Background: Malignant pleural mesothelioma is a rare entity with poor prognosis, linked to previous asbestos exposure. The main goal of this study was to analyse the impact of clinical factors on mesothelioma prognosis. Methods: Retrospective cohort study of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma in three Portuguese institutions, from 1999 to 2020. Statistical analysis was performed with Kaplan–Meier meth...
In the contexts of recommending organizational flexibility, companies are increasingly turning to temporary work as a competitive strategy. Temporary work is presupposed in Atkinson's (1987) flexible enterprise design, which advocates the segmentation of the workforce into two distinct groups: nuclear workers and peripheral workers. Nuclear workers, being crucial to the core business of the organization, would ...