Lefrançois, Mélanie Probst, Isabelle
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Applied ergonomics
For parents working in the transportation industry, atypical schedules are often a daily puzzle. Schedule planning systems allowing workers to choose shifts may affect job strenuousness and work-family balance (WFB) for both female and male workers. How could ergonomic interventions related to the implementation of those systems better consider gen...
Gálvez-García, Germán Aldunate, Nerea Bascour-Sandoval, Claudio Barramuño, Mauricio Fonseca, Fernando Gómez-Milán, Emilio
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Applied ergonomics
We investigated the effectiveness of galvanic cutaneous stimulation (GCS) and auditory stimulation (AS) together and separately in mitigating motion sickness (MS). Forty-eight drivers (twenty-two men; mean age = 21.58 years) participated in a driving simulation experiment. We compared the total scores of the Simulator Sickness Questionnaire (SSQ) a...
Naweed, Anjum
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Applied ergonomics
Signal passed at danger (SPAD) events have been a perennial issue in rail and requires continued scholarship. Much of the literature has tended to focus on activities within the train cab, placing the spotlight on "error" within the rail driving role; however a train is not propelled by a single person but by a team. This study set out to understan...
van Lopik, Katherine Schnieder, Maren Sharpe, Richard Sinclair, Murray Hinde, Chris Conway, Paul West, Andrew Maguire, Martin
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Applied ergonomics
Last (and First) mile deliveries are an increasingly important and costly component of supply chains especially those that require transport within city centres. With reduction in anticipated manufacturing and delivery timescales, logistics personnel are expected to identify the correct location (accurately) and supply the goods in appropriate cond...
Payre, William Diels, Cyriel
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Applied ergonomics
This study evaluated the effectiveness and acceptance of four connected vehicle features, i.e. Emergency Electronic Brake Lights (EEBL), Emergency Vehicle Warning (EVW), Roadworks warning (RWW) and Traffic Condition Warning (TCW) which were presented via a mobile phone mounted near the line of sight. A driving simulator study was conducted in which...
Kovácsová, Natália Grottoli, Marco Celiberti, Francesco Lemmens, Yves Happee, Riender Hagenzieker, Marjan P de Winter, Joost C F
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Applied ergonomics
Powered two-wheeler riders are frequently involved in crashes at intersections because an approaching car driver fails to give right of way. This simulator study aimed to investigate how riders perform an emergency braking maneuver in response to an oncoming car and, second, whether longitudinal motion cues provided by a motion platform influence r...
Beschorner, Kurt E Iraqi, Arian Redfern, Mark S Moyer, Brian E Cham, Rakié
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Applied ergonomics
Available coefficient of friction (ACOF) is a common metric of footwear traction performance. ACOF is the ratio of friction to normal force, often averaged over a time-interval. The time-interval needed to achieve repeatable and valid ACOF is unknown. A post-hoc analysis was performed on nine shoe-floor-contaminant combinations to assess the repeat...
Larue, Grégoire S Blackman, Ross A Freeman, James
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Applied ergonomics
Drivers' non-compliance with rules is a prominent factor in collisions with trains at railway level crossings. Road user impatience and frustration has been identified as an underlying factor in non-compliance and can be characterised as a specific risk factor. However, research on non-compliance related to waiting times and driver inconvenience la...
Muller, A Pontonnier, C Robert-Lachaine, X Dumont, G Plamondon, A
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Applied ergonomics
This paper evaluates a method for motion-based prediction of external forces and moments on manual material handling (MMH) tasks. From a set of hypothesized contact points between the subject and the environment (ground and load), external forces were calculated as the minimal forces at each contact point while ensuring the dynamics equilibrium. Gr...
Clays, Els Hallman, David Oakman, Jodi Holtermann, Andreas
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Applied ergonomics
The aim was to describe occupational physical activity (OPA) and examine the role of psychosocial job resources among blue-collar workers. In a sample of 198 workers (57% male; mean age 44.9 (SD 9.9) year) from 7 companies in Denmark, two accelerometers (Actigraph) were placed on the thigh and trunk during 1-5 consecutive days, to determine working...
