In order to achieve better postures and decrease musculoskeletal risks adequate design of hand/box couplings for manual materials handling (MMH) are still needed. No studies evaluating upper limb movement thorough direct measurements during box handling in workplace were identified in the literature. In this study we describe the types of grip and movements adopted by ten workers when handling ...

A decline in growth, flowering, and boll (fruit) retention is referred to as cutout in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). Fruit load affects cutout, possibly through hormonal effects. Experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis that fruits are a source of abscisic acid (ABA) that moves into fruiting branches and growing points where it inhibits growth, flowering, and boll retention. Removal ...

In this study, effect of square cutout and beam widths on eigenvalue buckling analysis beams is evaluated using finite element Taguchi methods. ANSYS software used to perform the analyses were conducted L9 orthogonal array with three control factors. Each factor has levels. The first considered as position whereas second was assumed widths. influence levels cutouts responses determined signal-t...

BACKGROUND Since 2003, we have used the Proximal Humerus Interlocking System plate for treatment of proximal humeral fractures. Although many patients have good and excellent results, the reported rate of complications varies. We have focused on the complication rate and risk factors for complications 1 year after surgery. METHODS From 2003 until 2008, a total of 294 (223 women; 71 men; media...

We introduce principal-channels for cutting out objects from an image by one-sided scribbles. We demonstrate that few scribbles, all from within the object of interest, are sufficient to mark it out. One-sided scribbles provide significantly less information than two-sided ones. Thus, it is required to maximize the use of image-information. Our approach is to first analyze the image with a larg...

In this paper we study the separability in the plane by two criteria: double-wedge separability and Θ-separability. We give an O(N logN)-time optimal algorithm for computing all the vertices of separating double wedges of two disjoint sets of objects (points, segments, polygons and circles) and an O((N/Θ0) logN)-time algorithm for computing a nearly-straight minimal Θ-polygonal chain separating...