Safety category: 688 books
Last Days of the Concorde
The Crash of Flight 4590 and the End of Supersonic Passenger Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The gripping true tale of a devastating plane crash, the investigation into its causes, and the race to prevent similar disasters in the future.
On July 25, 2000, a Concorde, the world's fastest passenger plane, was taking off from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris when it suddenly burst into...
Clothing for Children and Teenagers
Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Clothing for Children and Teenagers: Anthropometry, Sizing and Fit addresses the complexities of developing size specifications for clothing aimed at seven to seventeen year olds. Children and teenagers experience rapid physical growth and alterations in body shape as they develop—changes that pose...
Usability Evaluation
A Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
Volume 14, Number 1, 2002. Contents: J.R. Lewis, Introduction. ARTICLES: D.J. Gillan, R.G. Bias, Usability Science 1: Foundation. H.R. Hartson, T.S. Andre, R.C. Williges, Criteria for Evaluating Usability Evaluation Methods. R.E. Cordes, Task Selection Bias: A Case for User-Defined Tasks. M. Hertzum,...
by Theodore H. Tulchinsky
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Case Studies in Public Health contains selected case studies of some of the most important and influential moments in medicine and epidemiology. The cases chosen for this collection represent a wide array of public health issues that go into the makeup of what can be termed the New Public Health (NPH),...
Minimize Injury, Maximize Performance
A Sports Parent's Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Dr. Tommy John's unique program: a diet, lifestyle, and movement plan (Rethink. Rebuild. Replenish. Recover) for injury- and performance-proofing young athletes in every sport
Beginning as early as age 6 and continuing through the teenage years and on into their twenties, both male and female...
Hostile Intent and Counter-Terrorism
Human Factors Theory and Application
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This volume presents world-leading ideas and research that explores some of the most prominent topics relevant to detecting terrorism. The book is divided into six key themes: conceptualising terrorism, deception and decision making, social and cultural factors in terrorism, modelling hostile intent,...
The Patient Survival Guide
8 Simple Solutions to Prevent Hospital- and Healthcare-Associated Infections
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2012
Gold Winner 2012 Foreword Reviews Book of The Year, Health Category
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 1.7 million people developed healthcare acquired infections in 2010. Since most people spend only a small part of their lives in healthcare facilities, this guidebook...
by Leon Golberg
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Hazard assessment of EO has involved consideration of the chemical composition, characteristics, and reactivity of this material. Teratogenic effects of EO are only seen under extreme conditions that render the result questionable. Reproductive effects or minor severity occur only at high levels of...
by Dennis A. Attwood, Joseph M. Deeb, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2004
Work-related injuries, such as back injuries and carpal tunnel syndrome, are the most prevalent, most EXPENSIVE, and most preventable workplace injuries, accounting for more than 647,000 lost days of work annually (according to OSHA estimates). Such injuries, and many others, can be prevented in your...
by David L. Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Reviews and reinforces concepts and techniques typical of a first statistics course with additional techniques useful to the IH/EHS practitioner.
Includes both parametric and non-parametric techniques described and illustrated in a worker health and environmental protection practice context
Illustrated...
by Michael J. Burke
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Ergonomics Analysis and Problem Solving is a powerful software tool that helps you streamline the process of producing a comprehensive ergonomics analysis. The program was designed around the three major steps involved in the ergonomics analysis process, which include arriving at a concise job description...
Ergonomia
Trabalho adequado e eficiente
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Ergonomia é a ciência que estuda e transforma a realidade do trabalho das pessoas buscando ganhos de produtividade através de sua componente principal, o conforto humano. Esta obra, integrante da série Campus/ABEPRO, é um marco dessa disciplina no Brasil. Os organizadores reuniram contribuições...
Work Design
A Systematic Approach
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Work is all around us and permeates everything we do and everyday activities. Not all work is justified, not all work is properly designed, or evaluated accurately, or integrated. A systems model will make work more achievable through better management. Work is defined as a process of performing a...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2018
This edited collection of articles addresses aspects of medical care in which human error is associated with unanticipated adverse outcomes. For the purposes of this book, human error encompasses mismanagement of medical care due to:
* inadequacies or ambiguity in the design of a medical device or...