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Dose-Response Relationship between Hand-Arm Vibration Exposure and Musculoskeletal Disorders of Upper Extremities: A Case-Control Study among German Workers

Proceedings, 2023
In an epidemiological case-control study, exposure-response relationship between hand-arm vibration exposure and the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of the upper extremities were examined among 209 male cases and 614 controls in the German ...
Yi Sun, Frank Bochmann, Winfried Eckert, Benjamin Ernst, Uwe Kaulbars, Uwe Nigmann, Nastaran Raffler, Christina Samel, Christian van den Berg   +8 more
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A Multi-Industry Analysis of the Future Use of AI Chatbots

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 2022
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are set to be the defining technology of the next decade due to their ability to increase human capability at a low cost.
Sage Kelly, Sherrie-Anne Kaye, Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios   +2 more
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Uncertainties of ISO 3382-3 sound pressure level quantities

Acta Acustica, 2021
The ISO 3382-3 standard uses the measurable sound pressure based parameters D2,S and Lp,A,S,4 m to describe the acoustic properties of open-plan offices.
Schneider Moritz, Selzer Jan, Rissler Jörg, Wolff Andrea, Schelle Florian   +4 more
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Considerations in relation to off-site emergency procedures and response for nuclear accidents [PDF]

, 2017
The operation of nuclear facilities has, fortunately, not led to many accidents with off-site consequences. However, it is well-recognised that should a large release of radioactivity occur, the effects in the surrounding area and population will be ...
Arnold, Ashley, Astbury, Aumonier, Bosley, British Energy Generation Ltd, British Energy Generation Ltd, Charnock, Clarke, Dohrenwend, Farmer, Fullwood, G.J. Vaughan, Gering, Grimston, Haywood, Heffron, Hicks, ICRP, ICRP, International Chernobyl Project, Johnson, Jones, Kaldor, Medvedev, Ministry for Economy, Trade and Industry, Nathwani, Nathwani, National Research Council, National Research Council, OECD, P.J. Thomas, Pasquill, Ranghieri, S.F. Ashley, Steinhauser, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Thomas, Till, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR, UNSCEAR,, W.J. Nuttall, Waddington, Waddington, Waddington, Wakeford, Yabe, Yasumura, Yumashev   +59 more
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Generating a 3D Simulation of a Car Accident from a Formal Description: the CarSim System [PDF]

, 2001
The problem of generating a 3D simulation of a car accident from a written description can be divided into two subtasks: the linguistic analysis and the virtual scene generation.
Egges, A., Nijholt, A., Nugues, P.
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Australian Injury Comorbidity Indices (AICIs) to predict burden and readmission among hospital-admitted injury patients

BMC Health Services Research, 2021
Background Existing comorbidity measures predict mortality among general patient populations. Due to the lack of outcome specific and patient-group specific measures, the existing indices are also applied to non-mortality outcomes in injury epidemiology.
Dasamal Tharanga Fernando, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Stuart Newstead, Zahid Ansari   +3 more
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Experimental Study on Hydrogen Recombination Characteristics of a Passive Autocatalytic Recombiner during Spray Operation

Hydrogen, 2022
During an accident, hydrogen distribution in a containment building of a nuclear power plant (NPP) and characteristics of hydrogen depletion by passive autocatalytic recombiners (PARs) differ depending on the thermal-hydraulic behaviors occurring in the ...
Jongtae Kim, Seongho Hong, Ki-Han Park, Jin-Hyeok Kim, Jeong-Yun Oh   +4 more
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Hand-Arm Vibration Exposure Assessment for a Case-Control Study among German Workers

Proceedings, 2023
In order to analyse the exposure-response relationship between hand–arm-vibration exposure and the risk of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) of upper extremities in an epidemiological case-control study, a database was established to provide technical ...
Christian Freitag, Yi Sun, Frank Bochmann, Winfried Eckert, Benjamin Ernst, Uwe Kaulbars, Uwe Nigmann, Christina Samel, Christian van den Berg, Nastaran Raffler   +9 more
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Pre-injury health status of truck drivers with a workers’ compensation claim

BMC Public Health, 2022
Truck drivers are a vulnerable population due to the high number of workplace injuries and fatalities predominant in their occupation. In Australia, the road freight transportation industry has been identified as a national priority area in terms of ...
Angela Batson, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Sharon Newnam, Voula Stathakis   +3 more
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Single-Session Attention Bias Modification Training in Victims of Work-Related Accidents [PDF]

, 2018
Individuals who experienced traumatic work-related accidents frequently show cognitive deficits and biased processing of trauma-relevant information, which, in turn, could increase the risk of further accidents.
Benvenuti, Simone Messerotti, Buodo, Giulia, Palomba, Daniela, Patron, Elisabetta   +3 more
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