Developments in communication technologies have made social media the focal point of social life. People freely share their opinions and comments on any subject, product on social media. Especially, the distance rule for interpersonal communications during the pandemic period has intensified the flow of data on social media, shifted business models to the social media environment...
As a result of technological progress, interactive kiosks maintain various services with consistency for public use. In contemporary life, kiosks provide services that speed up daily operations with their informative, explanatory and regulative content. The study centers on interactive service kiosks as examples of technology based applications in urban planning as well as being...
Tree climbing in forestry is a task performed for diverse purposes. Being one of the most risky works, it may include various activities from pruning, making connection, cutting down a tree in one or more pieces to collecting seeds or non-wood forest products etc. Persons subjected to the study were self-trained villagers since their childhood and had enough experience as forest...
With the start of the Industry 4.0 era, factories switched to the smart production stage. This transition has benefited from the human-machine journey of improvable technologies. Smart glasses can be used in an important place in this industry. The fact that smart glasses are a suitable base for augmented reality (AR) applications is another factor that increases smart glasses...
The incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders remains high and, as these injuries have a high cost for companies and society, it is important to prevent them through ergonomic analysis and workplace design. During the work process, we are always looking to reduce lost time and improve the quality of work. From an ergonomic point of view, it is important to determine...
İşyerlerinde insan sağlığı ve güvenliğini etkileyebilecek birçok risk faktörü vardır. Bu faktörlerden en önemlilerinden birisi de iş sağlığı ve güvenliğinin en önemli parçası olan ergonomik risk faktörleridir. Kas İskelet Sistemi ile yakından ilişkili olan ergonomi disiplini insan merkezli bir yaklaşımı teşvik eder. Ergonomi çalışması, önemli bir rol oynayarak birçok alanda...
Kullanılabilirliği yeterli olmayan bir biyokabin altında yapılan ve biyolojik ajan riski taşıyan uygulamanın risk düzeyinin belirlenmesi önemli bir problemdir. Bu probleme cevap bulmak amacıyla bu çalışmada biyokabinlerin biyolojik risk analizi yoluyla kullanılabilirliği değerlendirilmiştir. Bu kapsamda biyoloji eğitimi veren bir fakültenin mikrobiyoloji laboratuvarındaki sınıf 1...
Kitaplar bir toplumun gelişmişlik düzeyi olarak gösterilir. Kütüphaneler, kitap okumak, bilgi edinmek için gidilen tekil işlevli mekânlar yerine artık sosyal mekânlar olarak dönüşmeye başlamaktadır. Bu kapsamda kütüphanelerin, birçok işlevi de içerebilecek şekilde bütünleyici bir kompleks olarak çalışması, örneğin ders çalışma, grup çalışması, beceri geliştirme gibi eylemler için...
Ergonomi biliminin temel amacı, iş gören ile iş arasında iyi bir uyum sağlayarak insanın çalışırken aşırı zorlanma nedeniyle zarar görmesini engellemek ve bu uyum sayesinde verimliliği artırmak olarak ifade edilebilir. Günümüzde ilerleyen teknoloji iş yerlerinde artan mekanizasyon ve otomasyon iş hızını da arttırmakta olup bu durum özellikle daha çok emek-yoğun çalışanlarda kas...
The aim of this study is to determine noise levels in continuous olive oil extraction plants and to evaluate their effects on worker health. The study was conducted in 17 continuous system plants. The sound pressure level (dBA) measurements were carried out at the ear levels of operators working in all units used in olive oil production. In the study, considering A weighted...
Vibration-induced machines are used in almost all industry branches. Employees using these machines experience health exposures by being affected by hand and arm vibration and the whole-body vibration as a result of vibration. Vibration, employees; it can affect physically and psychologically, cause occupational diseases, and may affect occupational health and safety by affecting...
Ergonomics is a group of multidisciplinary studies that investigate and improve the compatibility of humans with the machine and the environment by examining the physical, environmental and psychological risk factors. The primary purpose of ergonomics is to ensure employee health and safety, and increase work efficiency (such as reduced idle capacity, increased production...
Ergonomic design of the working environment in terms of health and safety, minimizing the risks by determining the risk factors, the existence of legal and institutional regulations are the basic elements to ensure occupational health and safety. However, these measures to be taken are not sufficient to prevent work accidents. At this point, the safety culture, which emphasizes...
In parallel with the economic, social, cultural, technological and environmental changes in the world, design education is undergoing a transformation. Design education has changed with this transformation, focusing on development of new strategies and tactics based on different areas. Today, with the rapidly developing technology, the problem of design education continues to be...
Among the urban outdoor spaces; It is an open and / or semi-open space that allows people to socialize and perform many activities such as gathering, resting and having fun. The fact that cities have changed or will be changed many times in parallel with the socio-cultural structure and user needs that have changed throughout history has made the change of these areas inevitable...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the difficulties of furniture employees who will encounter muscle and skeletal strain during transportation horizontal and vertical parts of the furniture in our country and to draw attention to their effects among the employees. The current investigation was investigated to examine the strain limit values. It is for calculations for...
The aim of this study is to draw attention to the faulty practice which is very common in the mounting of LPG conversion systems in our country and its effects on the employees. Liquid petroleum gas (LPG) is used as an alternative to gasoline in many vehicles in our country because it is more environment friendly and economical. Part of the system that allows the vehicle to work...
Negative developments such as the reckless depletion of natural resources, high-speed urbanization, water and air pollution and degradation of green fields posed several threats to the living space and health of life-forms. For the purpose of finding solutions to these threats, human beings embarked on a quest to ensure the efficient use of resources and to prevent the...
In the automobile development process, it is aimed to obtain the most suitable product design for all users. In the computer aided design (CAD) program, Jack human model was created according to anthropometry measurement. A control method based on the parametric design technique has been developed for ergonomics control of a part on an automobile. In the design development...
Musculoskeletal health problems are an important issue that businesses should consider. The work related erroneous postures can cause strain and discomfort of the workers. At this point, Ovako Working Posture Analysing System (OWAS) method is used to analyze erroneous working postures. With this technique, body positions are defined and scoring is made according to difficulty...
The ergonomics decisions are very important in terms of the efficient use of the space and for the fulfillment of the needs while the space as an architectural product is shaped to respond to the physical needs of the human. Anthropometry, a database for ergonomics which analyze body properties such as human body sizes, movements and limits of the movements, forms the basic data...
On every stage of our life, we observe technological developments on the products and communication instruments we use. In the world of technology that changes rapidly “Will the role of the ergonomics on design of human-machine systems lose its effect?” question might come to mind. We can declare that with the technological development all over the world, as a practical science...
People using mobile touch screen devices (MTSDs) have been exposed to the musculoskeletal disorder because of physical risk factors. As being lightweight; the latest generations of MTSDs are preferred for personal and work purposes as they are comfortable to operate and easy to carry. Furthermore, they have many advantageous facilities compared to conventional devices. This study...
Hareketli yaşam kurgusu ve yoğun yapılaşma arasında kentliye dinlenme ve sosyalleşme imkânı sunan kentsel açık alanlar kentin bütünleştirici mekanlarıdır. Özel yaşamdan farklı olarak toplu yaşam etkinliklerini içeren bu mekanlar, herkesin kullanımına yönelik kamusal alan niteliği taşımaktadır. Bu bağlamda her kullanıcının kentsel açık alanlarda bulunabilmesi ve kent donatılarını...