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Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology first
introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of
this approach for mining equipment and new technology: HCD is a
process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and
acceptable by explicitly focusing on the end-user, their tasks and
their work environment/use context. The book outlines three linked
areas of mining HCD: key principles, examples of design processes,
and what kinds of tools for data collection and evaluation are
available. The possible future uses of Human-Centered Design in
more fully automated mining are presented, and the role of HCD
within wider human system integration are outlined. The 'how to'
nature of this book makes it attractive to mining equipment
manufacturers, technology developers, mine site personnel, human
factors researchers, safety scientists and regulators. Features:
Includes an introduction useful to anyone wanting to learn about
the field Provides extensive case studies of HCD which also show
failures when HCD was not considered Covers cutting edge mining
technology- such as proximity detection devices and new mining
automation systems Directly outlines the benefits of HCD for the
minerals industry Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and
New Technology, through case studies, provides a much needed guide
to undertaking HCD for mining equipment and new technology.
With the NHS committed to making quality the centre of treatment,
clinical audit - a proven and effective process for measuring
quality and driving its improvement - has never been a more topical
issue. Now thoroughly updated and rewritten, this new edition
describes the process by which health professionals, managers and
other NHS staff can assess the standard of care they deliver and
how closely it corresponds with recommended best practice. It sets
out the key principles of clinical audit practice, detailing
advances in recent years such as simplified and accelerated audit,
improved patient involvement, attention to ethics and methodology
and the embedding of clinical audit in organisational governance as
well as clinical practice. This book is essential reading for all
those who undertake clinical audit or are training to do so,
including health practitioners, managers and commissioners in the
NHS. It will also be useful to patients who contribute to audit
governance. Reviews from the first edition: This book should be
available in all trusts and recommended to those of both junior and
senior status who are about to invest time and energy in an audit
project.' MEDICAL PROTECTION SOCIETY [W]ell-structured with
summaries set out as key points throughout. The appendices give
invaluable information on numerous websites for clinical
guidelines, on clinical audit and clinical governance.'
PHYSIOTHERAPY JOURNAL
Machines increasingly pervade the mining industry, reducing manual
labor and raising production. While the use of new technologies
such as remote control, vision enhancement technologies, continuous
haulage, and automated equipment has grown, so has the potential
for new health and safety risks. Written by leading experts from
Australia and North America, Human Factors for the Design,
Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment covers the impact of
new mining technology on human work performance and safety.
Ergonomics experts Tim John Horberry, Robin Burgess-Limerick, and
Lisa J. Steiner draw on their personal experience to provide
up-to-date research, case studies, and examples, making the book
useful, accurate, informative, and easy to read. They set the scene
with a general, yet fundamental review of human factors information
related to equipment. They then examine the physical environment
and the importance of key concerns such as vibration, noise, heat,
and dust in maintaining and operating mining equipment. The authors
expand their scope by examining wider organizational and task
factors related to mining equipment, including the long-standing
issues of operator fatigue and stress as well as newer concerns
such as distraction and information overload. A synthesis of
available human factors knowledge and research, the book describes
human factors principles applied to mining equipment from a
multidisciplinary perspective and combines it into one volume. The
authors combine their in-the-trenches experience and academic
expertise to present a treatment that balances breadth with depth.
The book supplies a much-needed overview of the human element in
the journey to optimal equipment design of mining equipment.
This book enumerates the purpose of clinical audit, the continuing
value of clinical audit in a changing world of healthcare, and key
issues and the key principles of audit practice. It sets out the
core practical methodology of clinical audit, making clear how to
conduct an audit project.
Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and New Technology first
introduces Human-Centered Design (HCD) and outlines the benefits of
this approach for mining equipment and new technology: HCD is a
process that aims to make equipment and systems more usable and
acceptable by explicitly focusing on the end-user, their tasks and
their work environment/use context. The book outlines three linked
areas of mining HCD: key principles, examples of design processes,
and what kinds of tools for data collection and evaluation are
available. The possible future uses of Human-Centered Design in
more fully automated mining are presented, and the role of HCD
within wider human system integration are outlined. The 'how to'
nature of this book makes it attractive to mining equipment
manufacturers, technology developers, mine site personnel, human
factors researchers, safety scientists and regulators. Features:
Includes an introduction useful to anyone wanting to learn about
the field Provides extensive case studies of HCD which also show
failures when HCD was not considered Covers cutting edge mining
technology- such as proximity detection devices and new mining
automation systems Directly outlines the benefits of HCD for the
minerals industry Human-Centered Design for Mining Equipment and
New Technology, through case studies, provides a much needed guide
to undertaking HCD for mining equipment and new technology.
This book is the first translation into the English language of a
comprehensive study of opera and its constituent parts by an
accomplished writer of the eighteenth century. Francesco Algarotti
was concerned with developing opera as drama and a move away from
the elaborate formality of the Baroque to a more naturalistic
style. The Essay in its original Italian had considerable influence
on the reform opera of Christoph Willibald Gluck.
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