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Designed to break: planned obsolescence as corporate environmental crime
Planned obsolescence is the practice of deliberately designing products to limit their life span to encourage replacement. It is a common business...
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Factors of Obsolescence Affecting Adaptively Reused Shophouses in the Core Zone of Melaka, Malaysia
Fast economic growth and restructuring has resulted in a large number of obsolete buildings in large cities. Many of these buildings represent...
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Obsolescence in IT Work: Causes, Consequences and Counter-Measures
The fast-moving nature of information technology is causing frequent obsolescence of technologies and competences. Changes in the environment cause a...
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Technology, Identity and Older Workers’ Work-Life Decisions: Insights from the Australian Transport and Logistics Sector
The Australian transport and logistics sector faces a severe labour shortage and the potential skill obsolescence of many of the current workforce as...
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Occupational Therapy Interventions Using New Technologies in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Sco** Review
New technologies (NT) are increasingly used in Occupational Therapy (OT) interventions in people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). We conducted a...
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Reframing the Interaction between Native Terms and Loanwords: Some Data from Occupational Domains in Middle English
The relationship between native lexical items and terms borrowed from other languages has traditionally been understood as one of competition. The...
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An exploratory study on occupational exposure to airborne engineered nanomaterials during the recycling operations of electronic devices
The use of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) to improve electronics and computer manufacturing has allowed significant developments in their size and...
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Method of Analysis, Evaluation and Forecasting of Occupational Accidents
For the analysis and assessment of occupational injuries, there are various methods that have certain advantages and disadvantages, primarily...
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Presentation of the obsolete drug reserpine in three German-language pharmacology textbooks
For several decades, reserpine was used to treat hypertension and, to a limited extent, psychoses. Over time, however, the indication became more and...
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Holistic Study, Analysis of Adaptive Reuse of Historic Structure
Adaptive reuse is the modification of function in heritage structures without compromising on cultural, aesthetic, and traditional values. This study...
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Occupational and Environmental Health Effects of Informal Electronic Waste Recycling – A Focus on Agbogbloshie, Ghana
The unregulated and unorganized structure of informal electronic waste recycling worksites exposes workers to numerous occupational hazards. This...
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Occupational Stress Among Managers
This chapter provides various definitions of stress and occupational stress. The definition of work locus of control is also provided. The...
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Will virtual rehabilitation replace clinicians: a contemporary debate about technological versus human obsolescence
This article is inspired by a pseudo Oxford-style debate, which was held in Tel Aviv University, Israel at the International Conference on Virtual...
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Map** job fitness and skill coherence into wages: an economic complexity analysis
Leveraging the discrete skill and knowledge worker requirements of each occupation provided by O*NET, our empirical approach employs network-based...
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Designing Age-Friendly Workplaces: An Occupational Health Perspective
The graying of the workforce has fostered a burgeoning interest in the design of age-friendly workplaces. This chapter provides an occupational...
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Understanding consumers’ perspectives of electronic waste in an emerging economy: a case study of New Delhi, India
Obsolete electronics or E-waste has observed significant escalation in the recent years. Young adults, in particular, are one of the largest...
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Eyeing Sustainability: Electronic Waste Handling in Kolkata
Electronic waste or waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) comprises old, end-of-life electronic appliances, which have been disposed of by...
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Model of Ethical Consumerism: A Segment Study on Handloom Reusable Menstrual Pads Adoption
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify the influence of proposed traits on female consumer’s ethical consumerism toward reusable handloom...
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Electronic Waste Recycling: Occupational Exposures and Work-Related Health Effects
Purpose of ReviewElectronic waste (e-waste) is a global public health challenge. E-waste recycling workers may be exposed to chemical, physical,...
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Elaboration of an Information System to Improve Operational Discipline in PEMEX with LAGS Methodology
During the last few years, catastrophic accidents occurred at Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which led to the company working on implementing A Safety,...