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Environmental Ergonomics - The Ergonomics of Human Comfort, Health, and Performance in the Thermal Environment
1st Edition, Volume 3 - April 2, 2005
Authors: Yutaka Tochihara, Tadakatsu Ohnaka
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780080444666
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eBook ISBN:9780080455709
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Environmental Ergonomics addresses the problems of maintaining human comfort, activity and health in stressful environments. Its subject areas include thermal environme…Read more
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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.
Selected papers from the 10th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics held in Japan, 23-27 September 2002. They have been revised and peer-reviewed.
Papers included in this text have been widely recognised as the catalyst for the recent advances witnessed in Environmental Ergonomics in Asia. They strike a balance between academia and industries' views on environmental ergonomics.
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Research scientists, medical doctors, engineers, technicians and health care professionals
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 sleep–wake 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 physiologicalreactions 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 conditionsin 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, someone's 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 observedduring 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 artificialand 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 health study on workers exposed to a cold environment in a cold storagewarehouse
Section 4 – Thermal Comfort
To be or not to be comfortable: basis and prediction
Thermal comfort sensations of tourists in a subtropical region
Perceived problems and discomfort at low air humidity among office workers
Study on the improvement of environmental humidity in houses for the elderly:
Part 1 – Actual conditions of daily behavior and thermal environment
Part 2 – Examination of the humidity environment
Effect of humidity sensation on hormonal responses in saliva and urine
Psychophysiological approach to thermal discomfort in non-uniform environments
Effective radiant temperature including solar radiation
Gender differences and non-thermal factors in thermal comfort of office occupants in a hot-arid climate
Thermal comfort in outdoor and semi-outdoor environments
Development of air-conditioning systems for the elderly
Evaluation of vehicle climate
Effects of spectral properties of glass on the thermal comfort of car occupants
Evaluation of summertime thermal comfort in automobiles
The effects of simulated solar radiation to the head and trunk on the thermal comfort of seated subjects
Section 5 – Clothing
The four 'Fs' of clothing comfort
The influence of thermal comfort perception on consumer’s preferences to sportswear
Water vapour permeability resistance through clothing material at combinations of temperature and pressure that simulate elevated altitudes
Effect of two kinds of quilt on the thermal comfort of subjects in a cold environment
The effect of fabric air permeability on clothing ventilation
Clothing microclimate and subjective sensation of Korean and Japanese subjects when wearing Hanbok
Prediction of clothing insulation in an outdoor environment, based on questionnaires
Determination of clothing microclimate volume
Section 6 – Protective Clothing
Improved comfort of US military chemical and biological protective clothing
A study on comfort of protective clothing for firefighters
Firefighter garments with non-textile insulation
Physiological consequences of wearing personal protective equipment: clothing and helmets
Effects of simulated sustained operations on the thermal insulation of military footwear
Sweat accumulation in a kendo ensemble during indoor summer training
Section 7 – Thermal Manikins and Modeling
The use of thermal manikins to evaluate clothing and environmental factors
Evaluation of clo values for infant’s clothing using an infant-sized sweating thermal manikin
Assessments of dry and humid heat gains under extreme conditions using a water-perfused manikin
Experiments to determine the convective heat transfer coefficient of a thermal manikin
Electrically heated blanket in neonatal care: assessment of the reduction of dry heat loss from a thermal manikin
Clothing thermal insulation when sweating and when non-sweating
Water vapour transport as a determinant of comfort in evaluating shoes
Inter-laboratory tests on thermal foot models Numerical comfort simulator for evaluating thermal environment
Simulation of clothing thermal comfort with fuzzy logic
Thermal sensory engineering design of textile and apparel products
Section 8 – Thermal Index
International standards for the thermal environment. Where are we and what is still needed?
Recent heat and cold strain predictive indices
Validation of the environmental stress index (ESI) for physiological variables
Assessment of cold stress by calculation of required clothing insulation – IREQ
Prediction of facial cooling times
Author Index
Subject Index
No. of pages: 500
Language: English
Edition: 1
Volume: 3
Published: April 2, 2005
Imprint: Elsevier Science
Hardback ISBN: 9780080444666
eBook ISBN: 9780080455709
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Yutaka Tochihara
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Ergonomics, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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