Numerous observational methods for analysis of working posture of the wrist/forearm have been reported in the literature yet few of these methods have been validated for the accuracy of their posture classification. The present study evaluated the accuracy of estimates of working posture made by 28 experienced ergonomists using methods of scaling upper limb posture typical of those reported in ...

Driving comfort is important for any class of vehicle drivers. Seating very drivers who are undergoing extended period driving and its associated side effects include higher risk back problems, discomfort in neck, shoulder thighs. A good sitting position correct posture to reduce various work related injuries. There several occupational factors that may affect the performance heavy lead health ...

This article reports the findings of an experiment designed to evaluate the effect of four questionnaire formats on the willingness of drivers convicted of drunken driving to admit to this socially undesirable behaviour. Four samples of convicted drunk drivers each received a different version of a mail questionnaire about driving behaviour and attitudes. Two versions of the questionnaire inclu...

Importance of human-computer interaction (HCI) systems is increasing since they revolutionized the way people interact with computers. Gesture and posture analysis, especially hand gesture and posture recognition, is one of the more recent areas in the HCI with ever widening field of applications. In this paper we propose an algorithm for hand posture recognition that is based on skin detection...

Hand posture estimation attracts researchers because of its many applications. Hand posture recognition systems simulate the hand postures by using mathematical algorithms. Convolutional neural networks have provided the best results in the hand posture recognition so far. In this paper, we propose a new method to estimate the hand skeletal posture by using deep convolutional neural networks. T...

INTRODUCTION Drink driving incidents in the Australian community continue to be a major road safety problem resulting in a third of all fatalities. Drink driving prevalence remains high; with the rate of Australians who self report drink driving remaining at 11%-12.1% [1,2]. The focus of research in the area to date has been with recidivist offenders who have a higher probability of reoffending...

Driving while impaired (DWI) is a grave and persistent high-risk behavior. Previous work demonstrated that DWI recidivists had attenuated cortisol reactivity compared to non-DWI drivers. This suggests that cortisol is a neurobiological marker of high-risk driving. The present study tested the hypothesis that this initial finding would extend to first-time DWI (fDWI) offenders compared to non-DW...

Context Regulation of the availability of alcohol has been found to be a very important factor in alcohol impaired driving, as well as other alcohol related problems. Such factors as minimum purchase age for alcohol, the density and location of alcohol outlets, and alcohol service and sales practices have all been found to be related to impaired driving. Recent research has added to knowledge a...

One of the alternative professions that may include older is taxi drivers. Subsequently, they have to take explicit thought during driving activities as indicated by their capacity and ability sustain lives while minimizing health problems increasing safety. Therefore, this paper aimed study from a user experience impact occupational factors on safety an ergonomic approach among drivers in Mala...

STUDY DESIGN A cohort study using data from the Locomotive Syndrome and Health Outcome in Aizu Cohort Study, a population-based prospective cohort study of residents of the towns of Tadami and Minamiaizu in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to clarify the association between kyphotic posture and falls, and to investigate the presence or absence of sex difference...