The authors examined the relation between occupation and lung cancer in the large, population-based Environment And Genetics in Lung cancer Etiology (EAGLE) case-control study. In 2002-2005 in the Lombardy region of northern Italy, 2,100 incident lung cancer cases and 2,120 randomly selected population controls were enrolled. Lifetime occupational histories (industry and job title) were coded b...

BACKGROUND Data on the relationship between plasma levels of cholesterol and triglycerides and social class have been inconsistent. Most previous studies have used one classification of social class. METHODS This was a cross-sectional population based study with data on occupational social class, educational level obtained using a detailed health and lifestyle questionnaire. A total of 10,147...

BACKGROUND Pesticide exposures are suspected risk factors for Parkinson disease (PD), but epidemiological observations have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE To investigate associations between pesticide exposures and idiopathic PD. DESIGN Population-based case-control study. SETTING Group Health Cooperative, a health care system in western Washington State, and the University of Washington. ...

Classifications have been used for centuries with the goal of cataloguing and searching large sets of objects. In the early days it was mainly books; lately it has also become Web pages, pictures and any kind of electronic information items. Classifications describe their contents using natural language labels, which has proved very effective in manual classification. However natural language l...

I implement several DSP technique: FFT, Wiener Filter, convolution to preprocess the galaxy images and use some machine learning theories to learn and predict hand-made galaxy morphology classifications. My data and success metric are taken from a recent Kaggle competition “Galaxy Zoo The Galaxy Challenge”. I focus on three sequential algorithm modules: image analysis, data compression, and mac...

The high pace of modern life is a factor that creates psycho-emotional stress. Stress an important mechanism for coping with every day’s challenges. Problems start to occur when the stress response inappropriate size challenge. If not managed, levels result in dissatisfaction, mental and physical illness, burnout, decreased productivity, as result, difficulty providing quality service clients. ...