidemiological study was carried out in western Sicily, where a high incidence rate of classical KS is well documented.A total of 970 sera of healthy human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) negative individuals of general population (1-70 years old) and 742 sera of individuals in different risk groups for HIV infection were evaluated by means of an indirect immunofluorescence assay able to detect antibodies to lytic and latent HHV8 antigens.Crude seroprevalence to HHV8 antigens was 11.5% in the general population, and it increased significantly with age from 6%…

The effects of using participatory working time scheduling software on working hour characteristics and wellbeing : a quasi-experimental study of irr…

2020

Background: Studies in the health care sector indicate that good work time control is associated with better perceived wellbeing but also with non-ergonomic work schedules, such as compressed work schedules. Participatory working time scheduling is a collaborative approach to scheduling shift work. Currently, there is a lack of information on whether working hour characteristics and employees' wellbeing in irregular shift work change after implementing participatory working time scheduling. Objective: To investigate the effects of using digital participatory working time scheduling software on working hour characteristics and well-being among Finnish hospital employees. Participants and met…

Divina Instrumenta. Argenti liturgici nelle chiese di Gangi

2022

Il volume, che dimostra l’unicità di preziosi manufatti siciliani dei secoli passati, focalizza, per la prima volta, l’analisi su opere d’arte sacra, che, forgiati in oro, argento e rame ed arricchiti dal corallo, utilizzato con forte valenza simbolica, da smalti policromi e da pietre dure, sono custoditi nelle diverse e ricche chiese di Gangi (Pa), centro delle alte Madonie. Le suppellettili liturgiche sono state realizzate da maestranze siciliane e non, dalla fine del Trecento, quando nell’Isola circolavano opere di origine toscana e ligure, agli inizi dell’Ottocento, secolo caratterizzato dall’avvento del rigoroso e sobrio stile neoclassico. Commissionate da ecclesiastici, nobili e giura…

Le Officine Ducrot, un esempio di organizzazione del lavoro dell'industria palermitana tra il XIX e il XX secolo

2022

Le officine Ducrot sono un'importante testimonianza del fiorente passato imprenditoriale palermitano che ha avuto un ruolo centrale tra la fine dell'Ottocento e i primi del Novecento del secolo scorso per il carattere internazionale e innovativo di una attività, nata da un piccolo mobilificio, trasformata in pochi anni in un prestigioso atelier artigianale, fino a diventare una società di produzione industriale con una affermazione artistica e commerciale tale da ottenere la quotazione in Borsa. I motivi del grande successo sono numerosi: il sodalizio tra il proprietario, Vittorio Ducrot, e l'architetto Ernesto Basile; la produzione di raffinati e moderni arredi, caratterizzati da un mix tr…

Calcestruzzo autocompattante siciliano: un'esperienza con il filler vulcanico dell'Etna

2009

Self compacting concrete is one of the last developments in the technology of concrete, being studied and improved from the first '70es. Its production is connected with the use of fillers, most of which coming from iron metallurgy, scarsely present on Sicilian territory. So, the aim of the risearch was to realize self compacting concrete using exclusively local filler, particularly the Etna ashes with a strong pozzolanic connotation, pointing out the use of useless at the moment natural resource. The study relates to the verification of the more appropriate mix-designs and the tests on compressive strength of specimens to early curing and after 28 days. Different characterization tests wer…

Presence and Absence in Global Virtual Team Meetings : Physical, Virtual, and Social Dimensions

2016

Global virtual work is commonly organised around virtual meetings. As virtual team members often belong to multiple groups in their work, finding time for global team meetings may be challenging due to competing priorities and roles as well as different time zones and schedules. Furthermore, social presence does not automatically emerge based on physical or virtual presence. Therefore, the notions of being physically, virtually and socially present or absent in global team meetings are important, and affect the collaboration of global work groups. These different dimensions of presence and absence and their nature as fluctuating phenomena have not yet been scrutinised in virtual work litera…

Sickness Absence at Work and Supporting Being Present At Work, Among Employees Working Different Shifts in the Forest Industry

2015

Objective: Shift work has negative effects on employee overall health, including sleep disorder, depressive symptoms, and cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. The association between shift work and the prevalence of sickness absence has been less studied. This study investigated sickness absence among employees working different work shift schedules in the forest industry. Method: This descriptive cross-sectional study used employee (N=636) data from forest industry sick-leave registers. The study population (n=280; women n=90 and men=189) worked five different shifts. Each of the five shifts was analyzed separately for sickness absence rate and the results were compared using independent…

Meaningful learning in business through serious games

2017

Purpose: The requirements of a business executive include the talent and creativity to solve problems and adapt to continuous changes presented by the economic and social environment. However, the university does not often prepare students in these skills. Businesses simulations are didactic tools in which participants assume a role and make decisions which affect the results of the company. This paper aims to provide empirical evidence on the effectiveness of business simulations in university teaching. Design/methodology: We have implemented business simulations in a course in the College of Economics at the University of Valencia, during the 2015-2016 academic year. Questionnaires were u…

Per l'interpretazione di Sisenna, "Miles. libri" fr. 6 P. = 4 B. H.

2002

Innovazione didattica con il Situated Learning e il Work-Based Learning: una indagine esplorativa sull’Alternanza Scuola Lavoro

2019

Situated teaching methodologies constitute an innovative perspective of the teaching practice, especially if applied in the extended educational context of the school and the extra-school, as in the case of the School-Work Alternation. Conceived within the Italian law 107 of 07132015, it has initiated new ways of collaboration between the school and the professional world with a networking involvement which re-situates both disciplinary and transversal learning, in a perspective of authentic acuisition on the field. Starting from these premises, the present exploratory survey was based on the analysis of the semi-structured interviews administered to 63 School-Work Alternation referent teac…