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A reciprocal Interplay between Psychosocial Job Stressors and Worker Well-Being? A Systematic review of the ＂Reversed＂ Effect by Tang, Kenneth

“…Objectives Work represents an important role in society, and the nature and consequences of job stress have garnered significant research interest. In recent…”
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Estimating Productivity Costs in Health Economic Evaluations: A Review of Instruments and Psychometric Evidence by Tang, Kenneth

“…Health economic evaluations (i.e. cost-effectiveness appraisal of an intervention) are useful aids for decision makers responsible for the allocation of scarce…”
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Walking accessibility to neighbourhood open space in a multi-level urban environment of Hong Kong by Tang, Bo-Sin, Wong, Kenneth KH, Tang, Kenneth SS, Wai Wong, Siu

“…This study presents the spatial analysis of walking accessibility to a public facility in a hilly, multi-level urban environment. Our spatial database includes…”
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Measures of work disability and productivity: Rheumatoid Arthritis Specific Work Productivity Survey (WPS‐RA), Workplace Activity Limitations Scale (WALS), Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA‐WIS), Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ), and Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire (WPAI) by Tang, Kenneth, Beaton, Dorcas E., Boonen, Annelies, Gignac, Monique A. M., Bombardier, Claire

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A real world evaluation of the long-term efficacy of strategies to prevent chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa pulmonary infection in children with cystic fibrosis by Mostofian, Fargol, Alkadri, Jamal, Tang, Kenneth, Thampi, Nisha, Radhakrishnan, Dhenuka

“…•Children with cystic fibrosis can develop chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PA) infection.•Prevalence of PA has decreased to 25% since the introduction of early…”
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Practical Automated Video Analytics for Crowd Monitoring and Counting by Cheong, Kang Hao, Poeschmann, Sandra, Lai, Joel Weijia, Koh, Jin Ming, Acharya, U. Rajendra, Yu, Simon Ching Man, Tang, Kenneth Jian Wei

“…Video surveillance is gaining popularity in numerous applications, including facility management, traffic monitoring, crowd analysis, and urban security…”
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OMERACT Filter Evidence Supporting the Measurement of At-work Productivity Loss as an Outcome Measure in Rheumatology Research by Beaton, Dorcas E, Dyer, Sarah, Boonen, Annelies, Verstappen, Suzanne M M, Escorpizo, Reuben, Lacaille, Diane V, Bosworth, Ailsa, Gignac, Monique A M, Leong, Amye, Purcaru, Oana, Leggett, Sarah, Hofstetter, Cathy, Peterson, Ingemar F, Tang, Kenneth, Fautrel, Bruno, Bombardier, Claire, Tugwell, Peter S

“…Indicators of work role functioning (being at work, and being productive while at work) are important outcomes for persons with arthritis. As the worker…”
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Role of thigh muscle cross-sectional area and strength in progression of knee cartilage degeneration over 48 months – Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative by Goldman, Lauren H., M.D, Tang, Kenneth, B.A, Facchetti, Luca, M.D, Heilmeier, Ursula, M.D, Joseph, Gabby B., Ph.D, Nevitt, Michael C., Ph.D, McCulloch, Charles E., Ph.D, Souza, Richard B., P.T., Ph.D, Link, Thomas M., M.D., Ph.D

“…Summary Objective To determine in a 48-month longitudinal study the association of thigh muscle cross-sectional area (CSA) and strength on progression of…”
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Worker Productivity Outcome Measures: OMERACT Filter Evidence and Agenda for Future Research by KENNETH TANG, BOONEN, Annelies, HOFSTETTER, Cathy, LEONG, Amye, MONTIE, Pam, PETERSON, Ingemar F, PURCARU, Oana, BOMBARDIER, Claire, TUGWELL, Peter S, BEATON, Dorcas E, VERSTAPPEN, Suzanne M. M, ESCORPIZO, Reuben, LUIME, Jolanda J, LACAILLE, Diane, FAUTREL, Bruno, BOSWORTH, Ailsa, CIFALDI, Mary, GIGNAC, Monique A. M

“…The objective of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) Worker Productivity working group is to identify worker productivity outcome measures that meet…”
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A Novel Methodology to Improve Cooling Efficiency at Data Centers by Cheong, Kang Hao, Tang, Kenneth Jian Wei, Koh, Jin Ming, Yu, Simon Ching Man, Acharya, U. Rajendra, Xie, Neng-Gang

“…Data centers are mission-critical infrastructures. There are strict service level requirements and standards imposed on operators and maintainers to ensure…”
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The Stability of Retrospective Pre-injury Symptom Ratings Following Pediatric Concussion by Teel, Elizabeth F, Zemek, Roger L, Tang, Kenneth, Gioia, Gerard, Vaughan, Christopher, Sady, Maegan, Gagnon, Isabelle J

“…To determine the stability of children's retrospective ratings of pre-injury levels of symptoms over time following concussion. Children and adolescents ( =…”
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The development of the PARENTS: a tool for parents to assess residents' non-technical skills in pediatric emergency departments by Moreau, Katherine A, Eady, Kaylee, Tang, Kenneth, Jabbour, Mona, Frank, Jason R, Campbell, Meaghan, Hamstra, Stanley J

“…Parents can assess residents' non-technical skills (NTS) in pediatric emergency departments (EDs). There are no assessment tools, with validity evidence, for…”
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Does the Upper-Limb Work Instability Scale Predict Transitions Out of Work Among Injured Workers? by Tang, Kenneth, PhD, Beaton, Dorcas E., PhD, Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah, PhD, Côté, Pierre, PhD, Loisel, Patrick, PhD, Amick, Benjamin C., PhD

“…Abstract Objective To investigate the predictive ability of the Upper-Limb Work Instability Scale (UL-WIS) for transitioning out of work among injured workers…”
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Validity and Responsiveness of Presenteeism Scales in Chronic Work-Related Upper-Extremity Disorders by Roy, Jean-Sébastien, MacDermid, Joy C, Amick, 3rd, Benjamin C, Shannon, Harry S, McMurtry, Robert, Roth, James H, Grewal, Ruby, Tang, Kenneth, Beaton, Dorcas

“…The Work Limitations Questionnaire-25 (WLQ-25) and the Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA-WIS) have been used to measure at-work disability…”
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Peritoneal histiocytic reaction associated with oxidised regenerated cellulose, a form of mucicarminophilic histiocytosis by Tang, Kenneth Wing-Ken, Lamaro, Vince, Jaworski, Richard

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Disease‐related differential item functioning in the work instability scale for rheumatoid arthritis: Converging results from three methods by Tang, Kenneth

“…Objective The 23‐item Work Instability Scale for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA‐WIS) is a promising measure to assess risk for future work disability. Validated in…”
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A reciprocal interplay between psychosocial job stressors and worker wellbeing? A systematic review of the "reversed" effect by Tang, Kenneth

“…Work represents an important role in society, and the nature and consequences of job stress have garnered significant research interest. In recent years,…”
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Measurement properties of the QuickDASH (Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand) outcome measure and cross-cultural adaptations of the QuickDASH: a systematic review by Kennedy, Carol A., Beaton, Dorcas E., Smith, Peter, Van Eerd, Dwayne, Tang, Kenneth, Inrig, Taucha, Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah, Linton, Denise, Couban, Rachel

“…Purpose To identify and synthesize evidence for the measurement properties of the QuickDASH, a shortened version of the 30-item DASH (Disabilities of the Arm,…”
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An automated skin melanoma detection system with melanoma-index based on entropy features by Cheong, Kang Hao, Tang, Kenneth Jian Wei, Zhao, Xinxing, Koh, Joel En Wei, Faust, Oliver, Gururajan, Raj, Ciaccio, Edward J., Rajinikanth, V., Acharya, U. Rajendra

“…Skin melanoma is a potentially life-threatening cancer. Once it has metastasized, it may cause severe disability and death. Therefore, early diagnosis is…”
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Enrolment of adolescents and young adults with cancer (AYAWC) to clinical trials at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) by Lum, Sarah, Laforest, Isabelle, Tang, Kenneth, Abbott, Lesleigh S.

“…Abstract only e18043 Background: Five-year survival among AYAWC has seen less improvement than in other age groups. One hypothesized reason is low accrual to…”
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