Title:
Environmental ergonomics : the ergonomics of human comfort, health, and performance in the thermal environment
Series:
Elsevier geo-engineering book series ; 3
Publication Information:
Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2005
ISBN:
9780080444666
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Summary
Summary
Environmental Ergonomics addresses the problems of maintaining human comfort, activity and health in stressful environments. Its subject areas include thermal environments, illumination, noise and hypo- and hyperbaric environments. The book concentrates fundamentally on the way the thermal environment has affected human comfort, health and performance from the age of cave-dwellings to our age of skyscrapers.
This book contains only papers selected from the 10th ICEE held in Japan 23-27 September 2002. The ICEE has been held biannually since 1982, and has firmly established itself as the world's most distinguished conference in its field, offering the ideal forum for research scientists, medical doctors, engineers, administrators, technicians, healthcare professionals and students to share their work and ideas.
Table of Contents
| Preface |
| Section 1 Physiology |
| Regulatory processes of the human body during thermal and work strain |
| The interrelation of thermal and nonthermal reflexes in the control of post exercise heat loss responses |
| Brain activation by thermal stimulation in humans studied with fMRI |
| Comparison of tympanic membrane temperatures measured by contact and noncontact tympanic thermometers during prolonged exercise in the heat |
| Physiological significance of bright vs. dim light intensities during the daytime for thermoregulatory responses, digestive functions and evening dressing behavior in the cold |
| The effect of illumination and temperature on sleepwake rhythm disturbances in the elderly |
| Seasonal differences in physiological and psychological responses to hot and cold environments in the elderly and young males |
| Section 2 Heat Stress |
| Evaluation of test protocols for smoke-divers working in the heat |
| The influence of various methods of fluid ingestion on changes in selected physiological reactions during thermal stress in a sauna |
| Physiological effects of heat stress on ground crew in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force |
| Cockpit thermal conditions and physiological reactions in flight: effects of mental workload on thermal regulation of aircrew while flying tasks |
| Effects of sportswear on thermoregulatory responses during exercise in a hot environment |
| Environmental temperature during summertime athletic competitions in Japan |
| Assessment of the risks of heat disorders encountered during work in hot conditions in German hard coal mines |
| Optimum room temperature during rest periods between repetitive exercises under heat stress |
| Heat strain is reduced at different rates with hand, foot, forearm or lower leg cooling |
| Most effective immersion treatment for exercise-induced hyperthermia |
| Can fire-fighter instructors perform a simulated rescue after a hot fire training exercise? |
| The effect of water-perfused suits and vests on body cooling during exercise in a hot environment |
| Effect of bilateral carotid cooling with an ice pack on thermal responses during bicycle exercise |
| Upper limit of thermal comfort zone in bedrooms for falling into a deep sleep as determined by body movements during sleep |
| Section 3 Cold Stress |
| Something old, something new, something borrowed, someones blue: a review of the literature and responses associated with cold water immersion |
| The effects of exhaustive exercise on thermoregulatory fatigue during cold exposure |
| Cold-induced vasodilatation response and associated thermal loads in older men observed during finger cooling |
| Thermal sensation of old vs young males at 12, 18, and 278 C for 120min |
| Individual variation in thermal responses of clothed women and men during repeated short-term cold-water immersions |
| The effect of cold immersion on hands with different types of hand protection |
| Effects of bathroom temperature on thermal responses during whole-body bathing, half-body bathing and showering |
| Effects of bath water and bathroom temperatures on human thermoregulatory function and thermal perception during half-body bathing in winter |
| Effect of temperature on muscular strain in simulated packing work |
| Comparison of contact cooling while touching cold surfaces with an artificial and human fingers |
| Use of an artificial finger to measure contact temperature on various extremely cold metallic surfaces |
| Manual performance in urban circumpolar subjects exposed to cold in the winter and summer |
| An occupational healt |
