The Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International NEWS - August 2008


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	AHFE Newsletters Previous Issues 2007-2008: February 2009 December 2008 October 2008 August 2008 June 2008 April 2008 February 2008 December 2007 October 2007 August 2007 June 2007 April 2007		HIGHLIGHTS - IEA Technical Committee for Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics - Specialized Journals and Newsletters - Interesting Articles - Interesting Reports - Database - Upcoming Conferences and Events in Ergonomics - The AHFEI Proceedings on CD is now available - Sponsorship of AHFE International 2010 - Contribute to the Applied Ergonomics International NEWS - About Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International NEWS
			If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to contribute, please contact the editor, Dr. Abbas Moallem . The opinions expressed in this newsletter are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not represent any institution or company. Subscribe / Unsubscribe to Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics International NEWS at: www.ahfe2010.org/newsletter.html AHFE International 2008 Website: http://www.ahfe2010.org Learn more about exhibitor business here: https://www.the-merchant-account-advisor.com/ HCI International Conference series website: http://www.hci-international.org
	The Technical Committee for Aerospace Human Factors and Ergonomics of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) TCASHFE mission is to promote the development of Human Factors/Ergonomics in aerospace and the application of derived knowledge, methods and tools for the betterment of research, and educational and professional services worldwide. In particular, it focuses on aviation and space systems, including aircraft and spacecraft design, the activities of system development, operations (whether on the ground or in air or space), maintenance, regulation, and training. Goals and objectives: TCASHFE goals are the following: help address various scientific issues within aerospace, cooperate across disciplines to advance the state-of-the-art of knowledge and applications, and to set standards for society and industry use. A main goal is to rationalize what is currently being done in the world in aeronautics and space with respect to human factors and ergonomics (HFE). Air and space are special domains where human beings have special relations with appropriate machines. Human-machine interaction in aerospace systems relates to safety, performance, and comfort. HFE should then be analyzed with respect to these three dimensions. We will try to establish a basis for taking into account human factors and use cognitive ergonomics and engineering more effectively and widely during aerospace lifecycles. Human factors people and cognitive engineers are often too involved or too late to have any real effective say in the design, and thus can only apply “band-aids” to fundamentally broken systems. This poses two challenges for our community: (1) getting the broader engineering design communities to include us more substantially in all stages of design and (2) our own community figuring out what we would do with such an opportunity, since the dominance of our methods focus more on evaluation of identifying problems, often leaving the solutions to these problems to only be inferred rather than systematically designed. Organizational structure The TCASHFE is organized into working groups (WG) related to timely, relevant, important and inescapable topics. These WG will be set up with respect to the motivation, leadership, and availability of the WG leaders. The WG leader reports to the TC Chair. Guy A. Boy, Chair Email: gboy@ihmc.us
	Specialized Journal and Newsletters "Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bulletin," Volume 52, Number 3, March 2009. http://www.hfes.org/Web/BulletinPdf/0309bulletin.pdf “IEA Newsletter from the IEA President,” 32 February 2009. http://iea.cc/upload/IEA%20Newsletter%20Number%2032%20%20-%20February%202009.pdf “DoD Ergonomics Working Group NEWS,” Issue 90, March 2009. http://www.ergoworkinggroup.org/ewgweb/SubPages/ProgramTools/Publications/2005Pubs/90DODEWGNews.pdf
	Interesting Articles "Despite Challenges, Doctors Take Digital Plunge," NPR.org, March 25, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102333325 "Children's Health Study Links Anesthesia To Learning Disabilities," NPR.org, March 25, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102306350 "Smart People Really Do Think Faster," NPR.org, March 20, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102169531 “Can Fearful Memories Be Erased?,” NPR.org, March 13, 2009 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=101868285 “Low back pain,” Cnn.Com, March 25, 2009 http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/health/2009/03/25/fortin.hm.aching.back.cnn “Brain differences show risk for depression,” msnbc.Com, March 24, 2009 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29859170/ "Investigators Find Source of Many Foods Untraceable," nytimes.com, March 25, 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/health/policy/26fda.html?_r=1&ref=health 'Online Age Quiz Is a Window for Drug Makers, " nytimes.com, March 25, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/technology/internet/26privacy.html?ref=health
	Interesting Reports “European workers face new and increasing health risks from hazardous substances,” European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, March, 23 2008. http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/reports/TE3008390ENC_chemical_risks/view “Preventing Deaths and Injuries of Fire Fighters Working Above Fire-Damaged Floors,” NIOSH Publication No. 2009-114. http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/wp-solutions/2009-114/default.html “Report - Protecting workers in hotels, restaurants and catering,” European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, July, 07 2008. http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/reports/TE7007132ENC_horeca/view
	Upcoming Events and Conferences 2009 22 - 23 April 2009, IEEE The Ergonomics Society Annual Conference, London, UK. http://www.ergonomics.org.uk/page.php?s=6&p=172
	Database CISDOC - Occupational Safety and Health database http://www.ilo.org/dyn/cisdoc/index_html?p_lang=e AirDisaster.Com Accident Database http://www.airdisaster.com/
	Announcements Call for Papers, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research, Special Issue on eHealth and Services Computing in Healthcare, http://www.jtaer.com
	The AHFEI Proceedings on CD is now available, Order it Now Order the AHFE International 2008 Proceedings. This is an important resource for you digital library containing over 500 papers with an easy search features. To order please contact Laura Abell, conference administrator at aeiadmin@insightbb.com. Unite Price: $75 US including shipping
	Sponsorship of the AE International 2010 Conference Organizations wishing to sponsor a special event or to be a general sponsor of the conference are welcome to contact Dr. Abbas Moallem (Abbas.Moallem@sjsu.edu).
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