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Research projects of the research and development programme 2010-2013

F 1 Effects of new technologies on safety and health at work

F 1.1 Nanomaterials

Project number Title
F 1946 Safety, health and quality during handling with CNT (CarbonNanoTubes) - CarboSafe
F 2043 Assessment of sensitivity and specifity of in vitro-methods for detection of chronic toxicity and carcinogenicity of nanomaterials and fine dust in context of regulatory toxicology (literature survey)
F 2133 Dispersion and retention of ultrafine and nanoparticles in the lungs
F 2135 Health effects of fine and ultrafine particle toxicity in the lung - genotoxicity
F 2157 Exposure measurement of engineered Nanomaterials at selected workplaces
F 2217 Optimation of the personal thermal precipitators for the measurement from nanoparticles at the workplace
F 2246 Toxic effects of different modifications of a nanoparticle after inhalation
F 2248 Novel Concepts, Methods, and Technologies for the Production of Portable, Easy-to-use Devices for the Measurement and Analysis of Airborne Engineered Nanoparticles in Workplace Air (NanoDevice)
F 2284 Safety, Health, and Quality for Handling Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT) - CarboSafe 2 (Contributions of BAuA to a BMBF-funded project managed by Bayer Technology Services GmbH, Leverkusen)
F 2304 Sampling planes for the analysis of measurements with a thermophoretic personal sampler
F 2445 Exposure assessment of nanoscale fibrous materials in the workplace based on a new measurement and evaluation process

F 1.2 New information and communication technologies in the working environment (ambient intelligence)

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F 2202 Examination of the ergonomic characteristics of newly developed protective clothing for aid organisations
F 2278 Effects on decision making and behaviour from "smart" protective clothing
F 2288 Head-Mounted Displays - Conditions for safe and healthy use
F 2299 Impact of AmI-based-ventilation and air conditioning machines (RLT) on indoor climate applied on the phenomenon "dry climate" - AmI-based regulation of indoor climate
F 2302 Lighting of workplaces: impact of AmI-based lighting systems
F 2313 Delphi survey: "Digital Ergonomics 2025 - Trends and strategies for increasing product usability and designing safe, healthy and efficient socio-technical work systems"
F 2322 Opportunities and risks of Ambient Intelligence (AmI) from a safety point of view
F 2323 Research map ambient intelligence (AmI) and adaptive work assistance systems (AAS)
F 2327 Safe and healthy at work by Persuasive Technology? Experimental laboratory and field study on the effects of new forms of IT-based feedback at work

F 2 Mental loads against the background of new forms of work

F 2.1 Changes in the world of work and strain constellations

Project number Title
F 1912 Mental workload in service industries: development of an analysis instrument and derivation of prevention measures
F 1964 The impact of working in the evening and the early night-hours on young persons
F 1968 Psychosocial risk management - European Framework
F 2031 Collecting data on psychosocial strain by using a tested questionaire (COPSOQ)
F 2128 Assessment of mobbing (bullying/harrassment) - a construct validation
F 2199 Rewarding and Sustainable health-promoting Leadership - RE-SU-LEAD
F 2224 Occupational health and safety in partly inpatient nursing and care services
F 2262 Determination of central critria for choice of instruments to risk assessment of mental work load
F 2270 European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks/Psychosocial Risks (ESENER)
F 2279 Validation of the Job Content Questionnaire 2.0 (JCQ 2.0) - a German contribution to an international pilot study
F 2285 Work intensity/time and performance pressure in the tertiary sector - developmental context and design possibilities within the work organization
F 2296 BIBB/BAuA-Work-Force-Survey 2011/2012
F 2328 Concurrent validity of the BIBB/BAuA employment survey
F 2339 Psychosocial risk management in the EU: Context, strategies and implementation at establishment level - a comparative European study

F 2.2 Working conditions, mental health and cognitive/emotional efficiency

Project number Title
F 2152 Compensation of age-related changes in cognitive ability - "physiological costs"
F 2220 Work Interruptions and multitasking in information-intensive occupations - effects on performance and work ability, health and productivity under particular consideration of ageing employees
F 2233 Work- and health related determinants of vitality and work ability
F 2244 Creativity and health at work - study to creativity-promoting working conditions in the economy
F 2247 Multitasking and work interruptions - neurophysiological approaches for investigating cognitive performance capacities
F 2250 Development of an empirical basis for work and functional health - sample survey among employees
F 2264 Systematic reviews on the topic "mental health/cognitive capacity in the world of work"
F 2276 Improving cognitive capacity by a workplace health promotion program - Investigation of access and compliance
F 2283 Effect of psychological stress at the workplace on "Neuroenhancement" - empirical studies on employees
F 2312 Psychophysiological investigations on changes of cognitive capacities during working life under consideration of individual cognitive reserves
F 2318 Depression, burnout and cognitive deficits - studies on the influence of work-related and individual determinants

F 3 Multifactoral genesis of work-related illnesses

F 3.1 Work-related illnesses of the musculoskeletal system (MSD - musculoskeletal disorders)

Project number Title
F 2059 Strain in specimens of the lumbar spine during exposure with horizontal vibrations - invitro test aiming at a fatigue criterion in dependence on the age
F 2070 An active trunk model for an improved calculation of stress acting on the lumbar spine during whole-body vibration
F 2077 Experimental basis for the evaluation of effects of whole-body vibration in x- and y-directions on health and well beeing
F 2211 Reduction of risk factors for non-infectious diseases - Prevention at the workplace (intervention study-feasibility study)
F 2239 The occupational handling of heavy loads and the coxarthrosis risk in a historical cohort of "SDAG Wismut" employees - a nested case-control study ("Coxarthrosis-Study of Wismut employees")
F 2252 Evaluation of the effects of vibration on health and well-being-experimental investigations
F 2255 Job specific risk for sick leave due muscoloskeletel disorders or cardiovascular diseases - definition of highly affected jobs for primary prevention
F 2257 Relation between risk values based on internal spinal forces and epidemiological outcomes due to long-term whole-body vibrations
F 2277 Analyses of occupational diseases of the musculo-skeletal system in Germany by gender
F 2281 Retrospective cohort study on the etiology of knee disorders caused by occupational risk factors considering their multifactorial origin
F 2282 Investigation of stress-relations between physical load and physiological responses/morbidity
F 2334 Relationship between work and the occurrence of hip osteoarthritis (coxarthrosis)
F 2338 Occupational risk factors for cardiovascular diseases - prospective analysis of the Gutenberg-Health-Study (GHS)

F 3.2 Work-related illnesses of the cardiovascular system

Project number Title
F 2029 Relationship between psychosocial stress at the workplace and cardiovascular diseases
F 2054 Association between occupational group, psychosocial stress at work and cardiovascular risk factors
F 2235 Work-related risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
F 2295 Work, Age and Health
F 2297 Pilot study for a cohort study on the etiology of ischemic heart diseases caused by occupational risk factors considering their multifactorial origin
F 2316 Fractions of cardiovascular diseases attributable to selected work place factors (shift work, psychosocial stress) - a pilot study to evaluate existing data

Further research projects

Project number Title
F 1835 Prevalidation study to assay toxic effects of inhalation toxins (gases) by exposing lung cells directly at the air-liquid interface
F 1931 Risk analysis on the exposure to quartz dust and the occurence of chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD)
F 1969 Additional mixed model analysis of a longitudinal study of two cohorts in the potash mining
F 2037 Relationship between work-related silicate exposure and the development of particular renal diseases (i. e. glomerulonephritis)
F 2129 Epidemiology as aid to decision-making for social provision in the occupational field
F 2155 Stationary morbidity of uranium miners of the Wismut 1985 - 1989
F 2251 Analysis of work related reasons for sickness absence considering of the BIBB/BAuA Survey of Employed Persons of 2006
F 2274 Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and laryngeal cancer - a systematic review
F 2305 Restructuring in companies in terms of quality and size - a review
F 2342 Forms of prevention culture in German companies

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