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Determination of hand-transmitted vibration risk

Presentation / Conference
Maeda, S., Taylor, M., Anderson, L. C., & McLaughlin, J. (2019, April)
Determination of hand-transmitted vibration risk. Poster presented at Occupational Hygiene 2019
Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS) is a debilitating industrial disease induced by exposure to vibrating machinery. As an irreversible condition, monitoring, controlling and r...

Wearable technology and workplace epidemiology: a practical example from the field of hand-arm vibration

Presentation / Conference
Taylor, M. (2019, April)
Wearable technology and workplace epidemiology: a practical example from the field of hand-arm vibration. Poster presented at The 12th UK/Ireland 1-day Meeting on Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
This work investigates the application of wearable technology for the collection of exposure data relevant to the study of Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome. Wearable technology des...

Sensor design for cancer tissue diagnostics

Presentation / Conference
La Spada, L., Bilotti, F., & Vegni, L. (2012, April)
Sensor design for cancer tissue diagnostics. Paper presented at SPIE Photonics Europe
In this paper, the design of a metamaterial-based sensor, operating in the mid-infrared frequency range, is proposed. The sensor consists of a planar array of complementary ci...

Optical Fibre Sensors technology towards smart cities concept

Presentation / Conference
Kerrouche, A. (2017, November)
Optical Fibre Sensors technology towards smart cities concept. Presented at 2nd International Conference of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance, Edinburgh, Scotland
With the advancements in material sciences, the sensor research field is heading towards the implementation of an ultimate “nerves system” that can be utilized to sense variou...