Technical design

The introduction of artificial lighting extends the time of wakefulness after dark and enables work at night, thus disturbing the human circadian rhythm.

Environmental stress caused by water continuously exposes buildings to microbial colonization.

Environmental stress caused by water continuously exposes buildings to microbial colonization.

This book presents research on the determinants of workers' health (physical and mental well-being) and the organization's health (performance and culture).

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

This book discusses the evolution of security and privacy issues and brings related technological tools, techniques, and solutions into one single source.

This book discusses the evolution of security and privacy issues and brings related technological tools, techniques, and solutions into one single source.

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications.

This book presents research on the determinants of workers' health (physical and mental well-being) and the organization's health (performance and culture).

Recent toxicological studies show that nanoparticles released in technological processes and combustion processes outside industry can be dangerous for humans especially when entering the body through the mouth and nose.

Recent toxicological studies show that nanoparticles released in technological processes and combustion processes outside industry can be dangerous for humans especially when entering the body through the mouth and nose.

Designed with flexibility and readers' needs in mind, this purpose driven book offers new UX practitioners succinct and complete intructions on how to conduct user research and rapidly design interfaces and products in the classroom or the office.

Designed with flexibility and readers' needs in mind, this purpose driven book offers new UX practitioners succinct and complete intructions on how to conduct user research and rapidly design interfaces and products in the classroom or the office.

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

Head, Eye, and Face Personal Protective Equipment: New Trends, Practice, and Applications presents protective equipment in the context of the latest design trends, materials, and technologies.

Managing Health at Work reviews recent developments in the field of workplace health from a practical point of view.

This book is based on the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's 1992 Annual Conference Birmingham, England, 7-10 April 1992.

Given the growing awareness of the negative effects of work-related stress, Many Businesses Are Focusing On Active Health Promotion To Enhance employee health, well-being and performance.

In the past few years the topic of work and ageing has received much public and professional interest.

Burnout is a common metaphor for a state of extreme psychophysical exhaustion, usually work-related.

This work gives a broad introductory overview of the topic of usability.

This book highlights the problems and hazards of manual materials handling and provides ergonomic and engineering solutions for alleviating them.

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

Although work furniture has had so much more attention recently there is a long way to go before this is translated into action in the wider world.

The third edition of Induction Machines Handbook comprises two volumes, Induction Machines Handbook: Steady State Modeling and Performance and Induction Machines Handbook: Transients, Control Principles, Design and Testing.

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.

This book provides insight into concept of the weak interaction and its integration into the conceptual structure of elementary particle physics.

This textbook is based on lectures and tutorials given for several years at the Physics Department of Novosibirsk State University.

In a comprehensive yet easy-to-follow manner, Discrete Mathematics for New Technology follows the progression from the basic mathematical concepts covered by the GCSE in the UK and by high-school algebra in the USA to the more sophisticated mathematical concepts examined in the latter stages of the book.

Bringing together renowned scholars, this handbook contains innovative current empirical and theoretical research in the area of job stress.

This special issue contains essays regarding the CHI '95 conference, which featured a panel titled, Discount or Disservice?

Presenting the proceedings of the Ergonomics Society's annual conference, the series embraces the wide range of topics covered by ergonomics.

Risk management and contingency planning has really come to the fore since the first edition of this book was originally published.

This book provides a broad introduction to the optimization techniques used in the design and manufacturing of epicyclic gearing.

Once the stuff of science fiction, recent progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, and machine learning means that these rapidly advancing technologies are finally coming into widespread use within everyday life.

Science and technology has been used more and more in the last few decades to gain advantage over competitors.

Developing today's complex systems requires more than just good software engineering solutions.

Even to the casual observer of the automotive industry, it is clear that driving in the 21st century will be radically different from driving as we know it today.

Computer systems based on the notion of the computer as assistant have recently become the focus of intense interest.

This book focuses on design in the domain of human-computer interaction.

This volume's goal is to begin to document the dialogue processes in naturally-occurring human tutoring, in the context of informing the design of intelligent tutoring systems, and of interactive systems in general.

This volume aims to review some of the recent developments and trends that seem especially relevant to any attempt to understand near-term-future possibilities; to consider what a variety of knowledgeable people are saying about changes and developments that could occur; and to relate the possibilities to needs and opportunities for human factors research.

The contributors to this important volume begin with a simple premise: Computer system development is difficult, not primarily because of the complexity of technical problems, but because of the social interaction involved when users and designers learn to create programs and express ideas together.

This volume examines the nature of human error -- its causes and origins, its classifications, and the extent to which it is possible to predict and prevent errors and their impact.

In providing a theoretical framework for understanding human- computer interaction as well as design of user interfaces, this book combines elements of anthropology, psychology, cognitive science, software engineering, and computer science.

This text discusses the emerging trend in product development and research that focuses on the increasingly important relationship between computer systems and social systems.

This book covers all important elements of industrial power distribution-system planning, selection of distribution voltages and systems, and methods of fault current calculations.

This book presents a study of computer-aided machine design and explains the fundamental concepts of kinematics and machine element design in lay terms.

Providing an analytical approach to selecting the best metal and obtaining optimal properties for and in a fabricated part, this text correlates weldability, formability and machinability with a metal's chemical composition through microstructures.

This practical reference offers state-of-the-art coverage of speckle metrology and its value as a measuring technique in industry.