operator's role in industrial control centers takes place in time, which is one of the most important determinants of whether an expected action is going to be successful or not. in certain situations, due to the complex nature of the work, the existing interfaces and already prepared procedures do not meet the dynamic requirements of operator's cognitive demands, making the control tasks unnec...

While the broad field of ergonomics and human factors provides a strong potential in systems analysis, design and improvement, the focus risks being perceived unclear for different stakeholders. This paper addresses how focusing the interactions between Humans, Technology and Organization by using the HTO-concept contributes to the understanding, communication and use of systems thinking inhere...

Participatory ergonomics is an intervention strategy acting on physical load exposures occurring in occupational settings, scarcely known in Spain but with a number of experiences and evidences coming from other countries. There are several reasons justifying the interest of this approach. First, participatory ergonomics focuses on one of the categories of occupational exposures with the larges...

Background: With The fast growing world, in Bangladesh also getting increased usage of digital connectivity has led to a rise online activities and the musculoskeletal (MSK) pain among professionals.Objective: We investigating relationship between MSK discomfort resident doctors because computer ergonomics related issues.Materials Methods: study collected information from 227 who had used for a...

the incidence of brain neoplasm has been progressively increasing in recent years in the industrialized countries. one of the reasons for this increased incidence could be better access to health care and improved diagnosis in the industrialized countries. it also appears that caucasians have a higher incidence than blacks or hispanics or asians. a number of risk factors have been identified an...

OBJECTIVE I evaluate the contribution of a pioneering Human Factors special issue on human factors in industrial systems. BACKGROUND Papers on the content of the journal's first 10 years showed that industrial human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) in 1969 was quite a rarity in the journal and the society. METHOD The 12 papers in the special issue are reviewed briefly and show a wide range of topi...