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Assessing Psychosocial Work Conditions: Preliminary Validation of the Portugues...
Pinto, Ana; Carvalho, Carla; Mónico, Lisete S.; Moio, Isabel; Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.The working environment is a crucial aspect to considerfor guaranteeing a sustainable life. However, workers are exposed to various health risks daily, namely, psychological risks. These risks can be due to imbalances on the part of the workers themselves or to organisational and interfunctional risk factors arising from interactions within companies and the challenges of professional responsibilities. Over the...
Sociodemographic Data and Work-Related Musculoskeletal Symptoms in the Metal Po...
Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.; Gaspar, Pedro DinisThe prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders is a red flag in industries and is considered an occupational health issue that affects the operator’s well-being, safety, and health. This study contributes to understanding the impact of Industry 5.0 on the workforce and emphasizes the importance of promoting a safe and healthy working environment. Thus, it focuses on the assessment of anthropometric ch...
Novel Design of Assistive Technologies Based on the Interconnection of Motion C...
Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.; Gaspar, Pedro DinisDemographic changes, increasing life expectancy, and increasing healthy life expectancy lead to an increasingly ageing workforce. This condition has a growing impact on the workforce in today’s industries. However, old workers are not a burden for companies and industries. They are a fundamental part of the industrial ecosystem due to the consistency of their human factors, namely their large knowledge, experie...
Indústria 5.0 – Priorização da Centralidade Humana para a Sustentabilidade e Re...
Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.; Gaspar, Pedro DinisA Indústria 5.0 apresenta-se como uma estratégia que coloca o fator humano no centro da produção, priorizando o seu bem-estar, bem como a adoção de sistemas de produção mais sustentáveis e resilientes. Para a centralização humana, é necessário capacitar os seres humanos e, respetivamente, os operadores industriais, para melhorar as suas aptidões e competências individuais em colaboração ou cooperação com as tec...
A Chromatic Enzymatic Time-Temperature Integrator Device Based on the Degradati...
Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Alves, Joel; Quelhas, Adriana Sebastião; Domingos, Christelle; Caio, Susana Matos SilvaThe particular characteristics of cherries, such as color, firmness, and palate increase their demand, as does, among other things, their antioxidant properties that benefit human health. However, their high perishability leads to a reduced shelf life and consequently generates undesirable changes in the cherry flow chain. To ensure food quality and safety and prevent food waste, a smart device prototype is pro...
Is Industry 5.0 a Human-Centred Approach? A Systematic Review
Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.; Gaspar, Pedro DinisIndustry 5.0 presents itself as a strategy that puts the human factor at the centre of production, where the well-being of the worker is prioritized, as well as more sustainable and resilient production systems. For human centricity, it is necessary to empower human beings and, respectively, industrial operators, to improve their individual skills and competences in collaboration or cooperation with digital tec...
What is the role of active packaging in the future of food sustainability? A sy...
Alves, Joel; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Lima, Tânia M.; Silva, Pedro D.Nowadays, the strong increase in products consumption, the purchase of products on online platforms as well as the requirements for greater safety and food protection are a concern for food and packaging industries. Active packaging brings huge advances in the extension of product shelf-life and food degradation and losses reduction. This systematic work aims to collect and evaluate all existing strategies and ...
The sociodemographic challenge in human-centred production systems – a systemat...
Alves, Joel; Lima, Tânia M.; Gaspar, Pedro Dinisindustries are currently struggling with ageing workforce in modern production systems associated with industry 4.0. The industrial socio-demographic problem is more and more present as the increas-ing of the ageing population results in the prolongation of the work-ing life and the consecutively in the ageing of the workforce in industries. This paper aims to conduct a systematic literature review on the chall...
Innovative processes in smart packaging. A systematic review
Fernandez, Carlos M.; Alves, Joel; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Lima, Tânia M.; Silva, Pedro Dinho daSmart packaging provides one possible solution that could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In comparison with traditional packaging, which aims to extend the product's useful life and to facilitate transport and marketing, smart packaging allows increased efficiency, for example by ensuring authenticity and traceability from the product's origin, preventing fraud and theft, and improving security. Consequently,...
Fostering Awareness on Environmentally Sustainable Technological Solutions for ...
Fernandez, Carlos M.; Alves, Joel; Gaspar, Pedro Dinis; Lima, Tânia M.This study presents a current status and future trends of innovative and environmentally sustainable technological solutions for the post-harvest food supply chain and the food industry, in terms of ecological packaging, active, and/or intelligent packaging. All these concerns are currently highlighted due to the strong increase in the purchase/sale of products on online platforms, as well as the requirements f...