Managers safety attitudes as organizational factors and pressure equipment risk predictor.

Background: Change in current approach to develop methodologies for process risk assessment, where it is commenced from the process industry and exclusively hazardous materials are dealt with, into the approach where it will be commenced from pressure equipment within any context and both technical and organizational aspects are considered, can lead to the orientation of a more comprehensive approach to risk assessment, and thereby to better results in this area.

Objective: The goal of this study implies the creation of a universal measurement instrument that will measure and quantify organizational factors impact on the risk of pressure equipment exploitation.

Methods: The research instrument was drawn from previous research and tested by the multivariate statistical methods using the sample size of 253.

Relationship of High Circulating Cystatin C to Biochemical Markers of Bone Turnover and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Males with a Chronic Heart Failure.

Background: The aim of the study was to investigate the association of Cystatin C (CysC) to biochemical markers of bone turnover and bone mass, and to evaluate its prognostic significance in elderly males with chronic heart failure (CHF).

Methods: A prospective cohort study was executed on sixtyeight males (mean age 68±7 years) with mild to moderate CHF, together with 19 of corresponding age- and body mass index-matched healthy individuals who underwent cardio vascular, bone mineral density (BMD), and body com position assessment. Biochemical assessment of all subjects included NT-pro-BNP, parathyroid hormone (PTH), 25-hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D), CysC, and biochemical markers of bone turnover including osteocalcin (OC), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), β-CrossLaps (β-CTx), osteoprotegerin (OPG), and receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand (RANKL).

The impact of thyroid autoimmunity (TPOAb) on bone density and fracture risk in postmenopausal women.

Objective: Skeletal development, linear growth, cartilage biology and bone turnover are highly dependent on the activity of thyroid hormones. Thyroid dysfunction affects the skeleton, and autoimmune thyroid disease, manifesting as a chronic inflammatory condition, may be an important contributing factor to impaired bone quality in these patients.

Materials And Methods: Measurement of TSH, FT4, TPOAb and bone mineral density and FRAX score calculations were performed in 189 postmenopausal women (110 euthyroid women and 79 women diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroidism) divided into subgroups according to the presence of TPOAb.

An anthropometric study of Serbian metal industry workers.

Background: There are recent studies using new industrial workers' anthropometric data in different countries, but for Serbia such data are not available.

Objective: This study is the first anthropometric study of Serbian metal industry workers in the country, whose labor force is increasingly employed both on local and international markets. The metal industry is one of Serbia's most important economic sectors.

Anthropometric assessment of crane cabins and recommendations for design: A case study.

Background: Work of crane operators is very difficult and demanding. Therefore, it is very important that the cabin of a crane be designed on the basis of relevant anthropometric data. However, it is very difficult to find a research that considers anthropometric convenience of crane cabins.