A national cross-sectional study in the Danish wood and furniture industry on working postures and manual materials handling

Musculoskeletal disorders constitute a major problem in the wood and furniture industry and identification of risk factors is needed urgently. Therefore, exposures to different work tasks and variation in the job were recorded based on an observation survey in combination with an interview among 281 employees working in wood working and painting departments. A questionnaire survey confirmed high frequencies of symptoms from the musculoskeletal system: The one-year prevalence of symptoms from the low back was 42% and symptoms from the neck/shoulder was 40%. The exposure was evaluated based on: (1) classification of work tasks, (2) work cycle time, (3) manual materials handling, (4) working postures, and (5) variation in die job. Among the employees 47% performed feeding or clearing of machines, 35% performed wood working or painting materials, and 18% performed various other operations. Among the employees 20% had no variation in their job while 44% had little variation. Manual materials handling of 375 different burdens was observed, which most often occurred during feeding or clearing of machines. The weight of burdens lifted was 0·5-87·0 kg, where 2% had a weight of more than 50 kg. Among the lifting conditions 30% were evaluated as implying a risk of injury. An additional risk factor was the high total tonnage lifted per day, which was estimated to range from 132 kg to 58 800 kg. Working postures implied a risk of injury due to prolonged forward and lateral flexions of the neck, which was seen most frequently during wood working or painting materials. These data substantiate the finding that work tasks mainly during feeding or clearing of machines imply a risk of injury to the low back and a risk of injury to the neck and shoulder area mainly during wood working or painting materials. Optimal strategies for job redesign may be worked out by using these data in order to prevent occupational musculoskeletal disorders.     

A review of “ The Co-ordination and Regulation of Movements” By N. Bernstein. (Pergamon Press, 1967.) [ Pp. xii+ 196.] 505

Abstract

The complaints of workers in a noisy workshop were taken as the basis of recognition and attitude to noise. However, all the complaints based on noise exposure could not be attributed to neurotic responses. The distinctive character of homeostatic changes induced by noise exposure was attributable to the depression of the adreno-cortical function. The possibility was considered that the metabolism of the brain was disturbed by the noise exposure. It was concluded that the complaints of workers exposed to noise must be considered from the view-point that workers have a physical, mental and social existence.     

光存储材料CaS∶Eu,Sm的正交实验制备及表征

CaS∶Eu,Sm材料在光存储、光探测领域具有广阔应用前景,但制备过程中影响其发光性能的因素较多,彼此又有交互作用,不易获得最佳工艺参数。本文采用高温固相反应法,通过正交实验设计系统研究了灼烧温度、灼烧时间、稀土掺杂浓度、助溶剂用量对CaS：Eu,Sm发光性能影响的主次关系,经正交分析和验证实验确定了最佳工艺参数应为：Eu∶Sm∶Ca mol%=0.3∶0.3∶99.4%,1100℃灼烧0.5h,助熔剂LiF用量为7%。采用X射线粉末衍射仪、荧光分光光度计（耦合1064nm激光激励源）对样品的物相及发光性能进行了测试与表征。     

A combined dislocation—cohesive zone model for fracture in a confined ductile layer

The collective dislocation behavior near a crack tip in a ductile layer sandwiched between two brittle solids is analyzed via two-dimensional dislocation dynamics (DD) simulations that incorporate a cohesive zone (CZ) model. The cohesive crack tip is treated as part of a much larger finite crack confined in the ductile layer. The underlying boundary value problem is formulated with a set of boundary integral equations and numerically evaluated with a collocation method. The fracture energy of the layered composite material is shown to be strongly correlated with the layer thickness and is directly influenced by the cohesive strength of the ductile layer (Hsia KJ et al. (1994) J Mech Phys Solids 6 877–896).     

Base Pressure Measurements under a Scale Model Stockpile

The ability of a granular bulk material to transmit internal shear stress is a fundamental property that is often overlooked or underestimated, yet it is this ability that allows many observed physical phenomena to occur. One such area that continues to be a focus for numerical, theoreticals and experimental researchers is the pressure that a stockpile of granular material places on the supporting surface. While appearing to be a simple problem, the ability of granular materials to transmit shear stress makes this an extremely complex problem. This article presents high-quality data collected under a 2 m high stockpile and full details of the experimental facilities used in the collection of the data.

The work presented is of significant value, having a much greater scale than previous studies (Jotaki & Moriyama, 1979; Lee & Herington, 1971; Smid & Novosad, 1981), and the deliberate inclusion of a central reclaim channel offers insight into stress changes during gravity reclaim and refilling. The results of this work have shown that the so-called 'M' pressure does exist under larger stockpiles both with and without reclaim hoppers; of more significance is the reemergence of the M pressure upon refilling of an emptied stockpile. This clearly illustrates that the M pressure is a robust and natural pressure distribution for a conical stockpile.     

基于语义激活的智能图形处理系统

全面分析了目前知识处理系统所存在的弊病,提出了下一代语义激活系统,探讨了新一代知识系统所应提供的服务;并将之运用于图形处理系统,阐明了图形数据从统一表示到有效存储、建模、再现和检索等一系列智能处理过程;进而提出了图形信息的语义表示和智能推理模型.     

关于商品包装物开发利用途径的研究与探讨

针对商品包装物消耗大量原材料、能源及物化劳动和活劳动的现状,为实施持续发展战略,为人类生存留有空间、为子孙后代造福,就商品包装物所用材料的开发与利用途径问题提出了行之有效的措施,为商品包装物的开发利用展示了新的途径.     

论包装与品牌定位

在现代商业社会,包装的价值已经从一个单纯保护商品的功能转化为提升和凸现品牌定位的更高层面上来了.如何有效、科学地利用一个产品的包装色彩、包装造型、包装材料以及包装上面的产品名称、图案、符号、文字等可视元素,成为促进与强化一个品牌定位在客户心目中塑造的重要的营销手段.