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Textbook in ergonomics - discusses physical capacity and limitations, other factors taken into consideration when designing or evaluating the work environment for occupational health, including noise, mental stress, fatigue, boredom, temperature, heating, lighting and arrangement of working time, and includes a checklist for the analysis of work places. Bibliography pp. 357 to 372, diagrams, graphs, illustrations, photographs and statistical tables.

"Ergonomics in Computerized Offices should be required reading for office managers, union representatives, engineers, designers, or anyone employed in implementing a computerized office or improving conditions in an already computerized office...an excellent addition to any personal library."--Human Factors Bulletin

Katherine Grandjean shows that the English conquest of New England was not just a matter of consuming territory, of transforming woods into farms. It entailed a struggle to control the flow of information—who could travel where, what news could be sent, over which routes winding through the woods along the early American communications frontier.

Sortition is widely used in our political systems to constitute citizen panels. It is now possible to study the limits of this method of selecting our political representatives. This book presents the institutionalization of sortition while questioning its political consequences in terms of representation and deliberation. Several examples are used, such as the Citizens' Climate Convention in France and the Conference on the Future of Europe. In the end, the book helps to identify the consequences of using sortition with regard to the principles of equality and inclusion. Above all, it offers readers the possibility of continuing to reflect on this method of random selection, while promoting the implementation of greater equality between citizens.

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Instant Highcharts Starter has a step-by-step approach to help you understand the core concepts of different types of Highcharts and create your own customized charts.Instant Highcharts Starter is for web developers who are new to the Highcharts library and looking to create their own charts in their webpages. You should have some experience with the JavaScript library. You should know how to develop a server-side language such as PHP to create dynamic Highcharts.

One of every six children suffers from a neurodevelopmental abnormality of unknown cause. Environmental pollutants such as lead, mercury, and pesticides interfere with brain development, yet we do not test industrial chemicals for brain toxicity. In this book, Philippe Grandjean argues for the necessity of protecting the brains of future generations and proposes a plan of action to halt what he refers to as chemical brain drain.

Physiologycal study of the ergonomics of the home, including recommendations relevant to residential construction and housing design in Western Europe - presents a work study of the domestic worker's tasks in order to ascertain his or her requirements in respect of equipment, furniture, space, etc., and covers layout and architecture, heating, lighting, noise, flats for the handicapped (disabled person), the leisure-time use of the home, etc.

Thasos était dans l’Antiquité l’une des cités grecques les plus puissantes de l’Égée du Nord. Fondée par des colons de Paros, riche de ses mines d’or, de son marbre blanc, de son vin réputé, de ses ports, elle connut une destinée brillante. Monuments, inscriptions, statues, monnaies, objets précieux ou utilitaires sont ici présentés, à la fois documents d’histoire et témoins de vie. Ce livre sera un guide utile le temps de la visite ; on souhaite qu’au-delà, loin des ruines et du musée, il continue à accompagner la réflexion du lecteur.