Human interfaces

It is common when adopting the TQM philosophy to regard all human interfaces as customer-supplier interfaces. When executed wisely this can have a beneficial effect on internal efficiency and effectiveness, but there are pitfalls to avoid. In a customer-supplier chain, the expectations of the external customer can be modified with each transaction, as illustrated in Figure 1.2. 

Patents on Algorithms Patents on Human Interfaces Patents on Machine-Machine Interfaces Patents on Data Structures... 

Visible Human Interface Anatomically detailed, three-dimensional representations of normal male and female human bodies ... 

The general equipment used can range from very simple columns and test tubes to elaborate pumps, columns, detectors, and fraction collectors automatically controlled by a computer with an appropriate human interface. Minimal equipment is sufficient for exploratory work or one-time development cycles more sophisticated equipment is beneficial for laboratories engaged in more intensive development. A modest set of useful equipment includes 1) peristaltic pump 2) end-over-end tube rotator 3) fraction collector and 4) spectrophotometer (UV visible). 

Raskin, J. The Humane Interface - New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems. Addison-Wesley, Reading (2000)... 

Public domain software for human interfacing to computers. ... 

However, as of today, there are not as many users for computers as for the spectrometers, although the number is on the increasing trend. The reason for less number of users is that the computers have not developed into a black-box like spectrometers, where one can derive outputs for analysis with least interaction with the machine. This handicap is being removed by the recent advances in information processing and the human interfacing technology. 

In proportion to the importance of the catalyst materials, experimental information on their synthesis, characterization and catalytic properties are accumulating over the years. Databases of such information could be generated and further expert system approach can be applied to optimally utilize this information for the catalyst design. Relations between the observations and inferences are expressed as mathematical expressions. These independent and interdependent mathematical expressions which relate observations to the inferences are used in the decision-making steps for predictions. Finally the recent achievements in the human interfacing technology with computers - for e g., one can talk to the molecules simulated in computer, command their motions just by waving his hands, etc. have to be seen to be believed. 

Ziegler E (1980) Laboratory computer systems and the role of the human interface. Anal Chim Acta 122 315-322. 

Changing equipment from that originally installed may involve changes in the human interface and the operating characteristics. Both of these could lead to an increase in errors these changes may also be a source of improved capabilities and hence improved performance if propCTly incorporated into procedures and training. 

The toxicology of the Cd-based materials increases as CdS < Si < CdTe < Cd < CdO. That is, Cd compounds such as CdS and CdTe are less toxic than Cd, while CdO is more toxic than Cd. Accordingly more systematic studies are needed on the toxicology of the materials described in this chapter for thin-film solar cell appUcations because the increase of their use in PV systems wiU involve extensive human interfaces. 

The available human interfaces (editors, browsers, etc.) of the Web are friendly and easy to use, making it open for everyone. The Web technology supports different national languages and character... 

Nondestructive inspection (NDI) includes a set of techniques to enhance the ability to detect small and/or hidden malfunctions. One set of NDI techniques is those that enhance what is essentially still a visual inspection task, such as X ray, fluorescent particle, magnetic particle, or D Sight. They show cracks that are very small (fluorescent particle) or hidden within other structures (X ray). Apart from the steps necessary to ensure a good image, they have many of the human interface characteristics of visual inspection. The other set of NDI techniques is focused on specific malfunctions in specific locations, such as eddy current and ultrasound. For this reason, they are useful only for detection of malfunctions already predicted to exist. In practice, such NDI techniques are much more procedur-alized than visual inspection or NDI techiriques, which contain a human visual inspection component. 

Person the human or humans interfacing with the product or process at each test or inspection... 

One exciting area of use for sound synthesis is in augmenting, enhancing, and perhaps reinventing traditional computer/human interfaces. The WIMP Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) paradigm, controlled by the computer mouse and keyboard and displayed on a display screen, has had many years of development and success. But there must be more to life than WIMP. Also, the emergence of cell phones and PDAs (personal digital assistants, palmtops, etc.) has made the display, mouse, and keyboard less important, impossible. 

Instrumented human interface Overt human action (e.g., keys pressed) Task performers Applicable hardware and software Design Postdevelopment... 

Instrumented human-interface techniques These techniques are used to passively and unobtrusively collect objective data on task performance and the procedures by instrumenting human-machine interfaces. These techniques are used to record the timing, sequences, and frequencies of explicit actions. These can, for example, model navigation through a website using search and hyperlink actions or the low-... 

In order to highlight the principle of people-oriented , humanization interface is set up to... 

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