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View article: Canine Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Seroprevalence as an Indicator for Human Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case Rates in Arizona, <scp>USA</scp>
Canine Spotted Fever Group Rickettsial Seroprevalence as an Indicator for Human Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Case Rates in Arizona, <span>USA</span> Open
Introduction Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a rapidly progressing febrile disease caused by the bacterium Rickettsia rickettsii , is the deadliest tick‐borne disease in the world. Human infection initially results in non‐specific sym…
View article: Regulating precarious work: A paradigm shift
Regulating precarious work: A paradigm shift Open
Precarious work, the problems it poses in terms of labour standards/regulation, and remedies to this, have sparked considerable attention from researchers and policy-makers over the past three decades. This paper examines industrial relati…
View article: The economics of occupational health and safety
The economics of occupational health and safety Open
This special Themed Collection of The Economic and Labour Relations Review examines the ‘Economics of Occupational Health and Safety’ (OHS). The economics of OHS looks at how economic structures and incentives, including labour markets and…
View article: Transport industry workforce risk and exposure to COVID-19 and other related respiratory pandemic diseases: A scoping review
Transport industry workforce risk and exposure to COVID-19 and other related respiratory pandemic diseases: A scoping review Open
The need to maintain transport during a pandemic places transport workers at higher risk of infection and can have other effects on health and well-being. The aim of this study was to understand the current state of research on the impact …
View article: Contract labour in mining and occupational health and safety: A critical review
Contract labour in mining and occupational health and safety: A critical review Open
In recent decades, there has been a global growth of the use of contract labour in the mining industry, primarily driven by cost/flexibility considerations. At the same time, contracting has been associated with poorer occupational health …
View article: The Struggle to Regulate Precarious Work Arrangements to Minimize Their Adverse Effects on Health and Safety in Australia
The Struggle to Regulate Precarious Work Arrangements to Minimize Their Adverse Effects on Health and Safety in Australia Open
As in other countries, the growth of precarious work arrangements in Australia from the late 1970s has had significant adverse effects on occupational health and safety (OHS). While there is now a large body of global research on this issu…
View article: Subcontracting, Repeat Latent Failures and Workplace Disasters
Subcontracting, Repeat Latent Failures and Workplace Disasters Open
Subcontracting, the subletting of work tasks creating a hierarchy of contractual relationships (especially multi-tiered subcontracting), is a centuries-old form of work organisation but has grown substantially since the mid-1970s, includin…
View article: Scoping review of transport workforce exposure to COVID-19 and other respiratory pandemic diseases
Scoping review of transport workforce exposure to COVID-19 and other respiratory pandemic diseases Open
Background Transport workers may be at heightened occupational risk during pandemics. However, there is a lack of research that specifically focuses on understanding the factors contributing to this risk and the strategies that can reduce …
View article: Deep RL at Scale: Sorting Waste in Office Buildings with a Fleet of Mobile Manipulators
Deep RL at Scale: Sorting Waste in Office Buildings with a Fleet of Mobile Manipulators Open
We describe a system for deep reinforcement learning of robotic manipulation skills applied to a large-scale realworld task: sorting recyclables and trash in office buildings.Real-world deployment of deep RL policies requires not only effe…
View article: Deep RL at Scale: Sorting Waste in Office Buildings with a Fleet of Mobile Manipulators
Deep RL at Scale: Sorting Waste in Office Buildings with a Fleet of Mobile Manipulators Open
We describe a system for deep reinforcement learning of robotic manipulation skills applied to a large-scale real-world task: sorting recyclables and trash in office buildings. Real-world deployment of deep RL policies requires not only ef…
View article: Daryll Hull Memorial Fellowship in Industrial Relations Award 2022
Daryll Hull Memorial Fellowship in Industrial Relations Award 2022 Open
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View article: Hidden costs, hidden lives: Financial effects of fatal work injuries on families
Hidden costs, hidden lives: Financial effects of fatal work injuries on families Open
Although workplace death is known to have profound social and psychological effects on families, the economic consequences have not been explored. This pioneering study investigated families’ financial situations following fatal workplace …
View article: Inequality, worker mobilisation and lessons from history: Australia 1788-1900
Inequality, worker mobilisation and lessons from history: Australia 1788-1900 Open
Neoliberalism has wrought fundamental changes in the world of work, leading to rising inequality, substantial weakening of organised labour and a decline in industrial relations as a field, especially in relation to teaching. Drawing on hi…
View article: COVID-19, Health and Vulnerable Societies
COVID-19, Health and Vulnerable Societies Open
Potter, and Cameron Mustard on workplace infection control procedures and mental health amongst Canadian non-healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.The study finds that adequate design and implementation of employer based infectio…
View article: Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters?
Five challenges to humanity: Learning from pattern/repeat failures in past disasters? Open
Human civilisation faces a series of existential threats from the combination of five global and human-engineered challenges, namely climate change, resource depletion, environmental degradation, overpopulation and rising social inequality…
View article: The COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons on building more equal and sustainable societies
The COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons on building more equal and sustainable societies Open
This discussion paper by a group of scholars across the fields of health, economics and labour relations argues that COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis from which there can be no return to the ‘old normal’. The pandemic’s dis…
View article: A great nation? The changing place of religion in law and society in colonial and contemporary Australia: Reflections on Douglas Murray in an Australian context
A great nation? The changing place of religion in law and society in colonial and contemporary Australia: Reflections on Douglas Murray in an Australian context Open
This paper discusses the role of Christian theology in Australian law and society in the period after the arrival of the First Fleet and in contemporary Australia. It argues that Christian theology was foundational to the Australian coloni…
View article: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Prolonged Grief Disorder in Families Bereaved by a Traumatic Workplace Death: The Need for Satisfactory Information and Support
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, and Prolonged Grief Disorder in Families Bereaved by a Traumatic Workplace Death: The Need for Satisfactory Information and Support Open
The impact of traumatic workplace death on bereaved families, including their mental health and well-being, has rarely been systematically examined. This study aimed to document the rates and key correlates of probable posttraumatic stress…
View article: Work fatalities, bereaved families and the enforcement of OHS legislation
Work fatalities, bereaved families and the enforcement of OHS legislation Open
There has been considerable research and policy debate over the enforcement and decriminalization of occupational health and safety legislation, particularly regarding its capacity to deal with serious harm. Reference has been made to comm…
View article: Information needs of bereaved families following fatal work incidents
Information needs of bereaved families following fatal work incidents Open
The sudden and unexpected nature of fatal work incidents can leave family members with a strong need to know how and why the worker died. Forty Australian family members were interviewed to identify the information sought following fatal w…
View article: Patient priorities in herpes simplex keratitis
Patient priorities in herpes simplex keratitis Open
Objective Herpes simplex keratitis (HSK) is a sight-threatening disease and a leading cause of infectious corneal blindness. Involving patients in setting the research agenda maximises patient benefit and minimises research waste. With no …
View article: Bereaved Family Members’ Views of the Value of Coronial Inquests Into Fatal Work Incidents
Bereaved Family Members’ Views of the Value of Coronial Inquests Into Fatal Work Incidents Open
Fatal work incidents result in an array of government responses, and in countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia, this may include the holding of coronial inquests. A common theme from the scant literature is that family members …
View article: Berkeley Nuclear Data Cloud (BDC) v2.3
Berkeley Nuclear Data Cloud (BDC) v2.3 Open
The software was developed to serve and curate arbitrarily large datasets comprising data acquired from various mobile platforms. The software is contained in a number of server and client libraries. The former manage the ingestion, indexi…