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Applied Sciences, 2020 Box delivery is a complicated manual material handling task which needs to consider the box weight, delivering speed, stability, and location. This paper presents a subtask-based inverse dynamic optimization formulation for determining the two ...
Yujiang Xiang +3 more
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Internal Combustion Engines at the Turn of Millennia
Communications, 1999 Trends in the development of piston internal combustion engines in a view of tightened ecological regulations (exhaust and noise emissions, fuel consumption) have been presented in this paper.
Jerzy Merkisz, Vladimir Hlavna
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Evaluation of Micro-focused Ultrasound for Lifting and Tightening the Face [PDF]
Archives of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 2015 Background Micro-focused ultrasound (MFU) has developed as an effective, noninvasive, skin-tightening method. However, certain factors have limited its replacement of invasive surgical procedures, including a relative lack of efficacy, persistence, and ...
In Ho Lee +3 more
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Estimation of the efficiency of road construction machines in the design [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe reasons for the decrease in the efficiency of road construction machines are fluctuations in speed and load, deviations of which from the optimal value in terms of efficiency and causes an increase in energy losses and a decrease in efficiency.
Barbashov Nikolay +2 more
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Effects of Gender and Recurrent Low Back Pain on Lifting Style
Central European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine, 2015 Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of gender and existing, recurrent low back pain (rLBP) on lower extremity and trunk mechanics, as well as neuromuscular control, during a lift task.
Ram Haddas, Philip Sizer, James Yang
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Granular jamming based robotic gripper for heavy objects; pp. 421–428 [PDF]
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2019 Moving heavy objects with overhead cranes requires the operator to fasten the object to a hook with ropes or chains. This is a time-consuming process, which could be avoided by using universal grippers that can lift objects of any shape.
Jesse Miettinen +4 more
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Sensors, 2021 Many activities may elicit a biomechanical overload. Among these, lifting loads can cause work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Aspiring to improve risk prevention, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) established a ...
Leandro Donisi +5 more
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The Journal of Engineering, 2018 The force of a lifting cylinder is the main factor of the alternating stress of scissors arms in a scissors aerial work platform, which seriously affects the fatigue life of structures.
Shanghong He +3 more
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Energy Efficiency in Electromagnetic and Electro-Permanent Lifting Systems
Energies, 2023 In industrial settings, mechanical systems for clamping workpieces onto machine tools or for lifting and handling ferrous material are often replaced by magnetic clamping systems.
Francesca Oliva +1 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2013 OBJECTIVES: Pelvic pain during pregnancy is a common ailment, and the disease is a major cause of sickness absence during pregnancy. It is plausible that occupational lifting may be a risk factor of pelvic pain during pregnancy, but no previous studies ...
Pernille Stemann Larsen +5 more
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