The purpose of this guidance is to provide an update to USAIDâs policy and procedures. for applying and authorizing Separate Maintenance Allowance (SMA). SMA is one of. several cost-of-living allowances under.
In 1978 there was a report on 17 karoshi cases. Karoshi is not a pure medical term but a sociomedical term that refers to fatalities or associated work disability due to cardiovascular attacks (such as brain strokes, myocardial infarction or acute cardiac failure) aggravated by a heavy workload and long working hours.
Kairos as portrayed in a 16th-century fresco by Francesco Salviati. Kairos (ÎºÎ±Î¹ÏÏÏ) is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment (the supreme moment). The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time lapse, a moment of indeterminate time in which everything happens.