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A case study of technology transfer: Rehabilitative engineering at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital [PDF]

The transfer of NASA technolgy to rehabilitative applications of artificial limbs is studied. Human factors engineering activities range from orthotic manipulators to tiny dc motors and transducers to detect and transmit voluntary control signals.
Hildred, W.
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When does an Unsafe Act Become a Crime? [PDF]

, 2001
In public opinion, protection against asteroids impact has always been on the agenda of space engineering. Actually it started from 1994 when Shoemaker Levy stroke Jupiter. This protection works in two steps: detection of threat and deflection.
Dunlap, Charles J., Jr.
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Design and fabrication of the NASA HL-20 full scale research model [PDF]

A full-scale engineering model of the HL-20 Personnel Launch System (PLS) was constructed for systems and human factors evaluation. Construction techniques were developed to enable the vehicle to be constructed with a minimum of time and cost. The design
Driver, K. Dean, Vess, Robert J.
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The Dynamics of Creativity in Software Development

, 2013
Software is primarily developed for people by people and human factors must be studied in all software engineering phases. Creativity is the source to improvise solutions to problems for dominating complex systems such as software development.
Graziotin, Daniel
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Human Modeling for Ground Processing Human Factors Engineering Analysis [PDF]

There have been many advancements and accomplishments over the last few years using human modeling for human factors engineering analysis for design of spacecraft. The key methods used for this are motion capture and computer generated human models.
Barth, Tim, Henderson, Gena, Lawrence, Brad A., Mills, Robert E., Ridgwell, Lora C., Stambolian, Damon B., Steady, Marie-Jeanne O., Stelges, Katrine S., Tran, Donald   +8 more
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Biomechanical Behavior of Female Breast—A Review

BioMed
Introduction: Women wear exterior breast support for most of the day. A female’s breast tissue and skin affect the comfort of the ADLs, exercise, health, and work environments.
Sheila Galbreath, Tarun Goswami
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Engineering management of large scale systems [PDF]

The organization of high technology and engineering problem solving, has given rise to an emerging concept. Reasoning principles for integrating traditional engineering problem solving with system theory, management sciences, behavioral decision theory ...
Gill, Tepper L., Paul, Arthur S., Sanders, Serita   +2 more
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Impact of Water Depth on Subway Emergency Evacuation in Flood Scenarios

Chengshi guidao jiaotong yanjiu
[Objective] Evacuation bottlenecks for subway stations in flood scenarios are investigated to enhance subway station personnel evacuation efficiency under water inundation and backflow conditions, and provide insights for developing subway evacuation ...
ZHU Wenhao, ZHU Haiyan, LIU Zhigang, SHEN Yuxin, SHAO Yunhong, HONG Min   +5 more
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Design and Calibration of a New 6 DOF Haptic Device

Sensors, 2015
For many applications such as tele-operational robots and interactions with virtual environments, it is better to have performance with force feedback than without. Haptic devices are force reflecting interfaces.
Huanhuan Qin, Aiguo Song, Yuqing Liu, Guohua Jiang, Bohe Zhou   +4 more
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Kinetics and Fluid-Specific Behavior of Metal Ions After Hip Replacement

Bioengineering
Background: Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is a well-tolerated and effective procedure that can improve a patient’s mobility and quality of life. A main concern, however, is the release of metal ions into the body due to wear and corrosion.
Charles Thompson, Samikshya Neupane, Sheila Galbreath, Tarun Goswami   +3 more
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