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Computational ergonomics for task delegation in Human-Robot Collaboration: spatiotemporal adaptation of the robot to the human through contactless gesture recognition [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2022
The high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) could be addressed by optimizing Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) frameworks for manufacturing applications. In this context, this paper proposes two hypotheses for ergonomically effective task delegation and HRC.
arxiv  

Medical Device Development: the challenge for ergonomics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
High quality, well designed medical devices are necessary to provide safe and effective clinical care for patients as well as to ensure the health and safety of professional and lay device users.
Crowe, John A.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Night shift effects on Cognitive executive functions and alertness among petrochemical control room operators

open access: yesSalāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2018
Background and aims: Shift work and in particular night shift work is associated with many problems such as sleep deprivation, sleepiness, decreased cognitive performance, increased human errors, and fatigue; it is also one of the major contributors of ...
reza kazemi   +2 more
doaj  

The Role of Ergonomic and Human Factors in Sustainable Manufacturing: A Review

open access: yesMachines
The study and implementation of ergonomics are vital for the growth of industries and improvement in work cultures. Sustainable manufacturing cannot be achieved without the implementation of human-factor ergonomics. Ergonomics is used to analyze the link
Bassam Hasanain
doaj   +1 more source

"Ergonomics in Management & Organizational Design" [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مدیریت بهبود و تحول, 1997
A brief overview of the historical development of ergonomics in organizational design and management (ODAM) is presented. As a component of technology or ergonomics, macro ergonomics are described as a systematic. scientifically based means of optimizing
alireza chobineh
doaj  

Bush Administration Ergonomics Plan Fails to Protect Workers From Crippling Injuries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
[Excerpt] On March 20, 2001, President Bush--in his first major legislative action--signed legislation repealing OSHA’s ergonomics standard. This important worker safeguard, issued in November 2000, was ten years in the making and would have prevented ...
AFL-CIO
core   +1 more source

Kansei Engineering and Ergonomic Design of Products [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Occupational Hygiene, 2011
The main purpose of this article was to describe the concept of Kansei and its status in ergonomics, to specialists of disciplines such as safety, industrial engineering, and specifically the associates of ergonomic design of products and industrial ...
Hassan Sadeghi Naeini, Maryam Heidarpour
doaj   +1 more source

Software symptomcheckR: an R package for analyzing and visualizing symptom checker triage performance

open access: yesBMC Digital Health
Background A major stream of research on symptom checkers aims at evaluating the technology’s predictive accuracy, but apart from general trends, the results are marked by high variability.
Marvin Kopka, Markus A. Feufel
doaj   +1 more source

An Online Multi-Index Approach to Human Ergonomics Assessment in the Workplace [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2021
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) remain one of the major occupational safety and health problems in the European Union nowadays. Thus, continuous tracking of workers' exposure to the factors that may contribute to their development is paramount.
arxiv  

Adaptive mechanisms of cardiovascular system in trained athletes

open access: yesJournal of Education, Health and Sport, 2017
Under the influence of training in the cardiovascular system, there are many changes. These morphological involve changes, metabolism and cardiac function. The team of these adaptations is called the "athlete's heart" when they appear as a physiological
Ilona Malinowska   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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