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Looks at techniques, software, tools, the current state of the art, and future directions that one needs to understand for a successful application of cross-cultural interface design. This work focuses on some aspects of design, cost justification and international usability evaluations.

Bringing together a comprehensive and diverse collection of research, theory, and thought, this volume builds a foundation for the new field of Augmented Cognition research and development.

This book presents a systematic human factors-based proactive approach to the improvement of health care work and patient safety. The proposed approach delineates a more direct and powerful alternative to the contemporary dominant focus on error investigation and care providers' accountability. It demonstrates how significant improvements in the quality of care and enhancement of patient safety are contingent on a major shift from efforts and investments driven by a retroactive study of errors, incidents, and adverse events, to an emphasis on proactive human factors-driven intervention and the development of corresponding conceptual approaches and methods for its systematic implementation.

Third volume in the HCI International 2001 proceedings.

Describes engineering system design as a behavioral process, a process which raises questions the designer must answer. This book focuses on the concepts underlying the design process, culminating in a behavioral theory of the design process. It features an analysis of the engineering design process as actually being based on cognitive behaviors.

Presents case studies to illustrate the corporate benefits for designing accessibility. This work serves as a means to demystify what is involved in designing inclusive products for various users. It highlights numerous examples for designers, such as creating a tool for Web browsing for older adults, as well as digital television access.

Offers the theories, models, and methods related to cognitive task design. This work summarizes the extensive, worldwide experience with cognitive task design since the 1980s. It defines the state of the art and outlines the future of this ever-developing field.

Deals with the issues of Universal Design and Universal Access in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This book introduces students to the human-, organizational-, and technology-oriented dimensions that call for a departure from traditional approaches to user interface development.

Presents a technical discussion on warnings including theory, research, and application. This work describes; warning design standards and guidelines; aspects of law relevant to warnings such as government regulations, case/trial litigation, and the role of expert testimony in these cases; and, international, health/medical, and marketing issues.

Written for those with a science and engineering background, this book introduces and explains a comprehensive set of data mining techniques from various data mining fields. Concepts and methodologies are illustrated through numerous examples of data mining applications in cyber attack detection, discovery of neuronal population dynamics, and manufacturing quality control. Other topics include methodologies for mining classification and prediction patterns, mining clustering, and mining data reduction patterns and sequential and time series patterns.

Occupational safety and health - safe work in a safe environment. The challenge, of course, is how to make this happen and make it happen economically. This book provides a range of methods along with specific criteria for assessing hazard and exposure in the workplace environment.

Covers the development in smart clothing technology and applications, which includes textile-based keypads, transmission lines, sensors, and actuators. This book address usability and human aspects relevant to the manufacture and sale of such products.

Focuses on the fundamental issues involved in the technology of human-computer interactions as well as the users themselves. This work delineates the underlying cognitive principles of HCI. It emphasizes topics such as sensor based interactions, tangible interfaces, augmented cognition, cognition under stress and ubiquitous and wearable computing.

Covers topics including task analysis, contextual design, participatory design and a variety of evaluation techniques including usability testing, inspection-based techniques and survey design. This book explores prototyping tools and techniques, future directions in usability testing, and inspection-based evaluation and model-based evaluation.

Focuses on HCI from a privacy, security, and trust perspective. This book addresses the issues involved when designing the interactions between users and computing technologies. It explores the relationship between people and technology.

The rapid introduction of sophisticated computers, services, telecommunications systems, and manufacturing systems has caused a major shift in the way people use and work with technology. This book elucidates tools to help evaluate product and work design while reducing the need for physical prototyping.

With an updated edition including new material in additional chapters, this one-of-a-kind handbook covers not only current standardization efforts, but also anthropometry and optimal working postures, ergonomic human computer interactions, legal protection, occupational health and safety, and military human factor principles.

Third volume in the HCI International Conference Proceedings 2003.

Second volume in the HCI International Conference Proceedings 2003.

Covering every aspect of the process, this book introduces the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of footwear. It also presents a comprehensive discussion of how the footwear industry attempts to cater to the wide needs of sophisticated and demanding customers. The text provides a basic understanding of the technology and techniques involved in the design and development of a popular and demanding consumer product. Topics include the measurement and testing process, foot and footwear interaction, mass customization, the manufacturing process, and the marketing process. The author also addresses the latest trends in footwear technology.

Although speech is the most natural form of communication between humans, using speech to communicate with machines is anything but natural. Drawing from psychology, human-computer interaction, linguistics, and communication theory, this book provides a comprehensive yet concise survey of practical speech user interface design. The text presents research and practice-based guidance for the development of usable speech user interfaces, such as the interactive voice response applications designed to provide phone-based call routing and self-service. The author, a leading human factors engineer, covers both high- and low-level decisions and also includes VoiceXML code examples.

Content preparation is an integral part of the usability equation: it answers the question of what information is needed for effective decision making. This title provides a theoretical foundation and operational tools to effectively prepare content so that users are able to make correct decisions regarding the purchase of goods and services.

One of the primary applications of human factors engineering is in the aviation domain, and the importance of human factors has never been greater as U.S. and European authorities seek to modernize the air transportation system through the introduction of advanced automation.

Written for students and professionals, this book is a complete reference on human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions that have been or can be applied in health care. Topics such as medical technology and telemedicine are covered, and special emphasis is put on the contributions of human factors and ergonomics to the improvement of patient safety and quality of care. Nine chapters from the original edition were deleted, and information from them was incorporated into other chapters. Furthermore, this second edition offers 17 new chapters.

Covering every aspect of the process, this book introduces the design, development, manufacturing, and marketing of footwear. It also presents a comprehensive discussion of how the footwear industry attempts to cater to the wide needs of sophisticated and demanding customers. The text provides a basic understanding of the technology and techniques involved in the design and development of a popular and demanding consumer product. Topics include the measurement and testing process, foot and footwear interaction, mass customization, the manufacturing process, and the marketing process. The author also addresses the latest trends in footwear technology.

With a practical, applied orientation, this book presents and integrates in a single source important methods and tools used in the fields of industrial engineering, human factors, and ergonomics to design and improve jobs, tasks, and products. The author covers such topics as the human system, motion analysis, predicting human performance, simulation in ergonomic design, product quality and usability, macroergonomics, and occupational safety and health. Each chapter offers challenging problems and examples to illustrate concepts. The new second edition features two new chapters that address human error causation and reduction and human computer interaction. It also includes updated figures.

Written for students and professionals, this book is a complete reference on human factors and ergonomics research, concepts, theories, models, methods, and interventions that have been or can be applied in health care. Topics such as medical technology and telemedicine are covered, and special emphasis is put on the contributions of human factors and ergonomics to the improvement of patient safety and quality of care. Nine chapters from the original edition were deleted, and information from them was incorporated into other chapters. Furthermore, this second edition offers 17 new chapters.