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Publications by Peter J. Kennedy (bibliography)

1995

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Ayyagari, Vamsi, Canaday, April, Hansen, Dan, Kennedy, Peter J., Mastrangelo, Francine and Moschowsky, Daria (1995): Automated Rate-Rest Reminder. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. p. 942.

“Because people expend energy while working, it is reasonable to expect that rest periods will be beneficial. It has also been hypothesized by D. L. Fisher et. al., (Human Factors, 35(2), 283-304.) that the rate-rest profile might be manipulated in a way that will result in increased productivity. This paper describes a software implementation of that hypothesis intended for computer users. This computer implementation is designed to periodically remind the computer operator (unobtrusively) to take a short break, suggest some appropriate relaxation activities (stand up, stretch, focus eyes at a distance, and in general change positions), and inform (educate) the user that cumulative trauma disorders (CTDs) may be exacerbated by poor posture and uncomfortable or ergonomically incorrect working positions.”

1987

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Bender, Walter, Crespo, Ruth Ann, Kennedy, Peter J. and Oakley, Richard (1987): CRT Typeface Design and Evaluation. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 31st Annual Meeting 1987. pp. 1311-1314.

“Reading text from a video display screen is a relatively new modality of human communication. This new technology presents advantages and limitations never considered in the design of typefaces for printed communication. It is well know that people read faster from printed text than from a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT). This paper discussed some of the current work to improve CRT readability. Specifically, we have developed software to be used by a typography designer to design anti-aliased (or "grayscale") CRT typefaces. A new anti-aliased typeface was designed and tested for readability. It was found that readability was significantly improved with this new typeface. This paper describes some of our recent work in this area. The typeface design software and examples of text rendered in a new typeface will be demonstrated on an analog color display.”

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