scholarly journals Uso de carretilla de acero en transporte de carga para prevención de trastornos musculo-esqueléticos en los trabajadores de despacho de la empresa Ecovasti S.A.

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3.1) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Maria Fernanda Cuenca Cajamarca ◽  
Manolo Alexander Córdova Suárez ◽  
Dalton Fabian Herrera Samaniego ◽  
Esthela Del Rocio Freire Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Manual Lifting ◽  
A Value ◽  
Key Indicators ◽  
Load Handling ◽  
Load Weight ◽  
Ergonomic Risk

Introduction. Manual lifting and carrying of loads that are equal to or greater than 25 kg are considered high ergonomic risk for causing musculoskeletal disorders in any activity where there is no load sharing or mechanical assistance. Objective. This research applies the use of a steel mask as a mechanical aid to attenuate musculoskeletal disorders in the workers of the company Ecovasti S.A. who lift and move the jars of alcoholic beverages in the delivery of the product to the customers. Methodology. A preliminary analysis of the lifting and moving of loads in the manual dispatch of alcoholic beverage jars was made using Snook and Ciriello tables to find the maximum acceptable weight and the level of ergonomic risk, then the key indicators of pull and push method (KIM PP) was applied to demonstrate the ergonomic improvement by implementing the help of a mobile steel forklift. Results. The preliminary study with the Snook and Ciriello tables indicates a maximum load handling weight for lowering, lifting, transporting and dragging: 11.9 kg; 7.79 kg; 16.43 kg and 25.67 kg respectively, considering male gender, with a protection percentage of 90%, maximum distance traveled of 8 m, load weight of 23 kg per jug of alcoholic beverage, average transfer height of 0.8 m, with a frequency of 15 transfers per hour. The result of the application of the ergonomic improvement with the use of the key indicators of pull and push method (KIM PP) was a value of 1, which corresponds to a low ergonomic risk with a low probability of physical overload. Conclusion. The result of the application of a steel trolley for the manual transport of alcoholic beverage jugs in the dispensing to customers attenuates the level of ergonomic risk to low risk values and could help prevent musculoskeletal disorders.

scholarly journals Polyphenol-Rich and Alcoholic Beverages and Metabolic Status in Adults Living in Sicily, Southern Italy

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Micek ◽  
Justyna Godos ◽  
Achille Cernigliaro ◽  
Raffaele Ivan Cincione ◽  
Silvio Buscemi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Southern Italy ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Metabolic Risk Factors ◽  
Metabolic Status ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Metabolic Risk ◽  
Confounding Factors ◽  
Beverage Consumption

Polyphenol-rich beverage consumption is not univocally accepted as a risk modulator for cardio-metabolic risk factors, despite mechanistic and epidemiological evidence suggesting otherwise. The aim of this study was to assess whether an association between polyphenol-rich beverage consumption and metabolic status could be observed in a Mediterranean cohort with relatively low intake of tea, coffee, red and white wine, beer, and fresh citrus juice. Demographic and dietary characteristics of 2044 adults living in southern Italy were analyzed. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) of the association between polyphenol-rich and alcoholic beverage consumption and metabolic status adjusted for potential confounding factors. Specific polyphenol-rich beverages were associated, to a various extent, with metabolic outcomes. Individuals with a higher total polyphenol-rich beverages had higher polyphenols intake and were less likely to have hypertension, type-2 diabetes, and dyslipidemia (OR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.44–0.73; OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.26–0.66; and OR = 0.41, 95% CI: 0.29–0.57, respectively). However, when adjusted for potential confounding factors, only the association with hypertension remained significant (OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.50–0.94). Current scientific evidence suggests that such beverages may play a role on cardio-metabolic risk factors, especially when consumed within the context of a dietary pattern characterized by an intake of a plurality of them. However, these associations might be mediated by an overall healthier lifestyle.

scholarly journals An Assessment of Government Capacity Building to Restrict the Marketing of Unhealthy Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverage Products to Children in the Region of the Americas

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (16) ◽  
pp. 8324
Author(s):  
Sofía Rincón-Gallardo Patiño ◽  
Fabio Da Silva Gomes ◽  
Steven Constantinou ◽  
Robin Lemaire ◽  
Valisa E. Hedrick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Capacity Building ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
World Health ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Health And Human Rights ◽  
Government Capacity ◽  
Health Organization

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Strategic Plan 2020–2025 committed to reduce children’s consumption of energy-dense nutrient-poor food and beverage products high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) and promote healthy eating patterns to reduce malnutrition in all forms. This paper describes the capacity-building needs in PAHO’s Member States to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and beverages to children. We asked Ministries of Health officials or national institutes/departmental representatives (n = 35) to complete a 28-item web-based survey (January to July 2020). Capacity-building needs were assessed using an adapted version of the World Health Organization’s government capacity-building framework with three modules: public health infrastructure, policies and information systems. Notable achievements for the PAHO’s Plan of Action were identified. State representatives reported strong infrastructure and information systems; however, policy improvements are needed to increase comprehensive national responses. These include using a constitutional health and human rights approach within the policies, policies that document conflict of interest from non-state actors, and strengthening regulatory oversight for digital media platforms. These findings provide baseline data and we suggest priorities for further action to strengthen national governments’ capacity-building and to accelerate the development, implementation, and monitoring systems to restrict the marketing of HFSS food and non-alcoholic beverages to children in the region of the Americas.

scholarly journals Creating Opportunities for the Development of Craft Beer Tourism in Serbia as a New Form of Sustainable Tourism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (16) ◽  
pp. 8730
Author(s):  
Tamara Gajić ◽  
Jovanka Popov Raljić ◽  
Ivana Blešić ◽  
Milica Aleksić ◽  
Dragan Vukolić ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Sustainable Tourism ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Sustainable Tourism Development ◽  
Craft Beer ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Beer Tourism

Beer may not be the oldest alcoholic beverage, but it is definitely among the most popular alcoholic beverages in Serbia today. The authors conducted a survey in 2019, during three major beer festivals, on a total sample of 542 festival visitors. The authors set the goal of the research: sensory preferences, habits, knowledge of the beer production process and a healthy lifestyle influence the choice of beer type, in respondents older than 18 years. Further, the goal was to investigate the extent to which craft tourism can be developed in Serbia, and to be an aid in sustainable tourism development. SPSS software, version 26.00, was used for data processing. Descriptive statistical analysis determined the average values for all items from the given research groups. The authors considered that, for determining the group of factors, which may have the strongest predictor power in predicting beer choice, the best results can be given by Binary Logistic Regression. The logarithm of chances, chances and probabilities has also been determined whether in some future period all festival visitors over the age of 18 will be chosen for craft beer instead of factory beer. The obtained results show that visitors mainly consume craft beer, and that sensory tendencies play a leading role in preserving and creating quality, as well as attracting regular consumers and visitors to craft tourism. The importance of the research is undoubtedly seen in resolving the existing doubts about the quality of beer and creating a craft tourist market in Serbia. In addition, the research can improve the measures around the creation of a recognizable identity of the Serbian beer festival, on the wider tourist market.

scholarly journals A Wearable Sensor-Based Platform for Surgeon Posture Monitoring: A Tool to Prevent Musculoskeletal Disorders

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3734
Author(s):  
Nicola Carbonaro ◽  
Gabriele Mascherini ◽  
Ilenia Bartolini ◽  
Maria Ringressi ◽  
Antonio Taddei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Musculoskeletal Disorders ◽  
Risk Index ◽  
Dynamical Analysis ◽  
Surgical Interventions ◽  
Posture Monitoring ◽  
Measurement Units ◽  
Mini Laparotomy ◽  
Surgical Operations ◽  
Ergonomic Risk

Surgeons are workers that are particularly prone to the development of musculoskeletal disorders. Recent advances in surgical interventions, such as laparoscopic procedures, have caused a worsening of the scenario, given the harmful static postures that have to be kept for long periods. In this paper, we present a sensor-based platform specifically aimed at monitoring the posture during actual surgical operations. The proposed system adopts a limited number of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) to obtain information about spine and neck angles across time. Such a system merges the reliability of sensor-based approaches and the validity of state-of-the-art scoring procedure, such as RULA. Specifically, three IMUs are used to estimate the flexion, lateral bending, and twisting angles of spine and neck. An ergonomic risk index is thus estimated in a time varying fashion borrowing relevant features from the RULA scoring system. The detailed functioning of the proposed systems is introduced, and the assessment results related to a real surgical procedure, consisting of a laparoscopy and mini-laparotomy sections, are shown and discussed. In the exemplary case study introduced, the surgeon kept a high score, indicating the need for an intervention on the working procedures, for a large time fraction. The system allows separately analyzing the contribution of spine and neck, also specifying the angle configuration. It is shown how the proposed approach can provide further information, as related to dynamical analysis, which could be used to enlarge the features taken into account by currently available approaches for ergonomic risk assessment. The proposed system could be adopted both for training purposes, as well as for alerting surgeons during actual surgical operations.

scholarly journals Self-Rated Aversion to Taste Qualities and the PROP Taster Phenotype Associate with Alcoholic Beverage Intake and Preference

Beverages ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 37
Author(s):  
Gary J. Pickering ◽  
Margaret K. Thibodeau
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Red Wine ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Likert Scale ◽  
White Wine ◽  
Sensory Attributes ◽  
Taste Perception ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Beverage Type

Consumers often identify “taste” as an important factor when selecting alcoholic beverages. Although it is assumed that reduced alcohol consumption in PROP super-tasters is due to a greater dislike of the nominally aversive sensations that they experience more intensely (e.g., bitterness) when compared to PROP non-tasters, this question has not been specifically asked to them. Therefore, we examined consumers’ self-reported aversion towards specific sensory attributes (bitter, hot/burn, dry, sour, sweet, carbonation) for four alcoholic beverage types (white wine, red wine, beer, spirits) using a convenience sample of U.S. wine consumers (n = 925). Participants rated 18 statements describing different combinations of sensory attributes and alcoholic beverages on a 5-point Likert scale (e.g., Beer tastes too bitter for me). Individuals who tended to agree more strongly with the statements (i.e., they were more averse; p(F) < 0.05) tended to (i) consume less of all beverage types, (ii) consume a higher proportion of white wine (p(r) < 0.05), and (iii) were more likely to be female or PROP super-tasters. The results suggest that self-reported aversion to specific sensory attributes is associated with not only lower overall intake of alcoholic beverages, but also a shift in the relative proportions of beverage type consumed; a key finding for studies investigating how taste perception impacts alcohol consumption.

Food patterns and Mediterranean diet in western and eastern Mediterranean islands

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 1174-1181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora Romaguera ◽  
Christina Bamia ◽  
Antoni Pons ◽  
Josep A Tur ◽  
Antonia Trichopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Diet ◽  
Dietary Patterns ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Adult Population ◽  
Meat Products ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Animal Products ◽  
A Value ◽  
Fish And Shellfish

AbstractObjectiveTo assess current Mediterranean dietary patterns (MDP) in the western and eastern Mediterranean, i.e. in Balearic islanders (BI) and Greek islanders (GI).Subjects and methodsDietary patterns were assessed using FFQ on a representative sample (n1200) of the BI and GI (n1324) adult population. A Mediterranean Diet Score (MDS) was calculated according to the consumption of nine MDP components: (i) with a beneficial effect on health, i.e. vegetables, fruits and nuts, cereals, legumes, fish and shellfish, MUFA:SFA ratio, and moderate alcohol consumption; and (ii) with a detrimental effect on health, i.e. meat and meat products, and milk and dairy products. Persons with consumption of beneficial components below the median (GI plus BI) received a value of 0 and those with consumption above the median a value of 1. Persons with below-median consumption of detrimental components received a value of 1 and above-median consumption a value of 0. For alcohol, a value of 1 was given to consumptions of 10–50 g/d (men) and 5–25 g/d (women). The range of the MDS was 0–9, with higher scores indicating greater adherence to the MDP.ResultsGI showed higher adherence (mean MDS 5·12 (sd1·42)) to the MDP than BI (mean MDS 3·32 (sd1·23)). BI diet was characterized by a high intake of legumes, nuts, seed oils, sugar and confectionery, and non-alcoholic beverages compared with GI, whereas GI diet was richer in fruit, vegetables, potatoes, olive oil, animal products and alcoholic beverages.ConclusionsThe GI diet seems closer to the traditional MDP than the BI diet.

scholarly journals Changes in Alcoholic Beverage Choice and Risky Drinking among Adolescents in Europe 1999–2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (20) ◽  
pp. 10933
Author(s):  
Johanna K. Loy ◽  
Nicki-Nils Seitz ◽  
Elin K. Bye ◽  
Paul Dietze ◽  
Carolin Kilian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Northern European ◽  
Multinomial Logit Regression ◽  
Average Alcohol ◽  
School Survey ◽  
Alcohol And Other Drugs

This paper explores trends in beverage preference in adolescents, identifies related regional differences, and examines cluster differences in key drinking measures. Data were obtained from the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs (ESPAD), covering 24 European countries between 1999 and 2019. Trends in the distribution of alcoholic beverages on the participants’ most recent drinking occasion were analysed by sex and country using fractional multinomial logit regression. Clusters of countries based on trends and predicted beverage proportions were compared regarding the prevalence of drinkers, mean alcohol volume and prevalence of heavy drinking. Four distinct clusters each among girls and boys emerged. Among girls, there was not one type of beverage that was preferred across clusters, but the proportion of cider/alcopops strongly increased over time in most clusters. Among boys, the proportion of beer decreased, but was dominant across time in all clusters. Only northern European countries formed a geographically defined region with the highest prevalence of heavy drinking and average alcohol volume in both genders. Adolescent beverage preferences are associated with mean alcohol volume and heavy drinking at a country-level. Future approaches to drinking cultures need to take subpopulations such as adolescents into account.

scholarly journals UPAYA PEMERINTAH DAERAH DALAM PENGENDALIAN PRODUKSI MINUMAN BERALKOHOL TRADISIONAL

Yuridika ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 93
Author(s):  
Luffita Alfianti
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Alcoholic Beverage ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
Alcoholic Beverages ◽  
Industry Regulation ◽  
Control Production

Traditional alcoholic beverage, traditionally produced with hereditay recipe which is drunk to celebrate religious or tradition event. Government have not regulated a distinctive act to control production, so it needs to be analyzed the writer compose a thesis with systematical interpretation and extention to Regional Governance Act Number 23/2014, Ministry of Industry Regulation number 63/M-IND/PER/7/2014 in Restraining and Controlling The Industry and Quality of Beverage, Ministry of Trade Ragulation No. 20/M-Dag/Per/4/2014 in Restraining and Controlling of Supply, Distribution and Sale of Alcoholic Beverage, Head of Drug and Food Board Regulation Number HK.03.1.23.04.12.2205 in Guidelines On The Provision of Certificates of Food Production of Household Industries. Furthermore, writer also examine about Regional Government’s liability in controlling the production of traditional alcoholic beverage. Based on systematical interpretation and extention to regulation above, Regional/Local government has authorization in issuing a permit of traditional alcoholic beverage. However, there is no regulation that organizes the authority of local government to give license to the production of it. In contrast, local government has authority to control the distribution of traditional alcoholic beverage with implements the regulation inforcement to business activities that violate the license to trade by selling traditional alcoholic beverages.

scholarly journals Cable Car Speed Control Using Programmable Logic Control Based on Fuzzy Logic

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-129
Author(s):  
Santi Triwijaya ◽  
Arief Darmawan ◽  
Andri Pradipta ◽  
Dara Aulia Feriando
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Wind Speed ◽  
Maximum Load ◽  
Dc Motor ◽  
Programmable Logic ◽  
Logic Control ◽  
Programmable Logic Control ◽  
Wind Speed Maximum ◽  
Safety And Reliability ◽  
Load Weight

A cable car is a hanging car that runs by cable. Cable car carrier controlled by DC motor. The cable car can be a solution to accommodate the mobilization of agricultural commodities in areas that are difficult to access while still paying attention to safety and reliability. In this research, the speed of a cable car would be automatically controlled with Programmable Logic Control (PLC). PLC functions as a cable car operation controller by considering 3 parameters, namely: wind speed, maximum load weight, and distance (meters). The speed of the cable car is controlled by the PLC using fuzzy logic. Cable car speed is based on parameters of wind speed, load weight and distance. From the results obtained, the PLC has worked well in regulating the speed of the cable car and if any parameter exceeds the PLC limit, it can turn off the cable car.

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