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Is utility in the mind of the beholder? A review of ergonomics methods
No full textThis paper reviews the use of ergonomics methods in the context of usability of consumer products. A review of the literature indicated that there is upward of 60 methods available to the ergonomist. The results of the survey indicated that questionnaires, interviews and observation are the most frequently reported methods used. Ease of use of the methods was dependent upon type of method used, presence of software support and type of training received. Strong links were found between questionnaires and interviews as a combined approach, as well as with HTA and observation. However, a questionnaire survey of professional ergonomists found that none of the respondents had any documented evidence of the reliability and validity of the methods they were using. A study of training people to use ergonomics' methods indicated the different requirements of the approaches, in terms of training time, application time and subjective preferences. An important goal for future research is to establish the reliability and validity of ergonomics methods
Byrne Stanton letter to A.B. Stanson, January 16, 1904
No full textLetter from Byrne Stanton of Cincinnati, son of Dr. Benjamin Stanton of Salem, Ohio, to A. B. Stanson at the Periodical Division of the Library of Congress, in response to Stanson's recent inquiry concerning Lundy's anti-slavery periodicals. The letter details Lundy's publishing history and involvement in the abolitionist movement, leading up to his publication of the Genius of Universal Emancipation in 1821. A. B. Stanson, it seems, has been interested in acquiring a complete collection of the papers for the Library of Congress. Benjamin Lundy (1789-1839) was a prominent Quaker abolitionist best known for his development of abolitionist periodicals. His Genius of Universal Emancipation was first published in 1821 from his home in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, and enjoyed a wide circulation across the antebellum United States. In the 1820s, the young William Lloyd Garrison came to work for The Genius. Benjamin Lundy traveled widely seeking subscriptions to The Genius, giving talks about the anti-slavery movement, and observing and documenting the conditions of enslaved people across the Americas. He was also involved in the establishment of freed slave colonies in Mexico
Rosemary Stanton on ethical eating
No full textThere once was a time when what to have for dinner was a simple choice, decided by cost and availability. But no longer. In a world with increasingly diminishing resources, eating is now complicated by a range of social, environmental and agricultural concerns. Choosing our food is getting confusing, but here, talking at UTS in Sydney, nutritionist Rosemary Stanton gives some practical advice on ethical eating. She is joined by researcher Dana Cordell, who\u27s been studying the environmental implications of the decreasing supply of phosperous in Australia and the world. The event is chaired by Prof. Stuart White from UTS\u27s Institute for Sustainable Futures, and presented as part of the UTSpeaks Series.
Professor Stuart White has been researching sustainability for the last twenty years. In 1998 he was a member of the NSW Task Force on Water Conservation.
Dr Rosemary Stanton is a nutritionist and author of numerous books on the topic of healthy eating. She is also a member of the NSW Health Department\u27s Food Advisory Committee.
Dana Cordell is a senior researcher and doctoral student at the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is also co-founder of the Global Phosphorus Research Initiative.
 
The unburiable: Representations of pain and violence in selected works of Sarah Kane and Caryl Churchill
No full textIn this thesis I intend to answer the question of how representations of pain and violence in the selected plays of Kane and Churchill assist the critical understanding of those works. The works I have selected are Sarah Kane’s Blasted and Caryl Churchill’s Seven Jewish Children: A play for Gaza. To assist the understanding of the spectator and to enable me to engage with the plays in closer detail I draw on a selection of theories from the philosophers Judith Butler and Arne Johan Vetlesen. In particular I discuss Butler’s theorisation of grief, vulnerability and responsibility to (and for) the Other. I also discuss Vetlesen’s responses to pain and torture, with emphasis on his notions of pain transference. From my reading and analysis of the plays, I find that both works provoke a complex set of responses to issues of communal responsibility and identity. The reference in the title to ‘the unburiable’ is a term coined by Butler to explain the efforts of some people to dehumanise the Other. Applying the theoretical ideas of Butler and Vetlesen to the plays provides a way to negotiate the fragile gap between those that matter and those who have become the unburiable
Memo from Rex J. Stanton, Supt., Heart Mountain Relocation Projec,t to Mr. Shoji Nagumo, January 16, 1943
No full textMemorandum of understanding from Rex Stanton to Shoji Nagumo regarding a job opening for a plumber-fireman position at Heart Mountain incarceration camp.The Japanese American Archival Collection documents the people, places, and daily life of Japanese Americans, primarily those who lived in the once thriving community of pre-war Florin in the Sacramento region, as well as the conditions in American incarceration camps during World War II. The approximately 7,000 original items include personal and official letters, photographs, diaries, arts and crafts, newsletters, textiles, camps artifacts, yearbooks and other publications
Pets and well-being: A replication study
No full textThis study will be a replication of a previous study completed by these researchers: "The impact of self-expansion, perceived pet responsiveness, perceived pet insensitivity, and attachment on variability of well-being outcomes in pet owners." and formally add Dr. Sarah Stanton to the project
Learning to predict human error: issues of reliability, validity and acceptability
No full textHuman Error Identification (HEI) techniques have been used to predict human error in high risk environments for the past two decades. Despite the lack of supportive evidence for their efficacy, their popularity remains unabated. The application of these approaches is ever-increasing, to include product assessment. The authors feel that it is necessary to prove that the predictions are both reliable and valid before the approaches can be recommended with any confidence. This paper provides evidence to suggest that human error identification techniques in general, and SHERPA in particular, may be acquired with relative ease and can provide reasonable error predictions
Land Deed, Washington County, Rhode Island , Samuel Stanton to Perry Healy, March 28, 1829
No full textThis deed, dated March 28, 1829, sells and transfers a parcel of land in the Towns of Charleston and Waterly in Washington County, Rhode Island owned by Samuel Stanton to Terry Healy for the sum of five hundred and ninety dollars. The deed describes the parcel of land sold and forfeits any rights that Sarah Stanton, Samuel Stanton had over the land. The deed is signed by Thomas Hoxie, Samuel Stanton, and Sarah Stanton and witnessed by Stephen Stanton. The deed was recorded in to the Wavery 16th Book of Records for land Evidence on pages 414 and 415 on April 16, 1829 by the town clerk, Stephen Wilcox.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-original-manuscripts/1074/thumbnail.jp
The Secrets of Happy Couples: Lessons from Psychology (2021 ESRC Festival of Social Science)
No full textThese talks were presented as part of the 2021 ESRC Festival of Social Science online event "The Secrets of Happy Couples: Lessons from Psychology." The speakers were Dr Sarah Stanton (University of Edinburgh), Dr Veronica Lamarche (University of Essex), and Dr Kathleen Carswell (Durham University). The moderator was Taranah Gazder (University of Edinburgh)
Efficacy of a map on search, orientation and access behaviour in a hypermedia system
No full textMany researchers have proposed hypertext and hypermedia as superior learning environments over traditional linear-based approaches. At the same time, reports of disorientation amongst students working in these environments has become a topic of major concern. The study reported in this paper sets out to investigate the efficacy of the provision of maps on students' ability to search, orientation and access information in a hypertext-based learning task. The domain used required students to learn about the theory of tectonic plates. The results indicate that the greater use of maps led to less relevant searching behaviour and less effective search effort. In conclusion, it is argued that the concept of the spatial metaphor has not served the designers and students of hypertext and hypermedia environments well. Further, it is proposed that designers of non-linear learning environments would be better served by concentrating on the fundamental usability of their systems rather than attempting to introduce navigational aids, which themselves are a symptom of poor design
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