Make the most of your retirement;: Where to go, what to do, how much it costs

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money-saving answers.......2000-04-27

I took this book out of a library and then decided that I needed to buy it! I couldn't put it down. The instructions for saving retirement monies from taxes are very clear. I'm going to do as it says immediately.

extremely helpful.......1999-03-24

The book discussed so many subjects that I have been looking for answers in. From estate planning to investment tips. I am glad I bought this book

Pass on this one........1998-11-08

Would pass on this one...lots of words but not very informative..

Your Retirement and How to Make the Most of It

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Your Retirement and How to Make the Most of It
Rosemary Brown
Manufacturer: Kogan Page
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ASIN: 0749420448

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The Rules of Work provides the reader with a useful guide for solving ergonomics problems. It is written for those professionals who understand the basic theories of ergonomics and are ready to put them into practice. Tools essential for implementing and managing an ergonomically sound environment are provided. For instance, the book provides a methodology for assessing the safety program of a workplace. It also outlines the main procedures and protocols for identifying and treating employees with injuries due to ergonomic flaws. Unlike many other books on the subject, this book goes beyond the manufacturing environment and covers office ergonomics as well. The focus is on the safety and health of the individual worker. This text is essential for ergonomists and industrial health and safety professionals.

Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering And Design

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Human Factors Methods: A Practical Guide for Engineering And Design

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Sitting on the Job: A Practical Survival Guide for People....

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Reduce Repetitive Stress

Sitting on the Job: A Practical Survival Guide for People....
Scott W. Donkin
Manufacturer: Basic Health Publications
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ASIN: 159120013X

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Sitting on the Job is a lifesaver for anyone who works in an office. No longer does the sedentary worker have to suffer from tingling or aching hands, neck or back pain, headaches or fatigue that can be so debilitating. Dr. Scott W. Donkin details the many variables that must be considered so that workers who sit for many hours a day can function effectively in a supportive and healthy work environment. For instance, each work station needs to be individually adjusted to suit the particular worker's body, lighting must be appropriate to the specific task, and there shouldn't be drafts or distracting noises. Dr. Donkin discusses all the possible physical ailments and conditions that can arise from poor working conditions and then offers ways to cure or prevent them. He points out the many negative effects of stress and what can be done to alleviate it. Perhaps the most practical chapter in the book details the many things to do to help counteract the physical effects of sitting. For example, Dr. Donkin recommends taking frequent micro-breaks to counteract tension buildup and fatigue in muscles and eyes. Stretching fingers, wrists and hands and looking into the distance several times an hour can significantly reduce strain. Illustrations are used effectively throughout the book to show problems and provide practical solutions.

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Reduce Repetitive Stress.......2005-10-02

Very easy to read. Written in lay terms this book explains ergonomics in the office environment. Clear and concise descriptions of the body's workings and limitations are coupled with practical instructions on how to modify your office for you to function efficiently within those parameters. The application of the recommendations will go a long way to improving performance by minimizing fatigue and preventing repetitive stress trauma.

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Great beginner book for ergonimics, easy to follow, and read

Ergonomics: A Practical Guide

Manufacturer: National Safety Council
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Fitting The Task To The Human, Fifth Edition: A Textbook Of Occupational Ergonomics

ASIN: 0879121688

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This manual helps safety and health professionals identify and correct ergonomics problems in the workplace. It shows how to analyze work methods and workstations, how to identify and resolve problems, and how to implement an ergonomics program that fits the job to the worker to reduce the potential for fatigue, illness, and unsafe practices.

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Great beginner book for ergonimics, easy to follow, and read.......1998-10-23

WOW, if you want something easy and accurate about ergonmics this is it! I have read tons of literature on ergonomics, and decided to use this book for my introductory ergonomic course. Any one can pick up this book and understand the information.

The Ergonomics Of Workspaces And Machines: A Design Manual

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Not as strong as I hope.

The Ergonomics Of Workspaces And Machines: A Design Manual
E. N. Corlett , and T. S. Clark
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0748403205

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This influential text was fully revised and updated for the second edition with the addition of substantial new material, and takes the reader, in a logical sequence, through the main areas of ergonomics relevant to design, in a way that allows ergonomics to be integrated with all aspects of the design process.

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Not as strong as I hope........2001-09-24

This book has usefull data but it's not pleasant to read, I believed that I'll find more new data and techniques in ergonomics. It contains some tables with usefull information which can be used in your design parameters.

Ergonomic Checkpoints: Practical and Easy-to-Implement Solutions for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions

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Good text for organizations in developing countries

Ergonomic Checkpoints: Practical and Easy-to-Implement Solutions for Improving Safety, Health and Working Conditions
International Labour Office
Manufacturer: International Labour Org
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ASIN: 9221094421

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A collection of practical, inexpensive and easy-to-implement solutions to ergonomic problems, Ergonomic Checkpoints is an illustrated manual of 128 ideas to improve conditions in the workplace. Compiled by an international panel of experts, it covers the main ergonomic issues including: materials storage and handling, hand tools, machine safety, workstation design, lighting, premises, hazardous substances, welfare facilities, and work organization. Presented in a unique format, each one-page ergonomic checkpoint illustrates an action for improving the workplace environment, why it is necessary, and how to carry it out. The manual also includes a complete list of all checkpoints to enable users to carry out surveys with ease. This book was prepared in collaboration with the International Ergonomics Association. Prepared by the ILO in collaboration with the International Ergonomics Association.

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Good text for organizations in developing countries.......1999-06-01

If you are an organization in a developing or underdeveloping country getting into ergonomics for the first time, this text is for you. Most of the 100+ guidelines are tailored for the less advanced organizations in the manufacturing industries where there is still a whole lot of manual labor.

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Emphasizing management and worker accountability, this book provides practical, cost-effective approaches to preventing CTDs. The authors use numerous case studies, diagrams, illustrations, and checklists to explain what CTDs are, how they are diagnosed, and what measures can be used to prevent their onset. Current thinking on treatment is also discussed.

A Guide To Practical Human Reliability Assessment

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A Guide To Practical Human Reliability Assessment
B. Kirwan
Manufacturer: CRC
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ASIN: 0748400524

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Human error is here to stay. This perhaps obvious statement has a profound implication for society when faced with the types of hazardous system accidents that have occurred over the past three decades. Such accidents have been strongly influenced by human error, yet many system designs in existence or being planned and built do not take human error into consideration.; "A Guide to Practical Human Reliability Assessment" is a practical and pragmatic guide to the techniques and approaches of human reliability assessment HRA. lt offers the reader explanatory and practical methods which have been applied and have worked in high technology and high risk assessments - particularly but not exclusively to potentially hazardous industries such as exist in process control, nuclear power, chemical and petrochemical industries. A Guide to Practical Human Reliability Assessment offers the practitioner a comprehensive tool-kit of different approaches along with guidance on selecting different methods for different applications. It covers the risk assessment and the HRA process, as well as methods of task analysis, error identification, quantification, representation of errors in the risk analysis, followed by error reduction analysis, quality assurance and documentation. There are also a number of detailed case studies from nuclear, chemical, offshore, and marine HRA'S, exemplfying the image of techniques and the impact of HRA in existing and design-stage systems.

A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology

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Compressor Performance Monitoring Simplified
A Modern, Comprehensive, Applications-Oriented Text

A Practical Guide to Compressor Technology
Heinz P. Bloch
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
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ASIN: 0070059373

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Select, operate, and maintain optimal-cost, high-quality compression equipment that works at peak efficiency with minimum downtime

This incredible process gas compressor guide arms you with field-tested techniques for operating, selecting, and maintaining the full range of positive displacement and dynamic compressor operating characteristics, application ranges, efficiencies, reliability, and more.

You get complete details on the arrangements, materials composition, and basic laws governing compressor design; expert guidance on operating various types of heavy process industry equipment; tips for selecting optimum compressor configurations, controls, components, and auxiliaries; and much more.

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Compressor Performance Monitoring Simplified.......2002-12-05

As the Lead Process Reliability Engineer in a 280MBPD refinery I am expected to train our engineering staff on monitoring strategies that will drive down our unplanned event and equipment maintenance costs. Recently I was assigned the responsibility to develop an effective compressor monitoring program to take advantage of turnaround planning and PPM opportunities within the refinery. Since my background is primarily in chemical and utilities operations, I felt that this book could assist me in meeting expectations.

I was not disappointed. This book strikes a unique balance between the basic principles of compressor operation, and the more technical issues sought out by experienced mechanical engineers. I give it the highest marks because of the inclusion of chapter 19, which provided not only the information that resolves centrifugal compressor performance monitoring, but has the potential to be used by production personnel for deliberate energy savings in years to come.

A Modern, Comprehensive, Applications-Oriented Text.......1998-10-24

The author compiled this 550-page book because there is a real need for users to have a single-source text that clearly illustrates, in hundreds of recent photographs, machines ranging from slow-speed reciprocating to single-shaft, cost-effective, reliable, magnetic bearing-equipped integral-motor centrifugals. It correctly perceives the need to acquaint the modern reliability professional with highly successful 7000 HP multi-stage helical screw machines in dirty gas service and sees fit to highlight such items as leading-edge flexing pivot bearings, dry gas seals, swirl brakes, sophisticated surge avoidance systems, etc. Also included in the text are clear, easy-to-follow examples of performance calculations and graphic shortcut methods for determining upgrade potential and the effects of operating compressors under conditions that deviate from those originally specified.

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Ergonomics: A Practical Guide

Manufacturer: Natl Safety Council
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Binding: Hardcover

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