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ReferencesNavigation arrowAuthorsNavigation arrowMichael A. Rodriguez

Publication statistics

Pub. period:1991-2011
Pub. count:4
Number of co-authors:5



Co-authors

Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

Maryamossadat N. Mahani:1
John W. Keller:1
Donna J. Caccamise:1

 

 

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Michael A. Rodriguez's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

Bruce P. Hallbert:4
Jerry L. Harbour:4
John W. Keller:3
 
 
 
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Rodriguez, Michael A. and Mahani, Maryamossadat N. (2011): Accessibility for People with Disabilities: Where Technology Helps and How Certain Disabilities are Being Left Behind. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 55th Annual Meeting 2011. pp. 1691-1695.

“Considering the number of people with disabilities and also the increasing size of the aging population that will encounter age-related impairments, it becomes important to address the extent to which public places and workplace environments are made accessible and usable for people with disabilities. To address this issue we conducted practice-oriented research to gain an understanding of different tools and services that are available to people with disabilities in public places and typical work environments. Our goal is that by gaining an understanding of the current availabilities and missed opportunities, we will be able to identify the areas of potential improvement for enhancing accessibility. Our research suggests three areas in which to improve accessibility in public places and workplace environments: electronic/information technology (i.e., Section 508, WCAG, etc.), physical access (i.e., ADA), and physical design of equipment and tools (i.e., Section 508). The results indicate two major areas that cause the most problems for people with certain types of disabilities. One problem area is the design of equipment and other consumer products. The other is Web pages that are not designed in accordance with the accessibility requirements. These cause serious problems for people with mechanical and visual disabilities.”

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2009
 
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Rodriguez, Michael A. (2009): How Much Can a Person Really Lift? Tailoring Lifting Guidelines for Specific Tasks. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 53rd Annual Meeting 2009. pp. 1554-1558.

“How much can a person lift? Human factors/ergonomics experts get this question all the time and we all know there is no easy answer. Unfortunately, many companies are forced to use an all-encompassing lifting limit that is safe for all people in all situations. Since a general lifting limit does not take into account any of the relative specific variables it will almost certainly be overly restrictive for any specific application. At InfoPrint the corporate lifting limits were unnecessarily restrictive for the specific task of lifting network printers which created inefficiencies in the development process. Therefore, a set of more specific corporate lifting guidelines for printers were developed for workgroup laser printers which streamlined the printer development and approval process.”

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1992
 
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Hallbert, Bruce P., Rodriguez, Michael A., Harbour, Jerry L., Caccamise, Donna J. and Keller, John W. (1992): Development of Job Performance Aids to Increase Human Performance Reliability: A Case Study in the Evaluation of Human Factors Principles. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. pp. 1138-1142.

“A study of criticality safety, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy, was conducted by Scientech Inc. at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons facility. The study concluded that human performance is the driving factor in the risk of an inadvertent criticality incident at the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP). A study of the infractions which have occurred at this facility bears this point out. A human factors team was established to identify a means of reducing human error in every day operations. The team determined that the posted instructions near each work area are key to operators having a clear understanding of operating requirements. An evaluation of the posted instructions revealed that they were very complex, required operators to monitor multiple parameters, and resulted in the operators' attention being divided between operational tasks and the task of monitoring nuclear safety parameters. Alternative graphics, textual, and graphics and textual formats combined with color coding were developed to improve comprehensibility, understandability, controllability, and usability in the Job Performance Aids (JPAs). Results of field tests of the different formats provide clear indication that operators prefer short, concise textual statements summarizing important information over both other formats. Although operators indicated interest in the graphics formats, the magnitude of change in presentation techniques and the generalizability of the icons argued against their immediate use. Issues in the development of candidate JPAs and other usability requirements are discussed.”

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1991
 
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Rodriguez, Michael A. (1991): What Makes a Warning Label Salient?. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 35th Annual Meeting 1991. pp. 1029-1033.

“Existing research indicates warning labels are generally ineffective due to users ignoring them. One goal of the present experiment was to illustrate the importance that warning labels be as salient as possible. Features of salience examined in past research are size of the label, location, bold print, etc. The present study tests the effectiveness of warning label color and shape in terms of subject compliance, retention of label details, and perception of danger level. Results indicated that a written label surrounded by a shape resulted in higher compliance than a label with no surrounding shape. Color had significant effects only when used in conjunction with shape. A red label elicited a higher rating of potential danger, with green next, and black and white the lowest. A red octagon was significantly more effective than other combinations in terms of invoking a greater retention of label detail and also drawing higher ratings of perceived danger. A neutral shape elicited both lower subject compliance and fewer compliance points.”

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Publication statistics

Pub. period:1991-2011
Pub. count:4
Number of co-authors:5



Co-authors

Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

Maryamossadat N. Mahani:1
John W. Keller:1
Donna J. Caccamise:1

 

 

Productive colleagues

Michael A. Rodriguez's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

Bruce P. Hallbert:4
Jerry L. Harbour:4
John W. Keller:3
 
 
 
Jun 20

“ ...that strange new zone between medium and message. That zone we call the interface ”

-- Steven Johnson, 1997

 
 

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Read the fascinating history of Wearable Computing, told by its father, Steve Mann

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