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Currently, the rail industry lacks a standardized approach to the human factors evaluation of new technologies in operational settings. While a number..
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This book brings together work from researchers around the world and, in particular from the Asia-Pacific region. Most sport technologies are covered,..
This publication is a collection of selected papers from the 3rd International Symposium on Work Ability—Promotion of Work Ability Towards a Productiv..
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This work gives an overview of the topic of usability. Firstly, usability is defined and a framework for identifing different aspects of usability is ..
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There is a driving need for naval professionals to focus on human factors issues. The number of maritime accidents is increasing and the chief cause i..