A new sub-section of the blog ‘Metabolic Syndrome: An Overview’ can be found under the main page heading of ‘Anatomy and Physiology’.
Cold Weather Injuries: Military Capability & Training
Research Paper Title Cold Weather Injury Risk Analysis and Management in a Tasmanian Army Reserve Battalion. Abstract Cold Weather Injury (CWI) is a significant threat to military capability in Tasmania. In 2011, the Royal Tasmanian Regiment implemented a cold weather training policy and training package to formalise risk management and preserve military capability in training… Read More
The Effects of ‘Minor’ Stress
Well-being strategies in many forward-thinking organisations now aim to manage excessive stress through improved quality of workplace relationships, better resourcing of workloads, and tighter management of change. A few employers have also concentrated on building resilience levels of their staff to prevent elevated levels of absence, disengagement, and reduced productivity. At the same time, the… Read More
Homeworking: Driven by the Recession?
More women are taking on flexible working roles, data shows . The number of people working from home has risen by 13% in the last five years, according to figures recently released by the TUC (Trades Union Congress, the trade unions’ association). Just over four million employees said that they mainly worked from home in 2012, an… Read More
Work Time: You, Social Media & Your Mobile Phone
Swansea’s giant DVLA (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency) licensing centre has sacked a worker after he was caught using Facebook on his personal phone. Senior managers at the Morriston centre took the action after it emerged the staff member was accessing the social networking site during office hours at the DVLA last year. The agency… Read More
Sports Bra’s, Women & Running
Our ancestors perceived that for the purposes of combat or sport, the presence of breasts put women at a considerable disadvantage. The sports bra came too late for the Amazons, and even today it has limitations for women who choose to run hard for long distances. In a survey of 1397 female runners in the… Read More
Musicians Say What…
The contraction witnessed in the numbers of personnel in modern standing armies means that army musicians, when not playing dirges for dead prime ministers, are increasingly deployed in combat roles. The occupational health department of the UKs Ministry of Defence thought that it was important to determine whether its musicians were experiencing hearing loss as… Read More
