Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013

by Martin Anderson
Released April 2013
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780203744581

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Book description

The broad and developing scope of ergonomics - the application of scientific knowledge to improve people’s interaction with products, systems and environments - has been illustrated for 27 years by the books which make up the Contemporary Ergonomics series.
This book presents the proceedings of the international conference on Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013. In addition to being the leading event in the UK that features ergonomics and human factors across all sectors, this is also the annual conference of the Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors.
Individual papers provide insight into current practice, present new research findings and form an invaluable reference source. The volumes provide a fast track for the publication of suitable papers from international contributors, with papers being subject to peer review since 2009.
A wide range of topics are covered in these proceedings including human computer interaction, standards, accessibility, work & wellbeing, design, transport, safety culture, green ergonomics, healthcare, human cognition, biomechanics, crowd behaviour and the systems approach.
As well as being of interest to mainstream ergonomists and human factors specialists, Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors will appeal to all those who are concerned with people's interactions with their working and leisure environment including designers, manufacturing and production engineers, health and safety specialists, occupational, applied and industrial psychologists, and applied physiologists.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Contents (1/2)
  3. Contents (2/2)
  4. Preface
  5. Annual Conference 2013 Programme Committee
  6. Donald Broadbent Lecture
    1. Interactions "in the wild": Explorations in healthcare
  7. Institute Lecture
    1. Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013 Lecture
  8. Keynote Lecture
    1. Perils and possibilities for communicating risk and uncertainty
  9. Plenary Lectures
    1. Standards as human factors best practice for industry
    2. Task, team and technology integration in surgical care
  10. HCI
    1. Four go mad in theYorkshire Dales: Investigating interactions on tabletop displays (1/2)
    2. Four go mad in theYorkshire Dales: Investigating interactions on tabletop displays (2/2)
    3. Opening indoors: The advent of indoor positioning (1/2)
    4. Opening indoors: The advent of indoor positioning (2/2)
    5. A predictive method to measure relative effectiveness (1/2)
    6. A predictive method to measure relative effectiveness (2/2)
    7. Visually induced motion sickness during computer game playing (1/2)
    8. Visually induced motion sickness during computer game playing (2/2)
    9. Human-automation collaboration in manufacturing: Identifying key implementation factors (1/2)
    10. Human-automation collaboration in manufacturing: Identifying key implementation factors (2/2)
  11. Work and wellbeing
    1. Bus driving – can it be a good job? (1/2)
    2. Bus driving – can it be a good job? (2/2)
    3. "It's just part of the job!" Raft guides working with back pain
    4. Developing software to help small businesses manage occupational safety and health (1/2)
    5. Developing software to help small businesses manage occupational safety and health (2/2)
    6. Measuring wellbeing in the workplace: Single-item scales of depression and anxiety (1/2)
    7. Measuring wellbeing in the workplace: Single-item scales of depression and anxiety (2/2)
    8. Stress, job satisfaction and mental health of NHS nurses (1/2)
    9. Stress, job satisfaction and mental health of NHS nurses (2/2)
  12. Design approaches
    1. Inclusive design within a large organisation
    2. Combining human information processing methods for product development (1/2)
    3. Combining human information processing methods for product development (2/2)
    4. How industrial designers use data during a power tool design process (1/2)
    5. How industrial designers use data during a power tool design process (2/2)
  13. Standards
    1. Product development – safety and usability of medical devices
    2. Putting the customer first – user-centred design using ISO 9241
    3. The case for human and organisational factors standards
    4. Using standards to support human factors engineering
    5. Defining and capturing human factors in sustainable development
    6. Debate: From knobs and dials to hearts and minds?
  14. Promoting collaboration
    1. Bridging the gap: Should there be more collaboration between researchers and practitioners?
  15. Transport
    1. Video support tools for training in maritime simulators
    2. Preferred or adopted time headway? A driving simulator study (1/2)
    3. Preferred or adopted time headway? A driving simulator study (2/2)
    4. User-oriented information systems in public transport (1/2)
    5. User-oriented information systems in public transport (2/2)
    6. Train automation and control technology – ERTMS from users' perspectives (1/2)
    7. Train automation and control technology – ERTMS from users' perspectives (2/2)
    8. Crowd sourcing of public transport problems (1/2)
    9. Crowd sourcing of public transport problems (2/2)
    10. Fatigue in the maritime and road haulage industries (1/2)
    11. Fatigue in the maritime and road haulage industries (2/2)
    12. What do we tell drivers about fatigue management? (1/2)
    13. What do we tell drivers about fatigue management? (2/2)
  16. Ageing workers
    1. Design for healthy ageing
  17. Systems approach
    1. The role of ergonomics in the design of future cities (1/2)
    2. The role of ergonomics in the design of future cities (2/2)
    3. The need to understand systems of systems (1/2)
    4. The need to understand systems of systems (2/2)
    5. Hierarchical System Description (HSD) using MODAF and ISO 26800 (1/2)
    6. Hierarchical System Description (HSD) using MODAF and ISO 26800 (2/2)
  18. Crowd behaviour
    1. Hazard experience and risk perception among special constables (1/2)
    2. Hazard experience and risk perception among special constables (2/2)
    3. Crowd satisfaction at sporting events (1/2)
    4. Crowd satisfaction at sporting events (2/2)
  19. Biomechanics
    1. Comparison of required coefficient of friction for both feet for straight walking
    2. Biomechanical analysis of the walking of encumbered and unencumbered males (1/2)
    3. Biomechanical analysis of the walking of encumbered and unencumbered males (2/2)
  20. Design
    1. Safe design of mobile construction and mining equipment (1/2)
    2. Safe design of mobile construction and mining equipment (2/2)
    3. User-centred design of virtual training for automotive industries (1/2)
    4. User-centred design of virtual training for automotive industries (2/2)
  21. Healthcare
    1. Identifying causal patterns and errors in adverse clinical incidents (1/2)
    2. Identifying causal patterns and errors in adverse clinical incidents (2/2)
    3. Bridging the research practice gap in healthcare human factors and ergonomics
    4. Healthcare human reliability analysis – by HEART
    5. Developing a simulator to help junior doctors deal with night shifts (1/2)
    6. Developing a simulator to help junior doctors deal with night shifts (2/2)
    7. Certain medical devices require more attention on design and usability (1/2)
    8. Certain medical devices require more attention on design and usability (2/2)
    9. An ergonomics approach to specify a solo-responder paramedic bag system (1/2)
    10. An ergonomics approach to specify a solo-responder paramedic bag system (2/2)
    11. Developing a human factors curriculum for frontline staff training in the NHS
  22. Green ergonomics
    1. Lean, clean and green: A case study in a pharmaceutical cleaning department
    2. Design principles for green ergonomics (1/2)
    3. Design principles for green ergonomics (2/2)
    4. Re-inventing the toilet: Capturing user needs
    5. Sustainability and usability of public bathroom taps (1/2)
    6. Sustainability and usability of public bathroom taps (2/2)
  23. Accessibility
    1. Making self-service accessible: Talking automatic teller machines (ATMs)
    2. Blind people and apps on mobile phones and tablets – Challenges and possibilities
    3. Simulating vision loss: What levels of impairment are actually represented? (1/2)
    4. Simulating vision loss: What levels of impairment are actually represented? (2/2)
    5. Evaluating the universal navigator with blind and partially sighted consumers (1/2)
    6. Evaluating the universal navigator with blind and partially sighted consumers (2/2)
    7. Age, technology prior experience and ease of use: Who’s doing what? (1/2)
    8. Age, technology prior experience and ease of use: Who’s doing what? (2/2)
    9. Younger older consumers of assistive technology products (1/2)
    10. Younger older consumers of assistive technology products (2/2)
    11. Contributing to UK input to new European inclusive design standard
    12. Talking TV for blind people – see how it works!
  24. Innovation and creativity
    1. Adults’ and childrens’ reactions to technological innovations (1/2)
    2. Adults’ and childrens’ reactions to technological innovations (2/2)
  25. Understanding human cognition
    1. Building a human capability decision engine (1/2)
    2. Building a human capability decision engine (2/2)
    3. Waiting for warning: Driver situation awareness at rural rail level crossings (1/2)
    4. Waiting for warning: Driver situation awareness at rural rail level crossings (2/2)
    5. A quick method of assessing situation awareness in air traffic control
  26. Fundamental issues
    1. From creation to compliance: do's and don'ts of negotiating requirements with developers (1/2)
    2. From creation to compliance: do's and don'ts of negotiating requirements with developers (2/2)
    3. What makes scientific journal articles appeal to human factors professionals? (1/2)
    4. What makes scientific journal articles appeal to human factors professionals? (2/2)
    5. Ergonomics education and students' tendency to use research methods (1/2)
    6. Ergonomics education and students' tendency to use research methods (2/2)
  27. Posters
    1. Exploring the benefits of brief health psychology interventions in the workplace
    2. Using touchscreen devices to provide quicker, better, and cheaper real-time workload measurement
    3. Designing an expert system for risk-management to support operators' mental model
  28. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013
  • Author(s): Martin Anderson
  • Release date: April 2013
  • Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780203744581