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- Chen, F., et al.
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Evaluation of a workstation for letter sorting in the Beijing post office
- 1993
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Ingår i: Occupational and environmental economics. - : Indian Society of Ergonomics.. - 819005080X ; , s. 61-66
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the Chinese postal system, letters are sorted manually using a sorting frame, consisting of vertical and horizontal arrays of pigeon-holes of different dimensions. Letter sorting is a time consuming and a mentally intensive task involving repetitive movements of shoulder and hand muscles. Musculoskeletal complaints and disorders of the lower back, shoulder and hand occur frequently among the letter sorting workers. A total of 293 letter-sorters (71 males and 222 females) from Beijing Postal Sorting Office were subjected to a general health check-up including musculoskeletal disorders coupled with administration of a questionnaire. The worker's daily work load was evaluated by counting the number of letters sorted in each pigeon-hole in the sorting frame and also by considering their arm movements and body postures. The workplace dimensions were also measured. Results revealed that 62.1% of the workers complained of low back pain, 78.5% of shoulder pain and 48.8% of hand pain. A high percentage of workers seemed to have mental intensive symptoms, such as, headache, dizziness and drowsiness. Almost 25% of the female wokers indicated irregularity in their menstruation. An improved ergonomic design of the sorting frame is recommended.
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- Kim, Y J, et al.
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A multiprotein mediator of transcriptional activation and its interaction with the C-terminal repeat domain of RNA polymerase II.
- 1994
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Ingår i: Cell. - 0092-8674 .- 1097-4172. ; 77:4, s. 599-608
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A mediator was isolated from yeast that enabled a response to the activator proteins GAL4-VP16 and GCN4 in a transcription system reconstituted with essentially homogeneous basal factors and RNA polymerase II. The mediator comprised some 20 polypeptides, including the three subunits of TFIIF and other polypeptides cross-reactive with antisera against GAL11, SUG1, SRB2, SRB4, SRB5, and SRB6 proteins. Mediator not only enabled activated transcription but also conferred 8-fold greater activity in basal transcription and 12-fold greater efficiency of phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II by the TFIIH-associated C-terminal repeat domain (CTD) kinase, indicative of mediator-CTD interaction. A holoenzyme form of RNA polymerase II was independently isolated that supported a response to activator proteins with purified basal factors. The holoenzyme proved to consist of mediator associated with core 12-subunit RNA polymerase II.
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- Navara, E., et al.
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Investigation of microstructural changes occurring during warm working of manganese partitioned dual phase steel
- 1990
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Ingår i: Materials Science and Technology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0267-0836 .- 1743-2847. ; 6:2, s. 151-155
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents results from studies using transmission and high resolution electron microscopy of as-received and warm worked manganese partitioned dual phase steel. A growing manganese enriched austenite grain shares two different boundaries with ferrite: (a) a stationary coherent boundary, replacing a stretch of the original ferrite/ferrite boundary, and (b) a migrating non-coherent boundary. This finding gives support to a previously described mechanism of the nucleation and growth of the manganese enriched austenite. The structure of the warm worked steel consists of recovered ferrite strengthened by substructure, and fine martensitic lathes separated by low angle boundaries which resulted from the transformation of deformed non-recrystallised austenite grains
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