| Description |
1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Series |
Occupational Safety, Health, and Ergonomics Ser |
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Occupational Safety, Health, and Ergonomics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Authors -- Series Editor -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Common Definitions of Light -- 1.2 Visual and Non-Visual Response to Light -- 1.3 Light and Circadian Rhythm -- 1.4 LED Lighting and Potential Health Hazard -- 1.5 New Idea of Lighting Design -- Human-Centric Lighting (HCL) -- 1.6 What Is This Book About? -- 2 The Biological Bases of Photoreception in the Process of Image Vision -- 2.1 Optics of the Eye -- From the Pupil to the Retina -- 2.2 Photoreceptors |
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2.3 Cellular Organization of the Visual Pathways -- 2.3.1 Synaptic Connections -- Photoreceptor Cells -- Bipolar Cells -- 2.3.2 Synaptic Connections -- Bipolar Cells -- Horizontal Cells (Ribbon Synapse) -- 2.3.3 Synaptic Connections -- Horizontal Cells -- 2.3.4 Synaptic Connections -- The Cone Synapse -- 2.3.5 Synaptic Connections -- The Role of Amacrine Cells -- 2.3.6 Synaptic Connections -- From Rods and Cones to Ganglion Cells -- 2.4 Calculation of Color at the Level of Ganglion Cells -- 2.5 Higher Visual Processing -- 2.6 The Role of Purinergic Signaling in the Retina |
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2.7 Age-Related Changes in the Optics and Retina of the Eye -- 2.7.1 Loss of Lens Elasticity -- Loss of Accommodation -- 2.7.2 Lens Yellowing -- Changes of Perceived Colors -- 2.7.3 Damage of Photoreceptor and Ganglion Cells -- 2.7.4 Structural Changes in the Optics -- 2.7.5 Disturbed Rod Pigment Regeneration -- 2.8 Summary -- 3 The Biological Basis of Non-Image-Forming Vision -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 The Discovery, Function, and Diversity of Intrinsically Photosensitive Retinal Ganglion Cells (ipRGCs) -- Some Interactions with the Conventional Photoreceptors |
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3.3 Brain Regions Innervated by ipRGCs -- 3.4 Phototransduction by ipRGCs, Physiological Role of Melanopsin, Clinical Implications of Melanopsin Pathways -- 3.5 The Neurobiology of Circadian Rhythms -- Do We Need Light? -- 3.6 The Alerting Effects of Light -- 3.7 Summary -- 4 Lighting Quality and Well-Being -- 4.1 What Do We Mean by Lighting Quality and Well-Being? -- 4.1.1 Well-Being -- 4.1.2 Lighting Quality -- 4.1.3 Standardization Concerning Lighting Design -- 4.1.3.1 International/European Lighting Standards -- 4.1.3.2 Standard for Building Design -- 4.2 Lighting Intensity |
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4.3 Spatial Distribution of Light -- 4.3.1 Luminance Distribution -- 4.3.2 Discomfort Glare at Indoor Workplaces -- 4.4 Color Aspects -- 4.4.1 Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) and Illuminance Level -- 4.4.2 Color Perception -- 4.5 Perception of Flicker and the Stroboscopic Effect -- 4.6 Summary -- 5 Visual Performance -- 5.1 Visual Performance: Definition and Recommendations -- 5.2 Weber's Fraction and Contrast -- 5.2.1 The Weber Fraction -- 5.2.2 Luminance Contrast -- 5.3 Contrast Sensitivity -- 5.3.1 Contrast Sensitivity Function -- 5.3.2 Contrast Sensitivity and Suprathreshold Visibility |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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5.4 Visual Acuity |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sawicki, Dariusz
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Tafil-Klawe, Malgorzata
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| ISBN |
9781000168105 |
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1000168107 |
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