BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess psychometric properties of the Polish version of the Meister questionnaire for subjective assessment of work-related mental load among nurses. MATERIAL AND METHODS A group of 211 nurses (mean age, 43.1 +/- 7.26) participated in our study. In the process of adaptation stability (test-retest) reliability and factorial validity were assessed. ...

In this chapter, we present a methodology for efficient load balancing of computational problems that can be easily decomposed into multiple tasks, but where it is hard to predict the computation cost of each task, and where new tasks are created dynamically during runtime. We present this methodology and its exploitation and feasibility in the context of graphics processors. Work-stealing allo...

Work-stealing schedulers focus on minimizing overhead in task scheduling. Consequently, they avoid features, such as task priorities, which can add overhead to the implementation. Thus in such schedulers, low priority tasks may be scheduled earlier, delaying the execution of higher priority tasks and possibly increasing overall execution time. In this paper, we develop a decentralized work-stea...

The effects of daily and weekly academic loads on the psychological and cardioand hemodynamic characteristics of students were analyzed. The self-estimated state of health, activity, and mood were evaluated with the use of the HAM (Heallh-Activity-Mood) questionnaire; the introversion and extraversion, neuroticism, and intelligence of the subjects were determined according to Eysenck; and the s...

Background: Occupations that deal with the health and safety of people are always stressful. Job stress and work load are factors that affect staff such as nurses. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between workload and job stress in nurses of Vasei Hospital, Sabzevar City, Iran, in 2016. Materials and Methods: This cross- sectional study was conducted on 80 nurses of Vas...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether interference between postural control and mental task performance in patients with balance system impairment and healthy subjects is due to general capacity limitations, motor control interference, competition for spatial processing resources, or a combination of these. METHOD Postural stability was assessed in 48 patients with vestibular disorder and 24 health...

The objective of the research was to determine the effect of mental load on the physical capacity of an individual. An experiment involving 9 combinations of lifting tasks, 1 lowering task, and 3 treadmill tasks was conducted. Heart rate was measured and maximum acceptable weight of lift was determined using the psychophysical method. A simple multiplication task was used as the mental load. Th...