Contemporary Ergonomics 1996 (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Robertson, S. A.

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a composition of papers presented at the Annual Conference of the Ergonomics Society. Featured is a broad spectrum of research from many of the leading specialists in fields including consumer ergonomics and organization ergonomics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 596
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 1996
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781482272833
• Artikelnr.: 54784761

Autorenporträt

S. A. Robertson University College London, UK Centre for Transport Studies, London, England, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Donald Broadbent Memorial Address 1. Ergonomics in orbit Keynote Address 2.
Pedestrians in the road environment Cognitive Quality in Advanced Crew
Systems Concepts 3. A testpilot's perspective on advanced avionics 4.
Cognitive compatibility: Advanced display concepts for future aircraft
crewstations 5. Decision support and task nets 6. Cognitive compatibility:
A conceptual framework for cognitive quality in advanced crew systems
design 7. Cognitive quality in advanced crew systems concepts: The training
of the aircrew-machine team Consumer Ergonomics 8. User involved design of
a parking facility for bicycles 9. Displeasure and how to avoid it 10.
Regional differences in capacities of the elderly, relevant to man-product
interaction Hands and Holding 11. The measurement of skin friction 12. A
contribution to the understanding of the role of digital pulp in hand grip
performance Marine Ergonomics 13. Positioning electronic aids in small
fishing vessels 14. Optimisation of the fuzzy helmsman model using a
genetic algorithm Ergonomics Awareness 15. A European ergonomics network
16. Teaching user involved design in the Delft curriculum Organisational
Ergonomics 17. Comparison of working situation in small scale enterprises
in Sweden, Japan and Korea 18. Change processes in small wood companies 19.
The sick building syndrome, stress, and perceived and desired personal
control Anthropometry 20. Validity and usability of 3D anthropometric
computer models in consumer safety uses 21. Anthropometric design of a size
system for school furniture 22. Use of the ADAPS computer man-model by
expert and novice users- a pilot study Alarms 23. Alternative means of
personal identification for an alarm system 24. Warning label design:
Trading off colour against font size 25. The design of psychologically
appropriate auditory information signals Risk and Error 26. A human
reliability assessment screening method for a Canadian reactor upgrade 27.
Mapping knowledge utilisation by nuclear power plant operators in complex
scenarios 28. Developing and validating ESCAPAID: A computer model of
evacuation from complex spaces 29. Risks to forklift truck drivers in cold
stores 30. Railway signals passed at danger: The prevention of human error
31. Contributory factors for outdoor falls in postal delivery employees
Thermoregulation 32. Effectiveness of a neck cooling personal conditioning
unit at reducing thermal strain during heat stress 33. Reducing runner's
risk in sudden hot/humid weather: Wilson's hot weather heuristic 34. Heat
stress in night-clubs 35. MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS 36. Potential
musculoskeletal risk factors in electricity distribution linesmen tasks 37.
Musculoskeletal disorders arising from the harvesting of palm oil fruit in
Malaysia 38. Conflicts and harassment as risk factor for musculoskeletal
shoulder problems The Ergonomics of Training 39. Individual differences in
fault finding skill can be reliably predicted after all 40. Training for
stressful environments: Implications for the Royal Navy 41. Expertise at
X-ray film reading: The role of attention, and identification training 42.
Helping learners get started: Designing a minimal manual for a telecoms
terminal Task Analysis 43. The practical integration of task analysis into
system development 44. Recent developments in hierarchical task analysis
45. Concurrent engineering and the supply chain, from an ergonomics
perspective 46. Development of a human factors task database for human
performance evaluation 47. Workload under complex task conditions
Allocation of Functions 48. Future naval systems: The importance of task
allocation 49. Balancing task allocation in teams 50. Real world
constraints on the allocation of functions 51. KOMPASS: Complementary
allocation of production tasks in sociotechnical systems 52. Towards a new
method of task allocation: Preliminary findings Drivers and Driving 53.
Whither RTI, wither road traffic signs? 54. New car displays and driver
interaction assessment: A critique 55. Normal traffic flow usage of purpose
built overtaking lanes: A technique for assessing need for highway
four-laning 56. New measures of driving performance 57. The ergonomic
design of a hand power/brake controller for a train cab 58. Assessing the
determinants of driver risk: Utility vs.engineering Displays 59. A
comparison of new pursuit displays and a conventional compensatory flight
director display 60. The effect of ageing on detection of warning lights
during impending collision 61. The display of Chinese characters on a small
LCD 62. Towards specifying the design criteria for the visual front-end of
tele-presence Medical Ergonomics 63. Minimising human error in the
detection of breast cancer 64. Ergonomics of keyhole surgical instruments-
Patient friendly, but surgeon unfriendly? 65. Depth perception and
stereoscopic systems for minimally invasive surgery 66. Computers in the
GP's surgery Manual Handling 67. Are gender-free physical selection
criteria valid predictors of maximum box lifting? 68. Physiological
evaluation of a shoveling task using a conventional and a twohandled shovel
69. Midwifery- Managing the manual handling risks 70. A preliminary
evaluation of the Chinese wheelbarrow 71. Back pain in the nursing
profession: Measurement problems and current research 72. Work induced
professional diseases of the spine- development of a portable stress
measuring system 73. Portable telemetry as a method of measuring energy
cost during work in high level squash Usability 74. A human factors study
of telephone developments and convergence 75. Usability evaluation in the
far east: Cross cultural differences 76. Defining the user model to enhance
personal reader systems for the blind 77. The potential use and measurement
of alternative work stations in UK schools 78. Research in human factors
desirability of a truly paperless control room at BNFL 79. Case study:
Usability evaluation of the systems availability model 80. Usability
testing of an interface for tele-activities Hci 81. The specification,
assessment and acceptance of the human factors aspects of computer based
systems 82. Cognitive mapping as a tool for requirements capture 83. Group
differences in ability to use verbal route guidance and navigation
instructions 84. STINGRAY: The development of an ergonomic keypad for use
with computerised aptitude tests 85. The effects of workload on speaking:
Implications for the design of speech recognition systems 86. Communicating
with computers: Speech and pen-based input General Ergonomics 87. Memory
patching after technical installation mishap: An opportunity for
ergonomists? 88. ErgonomiX files- the truth is in there? 89. Managing human
factors 90. Neural network investigation of posture and motion 91. Visual
search as a function of field of view size 92. Non-prescription drugs in
the workplace: Antihistamines 93. Variability in force at a hand-held
joystick during exposure to fore-and-aft seat vibration 94. Ergonomic
re-design of air traffic control for increased capacity and reduced stress
Late Submissions 95. The crisis in European air traffic control: An
assessment of controller workload modelling techniques