A total of 124 coal workers and ex-coal workers receiving disability benefit for coal worker's pneumoconiosis and routinely reattending the Cardiff Pneumoconiosis Medical Panel during a 10-week period were studied. Those with complicated pneumoconiosis were excluded. Their current chest radiographs and their chest radiographs at the time of certification were read in random order by three reade...

Michael K. Lettau is an economist in the Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Thomas C. Buchmueller is an assistant professor at the Graduate School of Management, University of California, Irvine. Employers’ costs for total benefits grew roughly 50 percent faster than employee wages over the 1980–96 period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Emplo...

If working tasks are carried out in inadequate conditions, workers with functional limitations may, over time, risk developing further disabilities. While several validated risk assessment methods exist for able-bodied workers, few studies have been carried out for workers with disabilities. This article, which reports the findings of a Study funded by the Italian Ministry of Labour, proposes a...

This study aims to analyze the capacity of agricultural instructors in developing cyber extension media, which consists characteristics media design, self-help workers, and as well analyzing factors that affect ability workers media. research uses quantitative through a survey method. Data analysis was carried out descriptively inferentially using Structural Equation Models. Correlational presc...

RESULTS: The prevalence of the overall respiratory symptoms in the last 12 months was higher in dusty occupation workers than its prevalence in office workers. Statistically significant difference was found between the prevalence of cough in construction workers, agricultural workers and bakers, as well as between the prevalence of phlegm in construction workers, furniture manufacturers and agr...

in recent decades, empowerment has been used as a mechanism to improve the quality of women’s personal life and career. in this respect, information technology can be used as an effective instrument to meet that end. the purpose of this study is to examine gender roles in inclination of men and women towards using information technology in agricultural extension. the study is conducted in gilan...