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Exposure to agricultural dust containing antimicrobial-resistant pathogens poses significant health risks for workers in animal agriculture production. Beyond causing severe airway inflammation, pollutants are linked to intestinal diseases. Swine farm dust is rich in ultrafine particles, gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and bacterial compo ...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large group of synthetic surfactants incorporated into products for their chemical and physical properties. Studies have associated PFAS with adverse health effects. Although there is a high potential for dermal exposure, toxicity studies related to this route of exposure are lacking. The present stu ...

Gassy underground mines commonly use explosion-proof (XP) enclosures to enclose electrical ignition sources to prevent the propagation of an internal methane-air explosion to a surrounding explosive atmosphere. Researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) conducted a lithium-ion battery thermal runaway test withi ...

Determining the location, design, and construction method for orepasses in underground mining operations can be challenging. Existing studies and literature contribute useful content but stop short of offering standardized methodologies for design and placement decisions. Past surveys have documented operational procedures at select operations, wit ...

Background: Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable cause of death, posing heightened risks for vulnerable populations. World Trade Center (WTC) disaster responders face an elevated burden of respiratory diseases, and despite access to an evidence-based tobacco cessation program, a subset continues to smoke cigarettes. Treatment engagemen ...

Devastating mortality, morbidity, economic, and quality of life impacts have resulted from disasters in the United States. This study aimed to validate a preexisting machine learning (ML) model of household disaster preparedness. Data from 2021 to 23 Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Household Surveys (n = 21,294) were harmonized. Impo ...

Background: Parental job loss has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes and child abuse. This study examines associations between student and parental/household adult (referred to as "parent" for brevity) job loss and these outcomes among US high school students during a period of high job loss-early in the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: ...

Accurate measurement of Hand Activity Level (HAL) is crucial for evaluating musculoskeletal injury risk in repetitive hand-intensive work. Manual HAL assessments are often subjective and impractical for large-scale or continuous monitoring. This study presents a probabilistic regression framework that leverages video-based upper-limb pose trajector ...

Un bombero de incendios forestales blanco de 25 años murió cuando un árbol cayó y lo golpeó. El árbol parecía vivo, pero tenía daño por incendio previo y su base estaba debilitada por el fuego actual. FACTORES CONTRIBUYENTES - Los factores clave identificados en la investigación incluyen: Peligros no reconocidos relacionados con árboles verdes prev ...

The use of race as a variable in clinical and administrative algorithms has increasingly been questioned by medical trainees, patients, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers. In May 2025, federal regulations under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act began requiring that all covered health care entities, including clinicians and health syste ...

Ergonomic suitability is critical in tasks involving musculoskeletal movement. Many industries have examined best practices and assessed workers' ergonomic conditions during physical tasks. Prolonged awkward postures are a known cause of discomfort and restricted mobility in areas such as the arms, spine, and neck. Technologies like computer vision ...

Missing gene expression values are a common issue in RNAseq-based analyses of gene expression. However, an analysis of genetic and environmental factors contributing to data missingness in RNAseq-based assessment of gene expression has never been conducted. In this study we tried to identify factors in RNAseq data missingness. We used RNAseq data f ...

Objective: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a progressive lung condition, is a leading cause of disability and death. Cigarette smoking and workplace exposures are important risk factors for COPD. To examine occupations with COPD deaths among decedents with usual lifetime employment in the construction industry. Method: The 2021-2022 N ...

Background/Objectives: Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology (CKDu) disproportionately affects young male agricultural workers who are otherwise healthy. There is a scarcity of biomarkers for early detection of this type of kidney disease. We hypothesized that small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) released into urine may provide novel biomarkers ...

This study aimed to investigate a laboratory procedure for identifying asbestos in asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) using Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy combined with Partial Least Squares-Discriminant Analysis (PLS-DA). A PLS-DA model was trained with the six regulated asbestos reference materials using FTIR with the diffuse re ...

Rationale: Forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) and its longitudinal change are mortality risk factors. Visit-to-visit FEV1 variation is a risk factor for death in cystic fibrosis but has not been studied in other cohorts. Objectives: We sought to assess whether longitudinal visit-to-visit FEV1 variation is a mortality risk factor in rescue ...

Healthy food service guidelines (HFSG) comprise food, nutrition, behavioral design, and other standards to guide the purchasing, preparation, and offering of foods and beverages in worksites and institutional food service. To date, there have been few attempts to synthesize evidence for HFSG effectiveness in non-K-12 or early childhood education se ...

Objective: Despite interest in using wearable technology to improve firefighter health and safety, there is little evidence on data privacy preferences in the fire service. Methods: We conducted interviews and focus groups with career firefighters and fire department and union leaders in Maryland and Virginia and with national-level leaders (March ...

Firefighters (FFs) are occupationally exposed to many carcinogens, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Previous studies have evaluated PAH contamination on FFs' personal protective equipment (PPE), including fire gloves; however, there is a need to better understand PAH contamination that may break through fire gloves during active f ...

Objective: We sought to describe conditions of work that impact the health of long-haul truck drivers in the context of the Worker Well-being Framework. Methods: We conducted semistructured interviews with 33 incoming and current workers, including drivers. Interviews were analyzed and categorized into the five domains of the Worker Well-being Fram ...