Straining movements, repetitive vibration, staying in inappropriate posture for prolonged periods cause complaints such as pain the musculoskeletal system, injuries, sprains, hernia, tears and soft tissue injuries. Complaints of excessive strain frequent repetitions over time can suddenly arise, causing a work injury. The aim this study is to determine relationship between working postures text...

Augmented reality (AR) is the concept of inserting virtual objects into real scenes. Typically, these augmentations are aligned with rigid planar objects in the scene, which can sometimes be restrictive. This poster presents a method to perform real-time 2D augmentations on nonrigid objects, such as clothing. In addition, a novel technique to establish common illumination and render augmentatio...

Objectives: A commercial chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) protective covert garment has recently been developed with the aim of reducing thermal strain. A covert CBRN protective layer can be worn under other clothing, with equipment added for full chemical protection when needed. However, it is unknown whether the covert garment offers any alleviation to thermal strain duri...

Ten men (non-firefighters) completed a 110 min walking/recovery protocol (three 20-min exercise bouts, with recovery periods of 10, 20, and 20 min following successive bouts) in a thermoneutral laboratory while wearing firefighting personal protective equipment over one of four base layers: cotton, modacrylic, wool, and phase change material. There were no significant differences in changes in ...

Reported cases of allergic contact dermatitis caused by methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) have increased and thereby increased the need for adequate skin protection. Current standardized permeation and penetration test methods give information about efficacy of protective materials against individual components of the polyurethane systems. They do not give information of what kind of clothin...

Sun protecting clothing is clothing designed for sun protection and is producted from the fabric rated for its level ultraviolet (UV) protection. Some textiles and fabrics emloyed in the use of sun protective clothing may be pre-treated with UV inhibiting ingredients during manufacture to enhance their UV blocking capacitiy.