Browsing by Subject "Employment"
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Active problem-based learning for engineering higher education
(2019)The engineering sector today faces a shortage of technical personnel as a result of fast evolving technologies in innovation related sectors expected to drive economic growth. Engineering higher education is in need of ... -
Age, human performance, and physical employment standards
(2016)The proportion of older workers has increased substantially in recent years, with over 25% of the Canadian labour force aged ≥55 years. Along with chronological age comes age-related declines in functional capacity associated ... -
Assumption-based reasoning in dynamic normative agent systems
(2010)In this paper we address dynamic assumption-based reasoning in open agent systems, where, unavoidably, agents have incomplete knowledge about their environment and about other agents. The interactions among agents in such ... -
Challenges for the labor market: 2 complementary approaches to premature cessation of occupational activity
(2019)Objectives: Current demographic trends, such as society aging, the spreading of chronic diseases, as well as early retirement choices, lead to the dwindling labor market population. Taking into consideration the foregoing ... -
Emerging Smart City Job Roles and Skills for Smart Urban Governance
(2022)More and more smart cities are emerging worldwide aiming to improved urban management and sustainable growth by the use of digital technologies. People comprise a crucial axis in these efforts, and a high-skilled workforce ... -
Employment and suicidal rates during economic recession: A country-targeted integrative review
(2021)Background: The economic crisis’ effects on suicide rates for countries undergoing or exiting austerity measures have been widely debated. This integrative review aimed to identify, appraise, and synthesize available ... -
End-stage dementia spark of life: Reliability and validity of the “GATOS” questionnaire
(2015)Background: Floor effects are present in most dementia assessment tools as dementia progresses and the in–depth assessment of patients considered more or less on vegetative state is questionable. Objective: To develop a ... -
Higher technological education specialties and graduates' vocational status and prospects
(2013)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to focus on a thorough comparison of the broader specialties and subspecialties provided by Greek higher technological education, regarding the employment status and the vocational ... -
Identifying the employment needs of people with chronic health conditions in Europe
(2018)Objectives: The main goal of this study was to compare the employment needs experienced by people with different chronic health conditions and in different welfare systems. Methods: A total of 688 participants with six ... -
Impact of the financial crisis on COPD burden: Greece as a case study
(2018)Poverty and low socioeconomic status have been associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The current financial crisis has forced millions back into poverty. Greece is one of the countries hit the hardest, ... -
Innovative Education for Sustainable Development in Peripheral Rural Areas
(2022)This paper aims to present the results of the Erasmus + RUR'UP project that developed educational tools for scientists, public managers, practitioners, and agricultural advisors living and working in peripheral rural areas. ... -
Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk
(2021)This paper examines whether compliance with COVID-19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative ... -
Mapping european welfare models: State of the art of strategies for professional integration and reintegration of persons with chronic diseases
(2018)Background: Persons with chronic diseases (PwCDs) often experience work-related problems, and innovative actions to improve their participation in the labor market are needed. In the frame of the European (EU) Pathways ... -
Policy guidelines for effective inclusion and reintegration of people with chronic diseases in the workplace: national and european perspectives
(2018)The increasing prevalence of chronic diseases among the European working age population, as well as the implications for the individual and societal level, underline the need for policy guidelines targeting the effective ... -
A systematic review for vaccine-preventable diseases on ships: Evidence for cross-border transmission and for pre-employment immunization need
(2019)A literature review was conducted to identify evidence of cases and outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) that have been reported from on board ships and the methods applied on board for prevention and control, ... -
What persons with chronic health conditions need to maintain or return towork—results of an online-survey in seven european countries
(2018)Chronic health conditions represent the major share of the disease burden in Europe and have a significant impact on work. This study aims to: (1) identify factors that have a negative or positive impact on the work lives ...