Introduction Generally shift work is becoming more predominant as a working agenda in the public sector and during 2005-2006‚ Work safe Australia (2009) calculated that at least 16% or 1.6 million Australians were engaged in shift work. Subsequently‚ recent studies outlined by Kantermann et al. (2010) suggest that the health and wellbeing of millions of employee’s are seriously affected by shift work. The impact of shift work can play havoc to various homeostatic mechanisms on individuals‚ particularly
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In his article Power shift: rethinking Australia’s place in the Asian century Hugh White intends to outline that China’s rise as a major economic and military power in East Asia will have to result in the Commonwealth’s revision of Australia’s strategic interests‚ followed by corresponding alterations of the nation’s foreign policies. He argues that Australia’s interests are most likely to be met in the future if the major East Asian powers can agree on a shared regional leadership to guarantee continued
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Stick Shift vs. Automatic Manual vs. Automatic Andrew Telecky ENG121: English Composition I Holly Wilcox March 2012 I. Why are manual transmission cars so popular? II. What makes a manual transmission car more favorable? a) Requires more skill b) Safer c) More Fun I Advantages of a manual transmission vehicle
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1) Amplitude Shift keying (ASK) ASK is a modulation technique that related with amplitude of carrier wave being altered or modulated by information signal. When binary ‘1’ is appeared‚ the signal is transmitted and it is stopped when binary ‘0’ is appeared. The binary ‘0’ and ‘1’ are represented the shifting value between the two selected amplitude. 2) Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) FSK is a modulation technique that related with the frequency shifting or changes of carrier signal to transmit the
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The concept of a 12 hour shift for nurses developed in the 1970s as a solution to the nursing shortage that existed and still exists in both the United States and globally. Since the implementation of 12 hour shifts‚ studies have revealed additional benefits. Nurses are more content and satisfied‚ reporting “higher job satisfaction and less emotional exhaustion” (Stone‚ 2006‚ p. 1103). Patient safety and satisfaction is enriched “through improved communication‚ increased continuity of care‚ and more
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stressful condition that may impact upon their bodily‚ mental and mutual relationships. For a long span of time the police workers are coached in policing‚ but not about the issues relating to handling their mental and physical health. Most of the times they have to work for extended durations and irregular shift hours (Vila‚ 2006). A large body of work has shown that shift work of police is linked with increased spread of sleep disorders‚ malefic health outcomes and self reported slumberous driving
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Nokia‚ Innovation and market shifts Case study on Nokia Corporations By Sijan Gurung‚ For UNIK4000‚ University of Oslo. Introduction This paper is written as a part of assignment UNIK4000 - Technology‚ Innovation and Product Development. This paper is about the Nokia Corporation‚ its Innovations and the market trends throughout this period. According to Henry Chesbrough (2003)‚ “The story of Lucent and Cisco is hardly an isolated instance. IBM’s research prowess in computing provided
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Fatigue‚ and Recovery Between Shifts One of the most prominent aspects of nurses’ lives that are detrimentally impacted by working 12-hour shifts is their sleep. Research shows that extended work schedules and sustained shift work‚ such as that seen in 12-hour shifts‚ can interfere with nurses’ abilities to achieve adequate sleep by reducing the number of hours for physical and cognitive recovery and the number of hours that can be devoted to sleeping between shifts (Geiger-Brown et al.‚ 2011; Geiger-Brown
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Day Shift Versus Night Shift in Law Enforcement Think about it for a second when something bad happens who are the people that get called first‚ your local law enforcement officers. There are people from dispatchers to the patrol itself working all day‚ and all night to ensure the safety of communities. Being in a career field that requires someone to be working at all times throughout the day one often wonders the effects it has on someone. During the day there are so many benefits that are available
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Good Housekeeping the “Second Shift” Abstract: Within the last half century‚ the number of women participating in the workforce has increased exponentially. Women are gaining more and more equality in the social‚ economic and political affairs‚ but gender inequity within the home regarding the division of household labor remains. Women are still primarily responsible for housework and childcare. Arlie Russell Hochschild’s concept of the “second shift” describes the situation of many women
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