The paper describes the application of a simulation based ergonomic evaluation. Within a pilot project, the algorithms of the screening method of the European Assembly Worksheet were transferred into an existing digital human model. Movement data was recorded with an especially developed hybrid Motion Capturing system. A prototype of the system was built and is currently being tested at the Vol...

The goal of this study was to comprehensively identify ergonomic constraints among nursing workers in two public hospitals in Brazil. We used a qualitative research design and conducted interviews, field observation and performed a subjective questionnaire with nurses of emergency care sectors. The Cronbach α technique was used to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire. Based o...

Ergonomic vs. Ergonomics: acknowledging the etymology Neil Mansfield, Roger Haslam, Mark Young, Sue Hignett, Richard So, Thurman Lockhart, Stephen Bao, Neville Stanton & Wen-Ruey Chang To cite this article: Neil Mansfield, Roger Haslam, Mark Young, Sue Hignett, Richard So, Thurman Lockhart, Stephen Bao, Neville Stanton & Wen-Ruey Chang (2013) Ergonomic vs. Ergonomics: acknowledging the etymolog...

This paper reports on the work that has been done by the teams above within the EvalWeb project. The work presented here describes how ergonomic rules, that are valid for the design of graphical user interfaces, should be refined and extended in order to be suitable for the ergonomic design and evaluation of web sites. To this end a distinction is made between web user interfaces and classical ...

Several species of animals, particularly corvids, will sample from a collection of items before making a decision. There is an expected trade-off between investing effort in making better choices and increased exposure to risk. Little is known about individuals’ consistency in sampling behavior and whether it covaries with other behavior traits. Risk-taking and neophobia are documented componen...

This study supports itself in ergonomic concepts and usability criteria by prioritizing the identification and correction of problems found during the interaction of children with projected interfaces for them and left from the cognitive, interactional and interfacial difficulties caused by the excesses of color, elements and animation in sites and games, between them the difficulty of recognit...

OBJECTIVE This study was performed to determine the compliance with the basic treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA; medication, physical therapy, and ergonomic measures), to study psychological factors that influence compliance in light of the social learning theory, to learn whether patient education positively influences compliance and health, and to find an approach to patient education t...

The paper presents the results of a research work regarding the effective design of an assembly line for heaters production. Considering that the real plant still doesn’t exist, simulation has been used as cognitive tool. After the modeling and the VV&A phases the simulation has been used for carrying out ergonomic analyses for each assembly line workstation. The simulation results highlight pr...

introduction: macro-ergonomics is an important factor that affects behavior, favorable performance and personnel’s efficiency that can cause conformity of employees by increasing labor and efficiency and in result decreasing employees’ stress amount. the aim of the present study was to investigate relationship between macro-ergonomics and occupational stress in employees working in one casting ...