Submissions from 2008
Prediction of the sound field above a patchwork of absorbing materials, R. Lanoye, G. Vermeir, W. Lauriks, F. Sgard, and W. Desmet
On the use of EMG-ratios to assess the coordination of back muscles, Christian Larivière and A. Bertrand Arsenault
The assessment of back muscle capacity using intermittent static contractions. Part I: Validity and reliability of electromyographic indices of fatigue, Christian Larivière, Denis Gagnon, Denis Gravel, and A. Bertrand Arsenault
The assessment of back muscle capacity using intermittent static contractions. Part II: Validity and reliability of biomechanical correlates of muscle fatigue, Christian Larivière, Denis Gravel, Denis Gagnon, and A. Bertrand Arsenault
Formaldehyde exposure in U.S. industries from OSHA air sampling data, Jérôme Lavoué, Raymond Vincent, and Michel Gérin
An improved analytical solution to estimate the stress state in sub-vertical backfilled stopes, Li Li and Michel Aubertin
The effect of the number of counted traverses on the estimation of the total spore count sampled on a non-cultivable slit impactor, Geneviève Marchand, Yves Cloutier, Carole Pépin, and Daniel Drolet
Synthesis of a semi-active suspension seat for attenuation of whole-body vibration and shock, Xiao Qing Ma, Subhash Rakheja, and Chun-Yi Su
Distal lower-extremity pain and work postures in the Quebec population, Karen Messing, France Tissot, and Susan Stock
Culture-independent approach of the bacterial bioaerosol diversity in the standard swine confinement buildings, and assessment of the seasonal effect, Benjamin Nehmé, Valérie Létourneau, Robert J. Forster, Marc Veillette, and Caroline Duchaine
Assessments of two dynamic manikins for laboratory testing of seats under whole-body vibration, Hugues Nélisse, S. Patra, S. Rakheja, J. Boutin, and P.-É. Boileau
Savoirs professionnels et prévention des TMS : réflexions conceptuelles et méthodologiques menant à leur identification et à la genèse de leur construction, Sylvie Ouellet and Nicole Vézina
Determination of reference values of apparent mass responses of seated occupants of different body masses under vertical vibration with and without a back support, S. K. Patra, S. Rakheja, Hugues Nélisse, P.-É. Boileau, and J. Boutin
An interdisciplinary clinical practice model for the management of low-back pain in primary care: The CLIP project, Stéphane Poitras, Michel Rossignol, Clermont Dionne, Michel Tousignant, Manon Truchon, Bertrand Arsenault, Pierre Allard, Manon Côté, and Alain Neveu
Improving the cleaning procedure to make kitchen floors less slippery, F. Quirion, P. Poirier, and P. Lehane
Energy absorption of seated occupants exposed to horizontal vibration and role of back support condition, Subhash Rakheja, Santosh Mantapuram, and Ren G. Dong
Reliability of centre of pressure summary measures of postural steadiness in healthy young adults, Brenda R. Santos, Alain Delisle, Christian Larivière, André Plamondon, and Daniel Imbeau
A laboratory study to quantify the biomechanical responses to whole-body vibration: The influence on balance, reflex response, muscular activity and fatigue, Brenda R. Santos, Christian Larivière, Alain Delisle, André Plamondon, Paul-Émile Boileau, and Daniel Imbeau
Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry as a routine method for the quantification of beryllium in blood and serum, Chadi H. Stephan, Michel Fournier, Pauline Brousseau, and Sébastien Sauvé
Study on the effects of nitrilotriproprionic acid and 4,5-dihydroxy-1,3-benzene disulphonate on the fractionation of beryllium in human serum using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry, Chadi H. Stephan, Michel Fournier, Pauline Brousseau, and Sébastien Sauvé
Use of proliferation tests to evaluate the effects of complexing agents on beryllium toxicity, Chadi H. Stephan, Sébastien Sauvé, Michel Fournier, and Pauline Brousseau
Evaluation of three beryllium sequestering agents by isothermal titration calorimetry, C. H. Stephan, M. Fournier, P. Brousseau, M. Lafleur, and S. Sauvé
Low-back-pain related disability: An integration of psychological risk factors into the stress process model, Manon Truchon, Denis Côté, Lise Fillion, Bertrand Arsenault, and Clermont Dionne
Occupational ototoxicity of n-hexane, A. Vyskocil, T. Leroux, G. Truchon, M. Gendron, N. El Majidi, and C. Viau
Ototoxicity of trichloroethylene in concentrations relevant for the working environment, A. Vyskocil, T. Leroux, G. Truchon, F. Lemay, F. Gagnon, M. Gendron, and C. Viau
Ethyl benzene should be considered ototoxic at occupationally relevant exposure concentrations, A. Vyskocil, T. Leroux, G. Truchon, F. Lemay, M. Gendron, F. Gagnon, N. El Majidi, and C. Viau
Relationship between measured apparent mass and seat-to-head transmissibility responses of seated occupants exposed to vertical vibration, W. Wang, S. Rakheja, and P.-É. Boileau
Submissions from 2007
Trunk biomechanical models based on equilibrium at a single-level violate equilibrium at other levels, N. Arjmand, A. Shirazi-Adl, and M. Parnianpour
Modeling of perforated plates and screens using rigid frame porous models, Noureddine Atalla and Franck Sgard
Convection of a binary fluid saturating a shallow porous cavity subjected to cross heat fluxes, Ali Bahloul, P. Vasseur, and L. Robillard
Conditions et processus menant à des changements à la suite d'interventions en santé et en sécurité du travail : l'exemple d'activités de formation, Geneviève Baril-Gingras, Marie Bellemare, and Jean-Pierre Brun
Analysis of squat and stoop dynamic liftings: Muscle forces and internal spinal loads, Babak Bazrgari, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and Navid Arjmand
Reliability of the assessment of the oxygen/heart rate relationship during a workday, Danielle R. Bouchard and François Trudeau
Psychosocial work environment, interpersonal violence at work and mental health among correctional officiers, Renée Bourbonnais, Nathalie Jauvin, Julie Dussault, and Michel Vézina
Anticipating ethical aspects of the use of biomarkers in the workplace: A tool for stakeholders, Chantal Caux, David J. Roy, Louise Guilbert, and Clause Viau
Restructuring of the Québec health network and its effects on the profession of home health aides and their occupational health and safety, Esther Cloutier, Élise Ledoux, Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Hélène David, Isabelle Gagnon, and François Ouellet
Interdisciplinary team discussion on work environment issues related to low back disability: A multiple case study, Kátia M. Costa-Black, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Imbeau, Raymond Baril, and Patrick Loisel
Representations: An important key to understanding workers’ coping behaviors during rehabilitation and the return-to-work process, Marie-France Coutu, Raymond Baril, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Côté, and Annick Rouleau
Entropy generation for natural convection in G-shaped enclosures, Ihsan Dagtekin, Hakan F. Oztop, and Ali Bahloul
The effects of two interventions on persistent pain: a multiple single-case study among sign language interpreters, Alain Delisle, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Imbeau, and Christian Larivière
Multi-axis sinusoidal whole-body vibrations: Part II - Relationship between vibration total value and discomfort varies between vibration axes, James P. Dickey, Tammy R. Eger, Michele L. Oliver, Paul-Émile Boileau, Lana M. Trick, and A. Michelle Edwards
Determinants of «return to work in good health» among workers with back pain who consult in primary care settings: A 2-year prospective study, Clermont E. Dionne, Renée Bourbonnais, Pierre Frémont, Michel Rossignol, Susan R. Stock, Arie Nouwen, Isabelle Larocque, and Eric Demers
Aerosolization of mycobacteria and legionellae during dental treatment: low exposure despite dental unit contamination, Steve Dutil, Marc Veillette, Anne Mériaux, Louis Lazure, Jean-Pierre Barbeau, and Caroline Duchaine
Development of a loading dock safety evaluation tool, François Gauthier, Laurent Giraud, Sylvain Bournival, Réal Bourbonnière, Jean-Guy Richard, Renaud Daigle, and Serge Massé
Numerical investigations of ore pass hang-up phenomena, J. Hadjigeorgiou and J. F. Lessard
Health effects of airborne exposures from concentrated animal feeding operations, Dick Heederik, Torben Sigsgaard, Peter S. Thorne, Joel N. Kline, Rachel Avery, Jakob H. Bønløkke, Elizabeth A. Chrischilles, James A. Dosman, Caroline Duchaine, Steven R. Kirkhorn, Katarina Kulhankova, and James A. Merchant
Reproducibility experiments on measuring acoustical properties of rigid-frame porous media (round-robin tests), Kirill V. Horoshenkov, Amir Kahn, François-Xavier Bécot, Luc Jaouen, Franck Sgard, Amélie Renault, Nesrine Amirouche, Francesco Pompoli, Nicola Prodi, Paolo Bonfiglio, Giulio Pispola, Francesco Asdrubali, Jörn Hübelt, Noureddine Atalla, Celse K. Amédin, Walter Lauriks, and Laurens Boeckx
Monte Carlo simulation to reconstruct formaldehyde exposure Levels from summary parameters reported in the literature, J. Lavoué, D. Bégin, C. Beaudry, and M. Gérin
Occupational health problems and injuries among Quebec's physical educators, Jean Lemoyne, Louise Laurencelle, Michel Lirette, and François Trudeau
Documentation of the endotoxins present in the ambient air of cotton fiber textile mills in Québec, Geneviève Marchand, Michèle Lalonde, Yves Beaudet, Gilles Boivin, Sylvie Villeneuve, and Carole Pépin
Perception and biomechanics data in a manual handling task: A comparative study, I. Nastasia, M. Lortie, A. Delisle, and M. Gagnon
Evaluation of the health impact of lowering the formaldehyde occupational exposure limit for Quebec workers, Nolwenn Noisel, Michèle Bouchard, and Gaétan Carrier
Evaluation of a hybrid system for three-dimensional measurement of trunk posture in motion, André Plamondon, A. Delisle, Christian Larue, D. Brouillette, D. McFadden, P. Desjardins, and Christian Larivière
Practice patterns of physiotherapists in the treatment of work-related back pain, Stéphane Poitras, Régis Blais, Bonnie Swaine, and Michel Rossignol
The falling plate method: Evaluating the risk of aquaplaning on wet floors, François Quirion and Patrice Poirier
Vibro-acoustic behavior of a cavity backed by a plate coated with a meso-heterogeneous porous material, F. Sgard, N. Atalla, and C. K. Amedin
On the modeling of the diffuse field sound transmission loss of finite thickness apertures, Franck Sgard, Hugues Nélisse, and Noureddine Atalla
Carcinogenicity of shift-work, painting, and fire-fighting, Kurt Straif, Robert Baan, Yann Grosse, Béatrice Secretan, Fatiha El Ghissassi, Véronique Bouvard, Andrea Altieri, Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa, Vincent Cogliano, and WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group
Apport de diverses sources de données à la realisation d’une intervention ergonomique, Marie St-Vincent, Denys Denis, Daniel Imbeau, and François Ouellet
Effect of physical exertion on the biological monitoring of exposure to various solvents following exposure by inhalation in human volunteers: II. n-Hexane, Robert Tardif, Véronique Nadeau, Ginette Truchon, and Martin Brochu
A web tool for the identification of potential interactive effects of chemical mixtures, Adolf Vyskocil, Daniel Drolet, Claude Viau, François Lemay, Gilles Lapointe, Robert Tardif, Ginette Truchon, Marc Baril, Normand Gagnon, France Gagnon, Denis Bégin, and Michel Gérin
Submissions from 2006
Influence of hand-arm posture on biodynamic response of the human hand-arm exposed to Zh-axis vibration, Y. Aldien, P. Marcotte, S. Rakheja, and P.-É. Boileau
Influence of hand forces and handle size on power absorption of the human hand-arm exposed to Zh-axis vibration, Y. Aldien, P. Marcotte, S. Rakheja, and P.-É. Boileau
Model and in vivo studies on human trunk load partitioning and stability in isometric forward flexions, N. Arjmand and A. Shirazi-Adl
Role of intra-abdominal pressure in the unloading and stabilization of the human spine during static lifting tasks, N. Arjmand and A. Shirazi-Adl
Sensitivity of kinematics-based model predictions to optimization criteria in static lifting tasks, N. Arjmand and A. Shirazi-Adl
Wrapping of trunk thoracic extensor muscles influences muscle forces and spinal loads in lifting tasks, N. Arjmand, A. Shirazi-Adl, and B. Bazrgari
On the modeling of sound radiation from poroelastic materials, Noureddine Atalla, Franck Sgard, and Celse Kafui Amedin
Cross-sensitivities of electrochemical detectors used to monitor worker exposures to airborne contaminants: False positive responses in the absence of target analytes, Claire C. Austin, Brigitte Roberge, and Nicole Goyer
Boundary layer and stability analysis of natural convection in a porous cavity, Ali Bahloul
Interventions externes en santé et en sécurité du travail : influence du contexte de l’établissement sur l’implantation de mesures préventives, Geneviève Baril-Gingras, Marie Bellemare, and Jean-Pierre Brun
The contribution of qualitative analyses of occupational health and safety interventions: An example through a study of external advisory interventions, Geneviève Baril-Gingras, Marie Bellemare, and Jean-Pierre Brun
On the use of poroelastic materials for the control of the sound radiated by a cavity backed plate, François-Xavier Bécot and Franck Sgard
Allowing for MSD prevention during facilities planning for a public service: an a posteriori analysis of 10 library design projects, Marie Bellemare, Louis Trudel, Élise Ledoux, Sylvie Montreuil, Micheline Marier, Marie Laberge, and Patrick Vincent
At work but ill: Psychosocial work environment and well-being determinants of presenteeism propensity, Caroline Biron, Jean-Pierre Brun, Hans Ivers, and Cary Cooper
Risk assessment of occupational stress: Extensions of the extensions of the Clarke and Cooper Approach, Caroline Biron, Hans Ivers, Jean-Pierre Brun, and Cary L. Cooper
Upper airway inflammation in relation to dust spiked with aldehydes or glucan, Jakob H. Bønløkke, Göran Stridh, Torben Sigsgaard, Søren K. Kjærgaard, Håkan Löfstedt, Kjell Andersson, Eva C. Bonefeld-Jørgensen, Magdalena N. Jayatissa, Lennart Bodin, Jan-Erik Juto, and Lars Mølhave
Safety and comfort analysis of a 3-D vehicle model with optimal non-linear active seat suspension, M. Bouazara, M. J. Richard, and S. Rakheja
Effectiveness of a participative intervention on psychosocial work factors to prevent mental health problems in a hospital setting, R. Bourbonnais, C. Brisson, A. Vinet, M. Vézina, B. Abdous, and M. Gaudet
Development and implementation of a participative intervention to improve the psychosocial work environment and mental health in an acute care hospital, R. Bourbonnais, C. Brisson, A. Vinet, M. Vézina, and A. Lower
La prévention du trouble de stress post-traumatique : tout n'a pas encore été tenté, Isabeau Bousquet Des Groseillers, André Marchand, and Alain Brunet
Determination of airborne isocyanates generated during the thermal degradation of car paint in body repair shops, Michel Boutin, André Dufresne, Claude Ostiguy, and Jacques Lesage
A preliminary validation of a new measure of occupational health and safety, Jean Cadieux, Mario Roy, and Lise Desmarais
Analysis of self-reported problematic tasks for pregnant women, P. L. Cheng, G. A. Dumas, J. T. Smith, A. B. Léger, André Plamondon, M. J. McGrath, and J. E. Tranmer
Reproducibility of a task description questionnaire for working pregnant women, P. L. Cheng, G. A. Dumas, J. T. Smith, A. Léger, A. Plamondon, M. J. McGrath, and J. E. Tranmer
The extended Kalman filter as a tool for condition monitoring in hydraulic systems, Y. Chinniah
Failure monitoring in a high performance hydrostatic actuation system using the extended Kalman filter, Yuvin Chinniah, R. Burton, and S. Habibi
Parameter identification in a high performance hydrostatic actuation system using the unscented Kalman filter, Yuvin Chinniah, Saeid Habibi, Richard Burton, and Eric Sampson
Comparison of three computer office workstations offering forearm support: Impact on upper limb posture and muscle activation, Alain Delisle, Christian Larivière, André Plamondon, and Daniel Imbeau
Stock management influence on manual materials handling in two warehouse superstores, D. Denis, M. St-Vincent, D. Imbeau, and R. Trudeau
Vibration and tyre force transmissibility of commercial vehicles owing to wheel unbalance and non-uniformity defects, Aniket Deodhar, Subhash Rakheja, and Rama B. Bhat
Multi-axis sinusoidal whole-body vibrations: Part I - How long should the vibration and rest exposures be for reliable discomfort measures?, James P. Dickey, Michele L. Oliver, Paul-Émile Boileau, Tammy R. Eger, Lana M. Trick, and A. Michelle Edwards
Detection of Legionella spp. by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) in dental unit waterlines, S. Dutil, S. Tessier, M. Veillette, C. Laflamme, A. Mériaux, A. Leduc, J. Barbeau, and C. Duchaine
Percentile values for determining maximum endurance times for static muscular work, Khalid El Ahrache, Daniel Imbeau, and Bruno Farbos
Violence interpersonnelle en milieu de travail : une analyse du phénomène en milieu correctionnel québécois, Nathalie Jauvin, Michel Vézina, Renée Bourbonnais, and Julie Dussault
Computer modeling of lift trucks and operators to simulate lateral tipover, M. Koutchouk, C.-E. Aubin, and M. Gou
Impairment in workers with isocyanate-induced occupational asthma and removed from exposure in the province of Québec between 1985 and 2002, Manon Labrecque, Elyess Khemici, André Cartier, Jean-Luc Malo, and Jules Turcot
Flow cytometry sorting protocol of Bacillus spore using ultraviolet laser and autofluorescence as main sorting criterion, Christian Laflamme, Daniel Verreault, Jim Ho, and Caroline Duchaine
Validation of shoring made of HDPE pipe or CGS pipe normally used for culverts and sewers, André Lan, Denis LeBoeuf, Omar Chaallal, and Renaud Daigle
Gender influence on fatigability of back muscles during intermittent isometric contractions: A study of neuromuscular activation patterns, Christian Larivière, Denis Gravel, Denis Gagnon, Phillip Gardiner, A. Bertrand Arsenault, and Nathaly Gaudreault