This one hour webinar will focus on WorkSafe’s simple employee survey tools and how Safety Team Members or outside Consultants can work with employees as a part of the ergomomic problem solving.
Why is office ergonomics so important? We look at why companies should care about providing proper ergonomics to their office, desk, and computer workers.
Occupational Health & Safety PresentationMark Zeeman
Presentation to (New & Old) employees on OH & S issues. An informed package to refresh & introduce others to issues involved within the workplace. It is focused on everyday issues occuring in work. Provides an awareness of rights & responsibilities of employees & employers. It is expected that any issues unresolved will be voiced objectively as possible. The overall intent is to provide a campaign on issues in both safety and health.
This one hour webinar will give an overview of why the software was developed, it's ease of use and most importantly how it will allow you to bring in new business with local employers who have soft tissue injuries in their workplace. Those who have mobile devices are encouraged to have them available to find out how easy it is to solve ergonomic issues while at the workplace.
This webinar took place on Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 3:30pm-4:45 p.m. EST (GMT -5)
Why is office ergonomics so important? We look at why companies should care about providing proper ergonomics to their office, desk, and computer workers.
Occupational Health & Safety PresentationMark Zeeman
Presentation to (New & Old) employees on OH & S issues. An informed package to refresh & introduce others to issues involved within the workplace. It is focused on everyday issues occuring in work. Provides an awareness of rights & responsibilities of employees & employers. It is expected that any issues unresolved will be voiced objectively as possible. The overall intent is to provide a campaign on issues in both safety and health.
This one hour webinar will give an overview of why the software was developed, it's ease of use and most importantly how it will allow you to bring in new business with local employers who have soft tissue injuries in their workplace. Those who have mobile devices are encouraged to have them available to find out how easy it is to solve ergonomic issues while at the workplace.
This webinar took place on Thursday, January 20, 2011 from 3:30pm-4:45 p.m. EST (GMT -5)
The article discusses the importance of employee engagement for organizational
and business performance through the prism of ergonomics. The issues that are
discussed in this paper comprise the modest contribution that ergonomics as a
discipline has made. The relevance of workplace health and ergonomics work relate
with that of participation, safety culture and further implications for participatory
ergonomics approaches. Based on recently published conceptual framework that
recognises the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of safety culture, the paper
highlights the due significance demanded by ergonomics and that which is equally
ignored by top management. The paper concludes by considering the much needed
empirical survey on this issue in almost all industries and prompt action being taken
to implement it. Also, the paper gives a glimpse of various approaches for an
empirical study, within an organisation which is noted as important to the success of
ergonomics projects
Seven Ergonomics Experts Weigh In: Should You Involve Shop Floor Team Members...Ergonomics Plus
Have you been considering whether or not you should involve team members on the shop floor in the ergonomics process? Is it a good idea? View this presentation to find out what seven ergonomics experts have to say on the subject.
Some of the safety leaders we talk to sometimes have questions and concerns about involving their team members in the ergonomics process.
Have you had any of these same questions?
What will we do if we open up the flood gate of ergonomics suggestions?
Will team members have productive insights?
What if we can’t accommodate team members when they want a change?
These are all valid questions, and the goal of this article is to answer them with a little help from some of our ergonomics expert friends. You’ll find several common themes and hopefully a few practical takeaways.
Let’s get started!
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 1 .docxrusselldayna
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 1
Ergonomic Hazard in the Workplace
Maryann Dadis
National University
COH 412: Injury Prevention
Date
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 2
Injuries relating to ergonomics is a costly and enormous problem. According to Bureau of
Labor Statistics (2017), ergonomic-related injuries continuous to be a significant cause of time
off in many workplaces. For example, in 2013, BLS estimated that those injuries resulted in
380,600 of days-away-from-work. Employees will be able to perform their jobs more effectively
if they are free from injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. This is the reason why ergonomics
has been one the focuses of the National Safety Council.
During an internship at an independent pharmacy, 2 of the workers were suffering from
musculoskeletal disorders caused by a poorly designed workplace. The pharmacy area was small
but busy, processing about 450 prescriptions per day. To reduce the amount of time spent on
filling prescriptions, commonly prescribed or fast-moving drugs were stocked on shelves under
the ‘customer’s window”. Because of this, retrieving medications required the filling technician
to bend and reach. Additionally, prescriptions were arriving by phone and the intake pharmacist
was spending a lot of time on the phone receiving the prescription request. She suffered from
neck pain due to her neck being in bent position all the time as headphones were not provided.
Furthermore, some computer stations did not support neutral postures for typing. This was
because monitors and keyboards were too low for a standing station, but there was no legroom
for sitting station either.
The ergonomic hazard that was associated with that workplace was the awkward postures
with excessive bending and reaching. Extended reaches are examples of awkward postures that
require the body to deviate from the neutral in the arms, shoulders, and back. Performing tasks in
such positions repeatedly enforce increased stress on the muscles and joints. Injuries occur when
stressed muscles do not have enough time to recover. The injuries that those employees sustained
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 3
were caused by frequent bending, reaching and awkward postures with the computer and
telephone use. The arrangement of the pharmacy and the lack of headphones resulted in twisted
postures and neck strain.
Hierarchy of Control
The hierarchy of controls is a model used by safety professionals to explain and establish
effective and practical approaches for minimizing contact with workplace hazards. There is no
single definitive model, but a rather extensive variety of interpretations of the model (Coble,
2015). The model is wide-ranging, so it can be applied to a broad range of dangers in the
workplace.
Engineering Control: Ergonomically designed workstations, chairs, and equipment. Integrate
adj.
"How To Conduct Effective Safety Training" - KeynoteSteve Wise
HOW TO CONDUCT EFFECTIVE SAFETY TRAINING - This presentation offers what characteristics and qualities a Safety Leader needs - in order to conduct Effective Safety Training.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
The article discusses the importance of employee engagement for organizational
and business performance through the prism of ergonomics. The issues that are
discussed in this paper comprise the modest contribution that ergonomics as a
discipline has made. The relevance of workplace health and ergonomics work relate
with that of participation, safety culture and further implications for participatory
ergonomics approaches. Based on recently published conceptual framework that
recognises the dynamic and multi-dimensional nature of safety culture, the paper
highlights the due significance demanded by ergonomics and that which is equally
ignored by top management. The paper concludes by considering the much needed
empirical survey on this issue in almost all industries and prompt action being taken
to implement it. Also, the paper gives a glimpse of various approaches for an
empirical study, within an organisation which is noted as important to the success of
ergonomics projects
Seven Ergonomics Experts Weigh In: Should You Involve Shop Floor Team Members...Ergonomics Plus
Have you been considering whether or not you should involve team members on the shop floor in the ergonomics process? Is it a good idea? View this presentation to find out what seven ergonomics experts have to say on the subject.
Some of the safety leaders we talk to sometimes have questions and concerns about involving their team members in the ergonomics process.
Have you had any of these same questions?
What will we do if we open up the flood gate of ergonomics suggestions?
Will team members have productive insights?
What if we can’t accommodate team members when they want a change?
These are all valid questions, and the goal of this article is to answer them with a little help from some of our ergonomics expert friends. You’ll find several common themes and hopefully a few practical takeaways.
Let’s get started!
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 1 .docxrusselldayna
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 1
Ergonomic Hazard in the Workplace
Maryann Dadis
National University
COH 412: Injury Prevention
Date
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 2
Injuries relating to ergonomics is a costly and enormous problem. According to Bureau of
Labor Statistics (2017), ergonomic-related injuries continuous to be a significant cause of time
off in many workplaces. For example, in 2013, BLS estimated that those injuries resulted in
380,600 of days-away-from-work. Employees will be able to perform their jobs more effectively
if they are free from injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome. This is the reason why ergonomics
has been one the focuses of the National Safety Council.
During an internship at an independent pharmacy, 2 of the workers were suffering from
musculoskeletal disorders caused by a poorly designed workplace. The pharmacy area was small
but busy, processing about 450 prescriptions per day. To reduce the amount of time spent on
filling prescriptions, commonly prescribed or fast-moving drugs were stocked on shelves under
the ‘customer’s window”. Because of this, retrieving medications required the filling technician
to bend and reach. Additionally, prescriptions were arriving by phone and the intake pharmacist
was spending a lot of time on the phone receiving the prescription request. She suffered from
neck pain due to her neck being in bent position all the time as headphones were not provided.
Furthermore, some computer stations did not support neutral postures for typing. This was
because monitors and keyboards were too low for a standing station, but there was no legroom
for sitting station either.
The ergonomic hazard that was associated with that workplace was the awkward postures
with excessive bending and reaching. Extended reaches are examples of awkward postures that
require the body to deviate from the neutral in the arms, shoulders, and back. Performing tasks in
such positions repeatedly enforce increased stress on the muscles and joints. Injuries occur when
stressed muscles do not have enough time to recover. The injuries that those employees sustained
Ergonomic Hazards in the Workplace 3
were caused by frequent bending, reaching and awkward postures with the computer and
telephone use. The arrangement of the pharmacy and the lack of headphones resulted in twisted
postures and neck strain.
Hierarchy of Control
The hierarchy of controls is a model used by safety professionals to explain and establish
effective and practical approaches for minimizing contact with workplace hazards. There is no
single definitive model, but a rather extensive variety of interpretations of the model (Coble,
2015). The model is wide-ranging, so it can be applied to a broad range of dangers in the
workplace.
Engineering Control: Ergonomically designed workstations, chairs, and equipment. Integrate
adj.
"How To Conduct Effective Safety Training" - KeynoteSteve Wise
HOW TO CONDUCT EFFECTIVE SAFETY TRAINING - This presentation offers what characteristics and qualities a Safety Leader needs - in order to conduct Effective Safety Training.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
PHP Frameworks: I want to break free (IPC Berlin 2024)Ralf Eggert
In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...
Mastering the Worksafe Employee Portal
1. Mastering the WorkSafe Employee Portal Presenter: Louise Lynch Thursday, June 16, 2011 ~ 3:30 -4:30 pm EST
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