Ostrich (Struthio camelus) production is a relatively young industry and there has been little research on ostrich welfare during pretransport handling and the transportation process. A heavy body with a high center of gravity makes ostriches' handling and transportation problems different from other livestock. The main objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the pretransport ...

heat stress particularly  at  outdoor  workplaces in hot-dry    climates can  disrupt    the physical or mental functions and effect negatively on human performance. we aimed to study the effect of heat stress on productivity loss among workers of brick workshops in qom province – central iran. this cross-sectional descriptive and analytic study was performed on 184 workers in 40 brick workshop...

The researchers examined how financial stress was associated with absenteeism of credit counseling clients. Data were collected by a national non-profit credit counseling organization, from consumers who telephoned seeking assistance in debt management. The results indicate credit counseling clients’ financial stress affects their absenteeism at work. Clients with high levels of financial stres...

—Mature channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus were exposed to water containing three different concentrations (20, 40, and 60 mg/L) of AQUI-S (50% isoeugenol) during routine handling procedures at a commercial catfish facility. Anesthetic efficacy, recovery time, and the effects of AQUI-S on routine measures of stress were compared with similar measures in a group of fish sampled prior to anesthe...

This paper describes the evaluation of skill and kansei of specialists and students for ship handling. We evaluate the specialists’ performance using a simulator; moreover, we ascertain the students’ stress on board by testing salivary amylase. We show the effect of physiological indices from the specialists’ and students’ performance and the characteristics of their mental workload with LF/HF ...

Postnatal handling increases glucocorticoid receptor expression in the rat hippocampus, thus altering the regulation of hypothalamic synthesis of corticotropin-releasing hormone and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal response to stress. The effect on glucocorticoid receptor gene expression represents one mechanism by which the early environment can exert a long-term effect on neural development...

Selenomethionine (Se-Met) is the major dietary form of selenium (Se). While Se is a required nutrient, it can also influence the physiological stress response because it stimulates greater concentrations of cortisol in blood plasma of exposed fish. However, little is known about the effects of exposure to Se on the ability to cope with a secondary stressor. In the current study, female rainbow ...

The quest to obtain job satisfaction is not an easy task. Most of the time it will comes together with job stress. Managing and handling job stress is a must and it is a challenging task. Able to control job stress will increase the productivity while failure to manage will lead to many problems in the workplace. A challenging career as an engineer usually leads to many types of job stress. Job...

The paper deals with the problem of numerical simulation of contact between compliant gripping element and rigid object of handling. Compliant gripping element is represented with a rubber suction cap and the handling object is comprised by rigid plate. Contact is researched under various load conditions taking account to chosen material of suction cap that is characterized with nonlinear depen...

________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract Transportation and handling of animals are important components in meat production systems. Animals destined for slaughter are stressed by factors such as loading, transportation, restraint, handling, and novelty of the slaughter environment, adverse weather conditions, hunger, thirst and fatigue. When an ...