Search for dissertations about: "TOTAL WORKLOAD"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words TOTAL WORKLOAD.

  1. 1. Emergency Department Crowding. Objective Modelling based on Workload

    Author : Jens Wretborn; Lund Medicin; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Crowding; Emergency Department; Overcrowding; Arbetsbelastning; Akutmottagning; Akutsjukvård; Belastning;

    Abstract : Emergency Departments (ED) have a central role in modern healthcare, providing emergent care regardless of complaint 24/7. However, EDs are often characterized by long waiting times for patients and a stressful working environment for staff. These are features or a resource and demand mismatch, internationally known as ED crowding. READ MORE

  2. 2. Quantifying Operability of Working Machines

    Author : Reno Filla; Jan-Ove Palmberg; Kjell Ohlsson; Jonas Larsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Operability; machine harmony; operator workload; control effort; simulation; operator model; human operator; working machines; construction equipment; wheel loaders; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In working machines the human operator is essential for the performance of the total system. Productivity and energy efficiency are both dependent not only on inherent machine properties and working place conditions, but also on how the operator manoeuvres the machine. READ MORE

  3. 3. Location-aware resource allocation in mobile edge clouds

    Author : Chanh Le Tan Nguyen; Erik Elmroth; Cristian Klein; Maarten Van Steen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Mobile Edge Clouds; Resource Allocation; Quality of Service; Application Placement; Workload Prediction; Computer Systems; datorteknik; Computer Science; datalogi;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, cloud computing has realized the long-held dream of computing as a utility, in which computational and storage services are made available via the Internet to anyone at any time and from anywhere. This has transformed Information Technology (IT) and given rise to new ways of designing and purchasing hardware and software. READ MORE

  4. 4. Cardiorespiratory fitness, physical workload, and lifestyle-related factors in occupational groups : associations with sickness absence and cardiovascular disease

    Author : Daniel Väisänen; Elin Ekblom Bak; Lena Kallings; Erik Hemmingsson; Ulf Ekelund; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Medicin Teknik; Medicine Technology;

    Abstract : The main aim of this thesis was to study cardiorespiratory fitness, physical workload, and lifestyle-related factors, with a special emphasis on cardiorespiratory fitness in an occupational context and the associations with cardiovascular disease and sickness absence across a wide range of occupations. A secondary aim was to study trends in cardiorespiratory fitness in different occupational groups over the last decades. READ MORE

  5. 5. Self-assessed and direct measured physical workload among dentists in public dental clinics in Sweden during a period of rationalizations

    Author : Dirk Jonker; Kerstin Ekberg; Tommy Öberg; Jörgen Winkel; Roland Örtengren; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : Much research has been done on interventions to reduce work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) at the workplace. However, this problem is still a major concern in working life. The economic cost for WMSDs corresponds to between 0.5% and 2% of the gross national product in some European countries, and in 2007, 8. READ MORE