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Title The handbook of operator fatigue / by Gerald Matthews [and others]
Published Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub. Company, 2012

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Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- The Editors -- The Contributors -- Part I Introduction to Operator Fatigue -- 1 An Overview of Operator Fatigue -- 2 An Historical View of Operator Fatigue -- 3 Challenges in Fatigue and Performance Research -- Part II The Nature of Fatigue -- 4 Conceptualizing and Defining Fatigue -- 5 Individual Differences in Stress, Fatigue and Performance -- 6 Task Characteristics and Fatigue -- 7 Fatigue in Sports Psychology -- Part III Assessment of Fatigue -- 8 Approaches to the Measurement of Fatigue -- 9 Dimensional Models of Fatigue -- 10 Models of Individual Differences in Fatigue for Performance Research -- Part IV The Neuroscience of Fatigue -- 11 Neuroscience of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms -- 12 The Influence of Fatigue on Brain Activity -- 13 Cerebral Hemodynamic Indices of Operator Fatigue in Vigilance -- 14 Biochemical Indices of Fatigue for Anti-fatigue Strategies and Products -- Part V Performance Effects of Sleep Loss and Circadian Rhythms -- 15 Socio-emotional and Neurocognitive Effects of Sleep Loss -- 16 Circadian Rhythms and Mental Performance -- 17 Sleep Loss and Performance -- Part VI Fatigue and Health -- 18 Differentiating Fatigue in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Psychiatric Disorders -- 19 Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- 20 Upper Respiratory Tract Illnesses and Fatigue -- Part VII Applied Contexts for Operator Fatigue -- 21 Long Work Hours, Fatigue, Safety, and Health -- 22 Fatigue and Road Safety -- 23 Driver Fatigue and Safety: A Transactional Perspective -- 24 Understanding and Managing Fatigue in Aviation -- 25 Soldier Fatigue and Performance Effectiveness: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow -- Part VIII Operational Countermeasures -- 26 Adaptive Automation for Mitigation of Hazardous States of Awareness -- 27 Countermeasures for Driver Fatigue -- 28 Work Scheduling
29 Avoiding the Impact of Fatigue on Human Effectiveness -- 30 Model-based Fatigue Risk Management -- Index
Summary The Handbook of Operator Fatigue provides a comprehensive account of this subject to serve as the definitive reference work for researchers, students and practitioners alike. The volume features 30 chapters written by experts to address each important facet of fatigue, including: the scale of the fatigue problem, the nature of fatigue, how to assess fatigue, the impact of fatigue on health, fatigue in the workplace, the neurological basis of fatigue, sleep disorders, and the design of countermeasures to fatigue
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Fatigue.
Fatigue -- Physiological aspects
Fatigue -- Diagnosis
Fatigue -- Prevention
Motor vehicle drivers -- Safety measures
Local transit -- Employees -- Health and hygiene
Fatigue
Psychomotor Performance
Safety
MEDICAL -- Physiology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Human Anatomy & Physiology.
Fatigue
Fatigue -- Physiological aspects
Fatigue -- Prevention
Ermüdung
Gesundheit
Verkehrssicherheit
Prävention
Form Electronic book
Author Matthews, Gerald
ISBN 9781409442653
1409442659
9781317029410
1317029410