Contemporary ergonomics 2008. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editor, Philip D. Bust.
• Other Names: Bust, Philip D; Ergonomics Society (Great Britain)., Conference, (2008) (University of Nottingham)
• Contents: Understanding workplace design for older workers : a case study -- Evaluation of the effectiveness of telecare for independent living in surrey -- The effects of users' age, nationality and computer experience on icon recognition -- Problems associated with police equipment carriage with body armour, including driving -- To queue or not to queue -- where are the biscuits? -- Teaching ergonomics at a distance : a virtual workplace -- Influence of vibration on workload while reading and writing on Indian trains -- Using organisational systems engineering to improve the bid proposal process -- A new decision-making systems framework -- Managing human factors trade-offs in armoured fighting vehicle projects -- Ergonomics aspects of video conferencing -- Avoiding project failure: putting people first -- The dream economy -- design, emotion and the user experience -- The cultural imagery used in icon design -- English, Slovenian, Swedish : capturing user requirements on large projects -- Diagnosing failures in organisational behaviour using influence diagrams -- A post occupancy evaluation of five primary schools built to Coventry's model brief -- A child centred approach to the design of E-learning material for the ICT curriculum -- Posture, position biometrics : guidelines for self-service technology -- A human-centered approach for improving airport security screening -- Keeping track of a suspect on CCTV : how hard can it be? -- Tracking a suspicious person using CCTV : but what do we mean by suspicious behaviour? -- Exploring essential skills of CCTV operators : the role of sensitivity to non-verbal cues -- Do I really need a limo? Fit for purpose ergonomics/human factors workshop -- Current trends in human reliability assessment -- Nuclear action reliability assessment (NARA), further development of a data-based HRA tool -- Recurring factors in reportable events of nuclear power plants -- Recommendations for ergonomic design of workplaces and machinery in construction -- Evaluating technology and research knowledge gaps for prevention of falls from scaffolds -- The importance of power tool consumables on vibration exposure -- Implementing a health management toolkit in the construction industry -- Survey of heavy equipment operators whole-body vibration profiles -- Maintenance workers and asbestos : understanding influences on worker behaviour -- Employing foreign workers in Sweden construction sector -- Ageing workforce in construction -- equipment use and the prevention of early retirement -- Cost effectiveness of safety initiatives in the Hong Kong construction industry -- Human-computer interaction : the elephant in the corner -- The cultural issues in icon design -- Charles Babbage and the "facility of using" -- Reasonable adjustments : collecting user experiences for a 'solutions database'-- A framework for estimating exclusion from work tasks during inclusive design -- Categorising design methods : how designers view the roles of user methods in design. Operationalising analytical inclusive design evaluation -- The assistive eye : an inclusive design approach -- Calibrating capability loss simulators to population data -- Measuring prior experience in learned product interactions -- Tactile paving a necessary intervention, but does it suit everyone? -- Time is marching on. What really determines the time it takes us all to get from A to B? -- Pedestrians : just a simple flow? -- Pattern and trend of pedestrian casualties in the UK : a case of misunderstood ergonomics? -- Say what you see? The effects of being able to see what's happening on vocabulary design for speech input -- Inclusive communication -- the other breakthrough -- Inclusion -- blending disabled user and professional insights -- 21 'building blocks' for 21st century inclusion -- Task envelopes : the missing link -- Reducing errors in surgical care : theory and evidence -- Radiologist performance in the 21st century : the impact of workstation type and MSD's -- Human reliability assessment in healthcare -- where next? -- Anytime, anywhere mammographic interpretation training -- Head banging : the role of ergonomics in the interpretation of neuroradiological images -- Laptops in the lecture theatre : an ergonomic focus on the critical issues -- Development of software simulation to enable HF assessment of some ASMGC's features -- Assessment of physical activity at workplaces -- A follow-up study using participatory ergonomics to reduce WMSD's -- A collaborative design approach to preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders -- Crossmodal congruency benefits for tactile and visual signaling -- Management of work-relevant upper limb disorders -- Glove effects on hand performance capabilities in a light assembly task -- Long-term study of Musculoskeletal problems during a reorganisation in Royal Mail -- Teaching about Musculoskeletal disorders -- are we barking up the wrong tree? -- Evaluation and introduction of electrically powered equipment for mail delivery -- Initial testing of an inspectors' tool for the assessment of repetitive tasks (ART) -- Development of an inspectors' assessment tool for repetitive tasks of the upper limbs -- Baggage handling in narrow-bodied aircraft : further risk identification -- Ergonomics review of the highways agency control rooms -- The effects of a mid-morning chocolate snack on mood and glucose tolerance -- Reduced physiological strain in firefighters using a practical cooling strategy -- Methods and applications of body composition analysis -- Virtual electronic game playing by children can be active -- Military load carriage injuries and discomfort : a questionnaire survey -- Improving railway safety critical communications -- Systems engineering meets user centred design : in cab signaling displays -- Comparison of different types of reports in the investigation of signals passed at danger (SPADs) -- Human systems integration in rail : developing the interface for integration. The influences on safety behaviours of rail maintenance staff -- Fatigue management in rail : the role of ergonomics -- Applications of handheld computers for the rail industry -- Structured observations of automation use -- Network rail Signaller's workload toolkit -- Use of visual scenarios to understand and improve engineering work on the UK railway -- Use of off-workstation displays in rail control applications -- Improving productivity in rail maintenance -- Fingers on your buzzers please -- Integration is more than a human factors issue -- Too tired to start? Travel to the vessel and subsequent fatigue at work among seafarers -- A diary study of fatigue offshore -- Seafarers' fatigue : conclusions and the way forward -- Designing hyperbaric decompression chambers -- An evaluation of the different styles of footwear worn at the time of a stair fall -- Reflectivity as an indicator of slip risk -- Accidents on English dwelling stairs are directly related to going size -- Behavioural safety -- reduction of slips and trip accidents in a station environment -- Kinematic and tribological analysis of slip phenomena during walking -- Impact of spreading flour and salt on floor slipperiness -- A procedure to prepare fouled and worn quarry tiles -- Perception and cognition during walking while concurrently using a cellular phone -- Effect of shoe type on kinematics of stair negotiation in women -- To slip or not to slip : a comparison of matched slip and non-slip trials under similar conditions -- The minimum cost of non-fatal fall accidents to the NHS in England -- Optimum friction level for walking over a floor -- Multidisciplinary research to prevent slip, trip, and fall (STF) incidents among hospital workers -- Slips and/or trips at the menopause -- The epidemiology of slips, trips, and falls in the U.S. Army -- A preliminary study on slip potentials of stepping barefoot on slippery floors -- Modeling shoe-floor-contaminant friction applied to a pin-on-disk apparatus -- Comparison of site-based friction measurement and slip potential -- Nature of the shoe wear : its uniqueness, complexity and effects on slip resistance properties -- Linear regression models of floor surface parameters on friction at shoe-floor interface -- Combined posture and vibration investigations among occupational drivers -- Safe and fuel efficient driving : defining the benchmarks -- Detection of memory lapse during flight : a study of back-up systems and feedback -- Ergonomics issues in a jet car crash -- Drivers and driving : a segmentation based on behaviours and attitudes -- Different riders on different motorcycles : a quasi-experimental approach to rider comfort -- Profiling a new user group : anthropometric data for motorcyclists -- Spatial differences in sensible and latent heat losses under a bicycle helmet.
• Publisher Details: London : Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 793 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 620.82; Human engineering -- Congresses; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Industrial Design -- General; Human engineering; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780203883259
• Related ISBNs: 020388325X; 9780415465755; 0415465753
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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