Submissions from 2021
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 C. 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 Mélanie 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
Combined influence of transfer distance, pace, handled mass and box height on spine loading and posture, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Philippe Corbeil, Antoine Muller, Jasmin Vallée-Marcotte, Hakim Mecheri, Denys Denis, and André Plamondon
A qualitative study exploring the implementation determinants of rehabilitation and global wellness programs for orchestral musicians, Marianne Roos, Jean-Sébastien Roy, and Marie-Eve Lamontagne
Evaluation of Winter footwear: Comparison of test methods to determine footwear slip resistance on ice surfaces, Atena Roshan Fekr, Yue Li, Chantal Gauvin, Gordon Wong, Wayne Cheng, Geoff Fernie, and Tilak Dutta
Advanced functional materials for intelligent thermoregulation in personal protective equipment, Alireza Saidi, Chantal Gauvin, Safa Ladhari, and Phuong Nguyen-Tri
Assessing the comfort of earplugs: Development and validation of the French version of the COPROD questionnaire, Jonathan Terroir, Nellie Perrin, Pascal Wild, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, Chantal Gauvin, and Alessia Negrini
Combined puncture and cutting of soft-coated fabrics by a pointed blade: Energy, force, and stress failure criteria, Ennouri Triki and Chantal Gauvin
A cumulative impact of psychological and sensitization risk factors on pain-related outcomes, Zakir Uddin, Arthur Woznowski-Vu, Daniel Flegg, Andrea Aternali, and Timothy H. Wideman
New taxonomy for assessing manual material handlers’ footstep patterns, Jasmin Vallée-Marcotte, Antoine Muller, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Véronique Fecteau, Denys Denis, André Plamondon, and Philippe Corbeil
Settled dust assessment in clinical environment: Useful for the evaluation of a wider bioburden spectrum, Carla Viegas, Beatriz Almeida, Ana Monteiro, Inês Paciência, João Cavaleiro Rufo, Elisabete Carolino, Anita Quintal Gomes, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Geneviève Marchand, Liliana Aranha Caetano, and Susana Viegas
The prospective prognostic value of biopsychosocial indices of sensitivity to physical activity among people with back pain, Arthur Woznowski-Vu, Andrea Aternali, Alexandre Gervais, Antonina D.S. Pavilanis, Jo Nijs, Michael J.L. Sullivan, and Timothy H. Wideman
Simulation of the objective occlusion effect induced by bone-conducted stimulation using a three-dimensional finite-element model of a human head, Huiyang Xu, Franck Sgard, Kévin Carillo, Éric Wagnac, and Jacques de Guise
A methodology for integrated performance analyses of vibration reducing gloves, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, and Pierre Marcotte
Submissions from 2020
On site comparison of the OSHA 42, Asset EZ4-NCO, Iso-Chek, DAN and CIP10 methods for measuring toluene diisocyanate (TDI) at a polyurethane foam factory, Simon Aubin, El Mekki Hamdi, Audrey Joly, Philippe Sarazin, Jacques Lesage, Livain Breau, Mark Spence, and Sébastien Gagné
On-site comparison of the OSHA 47, Asset EZ4-NCO, Iso-Chek, DAN, and CIP10 methods for measuring methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) at an oriented-strand board (OSB) factory, Simon Aubin, El Mekki Hamdi, Audrey Joly, Philippe Sarazin, Jacques Lesage, Livain Breau, Mark Spence, and Sébastien Gagné
Individual in situ calibration of in-ear noise dosimeters, Fabien Bonnet, Hugues Nélisse, Marcos Nogarolli, and Jérémie Voix
Occupational co-exposures to multiple chemical agents from workplace measurements by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Delphine Bosson-Rieutort, Philippe Sarazin, Dominique Bicout, Vikki Ho, and Jérôme Lavoué
Performance of mechanical filters used in general ventilation against nanoparticles, Clothilde Brochot, Pooya Abdolghader, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
Comparative performance of the NanoScan and the classic SMPS in determining N95 filtering facepiece efficiency against nanoparticles, Clothilde Brochot, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
Qualitative knowledge of filtering facepiece respirators for filtration performance tests during the COVID-19 pandemic, Clothilde Brochot, Mohamed Nejib Saidi, and Ali Bahloul
Theoretical investigation of the low frequency fundamental mechanism of the objective occlusion effect induced by bone-conducted stimulation, Kevin Carillo, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
Interpreting deep learning features for myoelectric control: A comparison with handcrafted features, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Evan Campbell, Angkoon Phinyomark, François Laviolette, Benoit Gosselin, and Erik Scheme
Unsupervised domain adversarial self-calibration for electromyography-based gesture recognition, Ulysse Côté-Allard, Gabriel Gagnon-Turcotte, Angkoon Phinyomark, Kyrre Glette, Erik J. Scheme, François Laviolette, and Benoit Gosselin
Cumulative stigma among injured immigrant workers: A qualitative exploratory study in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), Daniel Côté, Jessica Dubé, Sylvie Gravel, Danielle Gratton, and Bob W. White
Characterization and quantification of ultrafine particles and carbonaceous components from occupational exposures to diesel particulate matter in selected workplaces, Alan da Silveira Fleck, Cyril Catto, Gilles L'Espérance, Jean-Philippe Masse, Brigitte Roberge, and Maximilien Debia
Development of a method for quantification of toluene diisocyanate and methylenediphenyl diisocyanate migration from polyurethane foam sample surface to artificial sweat by HPLC-UV-MS, Aleksandra Donchenko, Simon Aubin, Sébastien Gagné, Mark Spence, Livain Breau, and Jacques Lesage
Ozone efficacy for the control of airborne viruses: Bacteriophage and norovirus models, Marie-Eve Dubuis, Nathan Dumont-Leblond, Camille Laliberté, Marc Veillette, Nathalie Turgeon, Julie Jean, and Caroline Duchaine
Low incidence of airborne SARS-CoV-2 in acute care hospital rooms with optimized ventilation, Nathan Dumont-Leblond, Marc Veillette, Samira Mubareka, Lily Yip, Yves Longtin, Philippe Jouvet, Bianka Paquet Bolduc, Stéphane Godbout, Gary Kobinger, Allison McGeer, Alex Mikszewski, and Caroline Duchaine
Asymmetric bending response of shape memory alloy beam with functionally graded porosity, Pouya Fahimi, Amin Hajarian, Amir Hossein Eskandari, Ali Taheri, and Mostafa Baghani
Strength of temporary wooden guardrails installed on open joists and prefabricated walls, Bertrand Galy and André Lan
Estimating the burden of lung cancer in Canada attributed to occupational radon exposure using a novel exposure assessment method, C. B. Ge, J. Kim, F. Labrèche, E. Heer, C. Song, V. H. Arrandale, M. Pahwa, C. E. Peters, and P. A. Demers
On the modeling of human intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus: Elastic, permanent deformation and failure responses, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Mostafa Baghani, and Amir Hossein Eskandari
Comparison of different lifting analysis tools in estimating lower spinal loads: Evaluation of NIOSH criterion, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, André Plamondon, and Navid Arjmand
Subject-specific regression equations to estimate lower spinal loads during symmetric and asymmetric static lifting, F. Ghezelbash, A. Shirazi-Adl, Z. El Ouaaid, A. Plamondon, and N. Arjmand
Multi-exposures to suspected endocrine disruptors in electronic waste recycling workers: Associations with thyroid and reproductive hormones, Sabrina Gravel, Jérôme Lavoué, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Jacques Lavoie, Brigitte Roberge, Louis Patry, Maryse F. Bouchard, Marc-André Verner, Joseph Zayed, and France Labrèche
Testing and improving an ISO 14119-inspired tool to prevent bypassing safeguards on industrial machines, Aida Haghighi, Sabrina Jocelyn, and Yuvin Chinniah
Time course and variability of tendinous vibration-induced postural reactions in forward and backward directions, Mohamed Abdelhafid Kadri, Gabrielle Chevalier, Hakim Mecheri, Suzy Ngomo, Martin Lavallière, Rubens A. da Silva, and Louis-David Beaulieu
Effects of shift work on the eating behavior of police officers on patrol, Anastasi Kosmadopoulos, Laura Kervezee, Philippe Boudreau, Fernando Gonzales-Aste, Nina Vujovic, Frank A. J. L. Scheer, and Diane B. Boivin
Proposing a minimal data set of musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging biomarkers to inform clinical practice: An analysis founded on the Achilles tendon, Mathieu Lalumière, Christian Larivière, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Philippe Paquette, Martin Lamontagne, François Desmeules, and Dany H. Gagnon
Structural remodelling of the lumbar multifidus, thoracolumbar fascia and lateral abdominal wall perimuscular connective tissues: A cross-sectional and comparative ultrasound study, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Dany H. Gagnon, Hakim Mecheri, and Sharon M. Henry
Is postural control during unstable sitting a proxy measure for determinants associated with lumbar stability?, Christian Larivière, Richard Preuss, Daniel Ludvig, and Sharon M. Henry
The impact of compensation data maturity on OHS indicators, M. Lebeau, P. Duguay, A. Boucher, and Marc-Antoine Busque
A validated UPLC-MS/MS method for the determination of aliphatic and aromatic isocyanate exposure in human urine, Maggy Lépine, Lekha Sleno, Jacques Lesage, and Sébastien Gagné
Adherence to a home exercise programme following a clinical programme for non-acute non-specific low back pain: An exploratory study, Judith L'Heureux, Marie-France Coutu, Djamal Berbiche, and Christian Larivière
A logic model for a self-management program designed to help workers with persistent and disabling low back pain stay at work, Christian Longtin, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, and Marie-France Coutu
Sex differences in upper limb musculoskeletal biomechanics during a lifting task, Romain Martinez, Najoua Assila, Etienne Goubault, and Mickaël Begon
Comparison of the performance of ITS1 and ITS2 as barcodes in amplicon-based sequencing of bioaerosols, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Guillaume Bilodeau, and Caroline Duchaine
Motion-based prediction of hands and feet contact efforts during asymmetric handling tasks, Antoine Muller, Charles Pontonnier, and Georges Dumont
Motion-based prediction of external forces and moments and back loading during manual material handling tasks, A. Muller, C. Pontonnier, X. Robert-Lachaine, G. Dumont, and A. Plamondon
Can silicone passive samplers be used for measuring exposure of e-waste workers to flame retardants?, Linh V. Nguyen, Sabrina Gravel, France Labrèche, Bouchra Bakhiyi, Marc-André Verner, Joseph Zayed, Liisa M. Jantunen, Victoria H. Arrandale, and Miriam L. Diamond
Whole-body vibration biodynamics: A critical review. I. Experimental biodynamics, Subhash Rakheja, Krishna N. Dewangan, Ren G. Dong, and Pierre Marcotte
Workers age 55 and over working with pain: A descriptive interpretive study, Marie-Christine Richard and Marie-José Durand
Three-month efficacy of three knee braces in the treatment of medial knee osteoarthritis in a randomized crossover trial, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Yoann Dessery, Étienne L. Belzile, Sylvie Turmel, and Philippe Corbeil
Feasibility of quantifying the physical exposure of materials handlers in the workplace with magnetic and inertial measurement units, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Christian Larue, Denys Denis, Alain Delisle, Hakim Mecheri, Philippe Corbeil, and André Plamondon
Validation of a low-cost inertial motion capture system for whole-body motion analysis, X. Robert-Lachaine, H. Mecheri, A. Muller, C. Larue, and A. Plamondon
Acoustic characterization of tonal and broadband backup alarms in laboratory and field conditions, Olivier Robin, Tamara Krpic, Hugues Nélisse, and Alain Berry
Experimental evaluation of three local exhaust ventilation systems designed to reduce ultrafine dust emission during a polishing process, Mohamed Nejib Saidi, Abdelhakim Djebara, Victor Songmene, and Ali Bahloul
Operationalization of the new Pain and Disability Drivers Management model: A modified Delphi survey of multidisciplinary pain management experts, Yannick Tousignant-Laflamme, Chad E. Cook, Annie Mathieu, Florian Naye, Frédéric Wellens, Timothy Wideman, Marc-Olivier Martel, and Olivier Tri-Trinh Lam
Shoulder muscle activation strategies differ when lifting or lowering a load, Nicolas A. Turpin, Romain Martinez, and Mickael Begon
Activation of human eosinophils with nanoparticles: A new area of research, Marion Vanharen and Denis Girard
Are workers from waste sorting industry really protected by wearing filtering respiratory protective devices? The gap between the myth and reality, Carla Viegas, Marta Dias, Beatriz Almeida, Liliana Aranha Caetano, Elisabete Carolino, Anita Quintal Gomes, Magdalena Twarużek, Robert Kosicki, Jan Grajewski, Geneviève Marchand, and Susana Viegas
Assessing increased activities of the forearm muscles due to anti-vibration gloves: Construct validity of a refined methodology, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, Christian Larivière, and Pierre Marcotte
Distributed vibration isolation and manual dexterity of anti-vibration gloves: Is there a correlation?, Yumeng Yao, Subhash Rakheja, and Pierre Marcotte
Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part I: Impervious base, Jian Zheng, Li Li, and Yu-Chao Li
Solutions to estimate the excess PWP, settlement and volume of draining water after slurry deposition. Part II: Pervious base, Jian Zheng, Li Li, and Yu-Chao Li