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The association between manual handling operations and pain in the hands and arms in the context of the 2018 BIBB/BAuA Employment Survey

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2021
Background Manual handling operations (MHO) are tasks performed by hand that require repetitive and forceful hand and arm movements. MHO are currently performed in many workplaces in skilled and unskilled jobs in the production and service sectors.
Charlotte Mueller, Martha Sauter, Julia Barthelme, Falk Liebers   +3 more
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The Future of Occupational Safety and Health [PDF]

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 2001
Pressures from 3 sources are combining to advance workplace safety and health throughout the globe. Firstly, an increasingly widespread growth in a State's interest in the individual, both in and outside the workplace. This leads to regulations, which are rapidly changing from prescriptive to enabling (performance) regulations. An increasing acceptance
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Who Is Structurally Able to Participate in the Sustainable Protein Transition and Through What Mechanisms?

AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.
Participation in transitions toward more sustainable protein consumption is driven primarily by sustainability motivation, whereas behavioural capability determines whether intentions translate into action. Despite high awareness among Chinese consumers, gaps persist, indicating that policies must jointly address motivational and practical barriers to ...
Zhihan Li, Toritseju Begho
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Tracheal epithelium cell volume responses to hyperosmolar, isosmolar and hypoosmolar solutions: relation to epithelium-derived relaxing factor (EpDRF) effects

Frontiers in Physiology, 2013
In asthmatic patients, inhalation of hyperosmolar saline or D-mannitol (D-M) elicits bronchoconstriction, but in healthy subjects exercise causes bronchodilation. Hyperventilation causes drying of airway surface liquid (ASL) and increases its osmolarity.
Jeffrey S. Fedan, Janet A. Thompson, U. Burcin Ismailoglu, Yi eJing   +3 more
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Foreign labor, peer‐networking and agricultural efficiency in the Italian dairy sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract While the presence of immigrants in the agricultural sector is widely acknowledged, the empirical evidence on its economic consequences is lacking, especially from a microeconomic perspective. Using the Farm Accountancy Data Network panel data for Italian dairy farms in the period 2008–2018, the present study investigates the relationship ...
Federico Antonioli, Simone Severini, Mauro Vigani   +2 more
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Development of a New Index to Assessing the Safety Culture Based on the Edgar Schein Model (Audit Approach)

The Scientific World Journal
Discussion: An audit-based approach proves more effective than questionnaire methods for quantitatively assessing safety culture.
Davood Eskandari, Abbas Haghparast Ghomesheh, Mousa Jabbari, Abdollah Gholami, Omran Ahmadi   +4 more
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Divergent hypersensitivity responses following topical application of the quaternary ammonium compound, didecyldimethylammonium bromide

Journal of Immunotoxicology, 2017
Didecyldimethylammonium bromide (DDAB) is a fourth generation dialkyl-quaternary ammonium compound (QAC) that is used in numerous products for its antimicrobial properties.
Hillary L. Shane, Ewa Lukomska, Aleksandr B. Stefaniak, Stacey E. Anderson   +3 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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A Multimodal Intelligent System for Human Digital Twin Simulation with Continuous Kinematic Data Tracking, Biometric Prognosis, and Cognitive State Feedback in Industrial Environments

Advanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This article implements a unified human digital twin framework that integrates cutting edge actuation, sensing, simulation, and bidirectional feedback capability. The approach includes integrating multimodal sensing, AI, and biomechanical simulation into one compact system.
Tajbeed Ahmed Chowdhury, Sebastian Gratz‐Kelly, Eric Wagner, Paul Motzki, Martina Lehser   +4 more
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Occupational Safety and Health in Venezuela

Annals of Global Health, 2015
Venezuela has pioneered a preventive-focused and comprehensive movement for Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) in Latin America. However, despite being an oil-rich country, it has some of the lowest salaries for their workers and highest levels of hyperinflation, devaluation, crime, and violence of the world.Review the current status and challenges ...
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