Industrial Health category: 2135 books

The purpose of this text to provide a "one stop" source for safety professionals to acquire a general knowledge regarding not only the OSH Act but also laws and standards which impact the safety profession on a daily basis. The safety professional today does not work in a vacuum and decision-making...

To live is to communicate, and to communicate with confidence is a craft that one will do well to master early rather than later in life. If only the gift of the gab were enough to sail smoothly through the rough waters that the tough world is teeming with, every glib conversationalist would have...

Un libro scritto a quaranta mani, con il quale ispirarsi ed emozionarsi. Storie, riflessioni e idee che hanno il potere di aprirti a nuove possibilità e prospettive sui temi di prevenzione, salute e sicurezza. Il primo libro collettivo di Italia Loves Sicurezza, tutto da leggere e da condividere. Gli...

Since computer scientists make decisions every day that have societal context and influence, an understanding of society and computing together should be integrated into computer science education. Showing students what they can do with their computing degree, Computers and Society: Computing for Good uses concrete examples and case studies to high

This pioneering monograph solely deals with the Magneto Thermoelectric Power (MTP) in Heavily Doped (HD) Quantized Structures. The materials considered range from HD quantum confined nonlinear optical materials to HgTe/CdTe HD superlattices with graded interfaces and HD effective mass superlattices...

Eye witness testimony, training, driving, and display design: these are just a few of the real-world domains in which depend on undivided attention. Emphasizing the link between theory and application, Applied Attention Theory provides a deep understanding of how theories of attention, developed from...

This text discusses the skills and abilities that air-traffic controllers need. Its approach is international as air-traffic control practices throughout the world have to be mutually compatible and agreed.

This comprehensive text provides an engaging examination of the entire process of performance management. It balances concepts with practical skill-based exercises, and gives readers both an understanding of performance management and the ability to manage performance. An online Instructor's Manual is available to adopters, and free PPTs are available through the author's website.

La sicurezza delle attrezzature di lavoro è fondamentale per la prevenzione degli infortuni perché interviene a monte dei processi finalizzati alla sicurezza dell’apparato produttivo. Questo volume si propone di offrire una ricostruzione della normativa che governa l’intero “parco macchine”...

L’opera affronta l’importante, e sempre attuale, tematica della salute e della sicurezza sul posto di lavoro, partendo dall’esame di principi generali delineati dalle disposizioni normative, per poi soffermarsi sull’ampia casistica fornita dalle decisioni degli organi giudicanti e delineare,...

Come fanno le aziende a gestire efficacemente il rischio? Che cosa fa veramente la differenza nell’attuazione dei programmi di Safety? Come si può ridurre il gap tra ciò che si dovrebbe fare e ciò che realmente si fa? Certe domande nascono spontanee in chi si occupa di sicurezza sul lavoro nelle...

Adopting a strategic approach to risk management can maximize competitiveness and profitability. Total Safety and Productivity approaches offer managers a set of methods and tools to apply a Total Safety Management (TSM) philosophy to achieve this. The capability to anticipate, assess and plan for...

"...excellent for use as a text in information assurance or cyber-security courses...I strongly advocate that professors...examine this book with the intention of using it in their programs." (Computing Reviews.com, March 22, 2007) "The book is written as a student textbook,...

In the 20 years since the publication of the first edition of Bodyspace the knowledge base upon which ergonomics rests has increased significantly. The need for an authoritative, contemporary and, above all, usable reference is therefore great. This third edition maintains the same content and structure...