Technical design

This book provides applications of machine learning in healthcare systems and seeks to close the gap between engineering and medicine.

This book presents select papers from the International Conference on Mechanical Engineering (INCOM 2024), describing recent advances in materials, manufacturing, and design of mechanical components.

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

Research into gastrointestinal motility has received renewed interest in part due to recent advances in the techniques for measuring the structure and function of gastrointestinal cells, tissue and organs.

This book presents select proceedings of the two-day conference titled Futuring Design Education (FDE 2024), and it examines the transformation of design knowledge, the evolving spaces of learning, and the ecosystems of teaching and learning.

As more and more people survive into old age, the burden of caring for them becomes greater and greater.

Developed by the leading scientists in the field, Designing for Situation Awareness: An Approach to User-Centered Design, Third Edition offers a systematic and successful methodology for supporting the situation awareness (SA) of individuals and teams who work in complex and demanding environments.

This book offers broad overview of the field of cognitive engineering and neuroergonomics, covering emerging practices and future trends toward the harmonious integration of human operators and computer systems.

This textbook provides essential knowledge for biomedical product development, including material properties, fabrication processes and design techniques for different applications, as well as process design and optimization.

This book provides an authoritative and practical guide to the assessment, management, treatment and care of pilots and other professional groups within aviation; covering a range of relevant topics, for health and human resources practitioners working in the airline industry.

Risky Work Environments provides new insights into the multiple and dynamic trajectories of both near misses and mistakes in complex work environments, based on actual case examples.

Theory and Practice of Decision Making in Regulation, Diagnostics and Reliability of Machines provides a guide to decision-making in the areas of regulation, diagnostics and reliability of machines.

Intense pressures pose considerable challenges to executives striving to succeed in an environment of increasing volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.

This first volume of the textbook Hydraulic and Thermal Machines introduces readers to all necessary fundamentals to understand and operate hydraulic and thermal machines.

The problems facing society today are complex, multifaceted, and require crossing multiple disciplinary boundaries.

In Mining Engineering operations, mines act as sources of constant danger and risk to the miners and may result in disasters unless mining is done with safety legislations and practices in place.

This volume includes a unique group of chapters focusing on new advances in materials for infrastructure sustainability.

This book is an implementation guide for creating a Lean Culture from the ground up while gaining buy-in from key stakeholders and being able to sustain the results.

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

Updated throughout for the third edition, Kinematics and Dynamics of Mechanical Systems: Implementation in MATLAB(R) and Simscape Multibody(TM) offers step-by-step instructions on the fundamentals of mechanism kinematics, synthesis, statics and dynamics, alongside demonstrating its real-world applications.

The book presents a detailed discussion of nanomaterials, nanofluids and application of nanofluids as a coolant to reduce heat transfer.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the concept of "e;Total Exposure Health"e; and presents details on subject areas which make up the framework.

We stand at the threshold of a transformative era where the convergence of Lean methodologies and artificial intelligence (AI) is redefining operational excellence.

The interest of AI in problems related to understanding sounds has a rich history dating back to the ARPA Speech Understanding Project in the 1970s.

This book focuses on important mathematical considerations in describing the synthesis of original mechanisms for generating curves.

This work is a needed reference for widely used techniques and methods of computer simulation in physics and other disciplines, such as materials science.

This book covers the application of the OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Actions) method.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Future Learning Aspects of Mechanical Engineering (FLAME 2018).

Hydrostatic Testing, Corrosion, and Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion: A Field Manual for Control and Prevention teaches industry professionals, managers, and researchers how to combat corrosion failure associated with hydrotesting.

Design is a conceptive activity which is usually presented as a sensible, sequential process and action.

This book offers a clear, yet comprehensive guide to how to structure a design project, focusing in particular on the key questions designers, architects, policy makers and health professionals should consider when working towards inclusion through design.

This book focuses on the emerging role of human factors in understanding, communicating with and engaging users.

Adaptive Techniques for Mixed Signal Sytem on Chip discusses the concept of adaptation in the context of analog and mixed signal design along with different adaptive architectures used to control any system parameter.

Design Strategies for Reimagining the City is situated between projective geometry, optical science and architectural design.

Safety professionals communicate, directly and indirectly with a large number of employees and others on a daily basis.

Efficient assembly line design is a problem of industrial importance.

When faced with a 'human error' problem, you may be tempted to ask 'Why didn't these people watch out better?

Introducing a new engineering product or changing an existing model involves developing designs, reaching economic decisions, selecting materials, choosing manufacturing processes, and assessing environmental impact.

Fundamentals of Health at Work is an engaging re-assessment of workplace health, with particular emphasis on the neglected issues of the social context of the working environment and the impact on individuals of their workplaces.

Environmental Ergonomics addresses the problems of maintaining human comfort, activity and health in stressful environments.

The book provides readers with a snapshot of recent research and industrial trends in field of industrial acoustics and vibration.

Protective clothing and equipment used for firefighters protect them against their harsh working environment loaded with strong thermal hazards, elevated environmental temperatures, low oxygen concentration and smoke.

Human Systems Integration for Mining Automation is the professional's guide to understanding the issues, approaches, and pitfalls associated with mining automation from a human perspective.