Fifty years of research in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health

Objective The Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment &amp; Health was launched 50 years ago. In this paper we describe how research topics have changed over time. Methods A complete list of all 2899 articles in the past 50 years was compiled. Each article was coded for type of exposure, type of health outcome, research design, first author, and country of correspondence address. Count of citations was based on the Scopus database. Results Overall, the attention for chemical exposure in the first 30 years has shifted towards the psychosocial work environment, shift work, and physical work load. These shifts in exposure are mirrored by increased attention over time for mental disorders and musculoskeletal disorders. Cardiovascular disorders and cancer have been studied consistently over the past 50 years. Researchers from Scandinavian countries have been responsible for about 50% of the Journal’s content, while authorship has broadened to about 30 countries in recent years. Conclusion During the past 50 years, some research topics have consistently remained highly visible in the Journal, whereas other topics have gained or lost interest. In terms of authors’ contribution, the Journal has its roots in research from the Nordic countries, but has evolved over time as a truly international periodical with a well-recognized position in research on occupational health.</p

La representación gráfica de la música para Medios Mixtos: distintas formas de abordaje

A lo largo de la historia de la música documentada la notación musical se fue modificando, adaptándose a las necesidades de los compositores; siendo siempre el aspecto comunicacional, es decir, la documentación para posterior interpretación, su función principal. Durante el transcurso del siglo XX la convergencia de diversos factores dio como resultado el cuestionamiento de los parámetros melodía, armonía y ritmo —aquellas variables basales de la música de la práctica común—como únicos parámetros válidos para entender la música, así como también del tipo de discurso que generan. La Música Electroacústica combina el cuestionamiento de los axiomas de la práctica común con el advenimiento de nuevas tecnologías y eso desemboca en la absolución del concepto de originalidad como desarrollo lineal dentro del corpus identitario de un compositor o de un estilo, sino que cada obra permite cuestionarse los aspectos que forman parte de la música. Por decantación, los cuestionamientos se trasladaron al soporte escrito de los fenómenos sonoros, es decir, a las partituras, y surgieron los interrogantes ¿qué documentar en una partitura?, ¿cómo hacerlo? y ¿qué será más práctico para el instrumentista formado en la notación tradicional? Para responder estas preguntas nos propusimos examinar la dicotomía entre precisión y practicidad a la hora de anotar música para Medios Mixtos a través del análisis de la representación gráfica de diferentes piezas. Con el fin de establecer conceptos que se pueden utilizar para interpretar y clasificar obras pertenecientes a este género analizamos diferentes composiciones prestando especial atención a los parámetros que constituyen el sonido, indicaciones relativas a sus modos de organización, funcionamiento y dinamización espacio-temporal.Fil: Giroud Guillet, Tomás. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Escuela de Música. Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Reiner, Alex Javier. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Humanidades y Artes, Escuela de Música. Rosario; Argentin

Research for TRAN Committee – European Tourism Labelling

This study focusses on the current situation in the European Union regarding quality and sustainability labelling in tourism. There is concern that the existing volume and variety of labels has become a barrier to consumer choice, which in consequence may lead to lost opportunities to increase the competitiveness of the European tourism industry. The study analyses the possibility of the introduction of an EU standard(s) for tourism services through the initiation of a harmonised EU certification system and the potential for the establishment of a single European tourism label

Prospective associations of coronary heart disease loci in African Americans using the MetaboChip: The PAGE study

Background Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in African Americans. However, there is a paucity of studies assessing genetic determinants of CHD in African Americans. We examined the association of published variants in CHD loci with incident CHD, attempted to fine map these loci, and characterize novel variants influencing CHD risk in African Americans. Methods and Results Up to 8,201 African Americans (including 546 first CHD events) were genotyped using the MetaboChip array in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and Women\u27s Health Initiative (WHI). We tested associations using Cox proportional hazard models in sex- and study-stratified analyses and combined results using meta-analysis. Among 44 validated CHD loci available in the array, we replicated and fine-mapped the SORT1 locus, and showed same direction of effects as reported in studies of individuals of European ancestry for SNPs in 22 additional published loci. We also identified a SNP achieving array wide significance (MYC: rs2070583, allele frequency 0.02, P = 8.1×10−8), but the association did not replicate in an additional 8,059 African Americans (577 events) from the WHI, HealthABC and GeneSTAR studies, and in a meta-analysis of 5 cohort studies of European ancestry (24,024 individuals including 1,570 cases of MI and 2,406 cases of CHD) from the CHARGE Consortium. Conclusions Our findings suggest that some CHD loci previously identified in individuals of European ancestry may be relevant to incident CHD in African Americans

Estimating the impact of city-wide Aedes aegypti population control: An observational study in Iquitos, Peru.

During the last 50 years, the geographic range of the mosquito Aedes aegypti has increased dramatically, in parallel with a sharp increase in the disease burden from the viruses it transmits, including Zika, chikungunya, and dengue. There is a growing consensus that vector control is essential to prevent Aedes-borne diseases, even as effective vaccines become available. What remains unclear is how effective vector control is across broad operational scales because the data and the analytical tools necessary to isolate the effect of vector-oriented interventions have not been available. We developed a statistical framework to model Ae. aegypti abundance over space and time and applied it to explore the impact of citywide vector control conducted by the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Iquitos, Peru, over a 12-year period. Citywide interventions involved multiple rounds of intradomicile insecticide space spray over large portions of urban Iquitos (up to 40% of all residences) in response to dengue outbreaks. Our model captured significant levels of spatial, temporal, and spatio-temporal variation in Ae. aegypti abundance within and between years and across the city. We estimated the shape of the relationship between the coverage of neighborhood-level vector control and reductions in female Ae. aegypti abundance; i.e., the dose-response curve. The dose-response curve, with its associated uncertainties, can be used to gauge the necessary spraying effort required to achieve a desired effect and is a critical tool currently absent from vector control programs. We found that with complete neighborhood coverage MoH intra-domicile space spray would decrease Ae. aegypti abundance on average by 67% in the treated neighborhood. Our framework can be directly translated to other interventions in other locations with geolocated mosquito abundance data. Results from our analysis can be used to inform future vector-control applications in Ae. aegypti endemic areas globally