Industrial Health Safety category: 514 books
The Exposome
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2013
The Exposome: A Primer is the first book dedicated to exposomics, detailing the purpose and scope of this emerging field of study, its practical applications and how it complements a broad range of disciplines. Genetic causes account for up to a third of all complex diseases. (As genomic approaches...
by Robert Bridger
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Building on the success of previous editions, the 4th edition of ‘Introduction to Human Factors and Ergonomics’ provides a comprehensive and up to date introduction to the field. The new edition places the subject matter into a system context using a human-machine model to structure the chapters...
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,...
Occupational Ergonomics
A Practical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The approach to the book is analogous to a toolkit. The user will open the book and locate the tool that best fits the ergonomic assessment task he/she is performing. The chapters of the book progress from the concept of ergonomics, through the various assessment techniques, and into the more complex...
by P.A. Scott, J. Charteris, R.S. Bridger
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
Jointly hosted by the Ergonomics Society of South Africa (ESSA) and the International Ergonomics Association (IEA), this conference was attended by over 300 delegates and represented the largest and most prestigious gathering of eminent international ergonomists in the history of Africa. It also marked...
Mass Customized Manufacturing
Theoretical Concepts and Practical Approaches
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
This book brings several original contributions to research and practical applications in the field of mass customization from the designer, manufacturer, and customer perspectives respectively. It presents advancements in product design for mass customization, design of assembly and supply chain...
Oil and Gas, Technology and Humans
Assessing the Human Factors of Technological Change
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2018
The oil and gas industry is going through a major technological shift. This is particularly true of the Norwegian continental shelf where new work processes are being implemented based on digital infrastructure and information technology. The term Integrated Operations (IO) has been applied to this...
by Tim Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, Lisa J. Steiner
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology first introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of this approach for mining equipment and new technology: HCD is a process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and acceptable by explicitly focusing...
People and Rail Systems
Human Factors at the Heart of the Railway
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2016
Following on from 2005's Rail Human Factors: Supporting the Integrated Railway, this book brings together an even broader range of academics and practitioners from around the world to share their expertise and experience on rail human factors. The content is both comprehensive and cutting-edge, featuring...
Company Success in Manufacturing Organizations
A Holistic Systems Approach
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017
In the past, company success was typically measured by financial indicators. Lately though, non-financial measures such as employee morale have become popular. Although there are approaches that look into quantitative and qualitative performance measures affecting company success, none of them characterize...
Intuitive Interaction
Research and Application
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
This book explores recent research in intuitive interaction worldwide by a range of leading academics and practitioners in the field. It builds on past work as it ventures into new areas, such as how users perceive intuitiveness of an interface, how people experience intuitive interaction subjectively,...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Electromyography (EMG) is the study of muscle behaviour via electronic means, and is thus a technique fundamental to ergonomics, physiology and biomechanics. This text describes the principles of EMG and its application domains, focusing on anatomy, biology, muscle characteristics, physics, mechanics,...
Responsible Care
A New Strategy for Pollution Prevention and Waste Reduction Through Environment Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Environmental regulations provide protection to the public, workers and the environment. To protect themselves
from long-term liabilities, however, companies have to do more than just comply with the basic responsibilities.
This handbook is designed to introduce terminology, methodology, tools, procedures...
by Guy H. Walker, Neville A. Stanton, Paul M. Salmon
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018
A potentially troubling aspect of modern vehicle design – some would argue - is a trend for isolating the driver and reducing vehicle feedback, usually in the name of comfort and refinement but increasingly because of automation. There is little doubt cars have become more civilised over the years,...