One of the airborne pollutants in wood products industry is formaldehyde, which may pose some health effects. Therefore this study is conducted to determine formaldehyde levels in 100 furniture-manufacturing workshops in Ankara and also to determine the symptoms, which may be related with formaldehyde exposure among the workers. Indoor formaldehyde levels ranged from 0.02 ppm to 2.22 ppm with a...

Background: In today's educational environment a student is required to do class work with the school furniture (benches and desks) for at least four to six hours per day. However, anthropometric dimensions of the body of the students were not considered during designing of this school furniture. Therefore the school furniture becomes ill fitted for the children. It is a known fact that body di...

measurement and analysis of noise level in various frequency bands was carried out in a textile factory. it was shown that the noise level in various working places, particularly in the weaving workshop, was quite excessive comparing to the standards and so, it may very likely result in producing hearing loss in the workers. to determine the hearing loss of the workers due to excessive noise, 1...

This article focuses on the study of furniture industry in former parish Valbom (Gondomar), 1860-1911, based survey and analysis records. The experienced a significant development this period, covering large number workers related to wood (carvers, carpenters, turners, etc.). registers are fundamental source for knowledge evolution activity. aim is demonstrate importance understanding genesis g...

Costs for workers’ compensation benefits in California have increased sharply in recent years, following periods of decline and stability. California was already one of the most expensive states for total costs per injured worker and for a number of types of testing and treatment in the midto late 1990s. For example, a series of multi-state studies revealed that California has the second highes...

background: ampc and esbls as mediated-plasmid extended spectrum β-lactabases are the main factors of resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in enterobacteriacea especially e. coli and will follow treatment failure, high costs of treatment in human and economic losses in the poultry industry. objectives: the purpose of this study was to screen and study the faecal e. coli isolates produ...

anthropometric data are used for proper design of workstation, equipment, furniture. mismatch between anthropometric dimensions and consumer products may cause health problems in human body. in this study we measured anthropometric dimensions of iranian university students in order to create a data bank for furniture design. the purpose was to measure some anthropometric dimensions of universit...