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Informationen zum Autor Pedro Arezes is a full professor on Human Factors Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Minho (UMinho), in Portugal. He is also a visiting scholar at MIT and Harvard University, in the USA. He coordinates the Human Engineering research group at the UMinho, and his research interests are in the domain of Safety, Human Factors Engineering and Ergonomics. Dr. Arezes is also the current National Director of the MIT Portugal Program, a government strategic partnership between Portuguese Universities, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and partners from industry and government. He was the supervisor of more than 70 MSc. theses at several universities,11 completed PhD theses, and the host supervisor of some post-doc projects with colleagues coming from different countries, such as Brazil, Poland, and Turkey. He is the (co-)author of more than 50 papers published in international peer-reviewed journals, author/editor of more than 40 books published internationally, as well as the (co-)author of more than 250 papers published in international conference proceedings with peer-review. Zusammenfassung This book will be helpful to get acquainted with the state-of-the-art in occupational health and safety research, as well as with some practical tools and approaches that are currently used by OSH-professionals in a global context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword, Occupational exposure assessment to particles with task-based approach, Trends of Volatile Organic Compounds in different indoor microenvironments: A review, Climate changes influence in occupational exposure to fungi and mycotoxins, Changes of air temperature and its effects on student’s health, Biomechanical analysis of the manual handling of fertilizers in silvicultural operations, in mountainous regions, Exposure to emissions from cleaning products in primary schools: A test chamber study, Analysis of overload in the musculoskeletal system of women developing repetitive tasks in fluid filling process in chemical industry, Communication strategies in Occupational Safety and Health training for foreign university students: A case study, The Portuguese anthropometric database comparison, Human systems engineering approach for safety and risk management of complex systems design, Assessment of gaseous pollutants in a preschool environment, Influence of psychosocial factors in the pain symptoms, Development of ergonomic sofas for labor rest areas, Performance evaluation in teaching environments on climate change, Firefighter’s occupational exposure to PM2.5 and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Influence of temperatures’ variation on students’ productivity, The workaholism as an obstacle to safety and well-being in the workplace, Chemical risk in the footwear industry, The noise exposure of workers of the footwear industry, Air quality in teaching lab: Perception of students and analysis of Particulate Matter, Perceptive assessment in viability of job rotation at a footwear industry, Risk assessment in a chemical laboratory, Shaping a work safety by use of the 5S methodology, Comfort requirements assessment on indoor environmental quality in hospital’s ICU, Noise perception of male motorcycle police officers in João Pessoa, Brazil, Work environmental conditions (noise and vibrations) in a professional conservatory of dance in Spain, Good management practices of the waste and of the health and the safety conditions in the constructive process: Sustainability, social responsibility and ethical business activity, Organizational culture—decisive factor for safety and health at work in construction companies, Verification of project requirements that influence workers’ health in the development of industrial equipment, Prevalence of symptoms of musculoskeletal injuries related to the work of caregiver—case study of a social institution, “Safety and health” as a criterion in the choice of tunnelli...
