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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Fatigue Management"”.
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Systems approach to the design of locomotive fatigue management technologies
Falling asleep while operating a vehicle leads to serious accidents and loss of lives. The challenge of detecting drowsiness nonintrusively stems from the absence of a single marker, and the existence of diverse signs and symptoms that collectively but not uniquely characterize it. Current alerters …
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Behavioral Logistics and Fatigue Management in Vehicle Routing and Scheduling Problems
… scheduling planning problems: car shipping and fatigue-aware scheduling. In addition to modeling and solving the car shipping problem, this research presents a novel way for ways in which drivers can describe their route preferences in a decision support system. This work also introduces the …
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Fatigue and self-management strategies among patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) receiving haemodialysis: a prospective qualitative exploration conducted in the Sultanate of Oman
… kidney disease (ESKD) receiving haemodialysis is fatigue. Fatigue impacts upon daily living activities, social functioning and psychological wellbeing, leading to poor quality of life. Across the Gulf States, up to 85% of patients receiving haemodialysis have reported fatigue. Despite this …
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The identification and evaluation of the causes of fatigue in the ferrochrome smelting environment
Fatigue is a concept that has been researched extensively and is a complex phenomenon that leads to numerous problems for both the individual as well as the organisation. According to the philosopher Johnson (1825:327) "The highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that …
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Living with a Chronic Condition: Perspectives of College Students at a Public Institution of Higher Education
… services such as providing energy and fatigue management education, promoting occupational balance, and skill building interventions to address time management and resilience. </p>
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Disaster relief: Fatugue and countermeasures
… paper has been to educate disaster leaders on fatigue and fatigue management. The need for sleep is real, inescapable and often misunderstood. The impact of fatigue on performance is greatly magnified when individuals have to operate under conditions of high emotional, psychological or …
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Understanding and Optimising activity pacing to promote a physically active lifestyle in people with multiple sclerosis
… linked to disability. The experience of fatigue draws adaptations such as underactivity and periods of overactivity in people with multiple sclerosis. This emphasises the need to explore ways to facilitate physically active lifestyle in this population. Activity pacing is a novel …
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The impact of specialist seating on a person's quality of live and functional abilities
… sitting position to improve function, relieve fatigue and maximise comfort for those with poor mobility and are therefore seated for many hours of the day. Research in this area has focused on tilt-in-space wheelchairs and understanding how and why the function is utilised for people living …
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Symptom Self-Management Across Settings Emphasizing Virtual Reality
Symptom management is a cornerstone of nursing practice. Symptoms are of clinical and research importance because they are the most common reason for which individuals seek healthcare. Rapid innovations in technology have made it possible to deliver interventions to alleviate a number of symptoms, …
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Understanding Post-Stroke Fatigue
Post-Stroke Fatigue is a common and debilitating condition affecting stroke survivors’ quality of life, rehabilitation outcomes, mood and life expectancy. There is no widely accepted evidence-based method of assessment, measurement or management of fatigue. Improved knowledge of both stroke …
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The use of VR during testing of fatigue in air traffic controllers
… is therefore very important to track and manage fatigue among air traffic control workers during their shifts. It is also important to ensure optimal working conditions. However, it is difficult to conduct studies in a live air traffic control environment due to the sensitive work that takes …
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Fatigue Mitigation Effects of En-Route Napping on Commercial Airline Pilots Flying International Routes
… costs wherever possible has pressured airline managements to seek more productivity from their pilots. At the same time, advancements in the understanding of human physiology have begun to make their way into flight and duty time regulations and airline scheduling practices. In this complex and …
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Acute effects and short-term adaptations following different strength and power-oriented resistance training protocols in basketball players
… further understanding on their specific acute fatigue responses and short-term adaptations is still necessary to help S&C coaches design the most appropriate strength and power-oriented programs, according to the moment of the season. Therefore, the present thesis aims to: (1) examine the acute …
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Workforce fatigue prediction via wearable sensor data analytics
… awkward postures, contribute to localised muscle fatigue, which over time can cause chronic injury according to fatigue failure theory. Although observational risk assessments are widely used and influential in setting standards for WMSD prevention, they primarily offer static, reactive …