1st Edition

Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2013 Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013, Cambridge, UK, 15-18 April 2013

Edited By Martin Anderson Copyright 2013
464 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

464 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

468 Pages
by Taylor & Francis

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... Read more

Preface

Annual Conference 2013 Programme Committee


Donald Broadbent Lecture

Interactions “in the wild”: Explorations in healthcare
A. Blandford


Institute Lecture

Institute of Ergonomics & Human Factors 2013 Lecture
P.J. Clarkson


Keynote Lecture

Perils and possibilities for communicating risk and uncertainty
D. Spiegelhalter


Plenary Lectures

Standards as human factors best practice for industry
S. Steedman

Task, team and technology integration in surgical care
K. Catchpole


HCI

Four go mad in theYorkshire Dales: Investigating interactions on tabletop displays
C. Hare, S. Sharples, A. Stedmon & P. Talbot-Jones

Opening indoors: The advent of indoor positioning
M. Brown, J. Pinchin & C. Hide

A predictive method to measure relative effectiveness
N. Jiang

Visually induced motion sickness during computer game playing
C.T. Guo, C.W. Tsoi, Y.L.Wong, K.C. Yu & R.H.Y. So

Human-automation collaboration in manufacturing: Identifying key implementation factors
G. Charalambous, S. Fletcher & P.Webb


Work and wellbeing

Bus driving – can it be a good job?
W. Jones, R.A. Haslam & C. Haslam

“It’s just part of the job!” Raft guides working with back pain
I.Wilson, H. McDermott & F. Munir

Developing software to help small businesses manage occupational safety and health
S. Shalloe, G. Lawson, M. D’Cruz & R. Eastgate

Measuring wellbeing in the workplace: Single-item scales of depression and anxiety
G.M.Williams &A.P. Smith

Stress, job satisfaction and mental health of NHS nurses
J.Williams & A.P. Smith


Design approaches

Inclusive design within a large organisation
A. Mieczakowski, S. Hessey & P.J. Clarkson

Combining human information processing methods for product development
H.-L. Liu,W. Friesdorf & D.Wang

How industrial designers use data during a power tool design process
J. Zhang, H. Dong & L. Liu


Standards

Product development – safety and usability of medical devices
C.J. Vincent

Putting the customer first – user-centred design using ISO 9241
T. Väänänen

The case for human and organisational factors standards
R.W. Miles

Using standards to support human factors engineering
R.A. Barge

Defining and capturing human factors in sustainable development
M.Watkins

Debate: From knobs and dials to hearts and minds?
S. Steedman


Promoting collaboration

Bridging the gap: Should there be more collaboration between researchers and practitioners?
D.P. Jenkins, S.T. Shorrock &A.Z.Q. Chung


Transport

Video support tools for training in maritime simulators
S. Komandur & S.K. Renganayagalu

Preferred or adopted time headway? A driving simulator study
M. Gouy, C. Diels, N. Reed, A. Stevens & G. Burnett

User-oriented information systems in public transport
S. Hörold, C. Mayas & H. Krömker

Train automation and control technology – ERTMS from users’ perspectives
A. Buksh, S. Sharples, J.R.Wilson, G. Morrisroe & B. Ryan

Crowd sourcing of public transport problems
R.E. Sims, T. Ross &A.J. May

Fatigue in the maritime and road haulage industries
A.P. Smith & P.H. Allen

What do we tell drivers about fatigue management?
A.Williamson, R. Friswell, R. Grzebieta & J. Olivier


Ageing workers

Design for healthy ageing
E.-Y. Gosling, D. Gyi, R.A. Haslam &A. Gibb


Systems approach

The role of ergonomics in the design of future cities
A.Woodcock

The need to understand systems of systems
C.E. Siemieniuch, M.A. Sinclair & M.J. de C. Henshaw

Hierarchical System Description (HSD) using MODAF and ISO 26800
M. Tainsh


Crowd behaviour

Hazard experience and risk perception among special constables
J.I. Morgan

Crowd satisfaction at sporting events
V.L. Kendrick, R.A. Haslam & P.E.Waterson


Biomechanics

Comparison of required coefficient of friction for both feet for straight walking
W.-R. Chang, S. Matz & C.-C. Chang

Biomechanical analysis of the walking of encumbered and unencumbered males
B. May, J. Shippen & A.Woodcock


Design

Safe design of mobile construction and mining equipment
T. Horberry & M. Bradley

User-centred design of virtual training for automotive industries
S. Hermawati & G. Lawson


Healthcare

Identifying causal patterns and errors in adverse clinical incidents
R. Mitchell, A.Williamson & B. Molesworth

Bridging the research practice gap in healthcare human factors and ergonomics
P.E.Waterson & J. Anderson

Healthcare human reliability analysis – by HEART
J.Ward, Y.-C. Teng, T. Horberry & P.J. Clarkson

Developing a simulator to help junior doctors deal with night shifts
M. Brown, P. Syrysko, S. Sharples, D. Shaw, I. Le Jeune, E. Fioratou & J. Blakey

Certain medical devices require more attention on design and usability
A.S. Cifter & I. Eroglu

An ergonomics approach to specify a solo-responder paramedic bag system
M. Fray, D. Joyce, A. Adams & S. Hignett

Developing a human factors curriculum for frontline staff training in the NHS
L. Morgan, S. Pickering, S. New, P. McCulloch, R. Kwon & E. Robertson


Green ergonomics

Lean, clean and green: A case study in a pharmaceutical cleaning department
M. Hanson & M. Vangeel

Design principles for green ergonomics
A. Thatcher, G. Garcia-Acosta & K.L. Morales

Re-inventing the toilet: Capturing user needs
D. Gyi, R.E. Sims & E.-Y. Gosling

Sustainability and usability of public bathroom taps
A. Alli, M. Maluleke, S. Bhana, T. Solomon, Y. Klipp &A. Thatcher


Accessibility

Making self-service accessible: Talking automatic teller machines (ATMs)
P.N. Day, E. Chandler, M. Carlisle & C. Rohan

Blind people and apps on mobile phones and tablets – Challenges and possibilities
S. Croxford & C. Rundle

Simulating vision loss: What levels of impairment are actually represented?
J. Goodman-Deane, S.Waller, A.-C. Collins & P.J. Clarkson

Evaluating the universal navigator with blind and partially sighted consumers
P.N. Day, M. Carlisle, E. Chandler & G. Ferguson

Age, technology prior experience and ease of use: Who’s doing what?
M. Bradley, J. Goodman-Deane, S.Waller, R. Tenneti, P. Langdon & P.J. Clarkson

Younger older consumers of assistive technology products
A.Woodcock, G.Ward, S. Ray, N. Holliday, L. Prothero, J. Osmond & S. Fielden

Contributing to UK input to new European inclusive design standard
A. Ferguson & P. Johnson

Talking TV for blind people – see how it works!
L. Di Bon-Conyers, S. Croxford & C. Rundle


Innovation and creativity

Adults’ and childrens’ reactions to technological innovations
M.C. Maguire


Understanding human cognition

Building a human capability decision engine
K.T. Smith

Waiting for warning: Driver situation awareness at rural rail level crossings
P.M. Salmon, V. Beanland, M.G. Lenné, A.J. Filtness & N.A. Stanton

A quick method of assessing situation awareness in air traffic control
J. Nixon & A. Lowrey


Fundamental issues

From creation to compliance: do’s and don’ts of negotiating requirements with developers
J.R.Wilson

What makes scientific journal articles appeal to human factors professionals?
A.Z.Q. Chung, A.Williamson & S.T. Shorrock

Ergonomics education and students’ tendency to use research methods
I. Eroglu, A.S. Cifter & K. Ozcan


Posters

Exploring the benefits of brief health psychology interventions in the workplace
J.I. Morgan

Using touchscreen devices to provide quicker, better, and cheaper real-time workload measurement
S. Piric

Designing an expert system for risk-management to support operators’ mental model
S. Spundflasch, J. Herlemann & H. Krömker

Author index

Biography

Martin Anderson