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Living with an autonomous spatiotemporal home heating system: exploration of the user experiences (UX) through a longitudinal technology intervention-based mixed-methods approach (2017)
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Rising energy demands place pressure on domestic energy consumption, but savings can be delivered through home automation and engaging users with their heating and energy behaviours. The aim of this paper is to explore user experiences (UX) of living... Read More about Living with an autonomous spatiotemporal home heating system: exploration of the user experiences (UX) through a longitudinal technology intervention-based mixed-methods approach.

A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance (2017)
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Domains such as utilities, power generation, manufacturing and transport are increasingly turning to data-driven tools for management and maintenance of key assets. Whole ecosystems of sensors and analytical tools can provide complex, predictive view... Read More about A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance.

The dichotomy of the application of a systems approach in UK healthcare: the challenges and priorities for implementation (2017)
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There is increasing demand for a systems approach within national healthcare guidelines to provide a systematic and sustainable framework for improvements in patient safety. Supported by this is the growing body of evidence within Human Factors/Ergon... Read More about The dichotomy of the application of a systems approach in UK healthcare: the challenges and priorities for implementation.

Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models (2017)
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The European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) will have an impact on the train driving task and train driver behaviour. This paper presents part of the final study of series of studies that have been conducted as part of a three-year research p... Read More about Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models.

What are the pros and cons of electronically monitoring inhaler use in asthma? A multistakeholder perspective (2016)
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Introduction Electronic monitoring devices (EMDs) are the optimal method for collecting objective data on inhaler use in asthma. Recent research has investigated the attitudes of patients with asthma towards these devices. However, no research to... Read More about What are the pros and cons of electronically monitoring inhaler use in asthma? A multistakeholder perspective.

Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance (2016)
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One of the recurring questions in designing dynamic control environments is whether providing more information leads to better operational decisions. The idea of having every piece of information and increasing situation awareness is so tempting (and... Read More about Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance.

See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design (2016)
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Adherence to treatment in asthma is often poor, particularly in adolescents and children where the condition is most prevalent. Electronic monitoring devices have shown potential for improving inhaler use, yet little research has considered the attit... Read More about See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design.

Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network (2016)
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Alarm management is a key component of the successful operation of a prognostic or health-monitoring technology. Although alarms can alert the operator to critical information, false alarms and alarm flooding can cause major difficulties for successf... Read More about Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network.

3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China (2016)
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This study investigates Chinese consumers’ adoption of the innovative 3D printing systems for small-scale manufacturing in home settings. Empirical studies were conducted in a survey with 256 participants. The number of significant determinants that... Read More about 3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China.

Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs (2015)
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In many highways environments electronic media such as variable message signs are increasingly being used to provide drivers with up-to-date dynamic information in order to influence driving decision making during journeys. These decisions may be ass... Read More about Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs.

The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis (2015)
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This longitudinal study explores the lived experience of four couples where one person from each couple is prescribed an oxygen concentrator to use at home. Transcripts were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The findings report... Read More about The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis.

A survey-based cross-sectional study of doctors’ expectations and experiences of non-technical skills for out of hours work (2015)
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Objectives: The skill set required for junior doctors to work efficiently and safely Out of Hours (OoH) in hospitals has not been established. This is despite the OoH period representing 75% of the year and it being the time of highest mortality. We... Read More about A survey-based cross-sectional study of doctors’ expectations and experiences of non-technical skills for out of hours work.

Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment (2014)
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This paper describes an experiment that was undertaken to compare three levels of automation in rail signalling; a high level in which an automated agent set routes for trains using timetable information, a medium level in which trains were routed al... Read More about Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment.