Ergonomics in caring for people : proceedings of the International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment 2015 /: proceedings of the International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment 2015. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gaur G. Ray, Rauf Iqbal, Anindya K. Ganguli, Vivek Khanzode, editors.
• Editors: Ray, Gaur G; Iqbal, Rauf; Ganguli, Anindya K; Khanzode, Vivek
• Other Names: International Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment, 13th
• Contents: PART I: Biomechanics.- Chapter 1: Impact of Footwear on Gait Pattern -- Chapter 2: Characteristics of Gait Variability Among Healthy Indian Construction Workers during Different Load Carrying Modes.- PART II: Musculo Skeletal Disorders.- Chapter 3: A Study on Agony of Indian Percussionists -- Chapter 4: Prevalence of Upper-Limb Disorders and investigation of Risk Factors Among Commercial Kitchen Male Workers in South India -- Chapter 5: Effect of Occupational Factors on Musculoskeletal Disorders of the insurance office Employees: A Case Study -- Chapter 6: Assessment of forearm Muscle Work in Various Dental Activities -- Chapter 7: Investigation of Magnitude of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Cotton Spinning Operators -- Chapter 8: Working Period, Year of Exposure and the Prevalence of Musculoskeletal Disorders Among the Saw Mill Workers: A Cross Sectional Study -- Chapter 9: Duration of Exposure (Working Hours) and Musculoskeletal Discomfort/Pain.- PART III: Health & Safety.- Chapter 10: Knowledge-Attitude-Practice (Kap) Study and Nutrition Education of Athletic and Non-Athletic Teenagers (13-18 Years) -- Chapter 11: A Study on Auditory Status of School Going Children Residing Near Railway Track -- Chapter 12: Assessment of Scapular Stability in Postpartum Females -A Longitudinal Study -- Chapter 13: General Health Related Physical Fitness Levels of College Going Girls from Maharashtra -- Chapter 14: Bagasse?A Replacement of Glass Wool as an Acoustic Material.- PART IV: Occupational Ergonomics.- Chapter 15: Manual Material Handling by Rural Women: An in-depth Analysis of the Body Pain Areas -- Chapter 16: Characterization of Drudgery of Farm Women in the Soybean Production System -- Chapter 17: Association of Job and Demographical Risk Factors with Occurrence of Neck Pain Among Hand Screen PrInting Workers -- Chapter 18: Effect of Fatigue on Hand Function in Dental Profession -- Chapter 19: Cardiac Stress Among Two Types of Handloom Weavers -- Chapter 20: Workspace Amenities for Assam Policewomen: Ergonomic Interventions -- Chapter 21: Physiological and Metabolic Status of Bus Drivers -- Chapter 22: Effectiveness of a Participatory Ergonomics Intervention to Improve Musculoskeletal Health: A Solomon Four-Group Study Among Manufacturing Industry Workers in Selangor, Malaysia.- PART V: Design Ergonomics.- Chapter 23: Ergonomic Intervention for Manual Harvesting in Agriculture: A Review -- Chapter 24: Skin-Bed Interface Pressure on Standard Hospital Mattress for Sitting, Prone and Supine Posture in Healthy Adults -- Chapter 25: Designing a Continuously Variable Transmission Mechanism for Economy Cars in India -- Chapter 26: A Brief Procedure for Ergonomic Design of Hand tool for Small Scale Industries -- Chapter 27: Designing Washroom for Wheelchair Users in Vocational Training Schools -- Chapter 28: Intra and Inter Reliability of Cervical Goniometer Used to Measure Cervical Range of Motion in Young Adults.- PART VI: User Experience.- Chapter 29: Number Plate Design for Bicycles: An Approach from Aesthetic and Ergonomic Perspective -- Chapter 30: Anthropomorphic Televisions are more Attractive: The Effect of Novelty -- Chapter 31: Identification of Aesthetically Favorable Interface Attributes for Better User Experience of Social Networking Application -- Chapter 32: Exploring Embedded Intelligence as a means of Minimizing Cognitive Load of Students in Electronics Engineering Instructional Laboratory Sessions -- Chapter 33: Product User Interfaces: A Study for the Meaning and Usability of Graphical User Interfaces in Indian Context -- Chapter 34: Effect of Baby-Like Product Personality on Visually Perceived Pleasure: A Case Study on Coffee Makers -- Chapter 35: Quantitative Probabilistic Widgets? as a method to improve Usability Performance of Data Entry Tasks.- PART VII: Cognitive Ergonomics.- Chapter 36: An Eye-Free Android Application for Visually Impaired Users -- Chapter 37: Meditation as a Countermeasure to Reduce Cognitive Decline during total Sleep Deprivation -- Chapter 38: Effects of Bharatnatyam Dancing on the Cognitive Ability of Adult Bengalee Females -- Chapter 39: A Cognitive Approach to Design of Habitats in Extraterrestrial Environments: Review of Literature -- Chapter 40: Mental Fatigue Quantification by Physiological and Neurophysiological Techniques: An Overview -- Chapter 41: Role of Language in Transfer of Tacit Knowledge: Case Study of Bamboo Crafts Making industries in North East India -- Chapter 42: Study of Visual Ergonomic Issues in Title Design in Popular Hindi Cinema Posters -- Chapter 43: Research in Driver-Vehicle Interaction: Indian Scenario.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.8/2; Human engineering -- Congresses; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Human engineering; Engineering; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk; Engineering Design; Employee Health and Wellbeing; Occupational Medicine/Industrial Medicine; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction; Human Physiology; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811049804; 9811049807
• Related ISBNs: 9789811049798; 9811049793
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 13, 2017).
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