scholarly journals Psychophysiological Features of Bus Drivers in Cities

2020 ◽  
pp. 344-350
Author(s):  
Yevheniia Shapenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Transport Process ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
Physiological Factors ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
Working Day ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Trucking Companies

The aim of the article is to analyze the psychophysiological features of the work of drivers of urban passenger transport to take into account the human factor in the transport process. The performed analysis of researches of methods of rational organization of city bus transportations has defined the list of recommendations on planning of modes of work and rest of drivers of city buses. However, they do not take into account the intensity of the driver's work on the route. The driver's activity is one of the most intense and responsible types of work. It is associated with great nervous and emotional stress, requires constant stability and concentration, as well as quite high energy expenditure. Because of this, the issue of rationing and distribution of time in trucking companies is an important factor that is designed to actively influence the quality of the driver's work. It is established that such factors as fatigue, working conditions, physical environmental factors, biomechanical and physiological factors are important for ensuring the efficiency of the driver's activity. Thus, the rationalization of labor activity, creating the necessary prerequisites for maintaining the health and development of the employee's personality, will achieve a significant increase in efficiency and reliability of human activity. When organizing the work of city bus drivers, the psychophysiological features of their work are not taken into account at all. As a result, the role of the human factor in the transport process, regardless of the mode of transport, is even more important. As a result, there is a need to analyze the norms of the length of the working day established by the labor legislation, breaks during the working day for rest and meals.

Differential psychophysiological reactivity of city bus drivers

Ergonomics ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 1003-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. P. G. MULDERS ◽  
T. F. MEIJMAN ◽  
J. F. O'HANLON ◽  
G. MULDER
Keyword(s):  
Bus Drivers ◽  
Psychophysiological Reactivity ◽  
City Bus

scholarly journals Determining the most suitable layout of space for the loading units’ handling in the maritime port

Transport ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 280-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ondrej Stopka ◽  
Rudolf Kampf
Keyword(s):  
Transport Process ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Freight Transport ◽  
Maritime Transport ◽  
Transport Networks ◽  
Transport Modes ◽  
Mode Of Transport

The main advantages of maritime transport are (1) lowest costs, (2) large-scale carriage capacity, (3) carriage of different goods over long distances and (4) the most acceptable mode of transport in the context of the environment. This mode of transport is considered more profitable and more cost-effective than all other transport modes. Modern maritime ports have become the essential nodal components of freight transport networks. This paper is focused on determining the most suitable layout of space for the loading units warehousing and handling in the maritime port using the particular method. In the paper, four types of layout and five criteria were taken into account. Layout of warehousing and handling space can affect the entire transport process and can have a great effect on the economics of enterprises.

Social Desirability in the Assessment of Trauma

1996 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 511-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Brunet ◽  
Caroline Boucher ◽  
Richard Boyer
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Traumatic Events ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
Moderator Variable ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Lifetime Exposure ◽  
Exposure To Trauma

Since admitting distress is often considered undesirable, the role of social desirability as a moderator variable in the assessment of traumatic events scores, on the PTSD Interview, and diagnosis was investigated. A sample of 342 city bus drivers were grouped by their lifetime exposure to trauma (nonexposed, stressful but nontraumatic event, traumatic event). Analyses replicate and extend findings from the literature on life events: social desirability plays a marginal role as a moderator variable in the assessment of trauma.

Association of presence and severity of Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome with accident risk in city bus drivers

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Hakan Celikhisar ◽  
Gulay Dasdemir Ilkhan
Keyword(s):  
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ◽  
Sleep Apnea ◽  
Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome ◽  
Sleep Apnea Syndrome ◽  
Berlin Questionnaire ◽  
Accident Risk ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
City Bus ◽  
Obstructive Sleep ◽  
Apnea Syndrome

Abstract Objective: To determine the relationship between frequency of traffic accidents and presence and severity of the disease in bus drivers who are at risk of having obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS). Method: In the present study, polysomnography (PSG) was applied on 162 city bus drivers directed to the sleep laboratory from a total of 1450 drivers after being determined as risky with regard to OSAS symptoms according to the questionnaire results. Their demographic characteristics, health status and accidents were compiled. Statistical analyses were made for those diagnosed with OSAS according to the PSG result and those with a traffic accident after which comparisons were made. Results: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome was detected in 127 out of the 162 drivers determined to be risky with regard to OSAS based on the Berlin questionnaire result. While 35% of the drivers were normal according to the polysomnography (PSG) results in the study, 39 (24.1%) were determined as light OSAS, 35 (21.6%) as moderate OSAS and 53 (32.7%) as severe OSAS. While 105 (64.8%) of the cases had no accident, 37 (22.8%) were almost involved in an accident due to sleepiness and 20 (12.3%) were actually involved in an accident. A statistically significant relationship was determined between accident rates and OSAS severity (p:0.009; p<0.05). Conclusion: It was concluded that presence and increased severity of OSAS is an important risk factor for being almost or directly involved in an accident among city bus drivers, even though they were not driving for long distances. 

scholarly journals Influence of mountain traffic conditions on the functional state of a bus driver

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-29
Author(s):  
Taras Postranskyy ◽  
◽  
Mykola Boikiv ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Functional State ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Video Recording ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Traffic Conditions ◽  
Regulatory Systems ◽  
Passenger Safety ◽  
Cargo Delivery ◽  
Weak Component

Ensuring the transport process requires proper interaction of all parts of the system "driver - car - road - environment" and its subsystems. In this case, the driver is often a "weak" component of the system, and his actions can reduce the level of road users` safety. It should be noted that the reliability of the driver can be considered as the probability of his trouble-free and error-free operation, as well as the proper level of his regulatory mechanisms functioning. In this case, to analyze the activities and readiness of the driver for his professional activities, indicators of functional status are often used. Thus, the study of the "human factor" in the transport process is an important task to ensure the reliability of the whole transport system. Today the most of all transportation is carried out by road. The timeliness and safety of cargo delivery and passenger safety depend on the driver's actions. At the same time, the driver is influenced by a considerable number of external environmental factors during his work. One of the most important factors is the mountainous traffic conditions, which often have many changes in plan and the profile of roads. Another feature of such traffic conditions is the height above sea level, affecting the human body, particularly its functional state. Considering the above, the paper measures the heart rate variability of bus drivers moving on a route that was partly in the mountain's conditions. During the research, video recording and registration of the vehicle's geolocation were also carried out. This made it possible to establish indicators of the driver`s functional state in specific periods. After processing the obtained values, the influence of mountainous traffic conditions on the bus drivers` indicator of regulatory systems’ activity was established.

scholarly journals A qualitative study exploring how city bus drivers manage sleepiness and fatigue

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 1502-1512 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fran Pilkington-Cheney ◽  
A. J. Filtness ◽  
C. Haslam
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Bus Drivers ◽  
City Bus

Firm and Employees: Relationship Mechanism is Being Improved

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
В. Лебедев ◽  
V. Lebedev ◽  
Е. Лебедева ◽  
E. Lebedeva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Employee Compensation ◽  
Labor Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Working Day ◽  
Delay In Payments

In June 2017, amendments to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation came into force, which resulted from the incorporation of previously canceled departmental recommendations into the federal law on overtime, shorter working hours, and a non-standardized working day. The analysis of changes in the labor legislation regarding compensation for work on weekends and holidays, for work in conditions of parttime work, overtime payment is analyzed. New laws and law enforcement practice are considered, including strengthening the employer’s liability for delay in payments which are payable to the employee, compensation in connection with the granting of unused leave with subsequent dismissal.

Active transporters as enzymes: an energetic framework applied to major facilitator superfamily and ABC importer systems

2015 ◽  
Vol 467 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian H. Shilton
Keyword(s):  
Active Transport ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Transport Process ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Major Facilitator Superfamily ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Solute Movement ◽  
Major Facilitator ◽  
Membrane Transport Systems

Active membrane transporters are dynamic molecular machines that catalyse transport across a membrane by coupling solute movement to a source of energy such as ATP or a secondary ion gradient. A central question for many active transporters concerns the mechanism by which transport is coupled to a source of energy. The transport process and associated energetic coupling involve conformational changes in the transporter. For efficient transport, the conformational changes must be tightly regulated and they must link energy use to movement of the substrate across the membrane. The present review discusses active transport using the well-established energetic framework for enzyme-mediated catalysis. In particular, membrane transport systems can be viewed as ensembles consisting of low-energy and high-energy conformations. The transport process involves binding interactions that selectively stabilize the higher energy conformations, and in this way promote conformational changes in the system that are coupled to decreases in free energy and substrate translocation. The major facilitator superfamily of secondary active transporters is used to illustrate these ideas, which are then be expanded to primary active transport mediated by ABC (ATP-binding cassette) import systems, with a focus on the well-studied maltose transporter.

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