Published in Work (Reading, Mass.)
In order to identify the relevant challenges in occupational health in the next century, changes in demographic profile and work activity must first be considered. Only then can the challenges be identified, and appropriate strategies be formulated to respond to these challenges. In a newly industrializing country such as Singapore, improved work c...
Work / 8 / 2 / 131-138 / WORKF
Published in European Radiology
Despite the fact that major progress has been made in the development of new strategies for diagnosing and treating tuberculosis, the disease still remains a huge challenge for the world's health care. Numerous causes are responsible for this threat, but many of them cannot be resolved since a lot have cultural and social roots which cannot be chan...
Published in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Background: Maculopapular and urticarial rashes are nonimmediate manifestations common during penicillin treatment; the former often represent cell-mediated hypersensitivity. Our objectives were to assess the incidence of allergy in adults reporting nonimmediate manifestations during penicillin therapy and to evaluate the diagnostic potential of pa...
IT-security is a global problem and over the world Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are created in order to solve the problem. The common understanding is that IT-security is important but no straight guideline how to deal with it. The Swedish IT-incident centre (SITIC) started 2003. It is a Swedish solution on an international problem. The...
With the promulgation of the 1998 Water Act the Government of Zimbabwe took a decisive step to reform the country's water sector, to bring it in line with contemporary socio-political realities obtaining in the country, and in tune with the philosophy of integrated water resources management. Researchers have reported a lack of awareness of the ref...
IT-security is a global problem and over the world Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERT) are created in order to solve the problem. The common understanding is that IT-security is important but no straight guideline how to deal with it. The Swedish IT-incident centre (SITIC) started 2003. It is a Swedish solution on an international problem. The...
Published in Agriculture and Human Values
Despite the growing popularityof farmers' markets (FMs) across the UnitedStates, the experiences and perspectives offarmers who sell at markets have received verylittle research attention. This study describesthe views of 18 farmers from Upstate New Yorkon the importance of FMs as part of theirlifestyle and livelihood, the challenges theyface selli...
Published in International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
Background: Adverse reactions to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are frequent, particularly among patients with chronic urticaria or asthma. The identification of an alternative safe and reliable drug is a common problem in clinical practice. Objective: To assess the tolerability of rofecoxib, a new NSAID that selectively inhibits the...
