Allied Health Professions in the Health-sector Job Structure

This article reviews the characteristics of allied health professions in the U.S., Massachusetts, and Boston health sectors. These occupations are considered in the broader context of the multitiered job structure of the health sector and their gender and ethnic composition. The discussion includes surveys of vacancy rates and wage levels for selected allied health professions in Massachusetts hospitals. The article concludes with a more detailed, albeit national, picture of these occupations in the hospital sector per se, their demographic composition, and earnings level

Work Hours in Retail: Room for Improvement

With full-time jobs, hourly wages are appropriate primary indicators of job quality. However, in sectors where full-time schedules do not dominate, total hours matter for job quality and worker outcomes. We explored hour levels and trends in retail trade and its largest subsector, grocery stores. Retail is known for part-time and short shifts. With a comparison of retail hours in three countries—the United States, Canada, and Mexico—we contribute insights into aspects of the U.S. policy and regulatory systems that could be altered in order to improve retail jobs

Temporary, short-term and part-time employment in French banks and insurance companies in the 1980's : an institutionalist approach

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1993.Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 305-312).by Françoise Jacqueline Carré.Ph.D

Work Hours in Retail: Room for Improvement

With full-time jobs, hourly wages are appropriate primary indicators of job quality. However, in sectors where full-time schedules do not dominate, total hours matter for job quality and worker outcomes. We explored hour levels and trends in retail trade and its largest subsector, grocery stores. Retail is known for part-time and short shifts. With a comparison of retail hours in three countries—the United States, Canada, and Mexico—we contribute insights into aspects of the U.S. policy and regulatory systems that could be altered in order to improve retail jobs. Today, in retail, even the full-time-hours guarantee falls below 40 hours, and often below 35, with significant implications. Low base hours mean limited weekly earnings and generate variability and unpredictability in individuals ’ total hours and scheduling. In Canada and Mexico as in the United States, long and expanding hours of operation create two managerial goals: first, to control labor costs with lean staffing; and, second, to closely match staffing levels to customer flow. Where in the United States and Canada, these twin goals lead retailers to shorten work hours and expand part-tim

Work Hours in Retail: Room for Improvement

With full-time jobs, hourly wages are appropriate primary indicators of job quality. However, in sectors where full-time schedules do not dominate, total hours matter for job quality and worker outcomes. We explored hour levels and trends in retail trade and its largest subsector, grocery stores. Retail is known for part-time and short shifts. With a comparison of retail hours in three countries—the United States, Canada, and Mexico—we contribute insights into aspects of the U.S. policy and regulatory systems that could be altered in order to improve retail jobs

Alterations of beta3-adrenoceptors expression and their myocardial functional effects in physiological model of chronic exercise-induced cardiac hypertrophy.

International audiencePhysical training induces cardiovascular autonomic nervous system regulation adaptations, which could result from beta adrenergic receptor (AR) modifications. Among them, beta(3 )AR alterations have been recently reported but their functional effect remained to discuss. To explain the beta(3) AR gene expression in relation to function, we simultaneously studied the left ventricle (LV) beta(3) AR mRNA and protein levels and the myocardial functional effects of a beta(3) AR agonist following physical training. Forty rats were assigned to either a control (C; N = 20) or a trained (T; N = 20) group. The treadmill running protocol was performed for 8 weeks. Histological measurements on LV slices were quantified. The beta(3) AR mRNA abundance was studied with RT-PCR and beta(3) AR protein density with Western-Blot analysis. Myocardial functional effects of a beta(3) AR agonist, BRL37344 (10(-8) M), were studied in Langendorff-perfused hearts. Histological data confirmed the adapted patterns of the physiological cardiac hypertrophy observed in T (P < 0.01), with a significant increase in arteries density (P < 0.01) and an unchanged collagen concentration. The beta(3) AR protein density was increased in T (154 +/- 38% in T vs. 100 +/- 24% in C; P < 0.05), but no change was noted concerning the beta(3) AR mRNA level. After BRL37344 perfusion LVDP, +dP/dT and -dP/dT, in C (P < 0.01), and only +dP/dT in T (P < 0.05) were decreased. Moreover, all LV hemodynamic parameters were more altered after BRL37344 in C than in T (P < 0.01). Thus, in this physiological model of cardiac hypertrophy, an increase of beta(3) AR density without beta(3) AR mRNA alteration was observed. Classical negative myocardial lusitropic and inotropic effects induced by a specific agonist of beta(3) AR were diminished in trained rats

Éducation et égalité: travaux du séminaire de Dijon, 27-28 mai 1974

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Impacts interculturels au Néolithique moyen. Du terroir au territoire : sociétés et espaces

Le 25e colloque interrégional sur le Néolithique a rassemblé plus de 200 chercheurs les 20 et 21 octobre 2001 à l'Université de Bourgogne à Dijon. Le présent volume d'actes regroupe les différentes contributions de cette manifestation à laquelle participaient de nombreux néolithiciens des pays limitrophes. Leur présentation et les débats ont été centrés sur deux thèmes, tout en laissant la place à quelques exposés relevant de l'actualité de la recherche. Impacts interculturels entre groupes du Néolithique moyen. Dix contributions sont consacrées à ce thème qui vise à caractériser et à évaluer les impacts interculturels entre groupes pendant une période où se constate une évolution graduelle vers des sociétés organisées plus hiérarchisées. On assiste durant ces temps à un fort développement des échanges et des influences, voire à des phénomènes que l'on pourrait qualifier de supra-culturels. Groupes néolithiques et maîtrise des espaces. Huit communications sont présentées dans ce cadre qui aurait pu s'intituler « du terroir au territoire : sociétés et espaces ». Ces approches, d'ordre spatial, ont été abordées sous trois angles : l'analyse de terroirs, la géographie culturelle et l'étude des territoires (emprises, occupation des sols, marques identitaires, témoins d'appropriation). Actualité de la recherche et approches méthodologiques. Sous ces deux rubriques sont respectivement rassemblées sept communications touchant des découvertes récentes et deux consacrées à des technologies ou disciplines appliquées à l'archéologie (paléogénétique et technologie céramique)