Current bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., control usually involves insecticide applications that pose a high risk of insecticide exposure to residents and applicators. To minimize these risks and the amount of insecticides used, we designed and evaluated a dust band treatment technique. The laboratory assay showed that 1% cyßuthrin dust treated bands are highly effective in killing bed bugs. We fu...

Since the 1940s there has been an increase in the number of patients submitted for surgery of the spinal axis necessitating use of the prone position. Specifically designed operating tables were both rare and expensive, and probably only existed in a few highly specialized centres. Apparatus which could be easily made locally and used in conjunction with normal operating tables has been invente...

In this data article, laboratory experimental investigation results on drying kinetic properties: the drying temperature (T), drying air velocity (V) and dewatering time (Te), each of the factors has five levels, and the experiment was replicated three times and the output: drying rate and drying time obtained, were observed. The experiment was conducted at National Centre for Agricultural Mech...

PURPOSE To examine possible mismatch between the individual body dimensions of students and the classroom furniture they use. METHODS A total of 74 (37 male and 37 female) sixth-through eighth-grade students in a Michigan school district participated in the study; their ages ranged from 10 years, 11 months to 14 years, 3 months. Anthropometric measurements (including elbow height, shoulder he...

Objective. We measured some anthropometric dimensions of Iranian guidance school students selected from different ethnicities. Background. Anthropometric dimensions are used for design of equipment, furniture, and clothing. Furniture with inappropriate design not fulfilling the users' anthropometric dimensions may have a negative effect on health. Method. A total of 7400 Iranian guidance school...

The purpose of this study is to make a review and or definition of AM (additive manufacturing), and an evaluation of its use in furniture production within a few projects to provide industry-specific awareness. AM can be considered as one of the latest innovative processes, as a state-of-the-art development, in manufacturing industries. AM is expressed as the future of the products and localiza...

Aim of study: It is very important to design office furniture based on the anthropometry employees because it affects their comfort, performance, and in serious cases, health. Adjustable chairs are typically designed for a certain percentile user population. However, this approach may not provide an accommodation level as intended chair has more than one dimension. The objective study compare p...

This report begins with an overview of research relating to the organizational and management issues of integrating CAD/PDM systems into furniture companies. Some of the primary areas where CAD/PDM technology affects an organization are in the areas of: 1) job design, 2) organizational structure, 3) power distribution, and 4) user communication patterns. The technology/organizational interactio...

In the pre-Amazon region of Western Maranhao, in Northeast Brazil, small-scale furniture firms have proliferated and grown in size in the last 6 to 8 years. This sector offers an alternative for economic development, to the simple exploitation of wood resources on which the economy of the region is currently based. Relative to this activity, furniture-making is less environmentally destructive ...