Ergonomics

Measuring Safety Management Performance lists and explains the difference between lagging and leading measures of safety management performance.

Acceptance of new technology and systems by drivers is an important area of concern to governments, automotive manufacturers and equipment suppliers, especially technology that has significant potential to enhance safety.

Readable and authoritative, Understanding and Preventing Falls provides a guide to the nature and extent of the problem of falls.

Modern industry faces many communication challenges, including social media.

This book was developed to help researchers and practitioners select measures to be used in the evaluation of human/machine systems.

The articles in this special issue examine the relationship between gender identity and second language learning from a variety of perspectives, all of which share a basic grounding in sociocultural theories of learning and poststructural theories of language.

This book covers the problem of fidelity in the design of virtual environments with specific reference to the design of vehicle simulators.

The World Wide Web is truly astounding.

There has been widespread dissatisfaction with accepted models for predicting the conditions that people will find thermally comfortable in buildings.

Updated throughout for the new edition, Armour: Materials, Theory, and Design covers extant and emergent protection technologies driving advances in armour systems.

The first book of its kind, Handbook of Chemical Regulations: Benchmarking, Implementation, and Engineering Concepts introduces the concept of global harmonization and interlinks between regulations and examines the reasons behind major requirements for chemical manufacture, article production, and distribution, importation, and usage.

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

A comprehensive resource, this volume offers a tool for the management of a range of chemical substances commonly used, handled, stored, transported, and disposed of as wastes.

Office ergonomics - whether we realize it or not - directly or indirectly affects every one of us.

This book is the most comprehensive review of health and safety in half a century.

This book is a simulation of a live course on human performance improvement/human error prevention (HPI/HEP) created by the preeminent authority on HPI/HEP.

Cognitive processes in teams have been a valuable arena for team researchers to explore.

In It Should Never Happen Again, Dr Mike Lauder questions the value of public inquiries.

The advent of very compact, very powerful digital computers has made it possible to automate a great many processes that formerly required large, complex machinery.

This case book focuses on the leadership style of the key players.

Health systems everywhere are expected to meet increasing public and political demands for accessible, high-quality care.

Healthcare and knowledge management is the need of the era; this book investigates various challenges faced by practitioners in this area.

With industrial systems becoming ever more mechanized and reliant on advanced technology, the complexity of equipment, especially in risky industries, is increasing on a daily basis.

Military robots and other, potentially autonomous robotic systems such as unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) could soon be introduced to the battlefield.

The Engineering Management discipline remains complex and multidisciplinary, and has progressed and broadened in scope significantly over the last 10-20 years.

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.

Internet Environments for Science Education synthesizes 25 years of research to identify effective, technology-enhanced ways to convert students into lifelong science learners--one inquiry project at a time.

Equipping readers with the ability to analyze the aerodynamic forces on an aircraft, the book provides comprehensive knowledge of the characteristics of subsonic and supersonic airflow.

Maritime Cargo Operations presents the core concepts of cargo work for marine engineering students and cadets.

Pre-Accident Investigations: Better Questions - An Applied Approach to Operational Learning challenges safety and reliability professionals to get better answers by asking better questions.

The term "e;skill"e; encompasses an array of topics and issues.

The role of internal audit is changing.

This book is about the past and future of research on the effectiveness of learning networks (also known as "e;e-learning"e; or "e;online learning"e; or "e;Web-based learning"e;).

As quality becomes an increasingly essential factor for achieving business success, building quality improvement into all stages-product planning, product design, and process design-instead of just manufacturing has also become essential.

With annual cost in excess of $150 billion from workplace related illnesses and injuries, any knowledge that can reduce this burden contributes to the overall welfare of the work force and business performance.

The moment of truth-that instant when consumers experience and judge service quality-is often a deciding factor in business success.

Aviation remains one of the most active and challenging domains for human factors and applied psychology.

Handbook of Post-Processing in Additive Manufacturing is a key resource on postprocessing treatments available for additive manufactured products.

Despite ubiquitous powerful technologies such as networked computers, global positioning systems, and cell phones; human failures in decision-making and performance continue to have disastrous consequences.

Preparation and Restoration is the second volume of Resilience Engineering Perspectives within the Ashgate Studies in Resilience Engineering series.

Around the world, the production and use of nanomaterials, as well as carcinogenic, mutagenic, reprotoxic substances (CMR) and endocrine disruptors has systematically increased.

Safety Management Systems and their Origins: Insights from the Aviation Industry presents different perspectives on SMS to better decode what it means as a safety approach and what it implicitly conveys beyond safety.

Learn How to Implement Safety Codes and Regulations EffectivelyA number of electrical fatalities and injuries that occur each year can be overcome by a thorough understanding of electrical concepts.

Browsing for information is a significant part of most research activity, but many online collections hamper browsing with interfaces that are variants on a search box.

The text discusses energy-efficient vehicles as an essential element of sustainable transportation.

A step by step guide, this book covers how to design products that offer the right combination of functionality, usability, and accessibility for all consumers.

When you need accurate, up-to-date information in the rapidly changing field of asset protection, you need the most authoritative resource available.

Principles of Emergency Management: Hazard Specific Issues and Mitigation offers preparedness and mitigation recommendations for advanced emergency planning.