Submissions from 2017
Prediction of stress-strain behaviour and energy dissipation of textile protective materials at large deformations, Lotfi Harrabi, Tarek Abboud, Toan Vu-Khanh, Patricia I. Dolez, and Jaime Lara
Evaluating the validity of the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (Canadian French version) using classical test theory and item response theory, Quan Nha Hong, Marie-France Coutu, and Djamal Berbiche
Application of logical analysis of data to machinery-related accident prevention based on scarce data, Sabrina Jocelyn, Yuvin Chinniah, Mohamed-Salah Ouali, and Soumaya Yacout
Exposure assessment in a single-walled carbon nanotube primary manufacturer, Serge Kouassi, Cyril Catto, Claude Ostiguy, Gilles L'Espérance, and Jence Kroeger
Evaluation of a horizontal lifeline system used during installation of residential roofs, André Lan and Bertrand Galy
Milestones, barriers and beacons: Shared decision making in Canada inches ahead, France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Pierre-Gerlier Forest, Marie-France Coutu, Patrick Archambault, Laura Boland, Holly O. Witteman, Annie LeBlanc, Krystina B. Lewis, and Anik M. C. Giguère
Workers' perspectives on return to work after total knee arthroplasty, Pascale Maillette, Marie-France Coutu, and Nathaly Gaudreault
Simultaneous exposures to heat and chemicals and the impact on toxicokinetics and biomonitoring, Axelle Marchand and Sami Haddad
Assessment of workers’ exposure to grain dust and bioaerosols during the loading of vessels’ hold: An example at a port in the province of Québec, Geneviève Marchand, Marie Gardette, Kiet Nguyen, Valérie Amano, Eve Neesham-Grenon, and Maximilien Debia
Effect of accelerating voltage on beam damage of asbestos fibers in the transmission electron microscope (TEM), Joannie Martin, Martin Beauparlant, Sébastien Sauvé, and Gilles L'Espérance
Effect of temperature on beam damage of asbestos fibers in the transmission electron microscope (TEM) at 100 kV, Joannie Martin, Martin Beauparlant, Sébastien Sauvé, and Gilles L'Espérance
A next generation sequencing approach with a suitable bioinformatics workflow to study fungal diversity in bioaerosols released from two different types of composting plants, Hamza Mbareche, Marc Veillette, Laetitia Bonifait, Marie-Ève Dubuis, and Yves Bernard
Time domain localization technique with sparsity constraint for imaging acoustic sources, Thomas Padois, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, and Alain Berry
Acoustic source localization using a polyhedral microphone array and an improved generalized cross-correlation technique, Thomas Padois, Franck Sgard, Olivier Doutres, and Alain Berry
Difference between male and female workers lifting the same relative load when palletizing boxes, André Plamondon, Christian Larivière, Denys Denis, Hakim Mecheri, and Iuliana Nastasia
How reproducible is the acoustical characterization of porous media?, Francesco Pompoli, Paulo Bonfiglio, Kirill Horoshenkov, Amir Kahn, François-Xavier Bécot, Franck Sgard, Francesco Asdrubali, Francesco D'Alessandro, Jörn Hübelt, Noureddine Attala, Celse K. Amédin, Walter Lauriks, and Laurens Boeckx
Paramedics' working strategies while loading a stretcher into an ambulance, Jérôme Prairie, André Plamondon, Dominique Larouche, Sandrine Hegg-Deloye, and Philippe Corbeil
Use of the novel derivatizing agent 1,8-diaminonapthalene with the CIP10 sampler to measure 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate atmospheres, Silvia Puscasu, Simon Aubin, Philippe Sarazin, Lucile Richard, Mark Spence, and Sébastien Gagné
Accuracy and repeatability of single-pose calibration of inertial measurement units for whole-body motion analysis, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Hakim Mecheri, Christian Larue, and André Plamondon
Effect of local magnetic field disturbances on inertial measurement units accuracy, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Hakim Mecheri, Christian Larue, and André Plamondon
Validation of inertial measurement units with an optoelectronic system for whole-body motion analysis, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Hakim Mecheri, Christian Larue, and André Plamondon
The effect of an 8-week stabilization exercise program on the lumbopelvic rhythm and flexion-relaxation phenomenon, Ali Shahvarpour, Sharon M. Henry, Richard Preuss, Hakim Mecheri, and Christian Larivière
Return to work helps maintain treatment gains in the rehabilitation of whiplash injury, Michael J.L. Sullivan, Heather Adams, Pascal Thibault, E. Moore, and J. Carrière
Concentrations of disinfection by-products in swimming pools following modifications of the water treatment process: An exploratory study, Robert Tardif, Manuel Rodriguez, Cyril Catto, Ginette Charest-Tardif, and Sabrina Simard
The economic burden of lung cancer and mesothelioma due to occupational and para-occupational asbestos exposure, Emile Tompa, Christina Kalcevich, Christopher McLeod, Martin Lebeau, Chaojie Song, Kim McLeod, Joanne Kim, and Paul A. Demers
Combined puncture and cutting of elastomer membranes: A fracture energy approach, Ennouri Triki, Phuong Nguyen-Tri, Chantal Gauvin, and Toan Vu-Khanh
Submissions from 2016
Efficiency of five chemical protective clothing materials against nano and submicron aerosols when submitted to mechanical deformations, Mehdi Ben Salah, Stéphane Hallé, and Ludovic Tuduri
Time courses and variability of pyrethroid biomarkers of exposure in a group of agricultural workers in Quebec, Canada, Michèle Bouchard
The effects of an 8-week stabilization exercise program on lumbar movement sense in patients with low back pain, Jean-Alexandre Boucher, Richard Preuss, Sharon M. Henry, Jean-Pierre Dumas, and Christian Larivière
Risk analysis for confined space entries: Critical analysis of four tools applied to three risk scenarios, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Ali Bahloul, and Brigitte Roberge
Green jobs: Definition and method of appraisal of chemical and biological risks, Erwan Cheneval, Marc-Antoine Busque, Claude Ostiguy, Jacques Lavoie, Robert Bourbonnais, France Labrèche, Bouchra Bakhiyi, and Joseph Zayed
Factors perceived by employees regarding their sick leave due to depression, Marc Corbière, Esther Samson, Alessia Negrini, Louise St-Arnaud, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, Geneviève Sauvé, and Tania Lecomte
Physiological and psychological predictors of short-term disability in workers with a history of low back pain: A longitudinal study, Jean-Daniel Dubois, Vincent Cantin, Mathieu Piché, and Martin Descarreaux
Pratiques de retour au travail dans de grandes entreprises au Québec, Marie-José Durand, Marie-France Coutu, and Iuliana Nastasia
In vivo proinflammatory activity of generations 0-3 (G0-G3) polyamidoamine (PAMAM) nanoparticles, Isabelle Durocher and Denis Girard
Effects of variation in external pulling force magnitude, elevation, and orientation on trunk muscle forces, spinal loads and stability, Zakaria El Ouaaid, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and André Plamondon
Identification of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate thermal degradation products in a generation chamber by liquid chromatography coupled with tandem mass spectrometry, Sébastien Gagné and Yves Cloutier
A biomechanical comparison between expert and novice manual materials handlers using a multi-joint EMG-assisted optimization musculoskeletal model of the lumbar spine, Denis Gagnon, André Plamondon, and Christian Larivière
Subject-specific biomechanics of trunk: Musculoskeletal scaling, internal loads and intradiscal pressure estimation, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Navid Arjmand, A. El-Ouaaid, and André Plamondon
Effects of sex, age, body height and body weight on spinal loads: Sensitivity analyses in a subject-specific trunk musculoskeletal model, Farshid Ghezelbash, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, Navid Arjmand, A. El-Ouaaid, André Plamondon, and J. R. Meakin
Systematic evaluation of the adsorption of organic vapors onto a miniaturized cartridge device using breakthrough tests in parallel experiment with a full size respirator cartridge, Florence Janvier, Ludovic Tuduri, Daniel Cossement, Daniel Drolet, and Jaime Lara
Contribution of dynamic experience feedback to the quantitative estimation of risks for preventing accidents: A proposed methodology for machinery safety, Sabrina Jocelyn, Yuvin Chinniah, and Mohamed-Salah Ouali
Impact of aggregating exposure information from cases and controls when building a population-based job-exposure matrix from past expert evaluations, Tracy L. Kirkham, Jack Siemiatycki, France Labrèche, and Jérôme Lavoué
Posture and lifting exposures for daycare workers, Adam Labaj, Tara Diesbourg, Geneviève Dumas, André Plamondon, Hakim Mecheri, and Christian Larue
But other than mesothelioma? An estimate of the proportion of work-related cancers in Quebec, France Labrèche, Patrice Duguay, Alexandre Boucher, and Robert Arcand
Using cartoons to transfer knowledge concerning the principles of work disability prevention among stakeholders, Marie-Elise Labrecque, Marie-France Coutu, Marie-José Durand, Jean-Baptiste Fassier, and Patrick Loisel
Holistic sustainable development: Floor-layers and micro-enterprises, Monique Lortie, Sylvie Nadeau, and Steve Vezeau
Trunk muscle reflexes are elicited by small continuous perturbations in healthy subjects and patients with low-back pain, Daniel Ludvig and Christian Larivière
Bacteria emitted in ambient air during bronchoscopy: A risk to health care workers?, Geneviève Marchand, Caroline Duchaine, Jacques Lavoie, Marc Veillette, and Yves Cloutier
On the threshold conditions for electron beam damage of asbestos amosite fibers in the transmission electron microscope (TEM), Joannie Martin, Martin Beauparlant, Sébastien Sauvé, and Gilles L'Espérance
Evaluation of eight methods for aligning orientation of two coordinate systems, Hakim Mecheri, Xavier Robert-Lachaine, Christian Larue, and André Plamondon
Quantitative ultrasound imaging of Achilles tendon integrity in symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals: Reliability and minimal detectable change, Marie-Josée Nadeau, Amélie Desrochers, Martin Lamontagne, Christian Larivière, and Dany H. Gagnon
Gold nanoparticles induce apoptosis, endoplasmic reticulum stress events and cleavage of cytoskeletal proteins in human neutrophils, Claudie Noël, Jean-Christophe Simard, and Denis Girard
On the use of geometric and harmonic means with the generalized cross-correlation in the time domain to improve noise source maps, Thomas Padois, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, and Alain Berry
Two related occupational cases of legionella longbeachae Infection, Quebec, Canada, Marianne Picard-Masson, Élisabeth Lajoie, Judith Lord, Cindy Lalancette, Geneviève Marchand, Éric Levac, Marc-André Lemieux, Patricia Hudson, and Louise Lajoie
Design of a safety control system to improve the verification step in machinery lockout procedures: A case study, Pascal Poisson, Yuvin Chinniah, and Sabrina Jocelyn
Biomechanical risk assessment during field loading of hydraulic stretchers into ambulances, Jérôme Prairie, André Plamondon, Sandrine Hegg-Deloye, Dominique Larouche, and Philippe Corbeil
Implementation and evaluation of an analytical method for a novel derivatizing agent to measure 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate atmospheres, Silvia Puscasu, Simon Aubin, Mark Spence, and Sébastien Gagné
A numerical study of a method for estimating sound absorption coefficient under a synthesized diffuse acoustic field, Olivier Robin, Celse Kafui Amédin, Alain Berry, Noureddine Atalla, Olivier Doutres, and Franck Sgard
Trends in OSHA compliance monitoring data 1979-2011: Statistical modeling of ancillary information across 77 chemicals, Philippe Sarazin, Igor Burstyn, Laurel Kincl, and Jérôme Lavoué
Active-passive biodynamics of the human trunk when seated on a wobble chair, Ali Shahvarpour, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, and Christian Larivière
Human eosinophils are direct targets to nanoparticles: Zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO) delay apoptosis and increase the production of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-8, Luis Rafael Silva and Denis Girard
Assessment of air and water contamination by disinfection byproducts at 41 indoor swimming pools, Robert Tardif, Cyril Catto, Sami Haddad, Sabrina Simard, and Manuel Rodriguez
Activation of human AML14.3D10 eosinophils by nanoparticles: Modulatory activity on apoptosis and cytokine production, Francis Valières, Jean-Christophe Simard, Claudie Noël, Maxime Murphy-Marion, Valérie Lavastre, and Denis Girard
Relationship between leg and back strength with inter-joint coordination of females during lifting, Michael Yehoyakim, Sophie Bellefeuille, Julie Côté, and André Plamondon
Deactivation and ultraviolet C-induced regeneration of photocatalytic oxidation air filters, Lexuan Zhong, Chang-Seo Lee, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
Submissions from 2015
Association between outdoor ozone and compensated acute respiratory diseases among workers in Quebec (Canada), Ariane Adam-Poupart, France Labrèche, Marc-Antoine Busque, Allan Brand, Patrice Duguay, Michel Fournier, Joseph Zayed, and Audrey Smargiassi
Effect of summer outdoor temperatures on work-related injuries in Quebec (Canada), Ariane Adam-Poupart, Audrey Smargiassi, Marc-Antoine Busque, Patrice Duguay, Michel Fournier, Joseph Zayed, and France Labrèche
A hybrid finite element-transfer matrix model for vibroacoustic systems with flat and homogeneous acoustic treatments, Luca Alimonti, Noureddine Atalla, Alain Berry, and Franck Sgard
Comparing standing posture and use of a sit-stand stool: Analysis of vascular, muscular and discomfort outcomes during simulated industrial work, David M. Antle, Nicole Vézina, and Julie Côté
Revised NIOSH Lifting Equation may generate spine loads exceeding recommended limits, Navid Arjmand, Mohammad Amini, Aboulfazl Shirazi-Adl, André Plamondon, and Mohammad Parnianpour
Superficial shoulder muscle co-activations during lifting tasks: Influence of lifting height, weight and phase, Yoann Blache, Fabien Dal Maso, Landry Desmoulins, André Plamondon, and Mickael Begon
Effects of height and load weight on shoulder muscle work during overhead lifting task, Yoann Blache, Landry Desmoulins, P. Allard, André Plamondon, and Mickael Begon
Detection and quantification of airborne norovirus during outbreaks in healthcare facilities, Laetitia Bonifait, Rémi Charlebois, Allison Vimont, Nathalie Turgeon, Marc Veillette, Yves Longtin, Julie Jean, and Caroline Duchaine
Low frequency finite element models of the acoustical behavior of earmuffs, Sylvain Boyer, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, Frédéric Laville, and Jérôme Boutin
Validation of a laboratory test bench for the efficiency of an N95 filtering face piece, using simulated occupational exposure, Clothilde Brochot, Abdelhakim Djebara, Fariborz Haghighat, and Ali Bahloul
An axisymmetric finite element model to study the earplug contribution to the bone conduction occlusion effect, M.-K. Brummund, Franck Sgard, Yvan Petit, Frédéric Laville, and Hugues Nélisse
Design and application of a 5 step risk assessment tool for confined space entries, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Ali Bahloul, and Brigitte Roberge
Occupational safety during interventions in confined spaces, Damien Burlet-Vienney, Yuvin Chinniah, Ali Bahloul, and Brigitte Roberge
OSH practices and interventions in small businesses: Global issues in the Quebec context, Danièle Champoux and Jean-Pierre Brun
Union perceptions of factors related to the return to work of employees with depression, Marc Corbière, Marianne Renard, Louise St-Arnaud, Marie-France Coutu, Alessia Negrini, Geneviève Sauvé, and Tania Lecomte
Factors associated with presenteeism and psychological distress using a theory-driven approach, Marie-France Coutu, Marc Corbière, Marie-José Durand, Iuliana Nastasia, Marie-Elise Labrecque, Djamal Berbiche, and Valérie Albert
Operationalizing a shared decision making model for work rehabilitation programs: A consensus process, Marie-France Coutu, France Légaré, Marie-José Durand, Marc Corbière, Dawn Stacey, Lesley Bainbridge, and Marie-Elise Labrecque
Occupational therapists' shared decision-making behaviors with patients having persistent pain in work rehabilitation context: A cross-sectional study, Marie-France Coutu, France Légaré, Dawn Stacey, Marie-José Durand, Marc Corbière, Lesley Bainbridge, and Marie-Elise Labrecque
Noise as an explanatory factor in work-related fatality reports, Pierre Deshaies, Richard Martin, Danny Belzile, Pauline Fortier, Chantal Laroche, Tony Leroux, Hugues Nélisse, Serge-André Girard, Robert Arcand, Maurice Poulin, and Michel Picard
Effects of elastic seats on seated body apparent mass responses to vertical whole body vibration, Krishna N. Dewangan, Subhash Rakheja, Pierre Marcotte, and A. Shahmir
Is my material an efficient acoustical material?, Olivier Doutres, Franck Sgard, Frédéric Laville, Jérémie Voix, Olivier Bouthot, Hugues Nélisse, Pierre Marcotte, and Jérôme Boutin
Determination of triglycidyl isocyanurate from air samples by ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with coordination ion spray mass spectrometry, Sébastien Gagné, Marielle Carrier, and Simon Aubin
Micropore characterization of activated carbons of respirator cartridges with argon, carbon dioxide, and organic vapors of different vapor pressures, Florence Janvier, Ludovic Tuduri, Daniel Cossement, Daniel Drolet, and Jaime Lara
Feasibility analysis of low-cost flexible resistive sensors for measurements of driving point mechanical impedance of the hand-arm systems, Mayank Kalra, Subhash Rakheja, Pierre Marcotte, Krishna N. Dewangan, and Surajudeen Adewusi
Measurement of coupling forces at the power tool handle-hand interface, Mayank Kalra, Subhash Rakheja, Pierre Marcotte, Krishna N. Dewangan, and Surajudeen Adewusi
Noise and vibration: Mine workers' exposure in Québec underground mines, M. Laflamme, Pierre Marcotte, Jérôme Boutin, S. Ouellette, and G. LeBlanc
Trunk postural control in unstable sitting: Effect of sex and low back pain status, Christian Larivière, Dany H. Gagnon, and Hakim Mecheri
Identification of intrinsic and reflexive contributions to low-back stiffness: Medium-term reliability and construct validity, Christian Larivière, Daniel Ludvig, Robert Kearney, Hakim Mecheri, Jean-Maxime Caron, and Richard Preuss
ÉTS-IRSST common infrastructure for research in acoustics: ICAR, Frédéric Laville, Jérémie Voix, Olivier Doutres, Cécile Le Cocq, Olivier Bouthot, Franck Sgard, Hugues Nélisse, Pierre Marcotte, and Jérôme Boutin
Evaluation of bioaerosol exposures during hospital bronchoscopy examinations, Jacques Lavoie, Geneviève Marchand, Yves Cloutier, Stéphane Hallé, Sylvie Nadeau, Caroline Duchaine, and Gilbert Pichette
Particle loading time and humidity effects on the efficiency of an N95 filtering facepiece respirator model under constant and inhalation cyclic flows, Alireza Mahdavi, Fariborz Haghighat, Ali Bahloul, Clothilde Brochot, and Claude Ostiguy
Systematic evaluation of the relationship between physical and psychoacoustical measurements of hearing protectors’ attenuation, Hugues Nélisse, Cécile Le Cocq, Jérôme Boutin, Frédéric Laville, and Jérémie Voix
Robustness and reproducibility of a glenoid-centered scapular coordinate system derived from low-dose stereoradiography analsyis, X. Ohl, P.-Y. Lagacé, F. Billuart, O. Gagey, W. Skalli, and N. Hagemeister
CIP10 optimization for 4,4-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate aerosol sampling and field comparison with impinger method, Silvia Puscasu, Simon Aubin, Yves Cloutier, Philippe Sarazin, Huu Van Tra, and Sébastien Gagné