Download or read book Ergonomic Checkpoints written by International Labour Office and published by International Labour Organization. This book was released on 1996 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared in collaboration with the International Ergonomics Association, this book presents a compilation of 128 illustrated ideas which identify practical and inexpensive solutions to ergonomic problems in the workplace. The checkpoints can be used either to check working conditions on the spot or at the design stage, and are suited to a wide variety of premises. Each checkpoint indicates an action, explains why it is necessary, gives advice on its implementation and other relevant information. Ergonomic issues covered include: materials storage and handling; hand tools; machine safety; improving workstation design; lighting; premises; control of hazardous substances; welfare facilities; and work organisation.
Download or read book Compte Rendu Du Deuxi me S minaire Sur L ergonomie Appliqu e Aux Transports 24 25 October octobre 1990 written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bibliographie internationale de l ergonomie 1954 1963 written by Jeanine Goovaerts and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Ergonomics written by Michael Stein and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-03-28 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The variety and increasing availability of hypermedia information systems, which are used in stationary applications like operators’ consoles as well as mobile systems, e.g. driver information and navigation systems in automobiles form a foundation for the mediatization of the society. From the human engineering point of view this development and the ensuing increased importance of information systems for economic and private needs require careful deliberation of the derivation and application of ergonomics methods particularly in the field of information systems. This book consists of two closely intertwined parts. The first, theoretical part defines the concept of an information system, followed by an explanation of action regulation as well as cognitive theories to describe man information system interaction. A comprehensive description of information ergonomics concludes the theoretical approach. In the second, practically oriented part of this book authors from industry as well as from academic institutes illustrate the variety of current information systems taken from different fields of transportation, i.e. aviation, automotive, and railroad. The reader thus gains an overview of various applications and their context of use as well as similarities and differences in design. This does not only include a description of the different information systems but also places them in the context of the theories and models, which were presented in the first part of this book.
Download or read book Advances in Ergonomics In Design Usability Special Populations Part II written by Francisco Rebelo and published by AHFE International (USA). This book was released on 2022-07-19 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Successful interaction with products, tools and technologies depends on usable designs and accommodating the needs of potential users without requiring costly training. In this context, this book is concerned with emerging ergonomics in design concepts, theories and applications of human factors knowledge focusing on the discovery, design and understanding of human interaction and usability issues with products and systems for their improvement. This book will be of special value to a large variety of professionals, researchers and students in the broad field of human modeling and performance who are interested in feedback of devices’ interfaces (visual and haptic), user-centered design, and design for special populations, particularly the elderly. We hope this book is informative, but even more - that it is thought provoking. We hope it inspires, leading the reader to contemplate other questions, applications, and potential solutions in creating good designs for all.
Download or read book International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors written by Waldemar Karwowski and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How the technical evolution is stretching the traditional ergonomics concept The challenges of the soft factors written by Sissel Guttormsen Schär and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2004 in the subject Ergonomics, , language: English, abstract: Dieser Artikel spricht die neuen Herausforderungen für die Ergonomie an, welche durch die schnelle technologische Entwicklung entstehen. Wir können beobachten, wie durch die zunehmende Bedeutung von Software eine Verlagerung des Forschungsschwerpunktes in der Ergonomieforschung von hard factors zu soft factors stattfindet. Infolgedessen scheint die Softwareergonomie die nächste Hürde in der Ergonomieforschung zu sein. Ergonomische Gestaltung im Informationszeitalter stellt andere Herausforderungen als einen Computer nur benutzbar zu machen. Die technologische Entwicklung involviert Herausforderungen bezüglich der Implementierung von Usability durch die Ausnutzung der neuen technischen Möglichkeiten, z.B. durch die Entwicklung von neuen, benutzergerechten Methoden für Zusammenarbeit (z.B. distributed computer supported work), ermöglichen von neuen Interaktionsformen (z.B. basierend auf Gesten) und neue kognitive und emotionale Modelle für die Mensch-Maschinen Interaktion (z.B. emotional computing). Um die neuen Gelegenheiten wahrnehmen zu können, welche die technologische Entwicklung bietet, schlagen wir neue Forschung und Entwicklungen vor, die den folgenden vier Prinzipen und dem Denken der Softwareergonomie folgt. Rapid technological development results in new challenges for the ergonomics field. The technological development involves new challenges concerning the implementation of usability by exploiting the new technical possibilities, e.g. by developing new user-centered aims for methods of work, enabling new forms of interaction, and developing new cognitive and emotional models for human computer interaction (HCI). We suggest four guiding principles for further research and development in the field of software ergonomics: 1. The priorities for software ergonomics research need to be re-formulated 2. Knowledge & models for applied perception and information processing need continuous re-evaluation 3. A shift from technology driven to human factors driven HCI design is due 4. New methods for measurement of usability are necessary. This paper gives an overview over the actual challenges and possibilities for software ergonomics given by new technological development. Four suggested guiding principles for research propose actual priorities and offer applied examples of new forms of interaction.
Download or read book Ergonomics Health and Safety written by W. Singleton and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following chapters represent a cross-section of current thinking and action in the related fields of Ergonomics, Health and Safety. Inevitably, there is extensive overlap between these three topics. Ergonomics by definition is concerned with the world of work in its broadest sense, that is purposeful activity, there is often an associated monetary gain but this is not an essential aspect; domestic activity and road transport are amongst the obvious exceptions. Health in this context means largely occupational health. Safety is occupational safety with a related excursion into road safety. All this is very much in line with the career of Professor Paul Verhaegen, the inspirer of this volume. Originally trained in medicine, his interests were and are in health, safety and working efficiency within occupational settings, including the effects of cultural differences, a more specialized interest engendered by his long residence in what used to be the Belgian Congo.
Download or read book Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors written by Pedro M. Arezes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-05 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the latest findings on ensuring employees’ safety, health, and welfare at work. It combines a range of disciplines – e.g. work physiology, health informatics, safety engineering, workplace design, injury prevention, and occupational psychology – and presents new strategies for safety management, including accident prevention methods such as performance testing and participatory ergonomics. The book, which is based on the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, held on July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA, provides readers, including decision makers, professional ergonomists and program managers in government and public authorities, with a timely snapshot of the state of the art in the field of safety, health, and welfare management. It also addresses agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), as well as other professionals dealing with occupational safety and health.
Download or read book Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association IEA 2018 written by Sebastiano Bagnara and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 2141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018), held on August 26-30, 2018, in Florence, Italy. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology and behavioral science, it provides researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive, timely guide on human factors and ergonomics. It also offers an excellent source of innovative ideas to stimulate future discussions and developments aimed at applying knowledge and techniques to optimize system performance, while at the same time promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals. The proceedings include papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers and policy makers that contribute to constructing the Human Factors and Ergonomics approach across a variety of methodologies, domains and productive sectors. This volume includes papers addressing the following topics: Ergonomics in Design, Activity Theories for Work Analysis and Design, and Affective Design.
Download or read book Human Factors for Sustainability written by Andrew Thatcher and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-06-14 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the central question of how human factors and ergonomics (HFE) might contribute to solutions for the more sustainable development of our world. The contents of the book are highly compatible with the recent political agenda for sustainable development as well as with sustainability research from other disciplines.The book aims to summarize and profile the various empirical and theoretical work arising from the field of “Human Factors and Sustainable Development” in the last decade. The book gives a systematic overview of relevant theoretical concepts, their underlying philosophies, as well as global application fields and case studies.
Download or read book Automotive Ergonomics written by Heiner Bubb and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ergonomics teaches how to design technology in such a way that it is optimally adapted to the needs, wishes and characteristics of the user. In this context, the concept of the human-machine system has become established. In a systematic way and with a detailed view of the complicated technical and perceptual psychological and methodological connections, this book explains the basics of automotive ergonomics with numerous examples. The application is shown in examples such as package, design of displays and control elements, of environmental ergonomics such as lighting, sound, vibrations, climate and smell. The design of driver assistance systems from an ergonomic perspective is also a central topic. The book is rounded off by methods of ergonomic vehicle development, the use of mock-ups, driving simulators and tests in real vehicles and prototypes. For the first time, those responsible in the automotive industry and in the field of relevant research are provided with a specialized systematic work that provides the ergonomic findings in the design of today's automobiles. This provides planners and designers of today's automobiles with concrete information for ergonomic product development, enabling them to keep an eye on decisive requirements and subsequent customer acceptance. This book is a translation of the original German 1st edition Automobilergonomie by Heiner Bubb, Klaus Bengler, Rainer E. Grünen & Mark Vollrath, published by Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature in 2015. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation. Springer Nature works continuously to further the development of tools for the production of books and on the related technologies to support the authors.
Download or read book Design Methods for Performance and Sustainability written by S. Culley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-10-10 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New solutions to sustainability challenges Design Methods for Performance and Sustainability is a collection of papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Engineering Design in Glasgow, Scotland. One of four volumes, this book highlights the latest advances in design methodologies focused on sustainability of process and product. As sustainability becomes an increasingly central part of every project, the insights provides here will help engineers and design professionals address current challenges without sacrificing quality or longevity. Founded in 1981 by Workshop Design-Konstruktion, this conference has grown to become one of the field's major exchanges; these papers represent the work of leading design teams from across the globe.
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Download or read book Human and organizational factors of safety state of the art written by François Daniellou and published by FonCSI. This book was released on 2011-01-03 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document provides a state of the art of knowledge concerning the human and organizational factors of industrial safety. It shows that integrating human factors in safety policy and practice requires that new knowledge from the social sciences (in particular ergnomics, psychology and sociology) be taken on board and linked to operational concerns.
Download or read book Constructive Ergonomics written by Pierre Falzon and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-09-26 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal for ergonomics has always been to adapt work, work environments, and machines to humans. But is this goal still sufficient? Does it satisfy the needs of the individual or of societies and organizations as they operate now? Constructive Ergonomics provides an answer to these questions. Rooted both in the academic world and in the world of practitioners of the domain, it details a constructive, developmental view where ergonomics seeks to eliminate the factors and conditions that impede performance and development. This book advocates that ergonomics cannot remain content with a limited and static view of adaptation, a view that would restrict its goal to designing systems that are suited to work as it is defined at a certain point in time, to workers as they are at a particular moment, and to organizations as they operate here and now. Author Pierre Falzon argues that the objective of ergonomics must be the development of individuals, based on setting up situations of action that lead to increased success and to the acquisition or construction of know-how, knowledge, and skills. The global framework presented in this book revises profoundly the goals of the discipline, elucidating a novel approach to work, health, and performance shored up by integration models from economics and management theory. An exploration of an innovative, developmental view of ergonomics, the book redefines the ambition of the discipline and describes the elements of its scope. It provides a solid and new conceptual background and methodological tools for intervening in real-life contexts.
Download or read book Simulation Training through the Lens of Experience and Activity Analysis written by Simon Flandin and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-02-21 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers various ways in which analyzing professional experience and activity in simulation training makes it possible to describe practice-based learning affordances and processes. Research has been conducted in various simulation programs in the domains of healthcare, victim rescue and population protection, involving healthcare workers, firemen, policemen, servicemen, and civil security leaders. "Work-as-done" (/ "training-as-done") in simulation has been analyzed with ergonomics, occupational psychology, and vocational training approaches. The authors describe and discuss theoretical, methodological, and/or practical issues related to practitioner experience and activity in simulation training. The book also provides evidence on the conditions under which lived experience in simulation can foster or hinder learning, and derives appropriate orientations for simulation design and implementation.
