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Is conditionally automated driving a bad idea? Observations from an on-road study in automated vehicles with multiple levels of driving automation 有条件自动驾驶是个坏主意吗？对具有多级驾驶自动化的自动驾驶车辆进行的道路研究观察结果

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-19 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104617

Soyeon Kim , Fjollë Novakazi , I.C. MariAnne Karlsson

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Assessment of individual and dyadic workload of student and instructor pilots in real and simulated flight: An exploratory study 真实和模拟飞行中学员和教官飞行员的个体和二元工作量评估：一项探索性研究

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104606

E. van Weelden , T.J. Wiltshire , M. Alimardani , M.M. Louwerse , R.N. Roy , F. Dehais

{"title":"Assessment of individual and dyadic workload of student and instructor pilots in real and simulated flight: An exploratory study","authors":"E. van Weelden , T.J. Wiltshire , M. Alimardani , M.M. Louwerse , R.N. Roy , F. Dehais","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104606","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104606","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Flight instructors are vital in the training of novice pilots. Just as the mental workload in student pilots fluctuates during training, so does the mental workload of the instructors, affecting their dyadic performance and judgment. This paper explored how training environments (simulated vs. real flight), flight control conditions (student pilot flying vs. monitoring), and flight phases (take-off vs. downwind vs. landing) could affect mental workload in student and instructor pilots, as well as their interpersonal coordination through electrocardiography (ECG) based measures. Student pilots performed four consecutive standard flight traffic patterns with an instructor in a simulator and in real flight, under different flight control conditions of varying workload demands, while their ECG signals were recorded. The results indicated different patterns of interpersonal coordination between simulated and real flight. The other experimental variables, i.e., flight control and flight phase, mostly had an effect on participants’ heart rate and heart rate variability. In accordance with the existing literature, heart rate increased in high workload conditions and flight phases, whilst heart rate variability decreased. Additionally, we observed a linear relationship between subjective workload and physiological synchrony which indicates that student-instructor coordination increased as the student pilot experienced more mental workload in the flight tasks. The current study highlights that individual workload as well as dyadic workload, measured through cardiac signals, can be used to evaluate student-instructor coordination during flight training as an indicator of training outcomes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"129 ","pages":"Article 104606"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144852633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Influence of compression stockings with different compression classes on lower leg edema and perceived discomfort during a two-hour static standing exposure – a pilot study 在两小时的静态站立暴露中，不同压缩等级的压缩袜对下肢水肿和感觉不适的影响-一项试点研究

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104621

Tessy Luger , Nicole Bott , Robert Seibt, Julia Gabriel, Anne Griese, Angela N. Enghofer, Monika A. Rieger, Benjamin Steinhilber

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VR/AR in ergonomics and workspace design: a dual-perspective analysis of applications and implications VR/AR在人体工程学和工作空间设计中的应用和影响的双重视角分析

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104612

Ashish Kumar Singh

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The benefits of automation transparency are dependent on human attention control capacity 自动化透明度的好处取决于人的注意力控制能力

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104619

Isabella Gegoff, Monica Tatasciore, Vanessa K. Bowden, Shayne Loft

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Are directional or non-directional hazard warnings more helpful for drivers with homonymous visual field loss? 方向性或非方向性危险警告对同向视野丧失的驾驶员更有帮助吗？

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104615

Yustina Kang , Alex R. Bowers , Jing Xu

{"title":"Are directional or non-directional hazard warnings more helpful for drivers with homonymous visual field loss?","authors":"Yustina Kang , Alex R. Bowers , Jing Xu","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104615","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104615","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>People with homonymous visual field loss (HVFL), the loss of vision in the same half of the visual field in both eyes, are permitted to drive in some jurisdictions. However, the HVFL may cause delayed responses to hazards from the side of their vision loss (blind side). Warnings that indicate hazard direction may be beneficial. This study compared the effects of directional and nondirectional vibrotactile warnings on gaze behaviors and driving responses to pedestrian hazards in a driving simulator. Directional warnings consisted of vibrations on either the left or right side of the seat cushion to indicate the direction of an approaching hazard, while nondirectional warnings provided vibrations on both sides. Warnings were triggered at a 3-s time-to-collision, allowing HVFL drivers time to react. Both warning types were equally efficacious in reducing blind side collisions, with no difference in hazard brake response times. However, differences in gaze fixation behaviors suggest that participants with HVFL used the directional information, as they self-reported, to guide their gaze toward hazards on the blind side. Directional warnings were strongly preferred and resulted in quicker fixations on hazards.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"129 ","pages":"Article 104615"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144809906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Advancing sociotechnical systems theory: New principles for human-robot team design and development 推进社会技术系统理论：人机团队设计和开发的新原则

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-08-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104604

Karyne C.S. Ang , Shankar Sankaran , Dikai Liu

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Predicting drivers’ takeover time for safe and comfortable vehicle control transitions: The role of spare capacity and driver characteristics 预测驾驶员对安全舒适车辆控制转换的接管时间：备用容量和驾驶员特征的作用

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104603

Kexin Liang , Simeon C. Calvert , Sina Nordhoff , Ming Li , J.W.C. van Lint

{"title":"Predicting drivers’ takeover time for safe and comfortable vehicle control transitions: The role of spare capacity and driver characteristics","authors":"Kexin Liang , Simeon C. Calvert , Sina Nordhoff , Ming Li , J.W.C. van Lint","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104603","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104603","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Conditionally automated driving requires drivers to resume vehicle control within constrained time budgets upon receiving takeover requests. Accurately predicting drivers’ takeover time (ToT) is essential for dynamically adjusting time budgets to individual needs across scenarios. This study addresses enduring challenges in reliability and interpretability of ToT prediction models by optimizing predictor selection. Using a driving simulator experiment, we examine the relationship between ToT, driver characteristics, and perceived Spare Capacity (pSC, a cognitive construct from Task-Capability Interface theory) using Category Boosting models. Results show that (i) incorporating 13 additional driver characteristics does not significantly improve prediction accuracy when pSC is already considered; and (ii) individual characteristics influence how drivers cognitively process takeover scenarios, and their predictive contribution likely overlaps with pSC. These findings suggest that monitoring cognitive states may be more effective for ToT prediction than extensive profiling of driver characteristics. This study provides a critical first step toward predictive frameworks for adaptive takeover strategies and offers guidance for designing personalized human–vehicle interactions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"129 ","pages":"Article 104603"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144739736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Systematic review of electrical worker competency interventions: A systems-thinking perspective 电力工人能力干预的系统回顾：系统思考的视角

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104600

David Waugh , Sharon Newnam , David Rodwell

{"title":"Systematic review of electrical worker competency interventions: A systems-thinking perspective","authors":"David Waugh , Sharon Newnam , David Rodwell","doi":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104600","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104600","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Around the world, electrical industries implement various systems of regulation to control the inherent risks of working with electricity, including worker licencing. However, being licensed and being competent are not synonymous. Electrical worker competence, specified in this study as including skills, knowledge and attitudes, is crucial to ensuring worker safety. This paper details the results of a systematic review exploring the characteristics and safety outcomes of electrical worker competence interventions. The results are then mapped onto a systems-thinking framework, PreventiMap, to explore the breadth of electrical competence interventions across system levels and what relationships, if any, exist between interventions. Eighteen articles met the inclusion criteria and were included in the review. The methodological quality of the included studies was assessed using the Downs and Black checklist. The PreventiMap showed a predominance of worker competence interventions at the frontline worker. Of the 25 identified interventions, only 2 were mapped in levels outside the frontline worker system level. The quality of the included studies was low reflecting the challenges faced by effectiveness studies of complex interventions in workplace settings. Consistent with previous research, the results of this study highlight electrical worker competency interventions as being reductionist in nature; focusing primarily on the frontline worker level, and with minimal focus on relationships between interventions at different system levels. Accordingly, recommendations are made for research investigating the vertical integration of interventions, particularly those that include interventions at higher system levels.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":55502,"journal":{"name":"Applied Ergonomics","volume":"129 ","pages":"Article 104600"},"PeriodicalIF":3.4,"publicationDate":"2025-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724023","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Exploring the impacts of tactical vest load mass on the relationship between balance control capability and rifle marksmanship in soldiers 探讨战术背心载荷质量对士兵平衡控制能力与步枪射击技术关系的影响

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Applied Ergonomics Pub Date : 2025-07-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104609

Kangwon Kim , Woojin Park

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