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Can smartwatches replace smartphones for posture tracking? [PDF]
, 2015 This paper introduces a human posture tracking platform to identify the human postures of sitting, standing or lying down, based on a smartwatch. This work develops such a system as a proof-of-concept study to investigate a smartwatch's ability to be ...
Cai, Jun Yu Jacinta +7 more
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Activity Level and Body Mass Index as Predictors of Physical Workload During Working Career
Safety and Health at Work, 2019 The increasing prevalence of inactivity and obesity, along with aging, has implications on work capacity of labor force. This study reports the relationships between activity level and BMI by age with objectively measured physical workload.
Satu K. Mänttäri +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2013 OBJECTIVE: The main aims of this longitudinal study were to (i) examine associations between changes in economic difficulties and health functioning among middle-aged employees and (ii) assess whether the associations remained after considering ...
Tea Lallukka +7 more
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Evaluating the impact of career management skills module and internship programme within a university business school [PDF]
, 2014 This study evaluates the impact of an intervention on business school graduates’ employability comprising of a curriculum-based career management skills (CMS) module and an industrial placement year.
Antony Richard Taylor +30 more
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Work Ability of Machinery Manufacturing Employees [PDF]
Journal of Biomedical & Clinical Research, 2018 Assessment of work ability is an important aspect of occupational medical services, the main goal being to maintain employees’ health, well-being and efficiency. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the work ability of workers employed by two
Gergana Sandeva +2 more
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Working ability of the paraplegics [PDF]
Spinal Cord, 1973 When we first began the work with 10 paraplegics 7 years ago, it was very difficult to find a suitable project. Now the productive ability of the handicapped has been greatly increased by adapting tools, machines, working and living conditions. We could prove that the paraplegics are excellent workers. Spinal workers are not at all inferior to the able-
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Physical workload – a risk factor for miscarriage?
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2013 Physical workload factors, such as shift work, long working hours, and lifting, standing and carrying or moving heavy loads, are prevalent exposures among working women.
Marja-Liisa Lindbohm
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BMC Genetics, 2017 Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease afflicting people in the Western world and has a strong genetic influence. The aim of this study was to examine the association of two known functional polymorphisms in the TGF ...
Mari Taipale +3 more
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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2011 OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of an ergonomic intervention on pain and sickness absence caused by upper-extremity musculoskeletal disorders.
Rahman Shiri +7 more
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Negative effects of makeup use on perceptions of leadership ability across two ethnicities [PDF]
, 2018 Cosmetics alter social perceptions, and prior work suggests that cosmetic use may aid female intrasexual competition, making women appear more dominant to other women but more prestigious to other men. It is unclear whether these findings reflect general
James, Esther A. +2 more
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