The maximum acceptable weights of lift (MAWL) of obese and non-obese participants were empirically investigated. Three obesity levels were considered: nonobese (18.5 kg/m body mass index (BMI) 24.9 kg/m), moderately obese (35 kg/m BMI 39.9 kg/m) and extremely obese (BMI 40 kg/m). Ten male and 10 female participants were recruited for each obesity level. The participants determined their MAWL fo...

BIOMECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF ASYMMETRIC AND DYNAMIC LIFTING TASK by Xiaopeng Jiang Lifting tasks is one of the leading causes of occupational lower back disorders (LBD). Aimed at deriving internal forces of human musculoskeletal system during lifting, biomechanical models are utilized to address this problem. This thesis provides an indepth literature review of such modeling, and the results of ex...

background: proper training on how to correctly handle loads is one key point for prevention of low back disorders. this study was conducted with the objectives of assessing manual material lifting activities and comparing two methods of training intervention in a porcelain company.   methods: in this randomized controlled trial which was conducted in a porcelain company, all male employees wit...

original article   health, safety, and environment management are dedicated a vast area in which ergonomics aspects known as one of the related aspects. in the following case study, the occupational hygiene by ergonomic intervention is focused. one of the prevalent activities among industrial sectors' workers in the developing countries is manual lifting tasks and other related physical activit...

Given a valid inequality for the mixed integer infinite group relaxation, a composite lifting approach that combines sequential lifting and use of a fill-in function is proposed that can be used to strengthen this inequality. Properties of this composite lifting such as bounds on the solution of the lifting problem and some necessary conditions for the lifted inequality to be minimal for the mi...

‎We say that a module $M$ is a emph{cms-module} if‎, ‎for every cofinite submodule $N$ of $M$‎, ‎there exist submodules $K$ and $K^{'}$ of $M$ such that $K$ is a supplement of $N$‎, ‎and $K$‎, ‎$K^{'}$ are mutual supplements in $M$‎. ‎In this article‎, ‎the various properties of cms-modules are given as a generalization of $oplus$-cofinitely supplemented modules‎. ‎In particular‎, ‎we prove tha...

In this paper, we nd the relationships between module contractibility of aBanach algebra and its ideals. We also prove that module contractibility ofa Banach algebra is equivalent to module contractibility of its module uniti-zation. Finally, we show that when a maximal group homomorphic image ofan inverse semigroup S with the set of idempotents E is nite, the moduleprojective tensor product l1...

 The class of ads modules with the SIP (briefly‎, ‎$SA$-modules) is studied‎. ‎Various conditions for a module to be $SA$-module are given‎. ‎It is proved that for a quasi-continuous module $M$‎, ‎$M$ is a UC-module if and only if $M$ is an $SA$-module‎. ‎Also‎, ‎it is proved that the direct sum of two $SA$-modules as $R$-modules is an $SA$-module when $R$ is the sum of the annihilators of thes...

Most of studies on Manual Material Handling (MMH) tasks for finding lifting capacity were done on general population; these were not done for underweight, normal weight and overweight workers. MMH task involves the use of the human body to lift, lower or carry loads. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of psychophysical approach on MAWL for underweight, normal weight and overwei...

OBJECTIVE To assess the biomechanical evidence in support of advocating the squat lifting technique as an administrative control to prevent low back pain. BACKGROUND Instruction with respect to lifting technique is commonly employed to prevent low back pain. The squat technique is the most widely advised lifting technique. Intervention studies failed to show health effects of this approach an...