Submissions from 2022
Inherently Safer Design (ISD) solutions in confined spaces: Experts' practical feedback in Quebec, Canada, Andres Gonzalez-Cortes, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Abdallah Ben Mosbah, Ali Bahloul, and Capucine Ouellet
Effect of expertise on shoulder and upper limb kinematics, electromyography, and estimated muscle forces during a lifting task, Etienne Goubault, Romain Martinez, Najoua Assila, Élodie Monga-Dubreuil, Jennifer Dowling-Medley, Fabien Dal Maso, and Mickael Begon
Shoulder electromyography-based indicators to assess manifestation of muscle fatigue during laboratory-simulated manual handling task, Etienne Goubault, Romain Martinez, Jason Bouffard, Jennifer Dowling-Medley, Mickaël Begon, and Fabien Dal Maso
Work-related predictors of mental health, presenteeism, and professional quality of life following exposure to a potentially traumatic event in child protection workers [儿童保护工作者接触潜在创伤事件后心理健康, 出勤主义和职业生活质量的工作相关预测因素] [Predictores de salud mental relacionados con el trabajo, presentismo y calidad de vida profesional tras la exposición a un evento potencialmente traumático en trabajadores de protección de la infancia], Stéphane Guay, Alexandre Lemyre, and Steve Geoffrion
Endocrine disruptors: Challenges and future directions in epidemiologic research, Vikki Ho, Laura Pelland-St-Pierre, Sabrina Gravel, Maryse F. Bouchard, Marc-André Verner, and France Labrèche
Characterization of Si and SiO2 in dust emitted during ganite polishing as a function of cutting conditions, Jules Kouam, Victor Songmene, Ali Bahloul, and Agnes M. Samuel
Development of a reflective learning method to support health and safety of adolescents with learning difficulties enrolled in a pre-work practicum, Marie Laberge, Margaux Vignet, and Céline Chatigny
Diagnosing, managing, and supporting return to work of adults with rotator cuff disorders: A clinical practice guideline, Simon Lafrance, Maxime Charron, Jean-Sébastien Roy, Joseph-Omer Dyer, Pierre Frémont, Clermont E. Dionne, Joy C. MacDermid, Michel Tousignant, Annie Rochette, Patrick Doiron-Cadri, Véronique Lowry, Nathalie Bureau, Martin Lamontagne, Emilie Sandman, Marie-France Coutu, Patrick Lavigne, and François Desmeules
Investigating the cyclical hypothesis of client aggression as a ‘loss spiral’: Can child protection worker distress lead to more client aggression?, Josianne Lamothe, Steve Geoffrion, and Stéphane Guay
Derivation of clinical prediction rules for identifying patients with non-acute low back pain who respond best to a lumbar stabilization exercise program at post-treatment and six-month follow-up, Christian Larivière, Khalil Rabhi, Richard Preuss, Marie-France Coutu, Nicolas Roy, and Sharon M. Henry
MiXie, an online tool for better health assessment of workers exposed to multiple chemicals, Bénédicte La Rocca and Philippe Sarazin
Un contre tous et tous contre un : étude des agressions groupales au travail et des conditions les favorisant [One against all and all against one: Study of group aggressions in the workplace and the conditions fostering them], L. Larouche, F. Courcy, and J. Douesnard
Échelle de fréquence des comportements préventifs au travail : analyse des propriétés métrologiques [Scale of frequency of preventive behaviors at work: Analysis of metrological properties], Alexandra Lecours, Alex-Anne Beaulieu, Valérie Poulin, Iuliana Nastasia, and France St-Hilaire
Stay at work after a period of disability due to an occupational injury: A complex process marked by social exchanges, Alexandra Lecours, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Charles Groleau, and Roxanne Bédard-Mercier
A finite element model to predict the double hearing protector effect on an in-house acoustic test fixture, Yu Luan, Franck Sgard, Hugues Nélisse, and Olivier Doutres
Exposure determinants in the French database COLCHIC (1987–2019): Statistical modeling across 77 chemicals, Gautier Mater, Jean-François Sauvé, Philippe Sarazin, and Jérôme Lavoué
Influence of seasons and sites on bioaerosols in indoor wastewater treatment plants and proposal for air quality indicators, Hamza Mbareche, Vanessa Dion-Dupont, Marc Veillette, Evelyne Brisebois, Jacques Lavoie, and Caroline Duchaine
Microbial composition of bioaerosols in indoor wastewater treatment plants, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Vanessa Dion-Dupont, Jacques Lavoie, and Caroline Duchaine
Occupational exposure to wood dust and the burden of nasopharynx and sinonasal cancer in Canada, Amirabbas Mofidi, Emile Tompa, Christina Kalcevich, Christopher McLeod, Martin Lebeau, Chaojie Song, Joanne Kim, and Paul A. Demers
Power spectrum of acceleration and angular velocity signals as indicators of muscle fatigue during upper limb low-load repetitive tasks, Béatrice Moyen-Sylvestre, Étienne Goubault, Mickaël Begon, Julie N. Côté, Jason Bouffard, and Fabien Dal Maso
Inertial motion capture-based estimation of L5/S1 moments during manual materials handling, Antoine Muller, Hakim Mecheri, Philippe Corbeil, André Plamondon, and Xavier Robert-Lachaîne
A systematic comparative study of granular activated carbons and catalysts for ozone removal, Marzieh Namdari, Chang-Seo Lee, and Fariborz Haghighat
High sensitivity detection of nanoparticles permeation through polymer membranes: A physico-chemical and nuclear imaging measurement approach, Mahmoud Mohamed Omar, Mariia Kiseleva, Myriam Laprise-Pelletier, Amelie Auge, Ludovic Tuduri, and Marc-André Fortin
When bosses are burned out: Psychosocial safety climate and its effect on managerial quality, Annick Parent-Lamarche and Caroline Biron
Morphologic clustering of earcanals using deep learning algorithm to design artificial ears dedicated to earplugs attenuation measurement, Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni, Chun Hong Law, Djamal Berbiche, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
A numerical study of the impacts of outdoor air intake and air changes per hour on the trichloramine concentrations in a swimming pool enclosure, H. Proulx and S. Hallé
Knee braces and foot orthoses multimodal treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Yoann Dessery, Étienne L. Belzile, and Philippe Corbeil
Impact of ultra-small silver nanoparticles of 2 nm (AgNP2) on neutrophil biology: AgNP2 alter the actin cytoskeleton and induce karyorrhexis by a mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent mechanism in vitro and transitorily attract neutrophils in vivo, Abdelaziz Saafane, Isabelle Durocher, Marion Vanharen, and Denis Girard
Interaction between iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4 NPs) and human neutrophils: Evidence that Fe3O4 NPs possess some pro-inflammatory activities: Impact of iron oxide nanoparticles on the biology of neutrophils, Abdelaziz Saafane and Denis Girard
Towards a practical methodology for assessment of the objective occlusion effect induced by earplugs, Hugo Saint-Gaudens, Hugues Nélisse, Franck Sgard, and Olivier Doutres
Microbial contamination and metabolite exposure assessment during waste and recyclable material collection, Fabiola Salambaga, Loïc Wingert, Isabelle Valois, Nancy Lacombe, François Gouin, Julien Trépanier, Maximilien Debia, Ewelina Soszczyńska, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Marta Dias, Susana Viegas, Liliana Caetano, Carla Viegas, and Geneviève Marchand
Risk-targeted behavioral activation for the management of work disability associated with comorbid pain and depression: A feasibility study, Michael J.L. Sullivan, Timothy Wideman, Nathalie Gauthier, Pascal Thibault, Tamra Ellis, and Heather Adams
A new headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method for the simultaneous quantification of 21 microbial volatile organic compounds in urine and blood, Sarah Tabbal, Badr El Aroussi, Michèle Bouchard, Geneviève Marchand, and Sami Haddad
Development and validation of a method for the simultaneous quantification of 21 microbial volatile organic compounds in ambient and exhaled air by thermal desorption and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry, Sarah Tabbal, Badr El Aroussi, Michèle Bouchard, Geneviève Marchand, and Sami Haddad
Evaluating the apoptotic cell death modulatory activity of nanoparticles in men and women neutrophils and eosinophils, Marion Vanharen, Isabelle Durocher, Abdelaziz Saafane, and Denis Girard
Rapid assessment of biological activity of Ag-based antiviral coatings for the treatment of textile fabrics used in protective equipment against Coronavirus, Nhu-Nang Vu, Camille Venne, Safa Ladhari, Alireza Saidi, Lana Moskovchenko, Thanh Tung Lai, Yong Xiao, Simon Barnabé, Benoit Barbeau, and Phuong Nguyen-Tri
The association between the incidence of post-menopausal breast cancer and residential greenness, Qiulin Wang, Mark S. Goldberg, France Labrèche, and Vikki Ho
Occupational microbial risk among embalmers, Loïc Wingert, Maximilien Debia, Stéphane Hallé, and Geneviève Marchand
The temporal relation between pain and fatigue in individuals receiving treatment for chronic musculoskeletal pain, Keiko Yamada, Heather Adams, Tamra Ellis, Robyn Clark, Craig Sully, Christian Larivière, and Michael J. L. Sullivan
Submissions from 2021
Field test of temporary excavation wall support in sensitive clay, Miah Alam, Omar Chaallal, and Bertrand Galy
Flexible temporary shield in soft and sensitive clay: 3D FE modelling of experimental field test, Miah Alam, Omar Chaallal, and Bertrand Galy
Soil-structure interaction of flexible temporary trench box: Parametric studies using 3D FE modelling, Miah Alam, Omar Chaallal, and Bertrand Galy
Kinetic time courses of inhaled silver nanoparticles in rats, Sandra Nirina Andriamasinoro, Denis Dieme, Caroline Marie-Desvergne, Alessandra Maria Serventi, Maximilien Debia, Sami Haddad, and Michèle Bouchard
Development and characterization of an adaptable aerosolized methylene diphenyl diisocyanate generation system, Simon Aubin, Loïc Wingert, Sébastien Gagné, Livain Breau, and Jacques Lesage
Leakage versus material filtration in barrier facemask efficiency, Ali Bahloul, Clothilde Brochot, and Barbara Layne
Evaluation of the implementation of a railway critical incident management and support protocol to help train drivers cope with accidents and suicides, Cécile Bardon, Luc Dargis, and Brian Mishara
Inter-rater reliability of occupational exposure assessment in a case-control study of female breast cancer, Emmanuelle Bâtisse, France Labrèche, Mark S. Goldberg, Jérôme Lavoué, Marie-Élise Parent, R. Pasquet, Lesley Richardson, J. Siemiatycki, and Vikki Ho
Does the movement competency screen correlate with deep abdominals activation and hip strength for professional and pre-professional dancers?, Justine Benoît-Piau, Mélanie Morin, Sylvie Fortin, Christine Guptill, and Nathaly Gaudreault
Trauma on duty: Cognitive functioning in police officers with and without posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) [Trauma durante el servicio: Funcionamiento cognitivo en oficiales de policía con y sin Trastorno de Estrés Postraumático (TEPT)] [任职创伤:有无创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的警官的认知功能], Alexandra Bisson Desrochers, Isabelle Rouleau, Andréanne Angehrn, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis, Daniel Saumier, and Alain Brunet
How effective is the filtration of ‘KN95’ filtering facepiece respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic?, Clothilde Brochot, Mohamed N. Saidi, and Ali Bahloul
Cardiopulmonary values and organ blood flows before and during heat stress: Data in nine subjects at rest in the upright position, Pierre Brochu, Jessie Ménard, Axelle Marchand, and Sami Haddad
Safety in the Quebec construction industry: An overview of and possible improvements in hazardous energy control using lockout on construction sites by electricians, pipefitters, refrigeration mechanics and construction millwrights, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Ayoub Nokra, and Abdallah Ben Mosbah
Analysis of vehicle stability when using two-post above-ground automotive lifts: Distribution of forces in arms, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Bertrand Galy, and Kariane Cusson Bertrand
Numerical investigation of the earplug contribution to the low-frequency objective occlusion effect induced by bone-conducted stimulation, Kévin Carillo, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
On the removal of the open earcanal high-pass filter effect due to its occlusion: A bone-conduction occlusion effect theory, Kévin Carillo, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
Principle of an acoustical method for estimating the centroid position of the earcanal wall normal velocity induced by bone-conducted stimulation: Numerical evaluation, Kévin Carillo, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
On the modeling of the objective occlusion effect induced by earplugs: Recent advances, challenges and perspectives, Kévin Carillo, Franck Sgard, Huiyang Xu, A. Guilloteau, Simon Benacchio, Bastien Poissenot-Arrigoni, and Olivier Doutres
Exploring pain phenotypes in workers with chronic low back pain: Application of IMMPACT recommendations, Lisa C. Carlesso, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, William Shaw, Christian Larivière, and Manon Choinière
Manipulative therapy of sacral torsion versus myofascial release in patients clinically diagnosed posterior pelvic pain: A consort compliant randomized controlled trial, Adelaida Maria Castro-Sanchez, Esther Gil-Martín, Manuel Fernández-Sánchez, Inmaculada Carmen Lara-Palomo, Iuliana Nastasia, María de los Ángeles Querol-Zaldívar, and María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz
Hearing protectors fit-testing: Preliminary results of earmuff instrumentation on manikin, Arthur Colombier, Chahinez Hocine, Franck Sgard, Olivier Doutres, and Jérémie Voix
A transferable adaptive domain adversarial neural network for virtual reality augmented EMG-based gesture recognition, Ulysse Cote-Allard, Gabriel Gagnon-Turcotte, Angkoon Phinyomark, Kyrre Glette, Erik Scheme, Francois Laviolette, and Benoit Gosselin
Worker health in formal electronic waste recycling plants, Daniel Côté, Sylvie Gravel, Stéphanie Gladu, Bouchra Bakhiyi, and Sabrina Gravel
How does gender influence sustainable return to work following prolonged work disability? An interpretive description study, Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Daniel Côté, Dominique Tremblay, Chantal Sylvain, Marie-Michelle Gouin, Karine Bilodeau, Iuliana Nastasia, and Marie-Andrée Paquette
Return to work following total knee arthroplasty: A multiple case study of stakeholder perspectives, Marie-France Coutu, Nathaly Gaudreault, Marie-Ève Major, Iuliana Nastasia, Réjean Dumais, Annie Deshaies, Sara Pettigrew, Marie-Elise Labrecque, François Desmeules, and Pascale Maillette
Characterization of occupational exposures to engineered nanoparticles during the finishing process of a hardwood floor manufacturing plant, Maximilien Debia, Mireille Carpentier, and Gilles L'Espérance
Condensation sampler efficiency for the recovery and infectivity preservation of viral bioaerosols, Jodelle Degois, Marie-Eve Dubuis, Nathalie Turgeon, Marc Veillette, and Caroline Duchaine
Cumulative impact of swimmers on pool water quality: A full-scale study revealing seasonal and daily variabilities of disinfection by-products, Ianis Delpla, Sabrina Simard, François Proulx, Jean-Baptiste Sérodes, Isabelle Valois, Elham Ahmadpour, Maximilien Debia, Robert Tardif, Sami Haddad, and Manuel Rodriguez
Assessment of psychological distress in health-care workers during and after the first wave of COVID-19: A Canadian longitudinal study [Évaluation de la détresse psychologique chez les travailleurs de la santé durant et après la première vague de la COVID-19 : une étude longitudinale canadienne], Marie-Michèle Dufour, Nicolas Bergeron, Axelle Rabasa, Stéphane Guay, and Steve Geoffrion
Positive no-touch surfaces and undetectable SARS-CoV-2 aerosols in long-term care facilities: An attempt to understand the contributing factors and the importance of timing in air sampling campaigns, Nathan Dumont-Leblond, Marc Veillette, Luc Bhérer, Karine Boissoneault, Samira Mubareka, Lily Yip, Marie-Eve Dubuis, Yves Longtin, Philippe Jouvet, Alison McGeer, and Caroline Duchaine
Validation of the work disability diagnosis interview for musculoskeletal and mental disorders, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, and Djamal Berbiche
Insights into the sustainable return to work of aging workers with a work disability: An interpretative description study, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Dominique Tremblay, Chantal Sylvain, Marie-Michelle Gouin, Karine Bilodeau, Laurie Kirouac, Marie-Andrée Paquette, Iuliana Nastasia, and Daniel Côté
Simultaneous modeling of detection rate and exposure concentration using semi-continuous models to identify exposure determinants when left-censored data may be a true zero, Melissa Friesen, Hyoyoung Choo-wosoba, Philippe Sarazin, Jooyean Hwang, Pamela Dopart, Daniel E. Russ, Nicole C. Deziel, Jérôme Lavoué, Paul S. Albert, and Bin Zhu
In situ strength testing of temporary steel guardrails installed on existing Flat-roof parapets, Bertrand Galy
Practices and needs of machinery designers and manufacturers in safety of machinery: An exploratory study in the Province of Quebec, Canada, François Gauthier, Yuvin Chinniah, Georges Abdul-Nour, Sabrina Jocelyn, Barthélemy Aucourt, Guy Bordeleau, and Abdallah Ben Mosbah
Modeling of human intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus with complex multi-fiber networks, Farshid Ghezelbash, Amir Hossein Eskandari, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Morteza Kazempour, Javad Tavakoli, Mostafa Baghani, and John J Costi
Inherently safer design: An accident prevention perspective on reported confined space fatalities in Quebec, Andres Gonzalez-Cortes, Damien Burlet-Vienney, and Yuvin Chinniah
Electronic recycling plants: Human resources and OHS management case studies, Sylvie Gravel, Daniel Côté, Stéphanie Gladu, France Labrèche, Sabrina Gravel, Bouchra Bakhiyi, and Joseph Zayed
The immediate effect of two lumbar stabilization methods on postural control parameters and their reliability during two balance tasks, Mohamed Abdelhafid Kadri, Marianne Violette, Mathieu Dallaire, Fábio Carlos Lucas de Oliveira, Martin Lavallière, Suzy Ngomo, Louis-David Beaulieu, Christian Larivière, and Rubens A. da Silva
Presenteeism in small and medium-sized enterprises: Determinants and impacts on health, Mouna Knani, Pierre-Sébastien Fournier, and Caroline Biron
Impact of palladium nanoparticles (Pd-NPs) on the biology of neutrophils in vitro and on leukocyte attraction in vivo, Pierrette Kwemo, Abdelaziz Saafane, Marion Vanharen, Isabelle Durocher, and Denis Girard
Occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs: What about hospital sanitation personnel?, France Labrèche, Capucine Ouellet, Brigitte Roberge, Nicolas J Caron, Ahmed Yennek, and Jean-François Bussières
A framework for analyzing collisions, near misses and injuries of commercial cyclists, Ugo Lachapelle, David Carpentier-Laberge, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, and Lily Ranger
To what extent do musculoskeletal ultrasound biomarkers relate to pain, flexibility, strength, and function in individuals with chronic symptomatic achilles tendinopathy?, Mathieu Lalumiere, Sarah Perrino, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Christian Larivière, Martin Lamontagne, François Desmeules, and Dany H. Gagnon
Structural remodeling of the lumbar multifidus, thoracolumbar fascia and lateral abdominal wall perimuscular connective tissues: Medium-term test-retest reliability of ultrasound measures, Christian Larivière, Dany H. Gagnon, and Richard Preuss
Structural remodeling of the lumbar multifidus, thoracolumbar fascia and lateral abdominal wall perimuscular connective tissues: A search for its potential determinants, Christian Larivière, Sharon M. Henry, and Richard Preuss
The effect of extensible and non-extensible lumbosacral orthoses on anticipatory postural adjustments in participants with low back pain and healthy controls, Christian Larivière and Richard Preuss
Effect of hearing and head protection on the localization of tonal and broadband reverse alarms, Chantal Laroche, Christian Giguère, Véronique Vaillancourt, Claudia Marleau, Marie-France Cadieux, Karina Laprise-Girard, Emily Gula, Véronique Carroll, Manuelle Bibeau, and Hugues Nélisse
Development of a questionnaire measuring preventive behaviors at work, Alexandra Lecours, Alex-Anne Beaulieu, Valérie Poulin, Iuliana Nastasia, and France St-Hilaire
Integrated prevention at work: Protocol for a concept analysis, Alexandra Lecours, Marie-Ève Major, Claude Vincent, Valérie Lederer, and Marie-Ève Lamontagne
Experimental evaluation of in-duct electronic air cleaning technologies for the removal of ketones, Chang-Seo Lee, Zahra Shayegan, Fariborz Haghighat, Lexuan Zhong, Ali Bahloul, and Melanie Huard
Pan-Canadian standards for severe asthma in electronic medical records, M. Diane Lougheed, Alison Morra, Emma Bullock, Noah Tregobov, Dave Barber, Louis-Philippe Boulet, Sharon Dell, Francine M. Ducharme, Madonna Ferrone, J. Mark FitzGerald, Samir Gupta, Christopher Licskai, Delanya Podgers, Parameswaran Nair, Dhenuka Radhakrishnan, Mohsen Sadatsafavi, Itamar E. Tamari, Teresa To, Brandie Walker, Connie L. Yang, and Catherine Lemiere
Experimental study of earplug noise reduction of a double hearing protector on an acoustic test fixture, Yu Luan, Olivier Doutres, Hugues Nélisse, and Franck Sgard
Impact of heat on biological concentrations of toluene and acetone resulting from exposure by inhalation: A pilot study, Axelle Marchand, Jessie Ménard, Pierre Brochu, and Sami Haddad
In silico study suggesting the bias of primers choice in the molecular identification of fungal aerosols, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, and Guillaume J. Bilodeau
Role and responsibilities of supervisors in the sustainable return to work of workers following a work-related musculoskeletal disorder, Iuliana Nastasia, Marie-France Coutu, Romain Rives, Jessica Dubé, Sarah Gaspard, and Audrey Quilicot
High-sensitivity permeation analysis of ultrasmall nanoparticles across the skin by positron emission tomography, Mahmoud M. Omar, Myriam Laprise-Pelletier, Pascale Chevallier, Ludovic Tuduri, and Marc-André Fortin
A diffusion cell adapted to nuclear imaging instruments for the measurement of molecular release and pharmacokinetics across membranes, Mahmoud Mohamed Omar, Myriam Laprise-Pelletier, Sophie Lemay, Jean Lagueux, Ludovic Tuduri, and Marc-André Fortin
Le retour au travail dans un contexte de barrières linguistiques : une étude comparative des politiques et des pratiques d'indemnisation des victimes de lésion professionnelle au Québec et en Ontario, Stephanie Premji, Momtaz Begum, Alex Medley, Ellen MacEachen, Daniel Côté, and Ron Saunders
Return-to-work in a language barrier context: Comparing Quebec’s and Ontario’s workers’ compensation policies and practices, Stéphanie Premji, Momtaz Begum, Alex Medley, Ellen MacEachen, Daniel Côté, and Ron Saunders
Impact of initial stress field heterogeneity in dynamic soil–structure interaction, Marc-Denis Rioux, Marie-José Nollet, and Bertrand Galy