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Journal articles on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Flick, Sabine. "Treating social suffering? Work-related suffering and its psychotherapeutic re/interpretation." Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory 17, no. 2 (May 3, 2016): 149–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1600910x.2016.1208619.

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Moltaji, Golbon. "POST GRADUATE WORK PERMIT AND SOCIAL SUFFERING." Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal 5, no. 2 (October 1, 2020): 345–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.18432/ari29445.

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This study is an art-based autoethnography that examines the author’s first-hand experience of immigration-related adversities in four drawings created during transitioning to permanent residency in Canada via the Post Graduate Work Permit Program. The article takes a different route from the studies which acknowledge immigrants’ experiences of social suffering yet, explore the possibilities of eventual integration through adaptation and acculturation for immigrants. This article argues that marking suffering as an organic part of integration normalizes suffering and, even can be perceived as an attempt to eliminate the presence of suffering from the discourse. More importantly, this article emphasizes that the social suffering of immigrants cannot be comprehended separately from the entirety of a society that undoubtedly plays a part in inducing their suffering. Artistic content includes the researcher’s drawings made during her time under PGWPP that express her relation to the social landscape in Canada as an international post-graduate transitioning to permanent residency.

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Camargo, Carmen Aparecida Cardoso Maia, Marcio Antonio Ferreira Camargo, Thaís Alves Rodrigues, Thuane Celly Silva, and Maria Ambrosina Cardoso Maia. "Stress and Suffering at Work: Possible Causes." OALib 06, no. 04 (2019): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1105358.

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Souza, Marilei De Melo Tavares, Joanir Pereira Passos, and Claudia Mara de Melo Tavares. "Suffering and precariousness at work in nursing." Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2015): 2072. http://dx.doi.org/10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i1.2072-2082.

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Hourani, A. Al. "Charity work: Easing the suffering of refugees." British Dental Journal 216, no. 1 (January 2014): 2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2013.1241.

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Allard-Poesi, Florence, and Sandrine Hollet-Haudebert. "The sound of silence: Measuring suffering at work." Human Relations 70, no. 12 (June 5, 2017): 1442–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0018726717703449.

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What realities do questionnaires and surveys, designed to measure stress and suffering at work, bring to light? What realities do they conceal? In this research, we consider self-assessment scales and questionnaires as techniques of visibility that contribute to the construction of knowledge on the ‘suffering subject’ at work. We conducted a qualitative analysis of the questionnaire and survey report conducted by the consulting firm Technologia for France Telecom Orange, after a spate of suicides in 2008–2009. The results show that: (1) the questionnaire used to measure suffering at work views the subject as someone reflective yet rather passive, and their suffering as resulting from an unbalanced relationship with the work environment, (2) the report further restricts this understanding of suffering to the administrative position of the individual, (3) as a consequence, the political, strategic, ideological dimensions and the economic power struggles affecting work are silenced. Relying on Foucault’s approach to knowledge ( savoir), we interpret this narrow concept of the subject and their surroundings as resulting from an assemblage between scientific discourses and visibility techniques; a compromise that conceals debates on the strategic orientation of the firm.

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Gaspard, Jean-Luc, John Schostak, and Jill Schostak. "Suffering and the Work of Emancipation through Education." Power and Education 4, no. 3 (January 2012): 289–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.2304/power.2012.4.3.289.

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Martins, Júlia Trevisan, and Maria Lúcia do Carmo Cruz Robazzi. "Nurses' work in intensive care units: feelings of suffering." Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 17, no. 1 (February 2009): 52–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0104-11692009000100009.

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the feelings of suffering that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses experience, and the strategies they use to face these feelings. It is a descriptive study using a qualitative approach and based on content analysis. The study used previous studies on Work Psychodynamics as complementary groundwork. Data collection occurred by means of semi-structured interviews, which were transcribed, categorized, and subcategorized. Results showed that suffering is related to: taking care of a young patient in critical condition, taking problems home, the patient's family, the team's work, and technology at work. As for the defense strategies used, emphasis is given to the search for strength in religion, promoting inter-relationships among team members, engaging in physical activity, and withdrawing from the patient.

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Gong, Yidong. "Non-suffering Work: China's Medical Interventions in South Sudan." China Quarterly 250 (June 2022): 464–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0305741022000534.

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AbstractThis paper explores China's mode of medical intervention in South Sudan and compares it with the medical humanitarianism and global health imaginaries and modes of intervention that characterize the activities of the wider international community, especially NGOs and faith-based organizations. In their provision of medical aid to South Sudan, organizations of the international community largely draw on a discourse of suffering and a framework of emergency response to humanitarian crises in post-conflict settings, which often translates into vertical programmes which involve direct governance of the South Sudanese population. In contrast, China's contemporary medical interventions in South Sudan are a mixture of health diplomacy, health infrastructure and development aid, an assemblage which can be understood as a “non-suffering” model of care and a loosely defined apparatus of biopolitics. However, the obvious gap between national goals and the daily experiences of individual Chinese doctors suggests that this will be an uneven process of “becoming.”

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Handayani, Trini. "Legal Protection for Doctors Suffering from Diseases at Work." Interdisciplinary Social Studies 1, no. 4 (January 20, 2022): 451–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.55324/iss.v1i4.94.

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Background: PP 88 of 2019 on Occupational Health lists about Occupational Diseases (PAK) is a disease that occurs as a result of work results and or the environment around the workplace. Occupational Diseases must have a direct relationship with exposure experienced by workers, must be scientifically proven and use evidence methods based on evidence based medicine. Aim: As the title indicates, this research aimed to explore more about legal protection for doctors who are infected during work. Method: This is a qualitative or normative research method. Researchers looked at cases of Occupational Diseases in Hospitals and how they were linked to regulations regarding loss reimbursement. Findings: There are cases of Occupational Diseases in Hospitals that until now there has never been compensation as mandated by PP No. 15 of 2019, there needs to be a mechanism in the enforcement of PAK diagnoses and indemnity mechanisms.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Kelly, Thomas H. "Teaching youth a theology of suffering." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Barros, Pearl Maria. "Transforming Suffering: Insights From the Work of Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27194247.

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Gloria Anzaldúa’s understanding of suffering is inextricably connected to subjectivity and spirituality. Tracing her rethinking of stories/histories involving the violent dismemberment of female religious figures, specifically Teresa of Ávila and Coyolxauhqui, I show how Anzaldúa's critical engagement and creative reimagining of these stories/histories lead her to develop a conception of fragmentation and wholeness that resists dualistic epistemologies. For Anzaldúa, suffering emerges from dualism and the violence inherent in processes of categorization, especially as they function in identity formations. “Self,” Anzaldúa argues, cannot be neatly organized or fully understood; it is always in process. Writing, as an act of “spiritual activism,” mirrors this process of becoming because it demands critically and creatively analyzing the stories/histories that inform our understandings of self and others – of nos/otras. Writing becomes a spiritual and shamanic act capable of inviting personal and political transformation. Through her writings, I argue, Anzaldúa acts as poet-shaman, calling us toward a spirituality of transformation and inspiring visions of what it might mean to live together in nonhierarchical multiplicity.

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Cheng, Yuk-yi Josephine. "Illness trajectory of patients suffering from nasopharyngeal carcinoma." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19470538.

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Saunders, Paula Anne. "Finding their wings: suffering and transcendence in pro- eating disorder websites." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96681.

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This thesis is a narrative analysis of a select number of "pro-eating disorder" websites. Demonstrated is the need to attend to the contextualized, unfolding, and metaphorical nature of their self-expressions, appreciation and exploration of which is curtailed within mainstream readings of this community. The latter, informed by some problematic psychiatric assumptions, overlooks the complexities and heterogeneity present within these websites, thereby constraining understandings. As opposed to using a pathological framework to interpret their subjective accounts, this project pulls upon developments from within narrative approaches and includes the incorporation of ethnographic, phenomenological, hermeneutic, and literary concepts and strategies. In particular, close attention is paid to the ways in which individuals engage with, and creatively manipulate, psychiatric as well as alternative discourses and symbolic resources in the making sense of their eating disorders, recovery, and their community itself. Employing such means of inquiry yields potentially rich insights into the nature of their distress, the meanings of their actions, and the ways in which dominant and non-dominant discourses impact upon them. In addition to enriching our understanding of the experiences of those with eating disorders, the limitations and dangers of reductive and objectifying tendencies within mainstream approaches are exemplified. The ensuing possibility for enlargement upon, and critical evaluation of, our conceptions and associated therapeutic responses reaffirms the need for an open and interdisciplinary approach to mental illness and well-being.
Cette thèse est une analyse narrative provenant d'un certain nombre de sites Web traitant de « troubles pro-alimentaires ». Ce qui est démontré est la nécessité de veiller à la contextualisation, au déroulement et la nature métaphorique de leurs expressions de soi, de l'appréciation et de l'exploration qui est abrégé dans les lectures courantes de cette communauté. Ce dernier, informé par certaines hypothèses problématiques psychiatriques, surplombe la complexité et l'hétérogénéité actuelle au sein de ces sites, et du même coup, freine les comprehensions. Au lieu d'utiliser un cadre pathologique pour interpréter les comptes rendus subjectifs, ce projet se prête aux développements à l'intérieur des approches narratives et comprend la constitution des concepts et stratégies ethnographiques, phénoménologiques, herméneutiques et littéraires. En particulier, une attention particulière est accordée à la façon dont les individus s'engagent en manipulant de façon créative avec des discours psychiatriques et alternatifs et resources symboliques, afin de pouvoir comprendre leur prise de troubles alimentaires, leur guérison et leur communauté. Employant de tels moyens d'enquête donne des perspectives potentiellement riches dans la raison de leur détresse, le sens de leurs actions et la manière dont les discours dominants et non-dominants se répercutent sur eux. En plus d'enrichir notre compréhension des vécus de ceux souffrant de troubles alimentaires, les limitations et les dangers des tendances réductrices et objectivantes dans les approches courantes sont démontrés. La possibilité qui en découlent pour l'élargissement sur, et une évaluation critique, de nos conceptions et nos associés des réponses thérapeutiques réaffirme la nécessité d'une approche ouverte et interdisciplinaire envers la maladie mentale et le bien-être.

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Cerase, Damian Saverio. "Tightropes and tripwires : a Buddhist interpretation of suffering through attachment in Kafka's work." Thesis, Birkbeck (University of London), 2014. http://bbktheses.da.ulcc.ac.uk/80/.

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The aim of the dissertation is to challenge perceptions of Kafka’s work as negative by developing more constructive readings of the accounts of suffering and abandonment which form an undeniable feature of his writing. The term ‘Kafkaesque’ is now in widespread use to indicate a situation or event characterised by frustration and torment, but this designation paints an unnecessarily bleak picture of Kafka’s fictional landscapes. One path towards a brighter view of his art is offered by Buddhism, which puts suffering at the centre of its philosophy and yet develops a positive spiritual outlook on life. It does so by giving clear reasons for suffering based on natural causes, leaving no room for mysterious or irresistible forces. From a Buddhist standpoint, the most formidable barrier to alleviating suffering is not presented by a powerful Court or an impregnable Castle, but by the human self or – more precisely – attachment to self. The Buddhist approach to Kafka reads his works in two complementary ways, for content (information) and form (expression). The first examines the close parallels between key Buddhist teachings (such as on suffering and emptiness) and predominant themes from Kafka’s writing (such as futile quests after recognition and justice); the second explores the gaps and paradoxes that confront Kafka’s characters and readers, and measures them against the absurd, nonsensical utterances (koans) used by Zen masters to nonplus their students and loosen their dependency on conventional modes of thinking. In this way, it will be shown that the suffering Kafka describes so relentlessly can be traced back to personal attachments rather than intervention by external agencies.

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Hofstätter, Birgit Antonia. "The fabric of critique : 'lending voice to suffering' in the work of T.W. Adorno." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2017. https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/studentTheses/702b213f-7574-4ab9-ba22-6163402ce461.

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The task of ‘lending voice to suffering’, identified in the introduction to Negative Dialectics as central to philosophy, resonates throughout Adorno’s work. Iterated in variations in and through his writing, the task of ‘lending voice to suffering’ is recognisable as a theme; and, yet, each repetition constitutes a particular material configuration that can be opened up by analysis. In tracing the different figures and keys in which such a lending of voice is attempted, and in conjunction with an investigation of Adorno’s theoretical accounts of aesthetics, language and music, this thesis argues that a consideration of the aesthetic dimension, formally and theoretically, is crucial to understanding his work. Contrary to much secondary literature, which often presents Adorno as a social theorist or a philosopher with the accidental skills of a literary critic or musicologist, I contend that it is through an engagement with the aesthetic, and in particular, with the musicological and literary dimensions of his work, that a fuller picture of his philosophy emerges. This picture reveals that the central task of lending voice to suffering cannot be thought independently of the specific aesthetic experiences or modes of interpretation and expressiveness in which critique responds to the texts it encounters. The first part of this thesis presents an overview of the relationship between music, language and philosophy in Adorno’s writing. The work then zooms in on Adorno’s notion of critique as Selbstbesinnung. This is developed out of a discussion of his reflections on musical reproduction as a critical practice of reading. In the tension between musical and philosophical interpretation the contours of a movement of philosophical thought emerges, which, in reflecting upon itself, attends to the mute particularities of words – to those historically contingent meanings and material qualities, the ‘aroma’ of concepts, which exceed the permanence of the written form. This is followed by a critical reappraisal of the notion of reification as forgetting. Proceeding at the level of the medium, I develop the temporal dialectic that inheres in forgetting through a reading of Adorno’s reflection on the history of notation and the separation of the oral and written sphere. As a necessary moment of closure and loss, forgetting, concomitant with writing, is the condition of possibility of critique. Critique, in turn, responds to forgetting with a recherche du temps perdu in the texts it interprets. The fourth chapter engages with Adorno’s curious comparison of Beethoven and the chthonic spirit Suckelborst, the protagonist of Eduard Mörike’s fairy tale of the Sichern Mann. In tracing the dialectic of nature at the heart of Adorno’s Beethoven interpretation, I explore the modalities in which Beethoven’s music comes to speak, to ‘lend voice’. The second part of this chapter, an analysis of Beethoven’s late style, sets the tone for the concluding part of the thesis, which presents a reading of Adorno’s ‘Meditations on Metaphysics’ as ‘late work’. Raising the question of the possibility of metaphysics at the moment of its fall, the ‘Meditations’ negotiate a precarious ‘no-man’s-land of hope’ between being and nothingness. This, the chapter argues, is reflected by its form: as an exemplar of ‘late style’, understood as the manifestation of the experience of transience in form, Adorno’s writing proceeds in critical negation of itself. This concluding analysis poses the question to what extent Adorno’s own writing accomplishes what it sets out to do: to lend voice to suffering.

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Cheng, Yuk-yi Josephine, and 鄭玉儀. "Illness trajectory of patients suffering from nasopharyngealcarcinoma." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31978290.

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Hislop, Beverly White. "Women in pain the need to train leaders in effective pastoral care /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Grassley, Edward Brian. "The role of suffering in the development of spiritual maturity." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2000. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0209.

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Hashimoto, Akio. "Theology of the pain of God an analysis and evaluation of Kazor Kitamori's (1916- ) work in Japanese Protestantism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1992. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p020-0082.

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Books on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Loriol, Marc, ed. Stress and Suffering at Work. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0.

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Bulka, Reuven P. Work, love, suffering & death: A Jewish/psychological perspective through logotherapy. Northvale, N.J: J. Aronson, 1999.

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Aida, Alayarian, ed. Resilience, suffering, and creativity: The work of the Refugee Therapy Centre. London: Karnac, 2007.

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Rasalam, Livingstone A. Yes, there is hope for the suffering! Orland Park, IL, U.S.A. (1800 Ravinia Pl., Orland Park 60462): Hope for the Suffering, 1988.

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A story of suffering and hope: Lessons from Latino youth. Mahwah, N.J: Paulist Press, 2005.

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Leibovich, Anna Feldman. The Russian concept of work: Suffering, dramaand tradition in pre- and post-revolutionary Russia. Westport,CN: Praeger, 1995.

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Eyer, Richard C. Pastoral care under the cross: God in the midst of suffering. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 2014.

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Pastoral care under the cross: God in the midst of suffering. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 1994.

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Meaney, Anne Sophie Philippe. On the front lines: Stories of the suffering and their families embraced by Christ. Goleta, CA: Queenship Pub., 2002.

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Kennedy, D. James. Turn it to gold. Ann Arbor, Mich: Vine Books, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Marcus, Paul. "The suffering of work." In The Psychoanalysis of Overcoming Suffering, 185–228. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351058919-6.

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Benvegnù, Damiano. "Suffering I. Shared Vulnerability." In Animals and Animality in Primo Levi’s Work, 51–88. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71258-1_2.

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Bagai, Robin. "Guilt, Suffering, and Transformation." In Commentaries on the Work of Michael Eigen, 182–89. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003257554-27.

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Bagai, Robin. "No Amount of Suffering." In Commentaries on the Work of Michael Eigen, 130–37. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003257554-20.

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Mahoney, Caitlin O., and Laura M. Harder. "Emotions, the Inner Lives of Those Who Work Toward Suffering Relief." In Alleviating World Suffering, 131–45. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51391-1_8.

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Loriol, Marc. "Introduction: What Does the Social Construction of Stress Mean?" In Stress and Suffering at Work, 1–19. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0_1.

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Loriol, Marc. "General Conclusion." In Stress and Suffering at Work, 197–213. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0_10.

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Lecoeur, Guillaume. "“Elective Affinities” and Development of “Normal Science”: What Kind of Regulation? The Example of Hans Selye (1907–1981)." In Stress and Suffering at Work, 21–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0_2.

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Väänänen, Ari, and Pekka Varje. "Epidemiological Transition and the Emergence of Mental Discomfort: The Case of Work Stress." In Stress and Suffering at Work, 37–57. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0_3.

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Allard-Poesi, Florence, and Sandrine Hollet-Haudebert. "How Much Do You Suffer? The Performativity of Scientific Scales of Work-Related Suffering." In Stress and Suffering at Work, 59–85. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05876-0_4.

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Conference papers on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Kurbet, S. A. "Psychological and social work with persons suffering from mental diseases." In General question of world science. НИЦ «Л-Журнал», 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18411/gq-31-03-2018-34.

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Le Provost, AS, R. Pougnet, J. Pietri, L. De Parscau, B. Loddé, and JD Dewitte. "439 Suffering at work among medical students: qualitative study using semi-structured interviews." In 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.283.

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Brangier, Eric, and Blandine Brangier. "What do you like or dislike about your work? First explorations on a general feeling of work." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002236.

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Workers habitually say « I love my job » or « I hate my work » to define what they like or dislike about their professional situation. Thus, love and hate of work are often confused with other concepts: pleasure, suffering, commitment, satisfaction, well-being... Rare are the definitions of love or hate of work. The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, it proposes a conceptualization of the love and hate of work, as a “general feeling of work”. Second, it presents an automated textual analysis (performed with the IRaMuTeQ system) on 7359 French employees in 29 companies. Third, it gives recommendations for promoting love of work and reducing hate of work. On the one hand, professional opportunities, positive relationships, autonomy, diversity, work content develop love, and on the other hand, lack of opportunity, deleterious relationships, hierarchical failures, excessive demands, and poor working conditions lead to dislike job.

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Richard, Pougnet, Pougnet Laurence, Garlantézec Ronan, Dewitte Jean-Dominique, and Loddé Brice. "700 Suffering at work of hospital doctors: review of the literature of anxiety and mood disorders." In 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.1096.

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CASUCCI, Marco. "THROUGH SUFFERING, TOWARDS JOY. DIGGING INTO HAPPINESS WITH MICHEL HENRY." In Happiness And Contemporary Society : Conference Proceedings Volume. SPOLOM, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.31108/7.2021.11.

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In this paper I want to focus my attention on Michel Henry’s concept of joy as it is explained in his work The Essence of Manifestation. In this work the French philosopher analyses the essence of manifestation trying to overcome the common idea of manifestation itself intended as exteriority. For Henry the essence of manifestation lies on an inner and invisible revelation that cannot be shown and which is related to the invisible and immanent dimension of feeling. Suffering and joy become then the invisible feelings, which reveal the innermost essence of being as the origin of every manifestation. Keywords: Essence, Manifestation, Being, Revelation, Feeling, Joy.

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André Silva Costa, Gerferson, Ricardo Tavares, Elza Machado de Melo, Jandira Maciel da Silva, and Andréa Maria Silveira. "1011 Work processes and mental suffering: a quantitative analysis from the sauvi betim survey, brazil (2014–2015)." In 32nd Triennial Congress of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH), Dublin, Ireland, 29th April to 4th May 2018. BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2018-icohabstracts.1748.

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Cunha, Liliana, Daniel Silva, and Sarah Maggioli. "More than a Machine at Work: Exploring the Impacts of Technological Change on Mental Health." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002672.

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With the current technological transformations being developed, the focus seems to rely mainly on the increase of productivity and on promises of the reduction of physical constraints for workers. However, in the analysis of the new human-machine relationships induced by technological advances, other less visible impacts should be debated, namely for workers’ health and well-being. In a garment factory in Portugal, characterized by rigorous quality demands, sectored and short production cycles, with production times controlled by the minute, this study aims to analyze human-machine interactions from the point of view of their protagonists. A qualitative and participatory methodology was used (observations; individual and collective interviews; and moments of auto-confrontation). The results show how these work situations potentiate a "contained" suffering due to the lack of space for its verbalization, which ends up being managed individually, under penalty of being considered unfit for the work’s current demands.

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Ciocanel, Alexandra, Razvan Rughinis, and Cosima Rughinis. "DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND BOUNDARY WORK IN HOMEOPATHY." In eLSE 2017. Carol I National Defence University Publishing House, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.12753/2066-026x-17-250.

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In this paper we examine the evolving roles of digital technology in shaping the professional identity and therapeutic encounters of homeopathic practitioners. Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine that relies almost exclusively in making a diagnostic on patients’ verbal description of their symptoms. In contrast to the biomedical diagnosis, the homeopathic diagnosis does not place the patient in a disease category, but in a remedy category. The software that aids homeopathic professionals in their practice is based on a digitalization of books that organized the homeopathic knowledge of remedies and symptoms (repertories and Materia Medica). Organized as an inventory of descriptions of remedies and symptoms, the software operates algorithmically in helping the homeopath to match patients’ symptoms to possible remedies and select the most adequate remedy. During the consultation, the homeopath makes a patient file by writing a selection of words extracted from patients’ talk that express symptoms in great detail – including feelings, signs of suffering and various lifestyle preferences. In this process the homeopath and the software co-create the patient’s “person” as a collection of more-or-less idiosyncratic symptoms, in their attempt to match the patient’s symptomatology with the description of one single remedy. Drawing on interviews with patients and homeopaths, observations of consultations and homeopathic seminars, we argue that the use of digital technology is practiced as boundary work. Firstly, digital technology becomes a boundary marker between the patient and the homeopath. Secondly, digital technology helps homeopaths to legitimize their practice as a rigorous one, being one of the strategies used to gain acceptance in the health-care ecosystem. Last but not least, by presenting the software as only a time-saving device, a neutral aide for making “intelligent suggestions” that can be confirmed but also rejected by the homeopath’s judgment, homeopaths create a distinct professional identity oriented around a central principle of their practice: “Treat the patient as a whole person”.

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Cunha, Liliana, Daniel Silva, Sarah Maggioli, and Ana Correia de Barros. "Pleasure and Suffering at Work in the Technical Act: A Case Study From a Garment Factory in a Context of Technological Transformation." In Intelligent Human Systems Integration (IHSI 2022) Integrating People and Intelligent Systems. AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe100998.

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At a time when the transformation of human-machine relationships is instigated by technological advances, the redefinition of know-how, the relationships with the worker collective and the risks and impacts on health have been pushed aside by the emphasis given to technological potential. More than in technology itself, it is through the technical act that these relationships are embodied: a process developed through experience which is not neutral to its socio-technical and organizational context, generating both pleasure and suffering. Through the analysis of work activity, using observations, individual and auto-confrontation interviews, a case study was conducted in a garment factory. Results give insight into four different dimensions which define efficient technical acts: understanding the machine, relationship with others, a job well done and risks and impacts on health. The management of these work dimensions is done to pursue a balance (which is always fragile) between work demands and health preservation.

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Virbaliene, Rita, and Sandra Genalova. "SOCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR RELATIVES CARING FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM ALZHEIMER�S DISEASE AT HOME." In 10th SWS International Scientific Conferences on SOCIAL SCIENCES - ISCSS 2023. SGEM WORLD SCIENCE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.35603/sws.iscss.2023/s07.30.

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The aim of the article is to reveal what social assistance is provided to relatives caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease at home, and what opportunities are available. The study sought to uncover the problems faced by relatives caring for a person with Alzheimer�s at home. In accordance with the methodological provisions of social constructivism, the Qualitative Research Method was applied. Semi-structured interview participants were selected according to pre-defined criteria, and the study included 14 individuals caring for a relative with Alzheimer�s at home (the study participants were women). The research revealed that relatives of the patient search for information about the disease, its course, treatment and nursing process on the Internet, ask a doctor and a social worker. The relatives often care for the sick person by overestimating their possibilities and underestimating the workload, fearing that they will treat the nurse wrong, having a sense of shame, not knowing about support options, frustrated with support providers, not wanting to put a loved one in hospital, help. Excessive nursing workload, without long-term professional help, negatively and severely affects family members. In order to facilitate the work of family members, it is suggested to use day care groups, short-term care groups, and to use the professional help of nurses in nursing at home. The daily or occasional involvement of social care staff in caring for a patient at home can greatly facilitate the work of family members and at the same time protect them from fatigue. This assistance is very effective if nursing is needed without interruption for the entire 24 hours.

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Reports on the topic "Suffering at work"

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Pecha, Camilo, and Diether Beuermann. Healthy to Work: The Impact of Free Public Healthcare on Health Status and Labor Supply in Jamaica. Inter-American Development Bank, November 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011773.

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This study examines whether Jamaica's free public healthcare policy affectedhealth status and labor supply of adult individuals. It compares outcomes of adults without health insurance versus their insured counterparts, before and after policy implementation. The study finds that the policy reduced both the likelihood of suffering illnesses with associated lost work days and the number of lost days due to illnesses by 28.6 percent and 34 percent, respectively. Consistent with the absence of "employment lock", no effects are found on employment at the extensive margin. However, consistent with a reduced number of days lost due to illnesses, there is a positive effect of 2.15 additional weekly labor hours. This is primarily a labor supply effect as the study shows that both reported and imputed hourly wages decreased by 0.15 and 0.06 log-points respectively. Back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that the policy added a yearly average of US$PPP 26.6 million worth of net real production to the economy during the period 2008-12.

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zhang, Ziyu, Yingqiao Wang, Ziyun Jiang, Yuan Tang, Luyao Liu, and Xun Li. Thought Imprint Psychotherapy in a lowed resistance state(TIP) for Depression: A Systematic Review Based on RCT. INPLASY - International Platform of Registered Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Protocols, April 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.37766/inplasy2022.4.0076.

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Review question / Objective: The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Thought Imprint Psychotherapy in a lowed resistance state(TIP) for depression. Condition being studied: Depression is a kind of mental disease which is characterized by low mood and loss of interesting in daily life, accompanied by disturbance of appetite, sleep disturbance, psychomotor, retardation or agitation, loss of energy, feeling of worthlessness and guilt, difficulty in thinking and even recurrent thought of death or suicide. According to WHO, more than 320 million people are suffering from depression, which had caused great financial burden. It affects all kinds of people and all aspects of life, including performance at school, productivity at work, relationships with family and friends, and ability to participate in the community.

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Великодна, Мар’яна Сергіївна. Psychoanalytic Study on Psychological Features of Young Men «Millionaires» in Modern Provincial Ukraine. Theory and Practice of Modern Psychology, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.31812/123456789/3873.

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The article is based on three cases of private psychoanalytic work with successful businessmen from central and northern parts of Ukraine. The research methodology was psychoanalytic theories devoted to the unconscious meanings of money and the role of money in the psychoanalytic setting, including object theory, drive theory, psychosexual development theory, narcissism theory, Oedipus complex, transference and resistance. What presents the interest of this study are the cases when those who grew up in poverty finally obtains such a desired object — money, wealth, however, something unconscious hinders this person to get satisfied by it and even to admit obtaining it. The presented clinical work was conducted as classic psychoanalysis in person with different duration: 5, 10 and 46 months. Men were asked to tell whatever comes to mind: thoughts, memories, dreams, phantasies, feelings etc. The role of psychoanalyst was to hear specific connections between patient’s stories and to analyze them together with the patient. The cases presented highlight several psychological features of young men «millionaires» who suffer from their own success. 1. Sensitivity to Father’s (real or symbolic) acceptance of their business and financial success. 2. Activation of unconscious Oedipus complex and Complex of castration because of the risk to dethrone the Father in reality, with experiences of guilt, fear and expectation of punishment. 3. Projection of their own envy, hate, wish to avenge and killing phantasies into external objects (friends, partners, psychoanalyst) with building individual defensive strategies from them. These psychological features were associated not only with suffering and psychopathological symptoms but also with impossibility to continue business development. In addition, the cases analyzed in the article show some difficulties in building business connected with the generations gap. Fathers from the USSR or the 90s teach their sons to act in the way that is not relevant for successful careers nowadays. This latent or manifested struggle between generations may be an important factor in abovementioned psychological features.

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Haslam, Divna, Ben Mathews, Rosana Pacella, James Graham Scott, David Finkelhor, Daryl Higgins, Franziska Meinck, et al. The prevalence and impact of child maltreatment in Australia: Findings from the Australian Child Maltreatment Study: Brief Report. Queensland University of Technology, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/rep.eprints.239397.

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The Australian Child Maltreatment Study (ACMS) is a landmark study for our nation. The ACMS research team has generated the first nationally representative data on the prevalence of each of the five types of child maltreatment in Australia, and their associated health impacts through life. We also identified information about the context of maltreatment experiences, including how old children are when it occurs, and who inflicts it. This knowledge about which children are most at risk of which types of abuse and neglect, at which ages, and by whom, is needed to develop evidencebased population approaches required to reduce child maltreatment in Australia. The concerning prevalence of maltreatment and its devastating associated outcomes present an urgent imperative for nation-building reform to better protect Australian children and reduce associated costs to individuals, families, communities and broader society. The ACMS collected data from 8500 randomly selected Australians aged 16-65 years and older. We included an oversample of 3500 young people 16-24 years of aged to generate particularly strong data about child maltreatment in contemporary Australian society, to assess its associated impacts in adolescence and early adulthood, and to allow future prevalence studies to detect reductions in prevalence rates over time. Our participants aged 25 and over enabled us to understand prevalence trends at different times in Australian history, and to measure associated health outcomes through life. Participants provided information on childhood experiences of each of the five types of child abuse and neglect, and other childhood adversities, mental health disorders, health risk behaviours, health services utilisation, and more. Our findings provide the first nationally representative data on the prevalence of child maltreatment in Australia. Moreover, the ACMS is the first national study globally to examine maltreatment experiences and associated health and social outcomes of all five forms of child maltreatment. Taken together, our findings provide a deep understanding of the prevalence, context and impact of child abuse and neglect in Australia and make an important contribution to the international field. This brief report presents the main findings from the ACMS for a general public audience. These main findings are further detailed in seven peer-reviewed scholarly articles, published in a special edition of the Medical Journal of Australia, Australia’s leading medical journal. Forthcoming work will examine other important questions about the impacts of specific maltreatment experiences to generate additional evidence to inform governments and stakeholders about optimal prevention policy and practice. There is cause for hope. In recent years, there have been reductions in physical abuse, and in some types of sexual abuse. These reductions are extremely important. They mean that fewer children are suffering, and they indicate that change is possible. Policies and programs to reduce these types of maltreatment are having an effect. Yet, there are other concerning trends, with some types of maltreatment becoming even more common, including emotional abuse, some types of sexual abuse, and exposure to domestic violence. And new types of sexual victimisation are also emerging. As a society, we have much work to do. We know that child maltreatment can be reduced if we work together as governments, service sectors, and communities. We need to invest more, and invest better. It is a moral, social and economic imperative for Australian governments to develop a coordinated long-term plan for generational reform. We have found that: 1. Child maltreatment is widespread. 2. Girls experience particularly high rates of sexual abuse and emotional abuse. 3. Child maltreatment is a major problem affecting today’s Australian children and youth – it is not just something that happened in the past. 4. Child maltreatment is associated with severe mental health problems and behavioural harms, both in childhood and adulthood. 5. Child maltreatment is associated with severe health risk behaviours, both in childhood and adulthood. 6. Emotional abuse is particularly harmful, and is much more damaging than society has understood.

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Carter, Becky, and Paul Harvey. A Literature Review on Social Assistance and Capacity in Yemen. Institute of Development Studies, October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/basic.2023.003.

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Yemen is experiencing one of the worst crises in the world in terms of levels of suffering and humanitarian need. Intense civil war since 2014 has devastated the national economy, and approximately two-thirds of the population (21.6 million people) were assessed as being in need of humanitarian assistance and protection services in 2023 (OCHA 2023a). In response to such huge levels of need, a substantial humanitarian aid operation has been ongoing for the past eight years. The social assistance landscape in Yemen is a complex mix of humanitarian aid and the legacies of social protection systems, with local institutions still playing a role in the delivery of assistance. This paper reviews the literature, looking at the following issues: how best to balance humanitarian and social protection approaches; how to balance meeting acute immediate needs and support for longer-term systems in an ongoing conflict; and how to maintain support in the face of donor fatigue, and a complex and dynamic political landscape in Yemen. In a context where aid actors are committed to localisation, and in order to strengthen the nexus between development, humanitarian and peace-building approaches, it is vital to understand how local capacities have been affected by conflict and how the international aid effort is trying to engage with national and local actors. However, efforts to strengthen local capacities also need to take into account the divided governance in Yemen, ongoing conflict, and tensions between the main donor governments’ funding of assistance and the de facto authorities in the north of Yemen. This paper provides an empirical building block that will help to inform efforts to engage with local capacities by comprehensively mapping the complex mix of local and national actors involved in the management, delivery and regulation of social assistance. This review summarises the key literature and evidence on the capacities of national and international actors involved in providing social assistance in Yemen. It has been undertaken to inform a Yemen study on social assistance capacities and systems, part of the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme.[1] The primary audience is donors providing social assistance in Yemen, to help their decision-making on how to support local actors’ capacities for social assistance. Social assistance refers to the non-contributory transfers (provided as food, cash or vouchers) to poor and vulnerable households and individuals. Today in Yemen these transfers support millions of people, funded by humanitarian and development aid, and implemented by international aid agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with national quasi-governmental bodies and national and local NGOs. Other local stakeholders (national and local governance authorities in the north and south of the country, and community members and beneficiaries) are also involved. This Yemen study feeds into broader BASIC Research work on the resilience of social protection systems in crises. We draw on the inception review by Slater, Haruna and Baur (2022) to frame our understanding of capacity along three interlinked dimensions: institutional, organisational and individual capacities. We found a small published literature on capacities for social assistance in Yemen (mainly donor and aid agency strategic and programme documents and some independent analysis of aid effectiveness). In this report, we summarise the political economy of international support in Yemen (Section 2). We map the social assistance landscape (Section 3), as well as the capacities of key national actors (Section 4) and international actors (Section 5 and Annexe). Section 5 sets out some preliminary conclusions.

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Sida, Lewis, and Tina Nelis. Theories of Change for WFP Afghanistan’s Contribution to the Triple Nexus: Final Report. Institute of Development Studies, October 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.19088/ids.2022.067.

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Prior to the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) Afghanistan had been working to see how its strategic outcomes in the 2018–23 Country Strategic Plan (CSP) were aligned with viable peace and development efforts nationally, and to investigate plausible pathways by which its interventions could support broader goals to contribute to the humanitarian–development–peace (triple) nexus. With the Taliban regaining control, these pathways have become less clear and difficult for WFP to make firm strategies. This Theory of Change (TOC) document looks at each of the relevant strategic outcomes from the 2018 CSP in turn (temporarily rolled over as a result of the uncertainty) and proposes theoretical ways in which the interventions can be best aligned with medium- to longer-term goals. Whilst these can no longer be simplistically labelled ‘development’ and ‘peace’, preserving national systems and institutions remains vitally important to ensure minimum humanitarian suffering. The aim of developing these TOCs is to help best align current programming and develop future programming options, as well as better generating evidence on what works. The TOCs are also intended to be a bridge to the next CSP, generating evidence to inform future strategic outcomes and helping the organisation think through realistic contributions to national systems.

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Bano, Masooda. Narratives of Success against the Odds: Why Some Children in State Schools Go Far in Life—Evidence from Pakistan. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2022/104.

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What makes some children succeed despite studying in failing education systems? Are these children exceptionally gifted, or do other psychological or sociological factors and family circumstances contribute to success? To address the learning crisis in state schools in developing countries, development agencies have primarily focused on identifying inputs that can improve state education provision. Yet, even from low-performing state schools, some children do manage to successfully complete primary and secondary education cycles, pursue higher education, and record upward social mobility, but we know very little about the factors that facilitate this success. This paper addresses this gap in the literature. Tracing life histories of successful alumni of state schools supported by CARE, an education foundation in Pakistan, this paper identifies children’s motivation to succeed as having a major impact on educational performance. However, for most this motivation is not a product of an innate desire to excel, it is a product of contextual factors: parental encouragement; an acute desire to make parents happy and to alleviate their sufferings; the company of friends, cousins, and peers who are keen on education and thus help to create an aspiring, competitive spirit; encouragement given by good teachers; and exposure to new possibilities and role models that raise aspirations by showing that what might appear to the child unachievable is in fact attainable. High motivation in turn builds commitment to work hard. Equally important, however, is the provision of financial support at critical points, especially when transitioning from secondary school to college and university. Without financial support, which could be in the form of scholarships, loans, or income from part-time work, at critical junctures, even highly motivated children in state schools cannot succeed. The paper thus argues that rather than being focused solely on education inputs, development agencies should also seek to explore and understand the factors that can motivate children in state schools to aim high and work hard to succeed.

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Bano, Masooda. Narratives of Success against the Odds: Why Some Children in State Schools Go Far in Life—Evidence from Pakistan. Research on Improving Systems of Education (RISE), August 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35489/bsg-rise-wp_2022/104.

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What makes some children succeed despite studying in failing education systems? Are these children exceptionally gifted, or do other psychological or sociological factors and family circumstances contribute to success? To address the learning crisis in state schools in developing countries, development agencies have primarily focused on identifying inputs that can improve state education provision. Yet, even from low-performing state schools, some children do manage to successfully complete primary and secondary education cycles, pursue higher education, and record upward social mobility, but we know very little about the factors that facilitate this success. This paper addresses this gap in the literature. Tracing life histories of successful alumni of state schools supported by CARE, an education foundation in Pakistan, this paper identifies children’s motivation to succeed as having a major impact on educational performance. However, for most this motivation is not a product of an innate desire to excel, it is a product of contextual factors: parental encouragement; an acute desire to make parents happy and to alleviate their sufferings; the company of friends, cousins, and peers who are keen on education and thus help to create an aspiring, competitive spirit; encouragement given by good teachers; and exposure to new possibilities and role models that raise aspirations by showing that what might appear to the child unachievable is in fact attainable. High motivation in turn builds commitment to work hard. Equally important, however, is the provision of financial support at critical points, especially when transitioning from secondary school to college and university. Without financial support, which could be in the form of scholarships, loans, or income from part-time work, at critical junctures, even highly motivated children in state schools cannot succeed. The paper thus argues that rather than being focused solely on education inputs, development agencies should also seek to explore and understand the factors that can motivate children in state schools to aim high and work hard to succeed.

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Buesseler, Buessele, Daniele Bianchi, Fei Chai, Jay T. Cullen, Margaret Estapa, Nicholas Hawco, Seth John, et al. Paths forward for exploring ocean iron fertilization. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, October 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1575/1912/67120.

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We need a new way of talking about global warming. UN Secretary General António Guterres underscored this when he said the “era of global boiling” has arrived. Although we have made remarkable progress on a very complex problem over the past thirty years, we have a long way to go before we can keep the global temperature increase to below 2°C relative to the pre-industrial times. Climate models suggest that this next decade is critical if we are to avert the worst consequences of climate change. The world must continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and find ways to adapt and build resilience among vulnerable communities. At the same time, we need to find new ways to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in order to chart a “net negative” emissions pathway. Given their large capacity for carbon storage, the oceans must be included in consideration of our multiple carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options. This report focused on ocean iron fertilization (OIF) for marine CDR. This is by no means a new scientific endeavor. Several members of ExOIS (Exploring Ocean Iron Solutions) have been studying this issue for decades, but the emergence of runaway climate impacts has motivated this group to consider a responsible path forward for marine CDR. That path needs to ensure that future choices are based upon the best science and social considerations required to reduce human suffering and counter economic and ecological losses, while limiting and even reversing the negative impacts that climate change is already having on the ocean and the rest of the planet. Prior studies have confirmed that the addition of small amounts of iron in some parts of the ocean is effective at stimulating phytoplankton growth. Through enhanced photosynthesis, carbon dioxide can not only be removed from the atmosphere but a fraction can also be transferred to durable storage in the deep sea. However, prior studies were not designed to quantify how effective this storage can be, or how wise OIF might be as a marine CDR approach. ExOIS is a consortium that was created in 2022 to consider what OIF studies are needed to answer critical questions about the potential efficiency and ecological impacts of marine CDR (http://oceaniron.org). Owing to concerns surrounding the ethics of marine CDR, ExOIS is organized around a responsible code of conduct that prioritizes activities for the collective benefit of our planet with an emphasis on open and transparent studies that include public engagement. Our goal is to establish open-source conventions for implementing OIF for marine CDR that can be assessed with appropriate monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV) protocols, going beyond just carbon accounting, to assess ecological and other non-carbon environmental effects (eMRV). As urgent as this is, it will still take 5 to 10 years of intensive work and considerable resources to accomplish this goal. We present here a “Paths Forward’’ report that stems from a week-long workshop held at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories in May 2023 that was attended by international experts spanning atmospheric, oceanographic, and social sciences as well as legal specialists (see inside back cover). At the workshop, we reviewed prior OIF studies, distilled the lessons learned, and proposed several paths forward over the next decade to lay the foundation for evaluating OIF for marine CDR. Our discussion very quickly resulted in a recommendation for the need to establish multiple “Ocean Iron Observatories’’ where, through observations and modeling, we would be able to assess with a high degree of certainty both the durable removal of atmospheric carbon dioxide—which we term the “centennial tonne”—and the ecological response of the ocean. In a five-year phase I period, we prioritize five major research activities: 1. Next generation field studies: Studies of long-term (durable) carbon storage will need to be longer (year or more) and larger (>10,000 km2) than past experiments, organized around existing tools and models, but with greater reliance on autonomous platforms. While prior studies suggested that ocean systems return to ambient conditions once iron infusion is stopped, this needs to be verified. We suggest that these next field experiments take place in the NE Pacific to assess the processes controlling carbon removal efficiencies, as well as the intended and unintended ecological and geochemical consequences. 2. Regional, global and field study modeling Incorporation of new observations and model intercomparisons are essential to accurately represent how iron cycling processes regulate OIF effects on marine ecosystems and carbon sequestration, to support experimental planning for large-scale MRV, and to guide decision making on marine CDR choices. 3. New forms of iron and delivery mechanisms Rigorous testing and comparison of new forms of iron and their potential delivery mechanisms is needed to optimize phytoplankton growth while minimizing the financial and carbon costs of OIF. Efficiency gains are expected to generate responses closer to those of natural OIF events. 4. Monitoring, reporting, and verification: Advances in observational technologies and platforms are needed to support the development, validation, and maintenance of models required for MRV of large-scale OIF deployment. In addition to tracking carbon storage and efficiency, prioritizing eMRV will be key to developing regulated carbon markets. 5. Governance and stakeholder engagement: Attention to social dimensions, governance, and stakeholder perceptions will be essential from the start, with particular emphasis on expanding the diversity of groups engaged in marine CDR across the globe. This feedback will be a critical component underlying future decisions about whether to proceed, or not, with OIF for marine CDR. Paramount in the plan is the need to move carefully. Our goal is to conduct these five activities in parallel to inform decisions steering the establishment of ocean iron observatories at multiple locations in phase II. When completed, this decadal plan will provide a rich knowledge base to guide decisions about if, when, where, and under what conditions OIF might be responsibly implemented for marine CDR. The consensus of our workshop and this report is that now is the time for actionable studies to begin. Quite simply, we suggest that some form of marine CDR will be essential to slow down and reverse the most severe consequences of our disrupted climate. OIF has the potential to be one of these climate mitigation strategies. We have the opportunity and obligation to invest in the knowledge necessary to ensure that we can make scientifically and ethically sound decisions for the future of our planet.

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ADB’s Rapid COVID-19 Response in Southeast Asia. Asian Development Bank, June 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22617/arm210162-2.

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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has had devastating impacts in Southeast Asia. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) quickly responded with a substantial assistance package, and continues to work on additional support to help countries address the impacts of the pandemic. ADB’s support has been focused on three crucial areas: (i) supporting healthcare responses to save lives; (ii) supporting the poorest and most vulnerable suffering dire economic hardship; and (iii) addressing the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on businesses and economies to help countries rebound after the crisis.

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