This article presents a macroergonomic intervention carried out in a small footwear components company located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The company's demand was related to the waste of the expensive raw-material (thermoplastic polyurethane or TPU) used to manufacture the components (high heels pegs). According to the managerial staff, the waste was workers responsibility due t...

This article examines the complexities of heel ulcers. Treatments now considered outdated and potentially hazardous are discussed as are modern treatments that may reduce the development of heel ulcers.

The pace of modern science is staggering. The quantities of data now flowing from DNA sequencers, fluorescence and electron microscopes, mass spectrometers, and other mind-blowing instruments leave us faced with information overload. This explosion in data has brought on its heels a concomitant need for efforts at the kinds of synthesis and unification we see in theoretical physics. Often in ce...

The aim of this paper is to identify known biomechanical performance factors between ten experienced Pose runners and ten experienced Heel-toe runners. Both groups of experienced runners were compared using nine kinematic variables. The Pose Group showed a distinct biomechanical profile and was significantly different from the Heel-toe Group. Known biomechanical performance factors were identif...

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The dielectric properties of bones are found to be influenced by the demineralisation bones. Therefore, microwave imaging (MWI) can used monitor in vivo human and hence aid monitoring osteoporosis. This paper presents feasibility analysis MWI device for Firstly, tissues present heel analysed. Secondly, a transmission line (TL) formalism approach is adopted examine feasible frequency band matchi...