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Ergonomics = how to design for ease and efficiency /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Ergonomics/ Katrin E. Kroemer Elbert, Henrike B. Kroemer, Anne D. Kroemer Hoffman.
Reminder of title:	how to design for ease and efficiency /
Author:	Kroemer-Elbert, K. E.
other author:	Kroemer, H. B.,
Published:	London, United Kingdom :Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier, : 2018.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Human engineering. -
Online resource:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780128132968
ISBN:	9780128132975 (electronic bk.)

Ergonomics = how to design for ease and efficiency /
Kroemer-Elbert, K. E.

Ergonomicshow to design for ease and efficiency /[electronic resource] :Katrin E. Kroemer Elbert, Henrike B. Kroemer, Anne D. Kroemer Hoffman. - Third edition. - London, United Kingdom :Academic Press, an imprint of Elsevier,2018. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Using This Book; Easy Reading; Three sections of This Book; Three Ways to Use This Book; Introducing Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering; What Ergonomics Is; What Ergonomics Does; How Ergonomics Came About; Evolution of Disciplines; Directions in Europe; Directions in North America; Names for the Discipline: "Ergonomics" and "Human Factors"; Today's Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Goals Of Ergonomics; Ergonomics Defined; Section I -- The Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Chapter 1 -- Size and Mobility of the Human Body; Overview.

ISBN: 9780128132975 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Topical Terms:

554841
Human engineering.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: TA166

Dewey Class. No.: 620.8/2

Ergonomics = how to design for ease and efficiency /
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504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Preface to the Third Edition; Using This Book; Easy Reading; Three sections of This Book; Three Ways to Use This Book; Introducing Ergonomics and Human Factors Engineering; What Ergonomics Is; What Ergonomics Does; How Ergonomics Came About; Evolution of Disciplines; Directions in Europe; Directions in North America; Names for the Discipline: "Ergonomics" and "Human Factors"; Today's Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Goals Of Ergonomics; Ergonomics Defined; Section I -- The Ergonomic Knowledge Base; Chapter 1 -- Size and Mobility of the Human Body; Overview.
505 8 $a 1.1 -- Humans Spreading Over the Earth1.2 -- Anthropology and Anthropometry; 1.2.1 -- Measurement Techniques; 1.2.2 -- Body Posture during Measurements; 1.2.3 -- Body Measures; 1.2.4 -- Classical Measuring Techniques; 1.2.5 -- New Measurement Techniques; 1.3 -- Available Anthropometric Information; 1.3.1 -- Variability; 1.3.1.1 -- Measurement Variability; 1.3.1.2 -- Intraindividual Variability; 1.3.1.3 -- Interindividual Variability; 1.3.1.4 -- Secular Variations; 1.3.2 -- Population Samples; 1.4 -- Anthropometric Statistics; 1.5 -- Using Anthropometric Data; 1.6 -- Body Proportions; 1.6.1 -- Body Image.
505 8 $a 1.6.2 -- "Desirable" Body Weight1.6.3 -- Body Mass Index; 1.7 -- Dealing with Statistics; 1.8 -- How to Obtain Missing Data; 1.9 -- "Fitting" Design Procedures; 1.9.1 -- Safe Distances; 1.10 -- Design Steps; 1.11 -- Chapter Summary; 1.12 -- Challenges; Notes; Chapter 2 -- Bones, Muscles, and Strength of the Human Body; Overview; 2.1 -- Understanding the Human Body; 2.2 -- The Skeletal System; 2.2.1 -- Bones; 2.2.2 -- Connective Tissues; 2.2.3 -- Joints; 2.2.3.1 -- Artificial Joints; 2.2.4 -- The Spinal Column; 2.2.5 -- The Hands; 2.3 -- Muscle; 2.3.1 -- Architecture of Skeletal Muscle.
505 8 $a 2.3.2 -- Control of Muscle Contraction2.3.2.1 -- The Motor Unit; 2.3.3 -- Activation of the Motor Unit; 2.3.4 -- Muscle Fatigue; 2.3.4.1 -- Length-Strength Relationships; 2.4 -- Voluntary Strength; 2.4.1 -- Regulation of Strength Exertion; 2.4.2 -- Measuring Strength; 2.4.2.1 -- Practical Assessment of Human Strength; 2.4.2.2 -- The Strength Test Protocol; 2.5 -- Designing for Body Strength; 2.6 -- Chapter Summary; 2.7 -- Challenges; Notes; Chapter 3 -- How the Body Does Its Work; Overview; 3.1 -- Introduction1; 3.2 -- The Respiratory System; 3.2.1 -- Respiratory Volumes; 3.3 -- The Circulatory System.
505 8 $a 3.3.1 -- Architecture of the Circulatory System3.3.2 -- Pathways of Blood; 3.3.3 -- Regulation of Circulation; 3.4 -- The Metabolic System; 3.4.1 -- Metabolism and Work; 3.4.2 -- Energy Transformation in the Body; 3.4.3 -- The Energy Pathways; 3.4.4 -- Foodstuffs; 3.4.4.1 -- Carbohydrates; 3.4.4.2 -- Fat; 3.4.4.3 -- Protein; 3.4.5 -- Stored Energy; 3.4.6 -- Energy Release; 3.4.7 -- Energy by ATP-ADP Conversion; 3.4.8 -- Muscular Work; 3.4.8.1 -- Aerobic and Anaerobic Metabolism; 3.4.9 -- Energy Use and Body Weight; 3.5 -- Energy Requirements at Rest and at Work; 3.5.1 -- Fatigue.
505 8 $a 3.5.2 -- Assessing Energy Expenditures.
588 0 $a Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed October 17, 2018).
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