In an investigation of the effect of heavy physical work on the back 217 concrete reinforcement workers aged 25-54 and a reference group of 202 house painters of similar age were interviewed about their back symptoms. Data on occupational history, accidents, and leisure time activities were collected with a questionnaire. The cumulative incidence rate of sciatic pain was significantly higher am...

OBJECTIVES To study the role of individual and occupational risk factors for asthma in furniture workers. METHODS 296 workers were examined (258 men, 38 women) with a questionnaire of respiratory symptoms and diseases, baseline spirometry, bronchial provocative test with methacholine, and skin prick tests. Non-specific bronchial hyperreactivity was defined as when a provocative dose with a fa...

OBJECTIVES In epidemiological studies of neurotoxic effects neuropsychological tests are often applied to assess possible functional changes. In these studies tests presumed to be resistant to neurotoxic effects, "hold tests", are often used to adjust performance in tests presumed to be sensitive to neurotoxic effects, "nonhold tests", in assessment of pre-exposure ability. This conception is b...

The prevalence of different measurements of respiratory illness among construction painters was examined and the relation between respiratory illness and employment as a painter assessed in a cross sectional study of current male members of two local affiliates of a large international union of painters. Respiratory illness was measured by questionnaire and spirometry. Longer employment as a pa...

In the seventeenth century, plaster casts, which were essential sources of inspiration and instruction, became a recurring motif in images Dutch painters’ workspaces, marker both intellectual manual labor. Painters used casts to proclaim their erudite knowledge antiquity Renaissance sculpture that emulated ancient models. Plaster also provided means for ambitious painters communicate personal a...

The colour palette of painters over history has been of interest to many, including: art historians, archaeologists, and art lovers. Colour usage in art changes from culture to culture and season to season and is often thought of as reflecting or inspiring mood and ambience. We present ColourVis: a visualisation that supports exploration of colour usage in digital images. In particular, we use ...

Yereldeki tabela ressamları, bulundukları bölgenin görsel iletişim hatta resimleme ihtiyaçlarına çözüm üreten figürler olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Bu figürlerin ürettikleri ürünler günlük iletişimde sıkça kullanılmasına rağmen çoğunlukla imzasız olmaları, kayıt altına alınmamaları ve kentsel dönüşümün etkisiyle yok olma tehlikesiyle karşı karşıya kalmaktadırlar. Anonim kalan ürünleri üretenle...

Thirty-five male painters in the age group of 20-50 years occupationally engaged in domestic and commercial painting for 5-12 years having blood lead levels (BLL) </=40 mug/dl were subjected to the determination of acetyl choline esterase (AChE) levels both in plasma and red blood cell (RBC) lysate. BLL were determined using a graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometer. The results showed ...

Recent advances in computer vision and image processing have enabled basic automatic analysis of visual art. Here we use computer analysis to extract thousands of numerical low-level image content descriptors from digitized paintings, and use them to objectively compare the similarities between the artistic styles of different painters. The analysis reveals that Vincent Van Gogh and Jackson Pol...