Tamara I. Devitt is a partner with the Irvine, California, office of Fisher & Phillips LLP, a national firm representing employers in labor and employment matters. Ms. Devitt specializes in developing social media workplace policies and helps schools manage the risks of social media while taking ...
In 2013 Leslie Irvine, a Sociologist at the University of Colorado interviewed "pet guardians" experiencing homelessness in Boulder Colorado. She found that many of those she interviewed credited their animal with changing or saving their life. One woman stated her dog helped her quit heroin, le...
[63] demonstrated that having a thermal adaptive opportunity to select between direct sunlight and shade in a semi-outdoor workplace environment is associated with attention restoration, reduced stress, and improved mood. Although nature abounds in smells from various sources, the sense of smell has...
Suboptimal health status (SHS) is “the third state” between health and disease, and facilitates the development of chronic diseases. SHS individuals lack vitality and usually appear weak, despite not having a diagnosable illness [1]. Being chronically in a suboptimal health status can lead to ...