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Human Factors and Ergonomics

2015
Human factors and ergonomics applies scientific information about human cognition and behavior to support the design of products and systems that enhance human well-being and performance. Human factors and ergonomics professionals investigate human-system interaction at the individual, group, and organizational levels.
Hassall, Maureen, Xiao, Tania, Sanderson, Penelope, Neal, Andrew   +3 more
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The human factors and ergonomics society perspective

CHI '05 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2005
We first describe the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), then our challenges with respect to meeting the needs of multidisciplinary professionals. We discuss how HFES has tried, as a professional organization, to meet the needs of its diverse members.
Arnold M. Lund, Lynn Strother, Wendy A. Rogers   +2 more
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Human Factors/Ergonomics

2012
Human factors and ergonomics (HF/E) explore the ways in which human beings interact with the technologies they create. Traditionally, HF/E has been concerned with improving efficiency and safety in industrial and manufacturing production. Across the world, these traditional ergonomic concerns with physical work are still very much in evidence. However,
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Human factors and ergonomics in the planning of production

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 2000
The integration of ergonomics in design and planing has always been an ambition within ergonomics, but experience show that it is an ideal difficult to bring into practice. Presently tools, methods and procedures are asked for. This paper argues - by presenting an overview of existing recommendations - that this is not actually what presently is ...
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The human factor and ergonomics in Patient Safety

Medicina Intensiva (English Edition)
The human condition is linked to error in any activity that is performed, and the healthcare world is no exception. The origin of human error does not lie within the perversity of human nature, instead, it has its origins in latent failures in the healthcare environment and is a consequence of the processes and procedures applied.
Miguel, Valdivia de la Fuente, Diego José, Palacios Castañeda, Nuria, Martínez Sanz   +2 more
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Human factors and ergonomics for the dental profession

Dental Update, 2016
This paper proposes that the science of Human Factors and Ergonomics (HFE) is suitable for wide application in dental education, training and practice to improve safety, quality and efficiency. Three areas of interest are highlighted. First it is proposed that individual and team Non-Technical Skills (NTS), such as communication, leadership and stress
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Human Factors and Ergonomics

Abstract: Human Factors and Ergonomics presents a comprehensive interdisciplinary framework for understanding and applying the principles of human-centered design across cognitive, physical, and organizational systems. Building on theoretical constructs from psychology, engineering, systems science, and biomechanics, the book addresses the foundational
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A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics

Ergonomics, 2008
A Guide to Human Factors and Ergonomics, 2nd edition, by Martin Helander, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, 2006, pp. 388, £24.99, hardback (ISBN 0 415 28248 9).
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Human Factors and Ergonomics in Practice

2016
This edited book concerns the real practice of human factors and ergonomics (HF/E), conveying the perspectives and experiences of practitioners and other stakeholders in a variety of industrial sectors, organisational settings and working contexts.
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State of science: the future of work – ergonomics and human factors contributions to the field

Ergonomics, 2021
Tim Bentley, Nicola Green, David C Tappin   +2 more
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