They also identified the fear of losing benefits, and the stress of ongoing welfare reform, as areas of concern.

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Stress forces us to focus on high-impact areas of our business, cut out dead wood and inefficiencies, and implement plans for faster execution.

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Extreme European summers would cause hundreds of thousands of deaths due to heat stress while rising sea levels would devastate vulnerable coastal areas and cities including New York, London, Shanghai and Bombay.

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Ah, low ping times, clear walkie-talkie conversations, and quick downloads from remote areas of the world -- now that's a reasonable stress reliever after a hard day on the battlefield.

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This is usually a verbal feedback session, where the supervisor needs to stress all the ways the employee is hitting the mark, and one or two areas where they feel there should be improvement.

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Areas such as the immune system and how the body responds to damage and stress were affected.

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The projects are aimed at tackling mental health problems in rurally isolated areas in unique ways - helping to reduce feelings of isolation that add to stress, anxiety, and depression.

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"As the stretch to reach all areas of the screen increases, we might start to see more serious repetitive stress injuries likely to the thumbs in larger touch-screen devices, " says Anthony Andre, a professor of human factors and ergonomics at San Jose State University.

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More recently there are signs of increased housing stress in southeast Queensland and Western Australia, again following sharp rises in house prices in these areas.

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