Human balance recovery from external disturbances is a complex process, and simulating it remains an open challenge. In particular, there still is a need for a comprehensive numerical tool capable of predicting the outcome of a balance perturbation, including in particular the three elementary recovery strategies: ankle, hip and stepping with variable step duration. In order to fill this gap we...

The current study aims to obtain knowledge about the nature of the processes involved in Hazard Perception, using measurement techniques to separate and independently quantify these suspected sub-processes: Sensation, Situation Awareness (recognition, location and projection) and decision-making. It applies Signal Detection Theory analysis to Hazard Perception and Prediction Tasks. To enable th...

The intent of this paper is to identify the basic factors involved in the successful application of robotic systems to the preliminary site investigations of ground conditions in hazardous waste areas. Specific attention is directed to the human-robot-environment interations in hazardous landfill. INTRODUCTION Considerable emphasis has been rightfully given to the use of robotics in the advance...

I. The exposures of older children to Methyl Iodide (MeI) as a result of their work in agriculture requires careful evaluation. Adolescents (ages 12 to 17) are routinely employed in agricultural work, which creates clear opportunities for exposure. Multiple hazardous situations where health damage can occur are prevalent in agricultural work. In addition, older children have elevated inhalation...

This paper presents a system that exploits the synergy between wearable/mobile technology and smart caring environments to support caregivers in Assisted Living Facilities (ALFs) for persons with physical and cognitive disabilities. In particular, this healthcare support system allows caregivers to be automatically alerted of potentially hazardous situations that happen to the inhabitants while...

— This paper shows how GIS could be used to support decision making in emergency risk management. Paper describes GinisEmergency tool, which is based on existing semantic interoperability platform called GeoNis. The proposed prototype is intended to function as an intelligent, computer-based consultant in assisting diagnostic and decision making processes in potentially hazardous situations. In...

As a stressful and sensitive task, driving can be disturbed by various factors from the health condition of the driver to the environmental variables of the vehicle. Continuous monitoring of driving hazards and providing the most appropriate business services to meet actual needs can guarantee safe driving and make great use of the existing information resources and business services. However, ...

The ability to adapt automated guided vehicles for employment to a range of practical situations can significantly enhance their usability in hazardous situations where security is a major concern and it is inadvisable for humans to enter. Robot guidance is still a very challenging issue computationally in both the academic and industrial worlds. Whilst considerable progress has been made in ro...

This paper describes a corpus consisting of audio data for automatic space monitoring based solely on the perceived acoustic information. The particular database is created as part of a project aiming at the detection of abnormal events, which lead to life-threatening situations or property damage. The audio corpus is composed of vocal reactions and environmental sounds that are usually encount...

Air traffic controllers continually monitor the traffic situation in their sectors and take action when they detect potentially hazardous situations. Automation systems simultaneously and independently monitor the situation and provide alerts when the situation meets defined criteria. The decisions made by the controllers and the automation systems may agree or disagree. Signal Detection Theory...