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Design and Evaluation of a Suspension Seat to Reduce Vibration Exposure of Subway Operators: A Case Study by MARCOTTE, Pierre, BEAUGRAND, Sylvie, BOUTIN, Jérôme, LARUE, Christian

“…Subway operators have complained about discomfort caused by whole-body vibration. To address this problem, a suspension seat with extensive ergonomic features…”
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Distributed vibration isolation and manual dexterity of anti-vibration gloves: is there a correlation? by Yao, Yumeng, Rakheja, Subhash, Marcotte, Pierre

“…This study focuses on the integrated performance of anti-vibration (AV) gloves in terms of manual dexterity and distributed palm and fingers' vibration…”
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A methodology for integrated performance analyses of vibration reducing gloves by Yao, Yumeng, Rakheja, Subhash, Marcotte, Pierre

“…This study proposes a methodology for evaluating the integrated performance of vibration reducing (VR) gloves considering four measures. These include manual…”
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Relationship among hand forces imparted on a viscoelastic hand-handle interface by Yao, Yumeng, Rakheja, Subhash, Marcotte, Pierre

“…•A new sensor is reliable for pressure measurement at a viscoelastic interface.•The sensor has low hysteresis and drift, good linearity and repeatability.•It…”
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Evaluation of effects of anti-vibration gloves on manual dexterity by Yao, Yumeng, Rakheja, Subhash, Gauvin, Chantal, Marcotte, Pierre, Hamouda, Karim

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of anti-vibration gloves on manual dexterity and to explore factors affecting the manual dexterity. The…”
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Assessing Increased Activities of the Forearm Muscles Due to Anti-Vibration Gloves: Construct Validity of a Refined Methodology by Yao, Yumeng, Rakheja, Subhash, Larivière, Christian, Marcotte, Pierre

“…Objective The primary aim was to test the construct validity of a surface electromyography (EMG) measurement protocol, indirectly assessing the effects of…”
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Mechanical Impedance and Absorbed Power of Hand-Arm under xh-Axis Vibration and Role of Hand Forces and Posture by ALDIEN, Yasser, MARCOTTE, Pierre, RAKHEJA, Subhash, BOILEAU, Paul-Émile

“…The biodynamic responses of the hand-arm system under xh-axis vibration are investigated in terms of the driving point mechanical impedance (DPMI) and absorbed…”
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Comments on “A discussion on comparing alternative measures with frequency-weighted accelerations defined in ISO Standards” [R.G. Dong, J.Z. Wu, D.E. Welcome, T.W. McDowell, Journal of Sound and Vibration] by Marcotte, Pierre

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Noise: Assessment & control by Ramakrishnan, Ramani, Marcotte, Pierre

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Evaluation of Vibration Emission Values of Nailers: Can an Automatic Test Stand Be Used Instead of Human Operators? by Maxime Vincent, Thomas Padois, Marc-André Gaudreau, Thomas Dupont, Pierre Marcotte

“…To protect workers, it is necessary to characterize the noise and vibration emissions value of nailers. Standardized characterization methods exist but require…”
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Comparison of time domain noise source localization techniques: Application to impulsive noise of nail guns by Padois, Thomas, Gaudreau, Marc-André, Doutres, Olivier, Sgard, Franck C., Berry, Alain, Marcotte, Pierre, Laville, Frédéric

“…Microphone array techniques are an efficient tool to detect acoustic source positions. The standard technique is the delay and sum beamforming. In the time…”
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Fingers vibration transmission performance of vibration reducing gloves by Hamouda, Karim, Rakheja, Subhash, Marcotte, Pierre, Dewangan, K.N.

“…Vibration attenuation performance of vibration reducing (VR) gloves is, invariably, measured at the palm using the method described in ISO 10819 (2013). The…”
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Analyses of biodynamic responses of seated occupants to uncorrelated fore-aft and vertical whole-body vibration by Mandapuram, Santosh, Rakheja, Subhash, Marcotte, Pierre, Boileau, Paul-Émile

“…The apparent mass and seat-to-head-transmissibility response functions of the seated human body were investigated under exposures to fore-aft ( x), vertical (…”
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Development of a hand–arm mechanical analogue for evaluating chipping hammer vibration emission values by Marcotte, Pierre, Boutin, Jérôme, Jasinski, Juliana

“…This paper reports on the development and validation of a mechanical system designed to simulate the hand–arm dynamic response when coupled with a chipping…”
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Effects of elastic seats on seated body apparent mass responses to vertical whole body vibration by Dewangan, K.N., Rakheja, S., Marcotte, Pierre, Shahmir, A.

“…Apparent mass (AM) responses of the body seated with and without a back support on three different elastic seats (flat and contoured polyurethane foam (PUF)…”
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Vibration of portable orbital sanders and its impact on the development of work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the furniture industry by Gauthier, François, Gélinas, Dominique, Marcotte, Pierre

“…► Level of vibration to which sanders are exposed is above acceptable levels. ► A definite link could not be established with the incidence of vibration…”
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Comparisons of apparent mass responses of human subjects seated on rigid and elastic seats under vertical vibration by Dewangan, K.N., Rakheja, S., Marcotte, Pierre, Shahmir, A., Patra, S.K.

“…The apparent mass (AM) responses of human body seated on elastic seat, without and with a vertical back support, are measured using a seat pressure sensing mat…”
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Mechanical impedance and absorbed power of hand-arm under x(h)-axis vibration and role of hand forces and posture by Aldien, Yasser, Marcotte, Pierre, Rakheja, Subhash, Boileau, Paul-Emile

“…The biodynamic responses of the hand-arm system under x(h)-axis vibration are investigated in terms of the driving point mechanical impedance (DPMI) and…”
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A study of distributed active vibration absorbers (DAVA) by Marcotte, Pierre

“…DAVAs are distributed active and passive devices that can be numerically modelled to provide optimum control of low frequency (≤1000 Hz) mean square velocity…”
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A study of distributed active vibration absorbers (DAVA) by Marcotte, Pierre

“…DAVAs are distributed active and passive devices that can be numerically modelled to provide optimum control of low frequency (≤1000 Hz) mean square velocity…”
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