Abstract Over the last decade, potential and prospects for using robotics various construction activities have increased, particularly dangerous work areas such as roof construction, in hazardous environments, improving productivity while shielding workers from strenuous accidents. As there been concerns about human factors collaborating with humans on worksites, ergonomics human-robot teams’ r...

Robotics are set to play a significant role in the maintenance of rail infrastructure. However, introduction robotics this environment requires new ways working for individuals, teams and organisations needs reflect societal attitudes if it is achieve sustainable goals. The following paper presents qualitative analysis interviews with 25 experts from outline human organisational issues infrastr...

Recently, the seamless construction and operation of natural gas pipelines has become even more critical, while oil industry’s capability to operate effectively with acceptable risks hazardous situations is mainly dependent on safety. As a result, it very important have wide knowledge effective management tactics for enhancing implementation safety regulations procedures. The problem assuring w...

Substantial econometric efforts have been devoted to examining the impacts prices and tobacco control policies have on smoking propensity and intensity. However, little is known about the effects prices, smoking restrictions, and other influences have on smoking cessation. This paper uses longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future Surveys, augmented with cigarette price and policy-related...

Most analyses of urban transportation and residential location ignore the effects of labor force experience or individual skills upon the location of the worksite; they also ignore the potential effect of these factors upon the tradeoff between housing and community costs. This paper, in contrast, analyzes the spatial distribution of worksites by industry, occupation, and educational requiremen...

Promotion of physical activity is a priority for health agencies. We searched for reviews of physical activity interventions, published between 2000 and 2011, and identified effective, promising, or emerging interventions from around the world. The informational approaches of community-wide and mass media campaigns, and short physical activity messages targeting key community sites are recommen...