PURPOSE To determine the incidence and epidemiological characteristics of work-related asthma in Korea. METHODS During 2004-2009, the Korea Work-Related Asthma Surveillance (KOWAS) program collected data on new cases of work-related asthma from occupational physicians, allergy and chest physicians, regional surveillance systems, and workers' compensation schemes. The incidence was calculated ...

BACKGROUND Design of school furniture is one of the contributing factors to back pain among pupils. Research has implicated that mismatch between school furniture and body size may be regarded as a causative factor for muculoskeletal disorders amongst pupils. To investigate the fitness between school furniture and pupils this study was designed and implemented in Hamadan City, west of Iran. M...

As increasinglymore companies outsource to Asia, US furniture companies’ supply chains are becoming longer. Tomake their logistics networksmore efficient, companies need to choose the right supply chain model, promote cooperation with their partners in the supply chain, and adopt new technologies to make better decisions and to manage better. Discrete-event simulation models are powerful tools ...

Upholstered furniture intended to provide better sleep and rest, especially furniture for disabled persons, require careful design of elastic spring systems. In the majority of cases, when designing new articles, both furniture designers and manufacturers rely on long-term experience and craftsman’s intuition. On the other hand, the accumulated interdisciplinary knowledge of modern medical labo...