Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the association between sustained smoking and quitting with work-related outcomes among older workers. Methods We categorized a sample of older employees into non-smokers, sustained smokers and quitters. Multivariable regression models were used to test longitudinal associations of sustained smoking and smoking cessation with sickness absence, productivity loss and work ability. Resu...

We used sighting reports, including decades of citizen‐reported Hawaiian monk seal ( Neomonachus schauinslandi ) sightings, to describe female breeding biology and reproductive success in the main Hawaiian Islands. We first used this data set to describe the timing of events in the female reproductive cycle. We then conducted an expert review of patterns in sighting histories to detect unobserved pupping events. Finally, we es...

Identifying, assessing, and ranking the impact of individual threats is fundamental to the conservation and recovery of rare and endangered species. In this analysis, we quantify not only the frequency of specific causes‐of‐death (CODs) among Main Hawaiian Island (MHI) monk seals, but also assess the impact of individual CODs on the intrinsic growth rate, λ, of the MHI population. We used gross necropsy results, histopathology...

The Hawaiian monk seal ( Monachus schauinslandi ) is one of the most critically endangered marine mammals . Less than 1200 individuals remain , and the species is declining at a rate of approximately 4% per year as a result of juvenile starvation , shark predation , and entanglement in marine debris . Some of these problems may be alleviated by translocation; however , if island breeding aggregates are effectively isolated sub...