The addition of a RTWC into the hospital model of care is effective in facilitating early RTW for injured workers. This could be a potential model of care for injured workers in Asian countries where work injury management policies are not yet established.
Hydrotherapy was a cost-effective rehabilitation compared to land-based therapy for a population with MSDs in Singapore. However, the benefit of hydrotherapy was not observed in patients with OA.
Even though Malaysia and Singapore are two different countries, in many ways their current provision of occupational rehabilitation services and the problems they face with are very similar. There is a lot of room for systemic improvements that require government support and action. Most prominently, the training of more healthcare professionals in the assessment and rehabilitation of the injured worker should be encouraged. There could be better liaison between the many stakeholders and more funding made available to develop resources and to jump start strategic programs. As these two countries are witnessing rapid economic growth, more resources should be allocated to establish holistic care of the injured workers emphasizing early interventions and prevention of chronic disabilities.
Optical Network Unit (ONU) and Optical Line Terminal (OLT) are two basic device elements in an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON). To support an optical multi-point network, the Multi-Point Control Protocol (MPCP) is being standardized in the IEEE 802.3ah Task Force (Ethernet in the First Mile -EFM) by defining a Multi-Point MAC Control sublayer as an extension of the existing MAC Control sub layer [1]. In this paper, the design and implementation of MPCP as part of ONU prototyping for EFM are described. The design is undertaken on a platform integrated with an ARM processor and FPGA. The discussions focus on methods to improve operation efficiency and hardware/firmware co-design with a well-defined interface.1.
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