Conference Papers: Recent submissions
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A study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and productivity in plastic based industry
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of this paper is to present a study on noise exposure and its effects on employees’ health, safety and influence to their productivity performance. In this study noise levels were measured at several work ... -
Recommended furniture dimension for primary school children in Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of this study is to proposed the new furniture dimension based on Malaysia’s school children anthropometry. This study presents the result of an anthropometric survey conducted on standard 2 and 5 of primary ... -
Job rotation: cost-effective way to manage ergonomics risk at work
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Ergonomics is still a new venture for many industries, especially for small medium industries and even some multinational companies. It became more challenging during current economic condition, whereby ergonomics not ... -
Development of ergonomic furniture for primary school in Malaysia: industrial design process
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The implementation of ergonomics improvement is a new concept in Malaysian society. Currently in Malaysia, there has been no record that a school infrastructures such as building, school layout, classroom and the school ... -
Development model for sustainable production system in manufacturing firm
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)This paper describes the development model for sustainable production system in manufacturing industry which demonstrates how organizations will achieve the best possible health outcomes and productivity at the same ... -
Determining preferred work posture in repetitive task for various work load and height
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Manual material handling involving lifting, bending and twisting motions of torso is one of the major causes of lower back pain. The lower back is perhaps the most vulnerable link of the musculoskeletal system in material ... -
Design of an Ergonomic Chuck Key
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)In this modern manufacturing Industry, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe machine is diminishes away the traditional manually operated lathe machine. However, most of the Higher learning Institutions and Skills Training ... -
Application of Malaysian anthropometric data in home furniture design
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of this paper is to present the design of home furniture that incorporates the Malaysian anthropometric data. In this study, anthropometric data of 1007 Malaysian respondents’ physical body parts were measured ... -
A study on design of computer workstation in Polytechnic of Sultan Azlan Shah
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)This paper discusses the anthropometric data and the suitable design of computer workstation in Polytechnic of Sultan Azlan Shah. The objective of this paper is to propose an appropriate design of chair and desk dimensions ... -
A review on environmental ergonomics : the influence of environmental factors towards workers’ performance
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Ergonomics has traditionally been used to improve the workers’ performance by discovering the factors that contribute to their performance. Many organizations are forced to consider effects of environmental factors towards ... -
The association between RULA score, ergonomic risk factors and reported musculoskeletal pain among school children age 8 and 11
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)A study conducted to investigate the risk factors associated with musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) among school children in Malaysia. Two schools in the Klang Valley and one in Johor Bahru were selected. A cross sectional ... -
Study of prevalence of self reported discomfort among motorcyclist
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The main objective of this study is to investigate the prevalence of self reported discomfort and the rating of discomfort among male and female motorcyclist. A subjective assessment technique (questionnaire) was used. The ... -
Prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs) and occupational stress among rubber workers in Felda settlement
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)A cross-sectional study among rubber workers was conducted to determine the prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) and the prevalence of occupational stress (psychosocial factors). Stratified random ... -
Prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders of motorcyclists
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)A cross-sectional study was conducted to explore the prevalence and risk factors of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) among non-occupational motorcyclists (NMCs) and occupational motorcyclists (OMCs). Results: By using ... -
Association between awkward posture and musculoskeletal symptom among automobile assembly line workers in Malaysia
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) has become one of the leading causes of occupational injury and increased compensation claims in the developed countries as well as industrially developing countries. In many parts of the ... -
A review on WBVs: the effects and product innovation
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)In today’s highly competitive global economy, many organizations are forced to consider more towards their worker’s health performance in order to be competitive. Thus, the understanding of ergonomic is very crucial. In ... -
Biomechanical analysis of the lower limb segments in the load carriage dynamics of Malaysian primary school children walking performance
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)The objective of the paper is to investigate biomechanically the effects of loads carriage dynamics on the lower limb segments for Malaysian school children while level walking Two subjects were chosen and asked to walk ... -
Biomechanics analysis of knee during instep kicking
(Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), 2009-12-01)Malaysia’s achievement in the sport of footballer is relatively low. For this reason, the researcher felt compelled to perform a study on the performance of the soccer players. This study focused more on the biomechanics ... -
Human emotion recognition through short time Electroencephalogram (EEG) signals using Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-03)Human emotion recognition plays a vital role in psychology, psycho-physiology and human machine interface (HMI) design. Electroencephalogram (EEG) reflects the internal emotional state changes of the subject compared to ... -
Optimized SFCW radar sensor aiming at fall detection in a real room environment
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-01)An optimization of a Stepped-Frequency Continuous Wave (SFCW) radar for contactless fall detection and tag-less localization is presented and discussed. Wideband antennas with different topologies are investigated to solve ...