Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Having been employed as a janitor in his earlier years, Mr. Q. continued performing his “duties” in the nursing home. …”
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Truth that Matters by Danielle Maydan

“…Having been employed as a janitor in his earlier years, Mr. Q. continued performing his “duties” in the nursing home. …”
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IoT-based Smart Garbage Monitoring by Siti Sarah Md Ilyas, Muhammad Amirul Rosyad Mohd Halim, Nadia Abdul Wahab, Norfiza Ibrahim

“…It was developed specifically to help janitors and residential college representative committee in a public university in Malaysia in monitoring the level of garbage in the dustbin through Blynk application, which makes it easy to empty the dustbin and optimize the garbage collection time. …”
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IoT-based Smart Garbage Monitoring by Siti Sarah Md Ilyas, Muhammad Amirul Rosyad Mohd Halim, Nadia Abdul Wahab, Norfiza Ibrahim

“…It was developed specifically to help janitors and residential college representative committee in a public university in Malaysia in monitoring the level of garbage in the dustbin through Blynk application, which makes it easy to empty the dustbin and optimize the garbage collection time. …”
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Book review: Lina Dencik and Peter Wilkin, Worker Resistance and Media: Challenging Global Corporate Power in the 21st Century by Wood, A

“…Four case studies of labour mobilizations are covered: Justice for Janitors (JFJ) in the USA; Justice for Cleaners (JFC) in the UK; Fast Food Forward (FFF) in the USA; and domestic workers in Hong Kong and Singapore.…”

Bank Owned Life Insurance: A Critical Examination of Banking Strategy by Leyuan You, Krishnan Dandapani

“…Banking sector’s prevalent use of this practice to cover even low-paid workers such as janitors brings into focus the ethics of this practice.   …”
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Bank Owned Life Insurance: A Critical Examination of Banking Strategy by You, Leyuan, Dandapani, Krishnan

“…Banking sector’s prevalent use of this practice to cover even low-paid workers such as janitors brings into focus the ethics of this practice.…”
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Academic Service Quality Of Student Loyalty With Student Satisfaction As Intervening Variables In PTS X by Novianto Eko Nugroho

“…The quality of best academic services is based on the performance of variety groups of educators, education staff and more over janitors. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of service quality directly influence student satisfaction and to find out the effect of service quality indirectly affected student loyalty through student satisfaction. …”
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Towards Next Generation Cleaning Tools: Factors Affecting Cleaning Robot Usage and Proxemic Behaviors Design by Yuhao Chen, Yue Luo, Boyi Hu

“…Advancement in robotic technology has allowed autonomous cleaning robots to be a viable solution to ease the burden of janitors. To evaluate the application of commercial-grade cleaning robots, a video-based survey was developed and distributed to participants. …”
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Processing of Organic and Inorganic Waste Can Increase Income during The Covid-19 Pandemic by Nur Fitri Hidayanti

“…After the researcher conducted socialization and training for all janitors at the University of Muhammadiyah Mataram, plastic wastes such as plastic bottles from beverage packaging and others have been collected and then the Bintang Sejahtera waste bank came to buy the inorganic waste, while organic waste from food scraps, especially the largest organic waste contributor came from canteen of University of Muhammadiyah Mataram, and the organic waste is used for maggot caterpillars or maggots. …”
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Evaluation of Peroxynitrite and Some Chemical Parameters in Sera of Hospital Cleaning Staffs by zeyan Abdullah Ali

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate peroxynitrite, folic acid, homocysteine, ceruloplasmin, and copper in hospital cleaning worker staff (janitors) exposed to residue of different types of substances such as patients’ blood, urine, and tools, as well as anticancer drugs in the work setting. …”
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Scheduling and Predictive Maintenance for Smart Toilet by Amar Lokman, R. Kanesaraj Ramasamy, Choo-Yee Ting

“…Finally, a scheduling algorithm was used to determine how many janitors to hire. We’ll measure the model’s effectiveness and make future recommendations. …”
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The Prevalence of Occupational Accidents and the Associated Factors Among Janitorial Staff at a University Teaching Hospital in South Ethiopia by Afework A, Tamene A, Tafa A, Tesfaye A, Gemede S

“…Having good practice was protective against occupational injuries.Conclusion: The study highlights the high prevalence of occupational accidents, particularly chemical splashes, and needle stick injuries, among janitors in the study settings. The study emphasizes the importance of age, training, awareness, and adherence to infection prevention and control strategies as factors influencing the likelihood of experiencing occupational injuries.Keywords: occupational accident, occupational injury, chemical splash, needle stick injury, sharp injury…”
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Risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a large cohort of Ontario, Canada workers by Jeavana Sritharan, Victoria H. Arrandale, Tracy L. Kirkham, Mamadou Dakouo, Jill S. MacLeod, Paul A. Demers

“…Increased risks were observed in both sexes for construction (HRmale 1.15, 95% CI 1.12–1.19; HRfemale 1.54, 95% CI 1.29–1.83) transport/equipment operating (HRmale 1.32, 95% CI 1.28–1.37; HRfemale 1.53, 95% CI 1.40–1.68) farming (HRmale 1.23, 95% CI 1.15–1.32; HRfemale 1.19, 95% CI 1.04–1.37) and janitors/cleaners (HRmale 1.31, 95% CI 1.24–1.37; HRfemale 1.40, 95% CI 1.31–1.49). …”
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Access to and challenges in water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare facilities during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ethiopia: A mixed-methods evaluation. by Gete Berihun, Metadel Adane, Zebader Walle, Masresha Abebe, Yeshiwork Alemnew, Tarikuwa Natnael, Atsedemariam Andualem, Sewunet Ademe, Belachew Tegegne, Daniel Teshome, Leykun Berhanu

“…The quantitative data were collected by an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire and observational checklist, whereas the qualitative data were collected using a key-informant interview from the head of HCFs, janitors, and WASH coordinator of the HCFs. The quantitative data were entered in EpiData version 4.6 and exported to Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0 for data cleaning and analysis. …”
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Lack of interpretation services for limited English and Arabic proficiency patients in Saudi hospitals: challenges and perceptions by Mohammad S. Alanazi

“…Originality/value – Unlike Al-Khathami et al. (2010) who explored the perspective of Saudi patients towards nonArabic speaking nurses and contra Alhammami (2020) who examined the attitudes of the nonArabic speaking doctors towards Saudi patients, the current study shed more light on a neglected sample, namely the laborers, janitors and other craftsmen who have limited knowledge of both Arabic and English and who visited a Saudi clinic/hospital and were met by Arabic-speaking physicians.…”
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Divisão do trabalho e trabalho técnico nas escolas de sociedades ocidentais Work division and technical work in the Western schools by Louis LeVasseur, Maurice Tardif

“…The authors focus on the work categories that offer supervision services to children, more or less related to pedagogy or students' behavior management, which excludes the work categories that perform administrative (secretaries) or manual (janitors, building maintenance, bus drivers) tasks. …”
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