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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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A Framework of Occupational Safety Hazard Analysis and Control to Support Enterprise Health and Safety Information Digitalization
DownloadSpring 2023
Occupational safety hazards and risk management in construction industry are major worldwide concerns due to its unique dynamic nature of the working environment. Safety related documentations such as industry injury reports, physical demands analysis (PDA) and standard operating procedures (SOP)...
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A framework to automate physical demand analysis based on artificial intelligence and motion capture for workplace safety improvement
DownloadFall 2022
Workers' safety and productivity and its affecting factors, such as ergonomics, are essential aspects of construction projects. Applying ergonomics and realizing the connections among workers and their assigned tasks have indicated a decrease in workers' injuries and discomforts, a beneficial...
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Spring 2023
Body posture predicting methods have many applications, including product design, ergonomic workplace design, human body simulation, virtual reality and animation industry. Initiated in robotics, Inverse Kinematic (IK) method has been widely applied to proactive human body posture estimation. The...
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Spring 2022
As the leading cause of nonfatal occupational injuries, work-related musculoskeletal disorders account for approximately 33% of all occupational injuries and illnesses in the United States and approximately 44% of such injuries in Alberta, Canada. The risk of developing a work-related...
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Repeatability of a novel prototype surrogate neck model developed for omni-directional head impacts
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Head impacts, both concussive and sub-concussive, are common in sports and can lead to adverse side effects. Since head kinematics are thought to correlate with brain injury, the implementation of protective headgear aimed to mitigate kinematics of the head during impacts. While fatal brain...
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Virtual Reality-based Human Factor Analyses for Ergonomic Improvements in Construction Manufacturing Facilities
DownloadFall 2022
Dias Ferreira Barkokébas, Regina Celi
In construction manufacturing, components (e.g., panels or modules) are produced in a factory environment before being transported and installed in a construction site. In this context, two distinct operational phases are observed: factory, accounting for 60%–90% of the tasks that would typically...