This paper presents an approach to using model-generated workplaces (MGWP) in tandem with service-oriented architectures in order to meet interoperability needs in a corporate environment. More specifically, the interoperability study and research undertaken is based on a use case scenario related to the process of product portfolio management (PPM) in a large enterprise of the Telecommunicatio...

A national survey makes it possible to examine employees’ awareness of net overall reductions in the size of the workforce along with their awareness of employer policies that promise ‘no compulsory redundancies’. Differences are investigated between union and nonunion workplaces, and between unionised workplaces with high membership density and those with low-to-medium density. A union presenc...

In this paper, we analyzed two laboratories of liquid chromatography (LC), separation technique of mixtures and identification of its components, in order to identify projectual gaps relating to the environment and the working station. The methodology used was the ergonomic analysis with interactional and participatory techniques applied during the activity performance. This work incorporated a...

The aim of this review was to summarize the current state of knowledge on heat stress risk within typical Australian occupational settings. We assessed identified occupations (mining, agriculture, construction, emergency services) for heat production and heat loss potential, and resultant levels of physiological heat strain. A total of 29 reports were identified that assessed in-situ work setti...

This paper's main issue is a strong advocacy in favour of an a priori classification of thermal environments that can be really functional to comfort assessment: Class 1, environments where comfort conditions can be established (comfort-prone environments), and Class 2, environments where this is not practically feasible. The former, which are also identified here as 'thermally unconstrained' e...

OBJECTIVE To describe the nature and extent of workplace environmental tobacco smoke exposures in Wisconsin. METHODS Descriptive data and confidence intervals from the Current Population Survey tobacco supplements of 1995-1996 and 1998-1999 are presented. RESULTS The percent of indoor workers working under a smoke-free policy increased slightly, from 62% in 1995-1996 to 65% in 1998-1999. Re...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems are changing workplaces. AI have the potential to improve workplaces, but ensuring trustworthy use of in workplace means addressing ethical risks it can raise. This paper reviews possible terms human rights (privacy, fairness, agency and dignity); transparency explainability; robustness, safety security; accountability. The also ongoing policy action promote...