Ergonomics in Caring for People: Proceedings of the International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment 2015

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Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Impact of Footwear on Gait Parameter  (Devika Vipin Vaidya, Rauf Iqbal, Archana Bhatnagar)....Pages 3-8
 Characteristics of Gait Variability Among Healthy Indian Construction Workers During Different Load Carrying Modes  (Arundhati Guha Thakurta, Rauf Iqbal, H. V. Bhasin, Amitabha De, Vivek Khanzode, Shreya Maulik)....Pages 9-15
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 A Study on Agony of Indian Percussionists  (W. Mishra, Amitabha De, Rauf Iqbal, Vivek Khanzode, S. Gangopadhyay, A. M. Chandra)....Pages 19-25
 Prevalence of Upper Limb Disorders and Investigation of Risk Factors Among Commercial Kitchen Male Workers in South India  (S. Shankar, M. Shanmugam, J. Srinivasan)....Pages 27-33
 Effect of Occupational Factors on Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Insurance Office Employees: A Case Study  (Harbir Singh, Lakhwinder Pal Singh)....Pages 35-41
 Assessment of Forearm Muscle Work in Various Dental Activities  (Tejashree A. Dabholkar, Sujata Yardi, Ajit Dabholkar)....Pages 43-47
 Investigation of Magnitude of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Cotton Spinning Operators  (Dhananjay Ikhar, Vishwas Deshpande)....Pages 49-56
 Working Period, Year of Exposure and the Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among the Saw Mill Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study  (Asit Adhikari, Subhashis Sahu)....Pages 57-64
 Duration of Exposure (Working Hours) and Musculoskeletal Discomfort/Pain  (Urmi R. Salve, Amitabha De)....Pages 65-70
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 Knowledge–Attitude–Practice (KAP) Study and Nutrition Education of Athletic and Non-athletic Teenagers (13–18 Years)  ( Ashwini R. Sadhu, Deepali Kotwal)....Pages 73-82
 A Study on Auditory Status of School Going Children Residing Near Railway Track  (Chatterjee Sandipan, Chatterjee Ayan, Chatterjee Surjani, Santra Tanaya, Mondal Prosun, Banerjee Neepa et al.)....Pages 83-90
 Assessment of Scapular Stability in Postpartum Females: A Longitudinal Study  ( Akhila Krishnakumar, Tejashree A. Dabholkar, Ajit Dabholkar)....Pages 91-96
 General Health-Related Physical Fitness Levels of College-Going Girls from Maharashtra  (P. Patel, Rauf Iqbal, H. Bhasin, A. Bhatnagar, M. K. Chauhan)....Pages 97-103
 Bagasse—A Replacement of Glass Wool as an Acoustic Material  (Mohit Gaur, M. Muzammil, Abid Ali Khan)....Pages 105-109
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 Manual Material Handling by Rural Women: An In-depth Analysis of the Body Pain Areas  ( Gupta Nidhi, Pupalla Padmaja)....Pages 113-124
 Characterization of Drudgery of Farm Women in the Soybean Production System  (Jayshree P. Zend, Manjusha S. Revanwar, Sandhya N. Admankar)....Pages 125-130
 Association of Job and Demographical Risk Factor with Occurrence of Neck Pain Among Hand Screen Printing Workers  (S. Shankar, R. Naveen Kumar, P. Mohankumar, J. Karthick, S. Pradeep)....Pages 131-137
 Effect of Fatigue on Hand Function in Dental Profession  (Tejashree A. Dabholkar, Riddhi Shroff, Ajit Dabholkar, Sujata Yardi)....Pages 139-143
 Cardiac Stress Among Two Types of Handloom Weavers  (Santu Durlov, Subhashis Sahu)....Pages 145-152
 Workspace Amenities for Assam Policewomen: Ergonomic Interventions  (Shilpi Bora, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti)....Pages 153-160
 Physiological and Metabolic Status of Bus Drivers  (C. K. Pradhan, I. Chakraborty, S. Thakur, S. Mukherjee)....Pages 161-167
 Effectiveness of a Participatory Ergonomics Intervention to Improve Musculoskeletal Health: A Solomon Four-Group Study Among Manufacturing Industry Workers in Selangor, Malaysia  (C. S. Lim, B. B. Mohd Rafee, A. R. Anita, A. S. Shamsul, S. B. Mohd Noor)....Pages 169-179
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 Ergonomic Intervention for Manual Harvesting in Agriculture: A Review  (R. Jain, M. L. Meena, G. S. Dangayach)....Pages 183-191
 Skin–Bed Interface Pressure on Standard Hospital Mattress for Sitting, Prone, and Supine Posture in Healthy Adults  (Sachin S. Shinde, Neela R. Rajhans)....Pages 193-199
 Design of Continuously Variable Transmission Mechanism for Economy Cars in India  (Sanjog Kumar Panda, Abhirup Chatterjee, Debkumar Chakrabarti)....Pages 201-208
 A Brief Procedure for Ergonomic Design of Hand Tool for Small-Scale Industries  (M. K. Sain, M. L. Meena, G. S. Dangayach, A. K. Bhardwaj)....Pages 209-214
 Designing Washroom for Wheelchair Users in Vocational Training Schools  (P. Shivalkar, M. K. Chauhan)....Pages 215-221
 Intra- and Inter-reliability of Cervical Goniometer Used to Measure Cervical Range of Motion in Young Adults  (Shivani Chowdhury Salian, Arushi Tiwari)....Pages 223-232
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 Number Plate Design for Bicycles: An Approach from Aesthetic and Ergonomic Perspective  (Mohammad Shahid, Subir Dey, Subhajit Chandra, Anmol Srivastava, Ashish Kumar Yadav, Shilpi Bora et al.)....Pages 235-241
 Anthropomorphic Televisions Are More Attractive: The Effect of Novelty  (Anirban Chowdhury, Debkumar Chakrabarti, Sougata Karmakar)....Pages 243-249
 Identification of Aesthetically Favourable Interface Attributes for Better User Experience of Social Networking Application  (Devyani Shirole, Anirban Chowdhury, Debayan Dhar)....Pages 251-259
 Exploring Embedded Intelligence as a Means of Minimizing Cognitive Load of Students in Electronics Engineering Instructional Laboratory Sessions  (Anmol Srivastava, Pradeep Yammiyavar)....Pages 261-266
 Product Graphical User Interfaces: A Study for the Meaning and Usability on Automobile Dashboard User Interfaces in Indian Context  (Venkateshwarlu Varala, Pradeep Yammiyavar)....Pages 267-272
 Effect of Baby-Like Product Personality on Visually Perceived Pleasure: A Study on Coffeemakers  (Prachi Karkun, Anirban Chowdhury, Debayan Dhar)....Pages 273-279
 ‘Quantitative Probabilistic Widgets’: Method to Improve Usability Performance of Data Entry Task  (Shrikant Salve, Pradeep Yammiyavar)....Pages 281-287
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 An Eye-Free Android Application for Visually Impaired Users  (Uday Sagale, Ganesh Bhutkar, Mahadev Karad, Nikhil Jathar)....Pages 291-297
 Meditation as a Countermeasure to Reduce Cognitive Decline During Total Sleep Deprivation  (Abhirup Chatterjee, Koushik Ray, Usha Panjwani, Jag Parvesh Anand, Lalan Thakur, Sanjeev Kumar et al.)....Pages 299-311
 Effects of Bharatnatyam Dancing on the Cognitive Ability of Adult Bengalee Females  (Chatterjee Surjani, Banerjee Neepa, Chatterjee Sandipan, Bhattacharjee Satabdi, Banerjee Debamalya, Mukherjee Shankarashis)....Pages 313-319
 A Cognitive Approach to Design of Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments: Review of Literature  (Biswaksen Patnaik)....Pages 321-326
 Mental Fatigue Quantification by Physiological and Neurophysiological Techniques: An Overview  (Rajesh Kumar, Parveen Kalra, A. K. Lall)....Pages 327-336
 Role of Language in Transfer of Tacit Knowledge: Case Study of Bamboo Crafts Making Industries in Northeast India  (S. P. Ojha, Pradeep Yammiyavar)....Pages 337-343
 Study of Visual Ergonomic Issues in Title Design in Popular Hindi Cinema Posters  (Mohammad Shahid, Dharmalingam Udaya Kumar)....Pages 345-351
 Research in Driver–Vehicle Interaction: Indian Scenario  (Indresh Verma, Susmita Nath, Sougata Karmakar)....Pages 353-361
Back Matter ....Pages 363-364