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This book covers how to analyze awkward working postures, particularly of the spine and lower limbs, in specific groups exposed. The methods covered suggests how to evaluate the postures correctly, taking account of the duration and sequence of the tasks involved, even in very complex scenarios where workers are involved with multiple tasks and work cycles varying from day to day. Excel spreadsheets located on the authors’ website (www.epmresearch.org) have been developed to gather, condense, and automatically process the data. The tools serve to implement the strategy for calculating risk associated with exposure to awkward postures, i.e. the TACOS method. Included are 5 case studies whic...
This book covers the application of the OCRA (Occupational Repetitive Actions) method. The methods make up a system dedicated to the analysis and management of the risk of biomechanical overload of the upper limbs. The book focuses on the OCRA checklist which presents various models from the most simplified, to the most complex. It describes methods, criteria, procedures and tools on how to perform such an assessment, in line with international standards. The book provides you with the correct methods and tools for prevention of upper limb work related musculoskeletal disorders no matter what the working environment is or what the international standards dictates.
The book provides information necessary for systematic management of traditional as well as emerging risks in the man-machine-environment system, especially in industrial technologies. It is intended for managerial staff of various levels of management as well as product distribution workers, and for education of professionals in the fields of occupational safety and health (OSH), safety of technological systems and partially also civil security.
The book is a comprehensive guide for anyone who wants to design with purpose, empathy, and impact. Rather than rushing to solutions, the book champions the art of framing and refining a problem, revealing how powerful design begins with asking smarter questions. It takes readers on a journey from uncovering user needs to creating and validating meaningful solutions. Built around the new GRIP (gather, refine, ideate, produce) framework, the book emphasizes designing with people, not just for them. It introduces themes like design for all, empathy, creativity and ideation, sustainability, and ethics while offering hands- on tools such as storytelling, persona building, advanced prototyping te...
Every complex human-machine system includes a computer as a critically important means of work. However, an operator's interaction with a computerized system cannot be reduced to only performing computer-based tasks. Today human-computer interaction (HCI) is not limited to trained software users. People of all ages use all different kinds of gadget
This newly updated edition presents a global perspective on ergonomics, addressing its application across occupational, recreational, design, and technological environments. This comprehensive textbook reflects the technological advancements that have reshaped the field, offering revised chapters, the integration of previously separate topics, and the addition of two entirely new chapters. With an emphasis on cultural sensitivity and inclusive representation, the book takes a modern approach to ergonomics with diversity at the heart of it. Readers will find a complete and ready-to-use resource ideal for both instruction and independent study. The book features real-world examples, case studi...
The four-volume set LNCS 7333-7336 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2012, held in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, in June 2012. The four volumes contain papers presented in the following workshops: 7333 - advances in high performance algorithms and applications (AHPAA); bioinspired computing and applications (BIOCA); computational geometry and applicatons (CGA); chemistry and materials sciences and technologies (CMST); cities, technologies and planning (CTP); 7334 - econometrics and multidimensional evaluation in the urban environment (EMEUE); geographical analysis, urban modeling, spatial statistics (Ge...
Recent trends and progress in the field of liquid matter are explored in this volume via a broad spectrum of contributions from liquid state physicists, chemists and chemical engineers. It is devoted to the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic aspects of the liquid state of matter. Physicists, chemists and chemical engineers working on a wide variety of experimental and theoretical aspects of simple and complex liquids should find Liquid Matter invaluable in giving a clearer, more global picture of the liquid state.