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Determinants of Workplace Occupational Safety and Health Practice in Spain

2014

AbstractThis paper considers the determinants of workplace health and safety practice in Spain. By outlining the historical evolution and current arrangements for occupational safety and health on the one hand, and the current labour market and health and safety outcome contexts on the other, it identifies a number of key influential factors. These include the way in which health and safety institutions and roles have developed, the country’s entry into the EU and the subsequent legislative and structural developments, and the relative position of health and safety management within organisations’ management processes more generally. The paper concludes by reflecting on the influence of sig…

Health (social science)business.industryHealth Policy05 social sciencesEffective safety trainingPublic Health Environmental and Occupational HealthLegislatureContext (language use)Public relations030210 environmental & occupational healthOccupational safety and health03 medical and health sciencesPolitics0302 clinical medicineOccupational health nursingPolitical scienceEnvironmental healthPosition (finance)0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesbusinessSafety ResearchManagement process050107 human factorsPolicy and Practice in Health and Safety
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Digital Cultural Heritage

2018

Most contemporary thinkers agree that we are going through a time of historical change, building adifferent concept and model of social interrelation. Our ways of life and work have changed, as havethe ways in which we communicate and relate to each other.

HistoryComputer Networks and Communicationslcsh:T05 social sciencesNeuroscience (miscellaneous)050301 educationComunicació i culturalcsh:TechnologyComputer Science ApplicationsVisual artsHuman-Computer InteractionCultural heritagen/a0501 psychology and cognitive scienceslcsh:Qlcsh:Science0503 education050107 human factors
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A Saturation Model of the Synchronous Reluctance Motor and its Identification by Genetic Algorithms

2018

This paper proposes a complete saturation model of the Synchronous Reluctance Motor (Syn1231), accounting for both the self-saturation and cross-saturation effects. This model is based on an analytical relationship between the stator flux and current components, and is characterized by parameters presenting an interesting physical interpretation, differently from many other saturation model in the scientific literature. It proposes also an identification technique of such a model based on stand-still tests, without the need of locking the rotor. The proposed saturation model permits the complete description of the magnetic behaviour of the machine with 8 parameters, fewer than those require…

IdentificationComputer simulationComputer scienceStator05 social sciences020207 software engineering02 engineering and technologylaw.inventionSettore ING-INF/04 - AutomaticaControl theorylawMagnetic characteristicParameters' estimationGenetic algorithm0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringSuperimposition0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesMagnetic characteristicsSynchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM)Synchronous reluctance motorSaturation (magnetic)050107 human factors2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
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Ergonomics Awareness and Employee Performance: An Exploratory Study

2017

The study examined the effects of ergonomics on employee performance by ascertaining the level of ergonomics awareness in Nigerian organizations, identifying the factors hindering the use of ergonomic, and the best practices and methods adopted by various organizations across industries. Despite a knowledge of importance to a growing number of researchers in Nigeria, there is still a dearth in knowledge of ergonomics design and its implementation in Nigeria. This can be observed in the low level of its adoption. The study adopted an exploratory approach through the review of literature. It was seen that several factors have hindered the efficient implementation of ergonomics in Nigeria whic…

Implementation methods and practicesEmployee performanceEmployee performance05 social sciencesApplied psychologyExploratory researchHuman factors and ergonomicsHindrances02 engineering and technologyErgonomics awarenessJ8Ergonomics designddc:3300202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering020201 artificial intelligence & image processing0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBusinessJ81050107 human factorsEconomic and Environmental Studies
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Rings for privacy: An architecture for privacy-preserving user profiling

2014

Information privacysocial networking (online) data privacy human factors InternetSettore ING-INF/03 - TelecomunicazioniComputer sciencePrivacy softwarebusiness.industryInternet privacyComputer securitycomputer.software_genrePrivacy preservingprivacy-preserving users profiling FCM clustering distributed unstable scenarioProfiling (information science)The InternetArchitecturebusinesscomputer
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Schema-Based Visual Queries over Linked Data Endpoints

2019

We present the option to use the schema-based visual query tool ViziQuer over realistic Linked Data endpoints. We describe the tool meta-schema structure and the means for the endpoint schema retrieval both from an OWL ontology and from a SPARQL endpoint. We report on a store of the endpoint-specific schemas and the options to support the schema presentation to the end-user both as a class tree within the environment and as external visual diagram.

Information retrievalComputer science05 social sciencesDatabase schemaInformationSystems_DATABASEMANAGEMENTWeb Ontology LanguageLinked datacomputer.file_formatSchema (psychology)ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSINGSPARQL0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesVisual queryRDFcomputer050107 human factors050104 developmental & child psychologycomputer.programming_language
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Self-service Ad-hoc Querying Using Controlled Natural Language

2016

The ad-hoc querying process is slow and error prone due to inability of business experts of accessing data directly without involving IT experts. The problem lies in complexity of means used to query data. We propose a new natural language- and semistar ontology-based ad-hoc querying approach which lowers the steep learning curve required to be able to query data. The proposed approach would significantly shorten the time needed to master the ad-hoc querying and to gain the direct access to data by business experts, thus facilitating the decision making process in enterprises, government institutions and other organizations.

Information retrievalDatabaseProcess (engineering)Computer science05 social sciences02 engineering and technologyOntology (information science)computer.software_genrelanguage.human_languageHierarchical database modelData accessControlled natural languageLearning curve020204 information systems0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringlanguage0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesDecision-makingcomputer050107 human factorsNatural language
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Pseudo-haptic Controls for Mid-air Finger-based Menu Interaction

2019

Virtual Reality (VR) is more accessible than ever these days. While topics like performance, motion sickness and presence are well investigated, basic topics as VR User Interfaces (UIs) for menu control are lagging far behind. A major issue is the absence of haptic feedback and naturalness, especially when considering mid-air finger-based interaction in VR, when "grabbable" controllers are not available. In this work, we present and compare the following two visual approaches to mid-air finger-based menu control in VR environments: a planar UI similar to common 2D desktop UIs, and a pseudo-haptic UI based on physical metaphors. The results show that the pseudo-haptic UI performs better in t…

InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.HCI)Computer science02 engineering and technologyVirtual realityInformationSystems_MODELSANDPRINCIPLESUser experience designHuman–computer interaction0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringImmersion (virtual reality)medicine0501 psychology and cognitive sciences050107 human factorsHaptic technologySettore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniSettore INF/01 - Informaticabusiness.industry05 social sciencesVirtual RealityMenu Interface020207 software engineeringmedicine.diseaseUser ExperienceMotion sicknessFinger-based InteractionSystem Control.User interfacebusiness
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Crowdboard: Augmenting in-person idea generation with real-time crowds

2017

Online crowds can help infuse creativity into the design process, but traditional strategies for leveraging them, such as large-scale ideation platforms, require time and organizational effort in order to obtain results. We propose a new method for crowd-based ideation that simplifies the process by having smaller crowds join in-person ideators during synchronous creative sessions. Our system Crowdboard allows online crowds to provide real-time creative input during early-stage design activities, such as brainstorming or concept mapping. The system enables in-person ideators to develop ideas on a physical or digital whiteboard which is augmented with real-time creative input from online par…

InformationSystems_INFORMATIONINTERFACESANDPRESENTATION(e.g.HCI)Computer sciencemedia_common.quotation_subject02 engineering and technologyCrowdsourcingcomputer.software_genreCrowdsBrainstormingHuman–computer interaction0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering0501 psychology and cognitive sciences050107 human factorsmedia_commonta113Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniMultimediaSettore INF/01 - InformaticaConcept mapbusiness.industryWhiteboard05 social sciencesBrainstorming020207 software engineeringCreativityCreativity Support ToolDesign processCrowdsourcingCreativity Support ToolsbusinessEngineering design processcomputer
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A Newcomer's Guide to EICS, the Engineering Interactive Computing Systems Community

2019

[EN] Welcome to EICS, the Engineering Interactive Computing Systems community, PACMHCI/EICS journal, and annual conference! In this short article, we introduce newcomers to the field and to our community with an overview of what EICS is and how it positions with respect to other venues in Human-Computer Interaction, such as CHI, UIST, and IUI, highlighting its legacy and paying homage to past scientific events from which EICS emerged. We also take this opportunity to enumerate and exemplify scientific contributions to the field of Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, which we hope to guide researchers and practitioners towards making their future PACMHCI/EICS submissions successful an…

Interactive computingUser interfacesDesignComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer science02 engineering and technologyInteractive systemsModel-driven EngineeringInteractive systems and toolsField (computer science)Software and its engineering0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesSoftware verification and validation050107 human factorscomputer.programming_languageSoftware engineeringComputingMilieux_THECOMPUTINGPROFESSIONFormal methods05 social sciencesVerification and validation020207 software engineeringFormal methodsData scienceHuman computer interaction (HCI)Human-Computer InteractionHuman-centered computingModel-based design of user interfacesUser interfaceModel-driven architecturecomputerLENGUAJES Y SISTEMAS INFORMATICOSSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)
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