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A Case Report of Lung Cancer in a Horse Trainer Caused by Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica: An Exposure Assessment

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2013
Here, we present a case of lung cancer in a 48-year-old male horse trainer. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case report to include an exposure assessment of respirable crystalline silica (RCS) as a quartz.
Jin-Ha Yoon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence of work related musculoskeletal disorders in Italian workers: is there an underestimation of the related occupational risk factors?

open access: yesBMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2020
Background Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) represent an important socio-economic burden. The current risk assessment and management involved in the ethiopathogenesis of WMSDs is based on observational tools and checklists, which have some ...
Fabrizio Russo   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

How pensions contribute to the premium paid to experienced public school teachers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Many argue that public school systems should stop linking teachers’ salaries so closely to their years of experience. However, the effect of deferred retirement compensation on the premium paid to experienced teachers has, to date, been underappreciated.
McGee, Joshua B., Winters, Marcus A.
core   +1 more source

CEO Compensation [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
This paper surveys the recent literature on CEO compensation. The rapid rise in CEO pay over the past 30 years has sparked an intense debate about the nature of the pay-setting process. Many view the high level of CEO compensation as the result of powerful managers setting their own pay.
Frydman, Carola, Jenter, Dirk
openaire   +7 more sources

How Much Does My Work Affect My Health? The Relationships between Working Conditions and Health in an Italian Survey

open access: yesSafety and Health at Work, 2021
Backround: Working condition surveys are widely recognized as useful tools for monitoring the quality of working life and the improvements introduced by health and safety policy frameworks at the European and national level.
Matteo Ronchetti   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic compensation interventions to increase uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision for HIV prevention: A systematic review and meta-analysis. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
BackgroundEconomic compensation interventions may help support higher voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) coverage in priority sub-Saharan African countries.
Atkins, Kaitlyn   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Work Category Affects the Exposure to Allergens and Endotoxins in an Animal Facility Laboratory in Italy: A Personal Air Monitoring Study

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Scientists and technicians who work in contact with laboratory animals are exposed to complex biological mixtures from animals, bedding and feed. The main objective of this study was to characterize the exposures to endotoxins and animal allergens in a ...
Simona Di Renzi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Compensation of Strong Thermal Lensing in High Optical Power Cavities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
In an experiment to simulate the conditions in high optical power advanced gravitational wave detectors such as Advanced LIGO, we show that strong thermal lenses form in accordance with predictions and that they can be compensated using an intra-cavity ...
A. Brooks   +20 more
core   +3 more sources

Using Bayesian Model Averaging to Analyse Hierarchical Health Data: model implementation and application to linked health service use data

open access: yesInternational Journal of Population Data Science, 2017
Objective The majority of standard coding systems applied to health data are hierarchical: they start with several major categories and then each category is broken into subcategories across multiple levels.
Behrooz Hassani-Mahmooei   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Korean Translation and Psychometric Properties of Self-Report Instrument for Mobility Measuring for Adults With Lower Limb Amputation [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Rehabilitation Medicine
Objective To assess mobility in prosthetic limb users, the Prosthetic Limb Users Survey of Mobility (PLUS-M) was developed as a brief item bank. The PLUS-M exhibits good reliability and has been translated into more than 15 languages; however, a Korean ...
Jin Hong Kim, Sohye Jo, Gangpyo Lee
doaj   +1 more source

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