Based on prior mine vehicle studies of operators’ exposure to whole-body vibration, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) evaluated four seat designs on mine haulage vehicles, with regard to roadway-induced jarring/jolting and operator comfort. Investigators collected objective and subjective data from vehicle operators on two existing and two NIOSH ...

Let V be a G-module where G is a complex reductive group. Let Z := V//G denote the categorical quotient and let π : V → Z be the morphism dual to the inclusion O(V ) ⊂ O(V ). Let φ : Z → Z be an algebraic automorphism. Then one can ask if there is an algebraic map Φ: V → V which lifts φ, i.e., π(Φ(v)) = φ(π(v)) for all v ∈ V . In Kuttler [Kut11] the case is treated where V = rg is a multiple of...

This clinical epidemiological study will determine if farm workers chronically exposed to organophosphate pesticides (OP) in field work have quantifiable nervous system abnormalities after an exposure season and whether these changes are persistent after a several month period of non-exposure. This cross-sectional study with a follow-up component will compare 50 female orchard farmworkers with ...

A meshless solution algorithm for the full potential equation has been developed by applying the principles of the Taylor Least Squares (TLS) method. This method allows for a PDE to be discretized on a local cloud of scattered nodes without the need of connectivity data. The process for discretizing the full potential equation within a meshless framework is outlined along with a novel Hermite T...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Among the various hazards fire fighters face are electrical hazards during wildland fire suppression activities. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) reports that 10 fire fighters died from contact with electricity during wildland fires between 1980...

My research reviewing various nations’ handling of their musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) problem originated with the objective of presenting a paper on the subject to an international audience at the recent 18th Annual World Safety Organization’s Environmental, Safety and Health Conference in Denver, CO. This review of the MSD problem from industrial nations was mostly concentrated in comparin...