AIMS To evaluate the effectiveness of an intensive educational and low-tech ergonomic intervention programme aimed at reducing low back pain (LBP) among home care nurses and nurses' aids. METHODS In 1999, 345 home care nurses and nurses' aids in four Danish municipalities were studied. Participants in two municipalities constituted the intervention group and participants in the other two serv...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of import of technology on Iranian Economy. We have used multi-sectoral and multi–regional computable general equilibrium GTAP model. Transfer of technology from one region to another is another factor effecting productivity. Trade is one of the channels that speeds the transfer of technology. The effect of a ten percent productivity shock, in...

This paper engages with ideas of tacit and explicit knowledge, how it is created, transferred, ultimately translated in contemporary discourses the digital built environment. The aim to open a more critical original dialogue environment by (a) interrogating innovation as strives utilise relatively distilled information enhance sustainable design, construction operation wider urban areas, (b) re...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to seek to address the way in which knowledge is being transmitted among the members of a large corporation and suggests a realistic strategy that promises to be most appropriate for effective knowledge transfer in the new knowledge economy. Design/methodology/approach – The research involves an in-depth case study of knowledge transfer strategies used ...

Fi rms in the LDCs need to adopt and indige n i ze tra n s fe rred tech n o l ogy befo re u s age. The adoption costs depend on the state of the infra s t ru c t u re and on the l o c a l i zed spillover effects ge n e rated by a rival fi rm. In this context, the pap e r examines the timing of such technological adoption. It shows that strategic decisions regarding time may result in a “waiting...

This study used the most current statewide crash data to perform an indepth analysis of heavy-truck crashes in Iowa. This study also attempted to assess crash experience with respect to commercial driver’s license (CDL) licensure. In addition, this study used citation data from the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) Motor Vehicle Division and Iowa State Patrol to investigate the possible r...

the RWTH Aachen University for reviewing this thesis and giving me the opportunity to write it in the field of Computer Graphics, which fascinates me since my first steps on the Commodore 128D. A special thanks goes to my advisor Volker Schönefeld, who got me interested in Megatexturing and Virtual Texturing. He always took some of his spare time to read my long emails and had enough patience t...

1 The availability of technological means to enhance and repair human cognitive function raises 2 questions about the perceived morality of their use. In this study, we administered a survey 3 to the public in which subjects were asked to report how willing they would be to enhance 4 and/or repair specific cognitive abilities. We found that subjects were more willing to use tech5 nologies to en...

the purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of import of technology on iranian economy. we have used multi-sectoral and multi–regional computable general equilibrium gtap model. transfer of technology from one region to another is another factor effecting productivity. trade is one of the channels that speeds the transfer of technology. the effect of a ten percent productivity shock, in...