The Effect Of External Distractions On Novice And Experienced Drivers' Anticipation Of Hazards And Vehicle Control,
2011
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Effect Of External Distractions On Novice And Experienced Drivers' Anticipation Of Hazards And Vehicle Control, Gautam Divekar
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
Out-of-vehicle distractions were identified as contributing factors to about 29.4 % of all crashes that were reported between the years 1995 to 1999 (Stutts J. K., 2005; Stutts J. R., 2001).These crash statistics are from a decade ago. With the increase of cars, pedestrians, shops,vendors, billboards and signs over the last decade it can be safely assumed that the driving environment is more complex now and has greater potential for external driver distraction. Given this, it is important to know the effects of out-of-vehicle distraction on drivers’ ability to drive safely in their presence. With this in mind, a driving …
Safety Is Everywhere-The Constituents Of Maritime Safety,
2010
Selected Works
Safety Is Everywhere-The Constituents Of Maritime Safety, Gesa Praetorius, Margareta Lützhöft
Gesa Praetorius
Although maritime safety is one of the key terms in regulation, guidelines and recommendations, such as SOLAS (International Convention for the safety of life at sea (IMO, 1974), in the shipping domain, there is, to the best of our knowledge, neither an explanation of this specific type of safety nor any explicit understanding on how it is promoted by those who work on board of merchant vessel. This qualitative study approaches maritime safety from a crew perspective and discusses what constituents should be considered to be part of maritime safety.
Design Of Assembly Lines With The Concurrent Consideration Of Productivity And Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders Using Linear Models,
2010
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Design Of Assembly Lines With The Concurrent Consideration Of Productivity And Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders Using Linear Models, Zhan Xu
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering -- Dissertations and Student Research
The productivity of assembly lines is considerably affected by the health condition of assembly workers, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are common occupational diseases among assembly workers due to repetitive motions or heavy working loads. The conventional approaches to decreasing WMSD risks in the assembly lines include slowing the work-pace or applying job rotations. These adjustments usually focus on individual assembly workers at the station level but not the work allocation among the workers at the whole assembly line level, and thus may decrease the line productivity. To avoid these negative effects, some research started considering ergonomic characteristics at the …
Hybrid Genetic Algorithm For Optimizing Environmental/Economic Power Dispatch,
2010
Minia University
Hybrid Genetic Algorithm For Optimizing Environmental/Economic Power Dispatch, Dr. Adel A. Elbaset
Dr. Adel A. Elbaset
الملخص العربي من أهم القضايا التي تهم العاملين في مجال البيئه في هذه الاّونه هي قضيه تقليل الأنبعثات الملوثه من كافه المصادر. يقدم هذا البحث طريقه جديده لتغذيه الأحمال وتوزيعها بين وحدات التوليد الكهربائيه المختلفه بطريقه إقتصاديه أخذين في الأعتبار تقليل الأنبعاثات الملوثه الصادره من وحدات التوليد التي تعمل بالوقود الأحفوري. مسأله أخذ تأثير الأنبعاثات الملوثه وإقتصاديات التشغيل علي توزيع الأحمال عبارة عن مساله مثاليه غير خطيه متعددة القيود والأهداف تم تحويلها إلي داله ذات هدف واحد عن طريق معامل العقوبه (Penalty factor) . يقدم هذا البحث طريقه للحل تعتمد علي نموذج رياضي باستخدام طريقة الحساب الجيني المختلط (Hybrid Genetic …
Ergonomic Methods To Improve Safety In The Construction Sector And Reduce Costs,
2010
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Ergonomic Methods To Improve Safety In The Construction Sector And Reduce Costs, Mona Barjasteh
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Many small construction companies have difficulty providing a safe working environment for their employees because of their lack of resources. There is a need to provide a manual for small construction companies employing 10 or fewer workers with the best ergonomic solutions of the top most common injuries. Accidents in the construction field are very high with nearly 175,00o nonfatal injuries and 1,121 deaths in 2002. The nonfatal cases occur 7.1 times per 100 full time workers, while serious injuries occur 2.8 times per 100 full time workers. This information reveled the importance of focusing on minor injuries in order …
Assessing Living Arrangements In Residential Halls,
2010
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Assessing Living Arrangements In Residential Halls, Romel Penaflor Auza
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Hundreds of thousands of high school graduates head off to college each fall not knowing the environment they'll be living in for the next four years. The factors that predict success in the academic, social, and personal aspect of these freshmen students' lives revolves around one aspect that is often times overlooked. Freshmen students are subjected to the fast paced lifestyle of college and often times they need to feel “at home”. Their personal space becomes a matter that is important to them in relation to their success in the three aspects of academic success, social integration, and personal health. …
The Use Of Factor Analysis In The Development Of Hand Sizes For Glove Design,
2010
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
The Use Of Factor Analysis In The Development Of Hand Sizes For Glove Design, Trevor M. Mclain
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering -- Dissertations and Student Research
Factor analysis was used to develop a more detailed description of the human hand to be used in the creation of glove sizes; currently gloves sizes are small, medium, and large. The created glove sizes provide glove designers with the ability to create a glove design that can provide fit to the majority of hand variations in both the male and female populations. The research used the American National Survey (ANSUR) data that was collected in 1988. This data contains eighty-six length, width, height, and circumference measurements of the human hand for one thousand male subjects and thirteen hundred female …
Recycling Made Easy: An Ergonomic Approach To Home Recycling And Trash Containers,
2010
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo
Recycling Made Easy: An Ergonomic Approach To Home Recycling And Trash Containers, Landon P. Boisclair
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
The purpose of this project is to create an ergonomically sound recycling/trash container, with the ultimate hope of making the recycling process easier and more intuitive, thereby increasing recycling rates. Currently, while there are many recycling/trash containers available for purchase, there is no product that has a design without glaring ergonomic flaws. An ergonomic design and product prototype was created as a part of this project, and was subsequently tested against a conventional prototype model. The data collected from the experiments conducted suggests that the new ergonomic model makes the waste disposal process and the container transportation process easier, while …
Evaluation Of An Eye Tracking Device To Increase Error Recovery By Nursing Students Using Human Patient Simulation,
2010
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Evaluation Of An Eye Tracking Device To Increase Error Recovery By Nursing Students Using Human Patient Simulation, Yan Shen
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
This study evaluates the application of an eye tracking device in nursing education. An experiment is designed to test the effectiveness of the eye tracking device used as a tool for providing instructional feedback in error identification and recovery by nursing students undertaking tasks in a simulated clinical setting. This experiment is performed on three groups of nursing students. In the first phase, all groups are tested in a simulated clinical scenario and their eye movements are recorded using an eye tracking device. In the second phase, the evaluation only group (control group) gets instructors’ feedback regarding their performance without …
The Context Matters: Maritime Safety In The Vessel Traffic Service (Vts) Domain,
2009
Selected Works
The Context Matters: Maritime Safety In The Vessel Traffic Service (Vts) Domain, Gesa Praetorius, Margareta Lützhöft, Karl Bruno
Gesa Praetorius
Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) is a service to the maritime community implemented to promote and improve maritime safety. In recent years VTS has become a topic of increased interest for maritime stakeholders and the general public. To derive insights on how maritime safety is constructed in the VTS domain this exploratory study was conducted. Four VTS centres were visited and 15 VTS operators were interviewed and observed at work. Further a focus group interview with 8 VTS operators with focus on decision support tools in the VTS domain was conducted. The results of the study indicate that VTS operators define …
Enacting Reliability: First Steps To Define Safety In The Vts Domain,
2009
Selected Works
Enacting Reliability: First Steps To Define Safety In The Vts Domain, Gesa Praetorius, Karl Bruno, Margareta Lützhöft
Gesa Praetorius
Although the term maritime safety is widely used in the maritime industry, there is no exact definition of what it entails. An explorative study of the VTS domain has been conducted to approach the concept of maritime safety. Four VTS centres were visited and 16 VTS operators were interviewed and observed to derive insights in how maritime safety is constructed from the perspective of an operator. Further, definitions of maritime safety by central actors in the maritime domain have been investigated through a literature study and several interviews. The results indicate that there is no common definition of the term …
