Academic Centre
| Name and Surname | Position |
Jānis Švirksts | Chair manager, Associate professor, Senior researcher |
| Iveta Ancāne | Principal researcher |
| Iveta Daugule | Lecturer |
| Donāts Erts | Pofessor, Senior researcher |
| Ilze Gaile | Lecturer |
| Āris Jansons | Researcher, PhD student |
| Ingars Reinholds | Principal researcher |
| Ženija Roja | Associate professor, Senior researcher |
| Kristīne Parasiga-Parasiņa | Lecturer |
| Valda Valkovska | Lecturer, researcher |
| Gundega Heiberga | Laboratory manager |
Ergonomic and Human Factor. Impact of Ergonomic Risks on Employee Health and Preventive Measures.
Scientific research is related to the study of physical and mental load of workers in various sectors of the economy. Great importance in research activities is devoted to the human factor in today's changing work environment. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used in research. Objective research methods include the study of muscle fatigue, changes in heart rate, evaluation of applied force, changes in respiratory function during work, etc. Research is also focused on the evaluation of psychosocial risks for employees.
1. Roja Z., Kalkis H., Melluma A. (2022) Work environment risk indicators for pharmacists in the preparation of extemporaneous medicines. SHS Web Conf. 131, 02006, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202213102006
2. Kalkis H., Graveris I., Roja Z. (2021) Ergonomic Indicators and Physical Workload Risks in Food Production and Possibilities for Risk Prevention. In: Goonetilleke R.S., Xiong S., Kalkis H., Roja Z., Karwowski W., Murata A. (eds) Advances in Physical, Social & Occupational Ergonomics. AHFE 2021., vol 273. pp. 47-53 Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80713-9_7
3. Pastare, D., Roja, Z., Kalkis, H., & Roja, I. (2020). Psychosocial risks analysis for employees in public administration. Agronomy Research, 18(Special Issue 1), 945-957. https://doi.org/10.15159/AR.20.076
4. Roja Z., Kalkis H., Tetere I., Roja I. Stress at Work and Physical Load in Professional Sport. “Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors”, ed. R. Goonetilleke, W. Karwowski. R. S. Goonetilleke and W. Karwowski (Eds.): AHFE 2018, AISC 789, pp. 335–342, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94484-5_35
5. Kalkis H., Roja Z., Babris S. Human Factor and LEAN Analysis at Industrial Manufacturing Plants. Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Society. J. I. Kantola et al. (Eds.): AHFE 2018, AISC 783, pp. 274–281, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94709-9_27
Recent actual publications:
1. Pajuste, E., Reinholds, I., Vaivars, G., Antuzevičs, A., Avotiņa, L., Sprūģis, E., Mikko, R., Heikki K., Meri, R.M., R. Kaparkalējs. (2022). Evaluation of radiation stability of electron beam irradiated Nafion® and sulfonated poly (ether ether ketone) membranes. Polymer Degradation and Stability, 200, 109970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2022.109970
2. Zorza, L., Bertins, M., Saleniece, K., Kizane, G., Grinbergs, A., Eismonts, U., Reinholds I., Viksna, A., Muter, O. (2022). Caesium-133 Accumulation by Freshwater Macrophytes: Partitioning of Translocated Ions and Enzyme Activity in Plants and Microorganisms. Sustainability, 14(3), 1132. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031132
3. Reinholds, I., Jansons, M., Pugajeva, I., & Bartkevics, V. (2019). Recent applications of carbonaceous nanosorbents in solid phase extraction for the determination of pesticides in food samples. Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry, 49(5), 439-458. https://doi.org/10.1080/10408347.2018.1542586.
4. Roja, Z., Reinholds, I., Zicans, J., Meri, R. M., Kizane, G., Vugule, G. (2019). Improvement of mechanical and dielectric properties of ethylene–octene copolymer by multi‐walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with poly (2, 2′‐bithiophene). Polymer Composites, 40(10), 3971-3980. https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.25258
5. Reinholds, I., Kalkis, V., Merijs-Meri, R., Zicans, J., & Grigalovica, A. (2016). Heat shrinkable behavior, physico-mechanical and structure properties of electron beam cross-linked blends of high-density polyethylene with acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 120, 56-62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.12.002.