abstract this study scrutinized the interaction between linguistic and strategic variables in reading comprehension test performance of iranian efl learners. to this end, the interaction among the participants’ reading comprehension test performance, use of test-taking strategies, and level of language proficiency was analyzed. the participants comprised 286 students who answered a reading comp...

Abstract This paper introduces a web-platform system that performs semi-automatic compute of several risk indexes, based on the considered evaluation method (e.g., RULA—Rapid Upper Limb Assessment, REBA—Rapid Entire Body OCRA—OCcupational Repetitive Action) to support ergonomics estimation, and provides augmented analytics proactively improve ergonomic monitoring characteristics workers age, ge...

In this paper we evaluate a system based on the Microsoft Kinect™ sensor, aimed at automatic detection of risk postures during human work activities. We first introduce pick and place task, where three different lateral standing subjects move light cardboard boxes from various levels bookcase to its top, then putting them back their original places. They repeat task over several cycles capture ...

Latar Belakang : PT. PQR merupakan satu dari banyak jenis industri yang sangat bergantung pada tenaga kerja dan kegiatan manual. Berdasarkan penelitian di PQR, postur tidak ergonomis menyebabkan otot manusia mengalami gangguan menurunnya produktifitas pekerja dalam melakukan aktivitas. Jenis penting untuk mengidentifikasi gejala MSDs karyawan saat bekerja. Tujuan penilitian terkait karyawan-kar...

Rural Aging in America: Proceedings of the 2017 Connectivity Summit Alexis Skoufalos, EdD, Janice L. Clarke, RN, BBA, Dana Rose Ellis, BA, Vicki L. Shepard, MSW, MPA, and Elizabeth Y. Rula, PhD Editorial: Creating a Movement to Transform Rural Aging David B. Nash, MD, MBA, with Donato J. Tramuto, and Joseph F. Coughlin, PhD   S-3 Introduction   S-4 Summit Proceedings   S-5 Roundtable 1: The Pow...

This paper focuses on reducing the occupational risks while assembling a multistage pump. A sample of 10 employees who assemble the multistage pump from an Indian semiautomatic pump manufacturing industry was studied. Awkward postures manifested in these tasks cause strain in the employee's body which lead to fatigue, injuries and musculoskeletal disorders. These tasks were evaluated on th...

Personal computers are one of the commonest office tools in Malaysia today. Their usage, even for three hours per day, leads to a health risk of developing Occupational Overuse Syndrome (OOS), Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS), low back pain, tension headaches and psychosocial stress. The study was conducted to investigate how a multiethnic society in Malaysia is coping with these problems that ar...

This paper proposes a mixed ergonomic tool analysis algorithm to prioritize work-related musculoskeletal problems. study is cross-sectional assessing the prevalence of disorders (WMSDs) with associated risk factors among 14 male mango-harvesting farmers (all right-handed) mean age 52.28 ± 7.75 years. Four tasks following processes were analyzed: (1) mango harvesting, (2) transporting, (3) size ...

This paper discusses a computer program, ErgoNBC, which provides suggestions regarding the ergonomic settings of a notebook computer (NBC), workstation components, and selected accessories in order to help computer users to assume an appropriate work posture during the NBC work. From the users' body height, NBC and workstation component data, ErgoNBC computes the recommended tilt angle of NBC b...