There is a large body of research evidence identifying the biomechanical and psychosocial hazards that can affect work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and stress-related mental health problems (MHPs). The APHIRM Toolkit was developed to facilitate more effective translation of this evidence into workplace risk management practices. Using APHIRM survey data from three occupations in the healthcare sector, this project compared hazard ‘riskiness’ profiles: (a) at occupational versus local workgroup levels, and (b) using hazard constructs versus individual hazard items. It was concluded that effective risk management is likely to require: risk assessment and prioritisation of control actions separately for each local workgroup; assessment of specific hazards rather than the generic constructs used by researchers. Results highlight the value of managing MSD and MHP risks together, because both were affected by both psychosocial and biomechanical hazards in combinations that varied widely between workgroups.
Background Epilepsy and ageing is an under-researched area particularly the Quality of Life (QoL) of older people with epilepsy (PWE). The effects of age on QoL needs an appreciation of the social and material context (Australia). Method The Australian Epilepsy Longitudinal Study (AELS) into the Social Impact of Epilepsy is repeated every three years. Wave 6 of the AELS analysed the extent to which age differences explain QoL and particularly QoL outcomes for older PWE. For this the QOLIE-31 was used. Results Older age led significantly to increasing QoL compared to younger adults. The dimension of QOLIE-31 Energy/fatigue and 3 other dimensions had the greatest difference between older and younger PWE. These were Social Function, Cognition and Emotional Well-being. Seizures led to lower QoL for older PWE and those 39–59 years compared to the youngest adults (aged 18–38 years) where seizures did not have a significant effect on QoL. Tangible supports of older people were significantly lower in their effect on QoL than for younger adults. For older PWE only, increased anti-seizure medication (ASM) use led significantly to lower QoL Living in the City benefitted 39–59 year olds in terms of affectionate support. This was not the case for younger or older PWE. Conclusion For older PWE certain issues need to be addressed such as comorbidities, depression and recognizing the value of social support. These should be in the context of the social impact of epilepsy.
Spectral 3D computer vision combines wavelength-resolved measurements with geometric information to support material-aware reconstruction, perception, and scene analysis. However, the literature remains fragmented across hyperspectral and multispectral sensing, cross-spectral depth and pose estimation, spectral point clouds, LiDAR–hyperspectral fusion, and neural scene representations. This survey provides a structured review of the field, covering spectral and geometric acquisition, data representations, calibration and registration, spectral 3D reconstruction, integrated spectral 3D acquisition and joint physical modelling, learning-based methods, downstream tasks, benchmark datasets, applications, and software tools. We organise existing methods into three complementary methodological themes: spectral support for 3D information estimation, spectral 3D reconstruction and mapping, and integrated spectral 3D acquisition and joint physical modelling. We further compare representative datasets and reported results across classification, regression, segmentation, semantic scene analysis, and spectral novel-view synthesis. The analysis indicates that spectral information can provide complementary material, condition, and visibility cues when RGB appearance or geometry alone is insufficient; however, the magnitude of the benefit is task- and baseline-dependent, and many reported gains do not isolate the spectral contribution from concurrent changes in sensing, architecture, spatial context, or fusion. Progress remains constrained by limited native spectral 3D benchmarks, inconsistent radiometric and geometric calibration, heterogeneous evaluation protocols, and limited cross-sensor and cross-domain validation. We conclude by identifying research priorities in standardised benchmarking, uncertainty-aware fusion, physically grounded learning, efficient spectral 3D representations, and generalisation across sensors, environments, and application domains.
Constructive heuristics constitute fundamental polynomial-time algorithms that systematically generate feasible solutions to NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems through incremental component assembly. This comprehensive systematic review analyzes 320 peer-reviewed articles published between January 2014 and June 2025, employing PRISMA methodology to provide the first cross-domain analysis of constructive heuristics across transportation, scheduling, and timetabling domains. Our analysis reveals pronounced research asymmetry: scheduling dominates with 282 papers (88.13
