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When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Shaban, J., Roy, M., Stephens-Marsh, M., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2023, September). When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad. Paper presented at The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics, Athens, Greece and online

Brain-related wearables are now freely available on the market, and with even wrist-worn devices making estimates about cognitive activity, understanding cognitive personal informatics has become a pressing issue. Mental Workload is an emotionally ag... Read More about When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad.

Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, M., Shaban, J., Ma, X., Shalliker, M., Midha, S., & Sharples, S. (2023, September). Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload. Paper presented at The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics, Athens, Greece and online

Brain-related wearables are now freely available on the market, and with even wrist-worn devices making estimates about cognitive activity, understanding Cognitive Personal Informatics (CogPI) has become a pressing issue. In this paper, we present a... Read More about Designing Apps to Track Mental Workload.

Designing for Reflection on our Daily Mental Workload (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Shaban, J., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2023). Designing for Reflection on our Daily Mental Workload.

This paper presents a research plan, at the outset of new doctoral research, designing for reflection on cognitive personal informatics and self-tracking of Mental Workload. The research will build upon the Mental Workload cycle, considering how peop... Read More about Designing for Reflection on our Daily Mental Workload.

The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia? (2022)
Journal Article
Marinescu, A., Argyle, E. M., Duvnjak, J., Wilson, M. L., Lawson, G., Sharples, S., …Justham, L. (2023). The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia?. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries, 33(2), 184-200. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20976

Digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) have the potential to transform industry productivity, but their introduction into the workplace is often a complex process, requiring not only technical expertise but also an awareness of ethical and societa... Read More about The future of manufacturing: Utopia or dystopia?.

Ethical Concerns and Perceptions of Consumer Neurotechnology from Lived Experiences of Mental Workload Tracking (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Midha, S., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2022). Ethical Concerns and Perceptions of Consumer Neurotechnology from Lived Experiences of Mental Workload Tracking. In FAccT '22: 2022 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (564-573). https://doi.org/10.1145/3531146.3533119

With rapid growth in the development of consumer neurotechnology, it is imperative to consider the ethical implications that this might have in order to minimise consumer harm. Whilst ethical and legal guidelines for commercialisation have previously... Read More about Ethical Concerns and Perceptions of Consumer Neurotechnology from Lived Experiences of Mental Workload Tracking.

Lived Experiences of Mental Workload in Everyday Life (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Midha, S., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2022). Lived Experiences of Mental Workload in Everyday Life. In CHI '22 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-16). https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517690

We can now buy consumer brain-computer interface devices to help us meditate and focus, but what are we aiming to achieve? Mental workload (MWL) is an established concept, and as a form of personal data could be useful for making positive life change... Read More about Lived Experiences of Mental Workload in Everyday Life.

Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks (2021)
Journal Article
Khan, N., Houghton, R., & Sharples, S. (2022). Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks. Cognition, Technology and Work, 24, 393-421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-021-00690-z

The exploitation of so-called insiders is increasingly recognised as a common vector for cyberattacks. Emerging work in this area has considered the phenomenon from various perspectives including the technological, the psychological and the sociotech... Read More about Understanding factors that influence unintentional insider threat: a framework to counteract unintentional risks.

Probing cultural differences in product design and consumer evaluation using repertory grid analysis (2021)
Journal Article
Tang, P., Lawson, G., Sun, X., & Sharples, S. (2022). Probing cultural differences in product design and consumer evaluation using repertory grid analysis. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 32, 1875-1894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-021-09663-9

Culture plays an essential role in the success of product design, especially in the age of a global economy where there is a high probability of discrepancy between the designer's intention and the consumer's response. However, the role of culture is... Read More about Probing cultural differences in product design and consumer evaluation using repertory grid analysis.

Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS (2020)
Journal Article
Midha, S., Maior, H. A., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2021). Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 147, Article 102580. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102580

The motivation behind using physiological measures to estimate cognitive activity is typically to build technology that can help people to understand themselves and their work, or indeed for systems to do so and adapt. While functional Near Infrared... Read More about Measuring Mental Workload Variations in Office Work Tasks using fNIRS.

Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments (2020)
Journal Article
Argyle, E. M., Marinescu, A., Wilson, M. L., Lawson, G., & Sharples, S. (2021). Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 145, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2020.102522

As Digital Manufacturing transforms traditionally physical work into more system-monitoring tasks, new methods are required for understanding people's mental workload and prolonged capacity for focused attention. Many physiological measures have... Read More about Physiological Indicators of Task Demand, Fatigue, and Cognition in Future Digital Manufacturing Environments.

Modelling decision-making within rail maintenance control rooms (2020)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (2021). Modelling decision-making within rail maintenance control rooms. Cognition, Technology and Work, 23(2), 255–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-020-00636-x

This paper presents a cognitive task analysis to derive models of decision-making for rail maintenance processes. Maintenance processes are vital for safe and continuous availability of rail assets and services. These processes are increasingly embra... Read More about Modelling decision-making within rail maintenance control rooms.

Factors Influencing Perceptions of Productivity Associated with Digital Manufacturing Technology (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Sandhu, T., Argyle, E., & Sharples, S. (2020). Factors Influencing Perceptions of Productivity Associated with Digital Manufacturing Technology

Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution, has the potential to transform manufacturing productivity through the integration of digital manufacturing technology. Although digital technologies are considered to have the potential to enhance or... Read More about Factors Influencing Perceptions of Productivity Associated with Digital Manufacturing Technology.

An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care (2019)
Journal Article
Martindale, S., Golightly, D., Pinchin, J., Shaw, D., Blakey, J., Perez, I., & Sharples, S. (2019). An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care. Applied Ergonomics, 81, Article 102861. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2019.05.011

This paper seeks to elicit and structure the factors that shape the execution and, in particular, the coordination of work in Out of Hours care. Evenings and weekends in UK hospitals are managed by specific Out of Hours (OoH) care arrangements, and a... Read More about An interview analysis of coordination behaviours in out-of-hours secondary care.

How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Alsuraykh, N. H., Wilson, M. L., Tennent, P., & Sharples, S. (2019). How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected. In PervasiveHealth'19: Proceedings of the 13th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare (371-376). https://doi.org/10.1145/3329189.3329235

Mental Workload (MWL) can be both good and bad; we can thrive under high MWL, or our performance can drop if the demands become either too low or too high. Similarly, stress is not always bad, short term stress can be beneficial to overcome a challen... Read More about How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected.

Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey (2019)
Journal Article
Stringer, P., Sharples, S., Thomson, B. J., & Garibaldi, J. M. (2019). Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey. BMC Medical Genomics, 12, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12920-019-0499-2

Background Genomic services are increasingly accessible to young adults starting their independent lives with responsibility for their self-care, yet their attitudes to sharing genomic information remain under-researched. This study explored attitud... Read More about Young adults' attitudes to sharing whole-genome sequencing information: a university-based survey.

The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation (2019)
Journal Article
Lang, A., Simmonds, M., Pinchin, J., Sharples, S., Dunn, L., Clarke, S., …Swinscoe, C. (2019). The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation. JMIR Medical Informatics, 7(1), Article e11678. https://doi.org/10.2196/11678

Background: Patient safety literature has long reported the need for early recognition of deteriorating patients. Early warning scores (EWSs) are commonly implemented as “track and trigger,” or rapid response systems for monitoring and early recognit... Read More about The impact of an electronic patient bedside observation and handover system on clinical practice: mixed-methods evaluation.

Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system (2019)
Report
Golightly, D., Houghton, R., HUGHES, N., & Sharples, S. (2019). Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system. Foresight, Government Office for Science

Transport sharing describes a growing set of practices, systems and services that sit between traditional notions of private and public transport provision, and may have benefits in terms of both improving mobility in society and helping to address e... Read More about Human factors in exclusive and shared use in the UK transport system.

Decision-making within missing person search (2018)
Journal Article
Harrington, K., Brown, M., Pinchin, J., & Sharples, S. (2018). Decision-making within missing person search. Cognition, Technology and Work, 20(4), 665-680. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-018-0515-x

This paper reports the findings of a series of interviews with search and rescue volunteers. Participants were asked to recall accounts of particular incidents which involved searching for a missing adult who could be considered ‘vulnerable’. The pur... Read More about Decision-making within missing person search.

A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars (2018)
Journal Article
Zhou, X., Sun, X., Wang, Q., & Sharples, S. (in press). A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars. Journal of Documentation, 74(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-05-2017-0079

Purpose: The current understanding of serendipity is based primarily on studies employing Westerners as participants, and it remains uncertain whether or not this understanding would be pervasive under different cultures, such as in China. In additio... Read More about A context-based study of serendipity in information research among Chinese scholars.

Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Porcheron, M., Fischer, J. E., Reeves, S., & Sharples, S. (2018). Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life. In CHI '18: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1-12). https://doi.org/10.1145/3173574.3174214

© 2018 Copyright is held by the owner/author(s). Voice User Interfaces (VUIs) are becoming ubiquitously available, being embedded both into everyday mobility via smartphones, and into the life of the home via 'assistant' devices. Yet, exactly how use... Read More about Voice Interfaces in Everyday Life.

Mental workload as personal data: designing a cognitive activity tracker (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, M. L., Sharon, N., Maior, H. A., Midha, S., Craven, M. P., & Sharples, S. (2018). Mental workload as personal data: designing a cognitive activity tracker. In CHI EA '18 Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3170665

Research continues to correlate physical signals with mental activity, as opposed to physical activity, with physiological sensors. Further, with the proliferation of wearable technology, it seems imminent that our smart watches can soon keep track o... Read More about Mental workload as personal data: designing a cognitive activity tracker.

Workload Alerts—Using Physiological Measures of Mental Workload to Provide Feedback During Tasks (2018)
Journal Article
Maior, H. A., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2018). Workload Alerts—Using Physiological Measures of Mental Workload to Provide Feedback During Tasks. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 25(2), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1145/3173380

Feedback is valuable for allowing us to improve on tasks. While retrospective feedback can help us improve for next time, feedback “in action” can allow us to improve the outcome of on-going tasks. In this paper, we use data from functional Near Infr... Read More about Workload Alerts—Using Physiological Measures of Mental Workload to Provide Feedback During Tasks.

Understanding is key: an analysis of factors pertaining to trust in a real-world automation system (2018)
Journal Article
Balfe, N., Sharples, S., & Wilson, J. R. (2018). Understanding is key: an analysis of factors pertaining to trust in a real-world automation system. Human Factors, 60(4), 477-495. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720818761256

Objective: This paper aims to explore the role of factors pertaining to trust in real-world automation systems through the application of observational methods in a case study from the railway sector. Background: Trust in automation is widely acknow... Read More about Understanding is key: an analysis of factors pertaining to trust in a real-world automation system.

How stress affects functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurements of mental workload (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Alsuraykh, N. H., Maior, H. A., Wilson, M. L., Tennent, P., & Sharples, S. (2018). How stress affects functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurements of mental workload. In CHI EA '18 Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3188646

Recent work has demonstrated that functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy has the potential to measure changes in Mental Workload with increasing ecological validity. It is not clear, however, whether these measurements are affected by anxiety and stre... Read More about How stress affects functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) measurements of mental workload.

Natural locomotion based on a reduced set of inertial sensors: decoupling body and head directions indoors (2018)
Journal Article
Bergamini, E., de la Rubia, E., Diaz-Estrella, A., Reyes-Lecuona, A., Langley, A., Brown, M., & Sharples, S. (2018). Natural locomotion based on a reduced set of inertial sensors: decoupling body and head directions indoors. PLoS ONE, 13(4), Article e0195191. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195191

Inertial sensors offer the potential for integration into wireless virtual reality systems that allow the users to walk freely through virtual environments. However, owing to drift errors, inertial sensors cannot accurately estimate head and body ori... Read More about Natural locomotion based on a reduced set of inertial sensors: decoupling body and head directions indoors.

A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing (2018)
Journal Article
Kruusimagi, M., Sharples, S., & Robinson, D. (2018). A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing. Building and Environment, 135, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2018.02.027

We have developed a spatiotemporal heating control algorithm for use in homes. This system utilises a combination of relatively low-tech hardware interfaced with electric heating systems and a smartphone interface to this hardware, and a central serv... Read More about A novel spatiotemporal home heating controller design: system emulation and field testing.

Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach (2018)
Journal Article
Kefalidou, G., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (in press). Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach. Cognition, Technology and Work, 20(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0452-0

Efficient asset maintenance is key for delivering services such as transport. Current rail maintenance processes have been mostly reactive with a recent shift towards exploring proactive modes. The introduction of new ubiquitous technologies and adva... Read More about Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach.

Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance (2017)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (in press). Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance. Cognition, Technology and Work, 19(4), 561–570. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-017-0451-1

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 is increasingly tempting (and in safety critical domai... Read More about Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance.

Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going? (2017)
Journal Article
Meng, X., Roberts, S., Cui, Y., Gao, Y., Chen, Q., Xu, C., …Bhatia, P. (2018). Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?. Transportation Planning and Technology, 41(1), 104-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03081060.2018.1402747

(2018) Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?, Transportation Planning and Technology, 41:1, 104-118, ABSTRACT While automotive original equipment manufacturers and IT companies... Read More about Required navigation performance for connected and autonomous vehicles: where are we now and where are we going?.

Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload (2017)
Journal Article
Marinescu, A., Sharples, S., Campbell Ritchie, A., Sanchez Lopez, T., McDowell, M., & Morvan, H. (in press). Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload. Human Factors, https://doi.org/10.1177/0018720817733101

Previous studies have examined how individual physiological measures respond to changes in mental demand and subjective reports of mental workload. This study explores the response of multiple physiological parameters, measured simultaneously and qua... Read More about Physiological parameter response to variation of mental workload.

Living with an autonomous spatiotemporal home heating system: exploration of the user experiences (UX) through a longitudinal technology intervention-based mixed-methods approach (2017)
Journal Article
Kruusimagi, M., Sharples, S., & Robinson, D. (2017). Living with an autonomous spatiotemporal home heating system: exploration of the user experiences (UX) through a longitudinal technology intervention-based mixed-methods approach. Applied Ergonomics, 65, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2017.06.017

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)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Kefalidou, G., & Sharples, S. (2018). A cross-sector analysis of human and organisational factors in the deployment of data-driven predictive maintenance. Information Systems and E-Business Management, 16(3), 627–648. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10257-017-0343-1

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)
Journal Article
Pickup, L., Lang, A., Atkinson, S., & Sharples, S. (in press). The dichotomy of the application of a systems approach in UK healthcare: the challenges and priorities for implementation. Ergonomics, 61(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2017.1306632

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)
Journal Article
Naghiyev, A., Sharples, S., Ryan, B., Coplestone, A., & Carey, M. (2017). Expert knowledge elicitation to generate human factors guidance for future European rail traffic management system (ERTMS) train driving models. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 231(10), 1141-1149. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409717695902

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.

"Do animals have accents?": Talking with agents in multi-party conversation (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Porcheron, M., Fischer, J. E., & Sharples, S. (2017). "Do animals have accents?": Talking with agents in multi-party conversation. In CSCW '17 Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing: Proceedings (207-219). https://doi.org/10.1145/2998181.2998298

In this paper we unpack the use of conversational agents, or so-called intelligent personal assistants (IPAs), in multi- party conversation amongst a group of friends while they are socialising in a café. IPAs such as Siri or Google Now can be found... Read More about "Do animals have accents?": Talking with agents in multi-party conversation.

What are the pros and cons of electronically monitoring inhaler use in asthma? A multistakeholder perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Howard, S., Lang, A. R., Sharples, S., & Shaw, D. E. (in press). What are the pros and cons of electronically monitoring inhaler use in asthma? A multistakeholder perspective. BMJ Open Respiratory Research, 3(1), Article e000159. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjresp-2016-000159

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)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (2016). Seeing the woods for the trees: the problem of information inefficiency and information overload on operator performance. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 49(19), 603-608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2016.10.628

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.

Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care (2016)
Journal Article
Pérez López, I., Brown, M., Pinchin, J., Martindale, S., Sharples, S., Shaw, D. E., & Blakey, J. (in press). Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, 73, 34-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2016.09.005

Objective: In this paper, we aim to evaluate the use of electronic technologies in Out of Hours (OoH) task-management for assisting the design of effective support systems in health care; targeting local facilities, wards or specific working groups.... Read More about Out of hours workload management: Bayesian inference for decision support in secondary care.

Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Golightly, D., Sanderson, D., Holmes, P., Ratchev, S., & Sharples, S. (2016). Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems. In ECCE '16: Proceedings of the European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1145/2970930.2970949

This paper examines 10 challenges for making automation a team player in the context of Evolvable Assembly Systems (EAS) with the aim of delivering requirements for effective hybrid human-automation decision making. Specific decision making use cases... Read More about Design requirements for effective hybrid decision making with Evolvable Assembly Systems.

Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Golightly, D., Sharples, S., Patel, H., & Ratchev, S. (2016). Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 55, 12-21

Cloud manufacturing adopts a cloud computing paradigm as the basis for delivering shared, on-demand manufacturing services. The result is customer-centric supply chains that can be configured for cost, quality, speed and customisation. While the tech... Read More about Manufacturing in the cloud: a human factors perspective.

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)
Journal Article
Howard, S., Lang, A. R., Sharples, S., & Shaw, D. E. (2017). See I told you I was taking it! - attitudes of adolescents with asthma towards a device monitoring their inhaler use: Implications for future design. Applied Ergonomics, 58, 224-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.06.018

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)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Wilson, J. R., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (2016). Alarm handling for health monitoring: operator strategies used in an electrical control room of a rail network. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part F: Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, 230(5), 1415-1428. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954409715593574

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.

Unsupervised labelling of sequential data for location identification in indoor environments (2016)
Journal Article
Pérez López, I., Pinchin, J., Brown, M., Blum, J., & Sharples, S. (in press). Unsupervised labelling of sequential data for location identification in indoor environments. Expert Systems with Applications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2016.06.003

In this paper we present indoor positioning within unknown environments as an unsupervised labelling task on sequential data. We explore a probabilistic framework relying on wireless network radio signals and contextual information, which is increasi... Read More about Unsupervised labelling of sequential data for location identification in indoor environments.

NightShift simulation to train newly qualified doctors in non-technical skills: a feasibility study (2016)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Pinchin, J., Valand, R., Larkin, C., Pattinson, J., Benning, K., …Blakey, J. (2016). NightShift simulation to train newly qualified doctors in non-technical skills: a feasibility study. Future Hospital Journal, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.3-2-94

There is growing evidence of greater rates of morbidity and mortality in hospitals during out-of-hours shifts, which appears to be exacerbated during the period in which newly qualified doctors commence work. In order to combat this issue, an online... Read More about NightShift simulation to train newly qualified doctors in non-technical skills: a feasibility study.

3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China (2016)
Journal Article
Wang, Q., Sun, X., Cobb, S., Lawson, G., & Sharples, S. (in press). 3D printing system: an innovation for small-scale manufacturing in home settings? – early adopters of 3D printing systems in China. International Journal of Production Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2016.1154211

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.

Encouraging serendipity in research: designing technologies to support connection-making (2016)
Journal Article
Kefalidou, G., & Sharples, S. (in press). Encouraging serendipity in research: designing technologies to support connection-making. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 89, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2016.01.003

Mobile applications have the ability to present information to users that is influenced by their surroundings, activities and interests. Such applications have the potential to influence the likelihood of individuals experiencing ‘serendipity’, throu... Read More about Encouraging serendipity in research: designing technologies to support connection-making.

Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs (2015)
Journal Article
Sharples, S., Shalloe, S., Burnett, G., & Crundall, D. (2016). Journey decision making: the influence on drivers of dynamic information presented on variable message signs. Cognition, Technology and Work, 18(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10111-015-0362-y

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)
Journal Article
Thomson, R., Martin, J. L., & Sharples, S. (2017). The experience of couples being given an oxygen concentrator to use at home: A longitudinal interpretative phenomenological analysis. Journal of Health Psychology, 22(6), 798-810. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105315615932

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)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Shaw, D. E., Sharples, S., Le Jeune, I., & Blakey, J. (2015). A survey-based cross-sectional study of doctors’ expectations and experiences of non-technical skills for out of hours work. BMJ Open, 5(2), Article e006102. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006102

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.

Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Maior, H. A., Pike, M., Sharples, S., & Wilson, M. L. (2015). Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks.

Recent efforts have shown that functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) has potential value for brain sensing in HCI user studies. Research has shown that, although large head movement significantly affects fNIRS data, typical keyboard use, mous... Read More about Examining the reliability of using fNIRS in realistic HCI settings for spatial and verbal tasks.

Exploring the Relationship between Location and Behaviour in Out of Hours Hospital Care (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Brown, M., Pinchin, J., Blum, J., Sharples, S., Shaw, D., Housley, G., …Blakey, J. (2014). Exploring the Relationship between Location and Behaviour in Out of Hours Hospital Care. In HCI International 2014 - Posters’ Extended Abstracts. HCI 2014. Proceedings, Part II (395-400). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07854-0_69

'Out of Hours' (OoH) hospital care involves a small number of doctors covering a very large number of patients. These doctors are working in stressful environments, performing complex tasks and making difficult task prioritisation decisions, yet litt... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Location and Behaviour in Out of Hours Hospital Care.

Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment (2014)
Journal Article
Balfe, N., Sharples, S., & Wilson, J. R. (2014). Impact of automation: measurement of performance, workload and behaviour in a complex control environment. Applied Ergonomics, 47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2014.08.002

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.

A framework to support human factors of automation in railway intelligent infrastructure (2014)
Journal Article
Dadashi, N., Wilson, J. R., Golightly, D., & Sharples, S. (in press). A framework to support human factors of automation in railway intelligent infrastructure. Ergonomics, 57(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2014.893026

Technological and organisational advances have increased the potential for remote access and proactive monitoring of the infrastructure in various domains and sectors – water and sewage, oil and gas and transport. Intelligent Infrastructure (II) is a... Read More about A framework to support human factors of automation in railway intelligent infrastructure.

Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device (2014)
Journal Article
Lang, A. R., Martin, J. L., Sharples, S., & Crowe, J. A. (2014). Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device. Patient Preference and Adherence, 2014(8), https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S59423

Purpose: This study investigates the psychosocial aspects of adolescent medical device use and the impact on adolescent adherence and goals for the transitional years between child and adulthood. Patients and methods: Interviews were carried out w... Read More about Medical device design for adolescent adherence and developmental goals: a case study of a cystic fibrosis physiotherapy device.

Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma (2014)
Journal Article
Howard, S., Lang, A., Patel, M. D. K., Sharples, S., & Shaw, D. E. (2014). Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma. Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews, 10(1), https://doi.org/10.2174/1573398X10666140429005007

The main treatment of asthma is inhaled corticosteroids. However adherence to these medications in asthma is often poor, with low adherence associated with excessive health care costs and an increased risk of emergency room visits and mortality. Alth... Read More about Electronic monitoring of adherence to inhaled medication in asthma.

The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study (2013)
Journal Article
Thomson, R., Martin, J. L., & Sharples, S. (2013). The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 13(467), Article 467. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-13-467

Background Increased life expectancy and the accompanying prevalence of chronic conditions have led to the focus and delivery of health care migrating from the hospital and into people’s homes. While previous studies have investigated the integratio... Read More about The psychosocial impact of home use medical devices on the lives of older people: a qualitative study.

Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Sharples, S., Harding, J., Parker, C., Bearman, N., Maguire, M., …Jackson, M. (2013). Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions. Applied Ergonomics, 44(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2012.10.013

The use of Geographic Information or GI, has grown rapidly in recent years. Previous research has identified the importance of usability and user centred design in enabling the proliferation and exploitation of GI. However, the design and developme... Read More about Usability of Geographic Information: current challenges and future directions.

Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information (2013)
Journal Article
Brown, M., Sharples, S., & Harding, J. (2013). Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 71(6), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2013.01.004

As the use of Geographic Information (GI) is becoming more widespread, the usability of GI is being recognised as an important issue. However, exploring the usability of information products brings with it a range of problems that are not easily han... Read More about Introducing PEGI: a usability process for the practical evaluation of Geographic Information.

Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies (2013)
Journal Article
Sun, X., Golightly, D., Cranwell, J., Bedwell, B. D., & Sharples, S. (2013). Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies. International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.4018/jmhci.2013040104

Mobile device-based diary studies have potential as contextual data capture methods that address the limitations of the traditional paper-based diary method. While there have been a number of studies that demonstrate the power of the mobile device-ba... Read More about Participant experiences of mobile device-based diary studies.

A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Keane, D., Craven, M. P., & Sharples, S. (2012). A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences. In Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2012, Blackpool, UK, 16-19 April 2012 (161-168)

A vignette study was conducted to examine attitudes in a student population with respect to three different types of diagnostic procedure (blood test, imaging procedure and invasive procedure) and three different disease areas (coronary, gastroentero... Read More about A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences.

A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Keane, D., Craven, M., & Sharples, S. (2012). A vignette study examining the effects of different types of diagnostic procedure and information provision preferences. In M. Anderson (Ed.), Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2012: Proceedings of the international conference on Ergonomics & Human Factors 2012, Blackpool, UK, 16-19 April 2012. https://doi.org/10.1201/b11933

Medical device design in context: a model of user–device interaction and consequences (2012)
Journal Article
Sharples, S., Martin, J. L., Lang, A., Craven, M. P., O'Neil, S., & Barnett, J. (2012). Medical device design in context: a model of user–device interaction and consequences. Displays, 33(4-5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.displa.2011.12.001

The practice of evaluating interaction with devices is embedded in disciplines such as human-computer interaction and cognitive ergonomics, including concepts such as affordances, error analysis, skill, rule and knowledge based behaviour and decision... Read More about Medical device design in context: a model of user–device interaction and consequences.

The use of vignettes for conducting healthcare research (2012)
Book Chapter
Keane, D., Lang, A. R., Craven, M. P., & Sharples, S. (2012). The use of vignettes for conducting healthcare research. In V. G. Duffy (Ed.), Advances in human aspects of healthcare. San Franciso, USA: CRC Press

Improving healthcare requires engaging with clinicians and patients in order to better understand their needs and expectations. Research methods that are used to conduct healthcare research are selected on the basis of study objectives and practicali... Read More about The use of vignettes for conducting healthcare research.

Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation (2009)
Conference Proceeding
Lawson, G., Sharples, S., Clarke, D., & Cobb, S. (2009). Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation.

This paper presents development work on a new approach for predicting the human response to an emergency situation. The study builds upon an initial investigation in which 20 participants were asked to predict what actions they would take in the eve... Read More about Development of a technique for predicting the human response to an emergency situation.