Ergonomics

There is considerable interest in and growing recognition of the emotional domain in product development.

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The telecommunications industry has experienced dynamic changes over the past several years, and those exciting events and developments are reflected in the chapters of this volume.

This book addresses aspects of human factors in engineering and provides a detailed discussion of novel approaches, systems engineering tools, artificial cognitive systems, and intelligent technologies and automation.

Patients are increasingly encouraged to take an active role in managing their health and health care.

What is the relationship between the social performance of companies and their financial performance?

The book serves as a reference manual in Design Thinking.

This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts.

This collection of essays brings together discussions arguing that the circular economy must be linked to society and culture in order to create a viable concept for remodelling the economy.

"e;Ergonomics in Computerized Offices should be required reading for office managers, union representatives, engineers, designers, or anyone employed in implementing a computerized office or improving conditions in an already computerized office.

The 12th International Conference on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation (TransNav 2017) will take place on June 21-23 in Gdynia, Poland.

As more employees work non-routine hours, often in critical safety and security positions, recognizing and reducing stress and the human error it causes is more important than ever.

The field of machinery maintenance is undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by the convergence of intelligent technologies and data-driven approaches.

Whereas traditional classroom instruction requires pilots to be pulled 'off the line', a training facility to be maintained and instructors to be compensated, e-learning is extremely cost-effective and therefore an attractive alternative.

Following on from 2015's Healthcare Reform, Quality and Safety: Perspectives, Participants, Partnerships and Prospects in 30 Countries, this book encompasses a global perspective on healthcare while shifting the focus from reform to showcasing success stories of healthcare systems worldwide.

In traditional business circles, wisdom is viewed with a certain scepticism, which is in part due to its historical associations with wisdom traditions and spiritual cultures.

This is a brief study of how human factors engineers have worked with medical personnel to improve patient safety and reduce medical error in the newest minimally invasive surgical procedures (laparoscopy, angioplasty, colonoscopy, etc).

A just culture is a culture of trust, learning and accountability.

This book discusses the specifics of safety regulations regarding nuclear risk and the safety of nuclear installations.

Small and big persons, disabled and elderly, expectant mothers and children.

This book is for cybersecurity leaders across all industries and organizations.

Reliability technology plays an important role in the present era of industrial growth, optimal efficiency, and reducing hazards.

The United States is home to more than 54 million people with disabilities.

This book deals with theories of multiple-task performance and focuses on learning and performance.

This book addresses smoke management in enclosures and provides a platform for understanding the principles of smoke propagation and spread, heat release rate, and the effect of sprinklers on suppression.

Taking the field of human factors and ergonomics beyond state of the art, this volume focuses on advances in the use of ergonomics modeling and on the evaluation of usability, a critical aspect of any human-technology system.

This book aims to fill a gap in the current construction health and safety research and discover new knowledge about work stress induced chronic diseases among construction industry professionals.

This text emphasizes the importance of sustainable material, design, and manufacturing processes, and how the needs are changing day by day.

Society has become more educated on the impacts on human health and environment, and there has been a noticeable decrease in the acceptance of this risk by workers and the public.

There are numerous psychological studies of pilots and piloting, but little has been done in the way of sociological examination.

The new realities of airline travel came into full focus after the September 11 terrorist attacks.

This is a primary text project that combines sustainability development with engineering entrepreneurship and design to present a transdisciplinary approach to modern engineering education.

First published in 2000, Risk Management is a two volume set, comprised of the most significant and influential articles by the leading authorities in the studies of risk management.

Based on recent research, this book discusses physical ergonomics, which is concerned with human anatomical, anthropometric, physiological and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity.

Security is a paradox.

In the world of work, accountability can often translate into punishment.

Workers in the service industry face unique types and levels of stress, and this problem is worsening.

In a competitive and increasingly internationalised business world, many companies rely on the high risk/reward ratio of operating in unstable areas.

Chat-GPT, humanoid robotics, and self-driving cars are just a few of the things that are changing our everyday lives.

Workplace accidents and errors cost organizations hundreds of billions of dollars each year, and the injured workers and their families endure considerable financial and emotional suffering.

Coming Face to Face with your own practice is an emerging approach to management and professional research that has a significant impact on management practice.

This book covers the general laws governing human biomechanics through an extensive review of martial arts techniques and references to fundamental theory.

Global and technological transformation is changing work and learning.

The entrance of fast-paced technology into the workplace necessitates a proper re-look into performance management whether it is in education, marketing, finance, or information technology.

This book brings the neurosciences to operational and clinical aviation medicine.

This is a short guide on sit-stand working in the office.

This book provides an overview of state-of-the-art research that has been conducted within Australia, funded by the Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre.

This highly-readable account of the nature of the hazards presented by ionizing radiation and the methods of protection is an ideal introductory text for those new to the field, and for the non-specialist.

In recent years, for reasons connected to the organization of the industry, technical developments, and major safety concerns, rail human factors has grown in importance at an international level.

The text discusses synthesis, processing, design, simulation and characterization of biomaterials for biomedical applications.