Scientific challenges of studying shift schedule design [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2022 The study of shift schedule design, and its impact on the health, safety and the performance of shiftworkers, has seen considerable advances in methodology in the last decade.
Philip Tucker
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Evolution of work ability, quality of life and self-rated health in a police department after remodelling shift schedule [PDF]
BMC Public Health, 2022 Background There exists a great diversity of schedules concerning the way shift work is organized and implemented with ample agreement regarding recommendable features of a shift system.
Marcial Velasco-Garrido +6 more
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Night shift schedule alters endogenous regulation of circulating cytokines [PDF]
Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms, 2021 Night shift work is a risk factor for viral infection, suggesting that night shift schedules compromise host defense mechanisms. Prior studies have investigated changes in the temporal profiles of circulating cytokines important for priming and ...
Peter Y. Liu +4 more
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Police officers’ work–life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life: longitudinal effects after changing the shift schedule [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To evaluate mental health-related outcomes of police officers 5.5 years after implementing a new alternating shift schedule which was supposed to improve their health and work–life balance.Design Pre–post study design with a baseline survey at
Marcial Velasco Garrido +6 more
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Machines, 2023 This paper proposes an adaptive shift schedule design framework based on dynamic programming (DP) algorithm and fuzzy logical control to promote the shift schedule’s adaptability whilst improving the comprehensive performance of the multi-gear automated ...
Xiaodong Liu +4 more
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The association between the use of shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations and occupational injuries: A 4-year prospective cohort study among healthcare workers [PDF]
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to find out whether utilizing a shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations for working hours has favorable effects on the incidence of occupational injuries.
Rahman Shiri +7 more
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The predictive power of sleep quality by morning-evening chronotypes, job satisfaction, and shift schedule in nurses: A cross-sectional study [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research, 2021 Background: Among nurses, sleep quality is an important factor which can be associated with many other factors, including job satisfaction, Morning-Evening (ME) chronotypes, and shift schedule.
Masumeh Hemmati-Maslakpak +2 more
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Compliance with Recommendations on Work Schedule for Shift Nurses in South Korea
Safety and Health at Work, 2021 Background: A well-designed shift schedule has been reported to have a positive effect on improving health problems associated with shift work. This study aimed to identify compliance with the 17 recommendations on work schedule (WSRs) for shift nurses ...
Jiyeon Lee, Ihn Sook Jeong
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Optimization of Shift Schedule for Hybrid Electric Vehicle with Automated Manual Transmission
Energies, 2016 Currently, most hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) equipped with automated mechanical transmission (AMT) are implemented with the conventional two-parameter gear shift schedule based on engineering experience.
Wenchen Shen +3 more
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Development of a new sub-shift schedule and control algorithm for a hydro-mechanical transmission
Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2016 In this study, a new sub-shift schedule was proposed for a hydro-mechanical transmission. To develop the sub-shift schedule, a network analysis was performed by considering the hydrostatic unit loss and mechanical component losses.
Sunghyun Ahn +5 more
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