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Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT People with physical disabilities face significant mobility challenges while climbing uneven surfaces and staircases. In these circumstances, traditional wheelchairs do not provide stable, safely controlled mobility, underscoring the importance of building superior stair‐climbing wheelchairs for both medical and infrastructure purposes.
Gopisetti Manikanta +10 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers' capabilities, a core component of social sustainability, have been largely neglected in sustainable agriculture discourse. Using a relational approach to capabilities and autonomy, this study explores how women farmers translate the opportunity of agricultural innovation into their valued outcomes, and which factors shape their ...
Dawn D. Cheong, Bettina Bock
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5th International Ergonomics Conference ERGONOMICS 2013
Promet (Zagreb), 2013 Davor Sumpor
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Musculoskeletal Injuries and Their Associated Risk Factors
Salāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2012 Background and aims :Prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) is high among office workers. Long time seated posture, working with computer, repetitive movements and inappropriate environmental conditions may have causal effects in these disorders.
M Jahangiri +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Social considerations are often overlooked in efforts to achieve sustainable development, despite being critical for building equitable and resilient global value chains. This study addresses this gap by applying a social life cycle assessment to three key Portuguese forest wood supply chains—uncoated woodfree paper, natural cork stoppers, and
Andreia Santos +3 more
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پژوهان, 2018 Background and Objective: With respect to the importance of job stress in causing diseases and disorders among workers, the purpose of this study was to examine the staff's opinion on the level of implementation and prioritization of the most important ...
Mohammad Babamiri +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between ergonomics and environmental sustainability through a combined bibliometric analysis and scoping review. A search across four major databases identified 1081 articles, of which 82 were included in the final analysis.
Matteo Gremo +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Electric utilities are expected to implement measures to improve their performance in all three dimensions of sustainable development—environmental, social, and economic. While several studies have investigated the environmental dimension, measures related to the social pillar have hardly been researched to date.
Shekerta Aliu +2 more
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Non-pharmacological methods of treatment and prevention of vasovagal syncope
Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2018 Fainting is a transient loss of consciousness resulting from a momentary ischemia of the central nervous system. One type of syncope is vasovagal syncope, otherwise known as reflex or neurogenic syncope. The consequence of fainting may be a fallen injury.
Aleksandra Białkowska +8 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Limited access to appropriate assistive technologies (AT) remains a major barrier to health, well‐being, and social inclusion, particularly among vulnerable and marginalised populations. Addressing this challenge is central to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 (Good Health and Well‐being) and SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities).
Cleyton Fernandes Ferrarini +7 more
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