Weather forecasting : recommendations to address new weather processing system development risks : report to the Secretary of Commerce /

"B-271478"--P. 1.

After adoption parent survey : analyzing the risks in special needs adoptions /

Produced in conjunction with: Delivering post adoption services : the role of the public agency, by Kenneth W. Watson.

Price risks for wool and wool products : and means of reducing them /

Bibliography: p. 96-97.

An examination of the reconstruction process : musculoskeletal impairment /

"From the longitudinal sample of disability insurance applicants."

Government-sponsored enterprises : the government's exposure to risks /

Financial review of: Farm Credit Banks, Banks for Cooperatives, Federal Home Loan Banks, National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac), Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae), College Construction Loan Insurance Corp. (Connie Lee), and Federal Agriculture Mortgage Corp. (Farmer Mac).

Stock markets : information vendors need SEC oversight to control automation risks : report to the Chairman, Securities and Exhange Commission /

"B-246404"--P. 1.

Price risks for cotton and cotton products and means of reducing them /

"Updates Technical bulletin no. 602, Relation of cotton prices to prices of futures, contracts, and protection afforded by trading in futures."

Pension benefit guaranty corporation : single-employer pension insurance program faces significant long-term risks : report to Congressional Requesters /

"GAO-04-90."

A framework for military decision making under risks /

"August 1997."

Aviation safety : weaknesses in inspection and enforcement limit FAA in identifying and responding to risks : report to Congressional requesters /

"B-274166"--P. [1].

Understanding your risks : identifying hazards and estimating losses.

"FEMA 386-2"--Cover.

Risks of a growing balance of payments deficit : hearing before the Subcommittee on Economic Policy of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session on the burgeoning balance of payments deficit which nearly doubled in the last few years, from $300 million in 1999 to an expected $500 billion in 2001, July 25, 2001.

"Printed for the use of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs."

The effect of forearm support on musculoskeletal discomfort during call centre work

Using a computer keyboard with the forearms unsupported has been proposed as a causal factor for neck/shoulder and arm/hand diagnoses. Recent laboratory and field studies have demonstrated that forearm support might be preferable to working in the traditional floating posture. The aim of this study was to determine whether providing forearm Support when using a normal computer workstation would decrease musculoskeletal discomfort in intensive computer users in a call centre. A randomised controlled study (n = 59), of 6 weeks duration was conducted. Thirty participants (Group 1) were allocated to forearm support using the desk surface with the remainder (Group 2) acting as a control group. At 6 weeks, the control group was also set up with forearm support. Both groups were then monitored for another 6 weeks. Questionnaires were used at 1, 6 and 12 weeks to obtain information about discomfort, workstation setup, working posture and comfort. Nine participants (Group 1 n = 6, Group 2 n = 3) withdrew within a week of commencing forearm support either due to discomfort or difficulty in maintaining the posture. At 6 weeks, the group using forearm support generated significantly fewer reports of discomfort in the neck and back, although the difference between the groups was not statistically significant. At 12 weeks, there were fewer reports of neck, back and wrist discomfort when preintervention discomfort was compared with post intervention discomfort. These findings indicate that for the majority of users, forearm support may be preferable to the floating Posture implicit in current guidelines for computer workstation setup. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.