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The night represents almost universally a special, liminal or "out of the ordinary" temporal zone with its own meanings, possibilities and dangers, and political, cultural, religious and social implications. Only in the modern era was the night systematically "colonised" and nocturnal activity "normalised," in terms of (industrial) labour and production processes. Although the globalised 24/7 economy is usually seen as the outcome of capitalist modernisation, development and expansion starting in the late nineteenth century, other consecutive and more recent political and economic systems adopted perpetual production systems as well, extending work into the night and forcing workers to work the "night shift," normalising it as part of an alternative non-capitalist modernity. This volume draws attention to the extended work hours and night shift work, which have remained underexplored in the history of labour and the social science literature. By describing and comparing various political and economic "regimes," it argues that, from the viewpoint of global labour history, night labour and the spread of 24/7 production and services should not be seen, only and exclusively, as an epiphenomenon of capitalist production, but rather as one of the outcomes of industrial modernity.

HISTORY / Social History. --- 24/7. --- industrial labour. --- labour history. --- modernity. --- night shift work.

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Healthcare workers are exposed to several different occupational risk factors, and they pay an important tribute in terms of occupational diseases and work-related injuries. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has focused the attention on the problem of the infectious risk, which is certainly among the risks typically expected and specifically recognized for the health personnel, but also other occupational risks should not be overlooked, such as, e.g., the risks associated with work-organization factors and with the exposure to chemical and physical agents. The health consequences associated with the exposure to all these factors have relevant impacts in terms of induced diseases, DALYs, sickness absence from work and costs for the health systems. According to these premises, this reprint has collected manuscripts addressing topics related to the prevention of the occupational risks in the healthcare sector, including original articles and reviews on the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries of the health personnel, as well as on the evaluation of the risks in the healthcare workplaces, and on the topics of risk perception and of the knowledge and attitudes of the workers towards the preventive procedures and the use of protections. The themes of the prevention of occupational infectious risk, biomechanical overload of the musculoskeletal system and work-related psychosocial factors are specifically discussed in the papers collected.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- long-term care --- turnover --- semi-structured interview --- Korean LTCI system --- confidence --- disaster --- emergency --- healthcare --- family member --- preparedness --- rehabilitation --- vocational --- stroke --- occupational therapy --- work --- burnout --- nursing --- bibliometrics --- co-authorship network --- health-related quality of life --- health measurement --- work environment --- healthcare workers --- health systems --- key performance indicators --- healthcare system --- pandemic crisis --- COVID-19 --- Algeria --- compassionate care --- compassion satisfaction --- compassion fatigue --- cross-cultural comparison --- physical fatigue --- mental fatigue --- female --- nurses --- health personnel --- pandemics --- emergency room --- workplace violence --- resilience --- intention to leave --- breast cancer --- night work --- shift work --- occupational disease --- working conditions --- prevention --- carcinogens --- safety climate --- safety leadership --- LMICs --- Nigeria --- antimicrobial nanolayer --- bacterial contamination --- healthcare-associated infections --- high-touch objects and surfaces --- discussing pressure --- on-duty mechanism --- motivation --- friendly workplace environment --- high-level medical personnel --- work-related stress --- workplace health promotion --- well-being --- sickness absence --- quality of life --- distress --- return on investment --- cardiovascular diseases --- medical staff --- risk factors --- clustering --- prevalence --- healthcare personnel --- mental health --- mind–body therapies --- work stress --- Italian professional stress scale --- musculoskeletal complaints --- pain --- surgeons --- SARS-CoV-2 --- health surveillance --- risk prevention --- occupational risk factors --- infectious risk --- complaining --- psychiatric --- loneliness --- occupational burnout --- long-term care --- turnover --- semi-structured interview --- Korean LTCI system --- confidence --- disaster --- emergency --- healthcare --- family member --- preparedness --- rehabilitation --- vocational --- stroke --- occupational therapy --- work --- burnout --- nursing --- bibliometrics --- co-authorship network --- health-related quality of life --- health measurement --- work environment --- healthcare workers --- health systems --- key performance indicators --- healthcare system --- pandemic crisis --- COVID-19 --- Algeria --- compassionate care --- compassion satisfaction --- compassion fatigue --- cross-cultural comparison --- physical fatigue --- mental fatigue --- female --- nurses --- health personnel --- pandemics --- emergency room --- workplace violence --- resilience --- intention to leave --- breast cancer --- night work --- shift work --- occupational disease --- working conditions --- prevention --- carcinogens --- safety climate --- safety leadership --- LMICs --- Nigeria --- antimicrobial nanolayer --- bacterial contamination --- healthcare-associated infections --- high-touch objects and surfaces --- discussing pressure --- on-duty mechanism --- motivation --- friendly workplace environment --- high-level medical personnel --- work-related stress --- workplace health promotion --- well-being --- sickness absence --- quality of life --- distress --- return on investment --- cardiovascular diseases --- medical staff --- risk factors --- clustering --- prevalence --- healthcare personnel --- mental health --- mind–body therapies --- work stress --- Italian professional stress scale --- musculoskeletal complaints --- pain --- surgeons --- SARS-CoV-2 --- health surveillance --- risk prevention --- occupational risk factors --- infectious risk --- complaining --- psychiatric --- loneliness --- occupational burnout

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Healthcare workers are exposed to several different occupational risk factors, and they pay an important tribute in terms of occupational diseases and work-related injuries. Currently, the COVID-19 pandemic has focused the attention on the problem of the infectious risk, which is certainly among the risks typically expected and specifically recognized for the health personnel, but also other occupational risks should not be overlooked, such as, e.g., the risks associated with work-organization factors and with the exposure to chemical and physical agents. The health consequences associated with the exposure to all these factors have relevant impacts in terms of induced diseases, DALYs, sickness absence from work and costs for the health systems. According to these premises, this reprint has collected manuscripts addressing topics related to the prevention of the occupational risks in the healthcare sector, including original articles and reviews on the prevention of work-related illnesses and injuries of the health personnel, as well as on the evaluation of the risks in the healthcare workplaces, and on the topics of risk perception and of the knowledge and attitudes of the workers towards the preventive procedures and the use of protections. The themes of the prevention of occupational infectious risk, biomechanical overload of the musculoskeletal system and work-related psychosocial factors are specifically discussed in the papers collected.

long-term care --- turnover --- semi-structured interview --- Korean LTCI system --- confidence --- disaster --- emergency --- healthcare --- family member --- preparedness --- rehabilitation --- vocational --- stroke --- occupational therapy --- work --- burnout --- nursing --- bibliometrics --- co-authorship network --- health-related quality of life --- health measurement --- work environment --- healthcare workers --- health systems --- key performance indicators --- healthcare system --- pandemic crisis --- COVID-19 --- Algeria --- compassionate care --- compassion satisfaction --- compassion fatigue --- cross-cultural comparison --- physical fatigue --- mental fatigue --- female --- nurses --- health personnel --- pandemics --- emergency room --- workplace violence --- resilience --- intention to leave --- breast cancer --- night work --- shift work --- occupational disease --- working conditions --- prevention --- carcinogens --- safety climate --- safety leadership --- LMICs --- Nigeria --- antimicrobial nanolayer --- bacterial contamination --- healthcare-associated infections --- high-touch objects and surfaces --- discussing pressure --- on-duty mechanism --- motivation --- friendly workplace environment --- high-level medical personnel --- work-related stress --- workplace health promotion --- well-being --- sickness absence --- quality of life --- distress --- return on investment --- cardiovascular diseases --- medical staff --- risk factors --- clustering --- prevalence --- healthcare personnel --- mental health --- mind–body therapies --- work stress --- Italian professional stress scale --- musculoskeletal complaints --- pain --- surgeons --- SARS-CoV-2 --- health surveillance --- risk prevention --- occupational risk factors --- infectious risk --- complaining --- psychiatric --- loneliness --- occupational burnout