Aviation

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Formal verification of human-automation interaction.

This paper discusses a formal and rigorous approach to the analysis of operator interaction with machines. It addresses the acute problem of detecting design errors in human-machine interaction and focuses on verifying the correctness of the interaction ...
Asaf Degani, Michael Heymann (Hum Factors, 2002SPRING)
formal-verification-human-automation-interaction.asp

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Simulated parachute descent in the cold: thermal responses and manual performance.

BACKGROUND: Ejection from a fighter aircraft can expose the pilot to extreme cold and windy conditions. Knowledge of the effects of such conditions on thermal responses and performance of the pilot is scarce. HYPOTHESIS: It is expected that the ...
S Rissanen, T Mäkinen, H Rintamäki, O Aatsalo, P Kuronen (Aviat Space Environ Med, 200211)
simulated-parachute-descent-cold-thermal-responses-manual-performance.asp

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Characteristics of eye movement and cognition during simulated landing of aircraft.

Objective. To examine how the subject scans different parts of display panels and how the attention is distributed through the analysis of the eye movement principle and the cognition of the brain. Method. An experiment was conducted to simulate the ...
Zhong-qi Liu, Xiu-gan Yuan, Wei Liu, Rui Wang (Space Med Med Eng (Beijing), 200210)
characteristics-eye-movement-cognition-simulated-landing-aircraft.asp

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Donepezil and flight simulator performance: effects on retention of complex skills.

We report a randomized, double-blind, parallel group, placebo-controlled study to test the effects of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, donepezil (5 mg/d for 30 days), on aircraft pilot performance in 18 licensed pilots with mean age of 52 years. After ...
J A Yesavage, M S Mumenthaler, J L Taylor, L Friedman, R OHara, J Sheikh, J Tinklenberg, P J Whitehouse (Neurology, 200207)
donepezil-flight-simulator-performance-effects-retention-complex.asp

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Development and application of a human error identification tool for air traffic control.

This paper outlines a human error identification (HEI) technique called TRACEr--technique for the retrospective and predictive analysis of cognitive errors in air traffic control (ATC). The paper firstly considers the need for an HEI tool in ATC, and key ...
Steven T Shorrock, Barry Kirwan (Appl Ergon, 200207)
development-application-human-error-identification-tool-air-traffic.asp

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Self-rated changes in cognition and piloting skills: a comparison of younger and older airline pilots.

BACKGROUND: The relationship of chronological age to self-rated changes in cognition has been studied extensively. However, the relationship of these changes to age-related changes in piloting skills is not well understood. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to ...
George W Rebok, Guohua Li, Susan P Baker, Jurek G Grabowski, Sharon Willoughby (Aviat Space Environ Med, 200205)
self-rated-changes-cognition-piloting-skills-comparison-younger-older.asp

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Working together but apart: barriers and routes to nurse--physician collaboration.

The authors argue that the aircraft safety model may be of limited relevance for health care and suggest strategies for greater collaboration between nurses and physicians in the care of ...
Merrick Zwarenstein, Scott Reeves (Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 200205)
working-together-apart-barriers-routes-nurse-physician-collaboration.asp

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The new paradigm of crew resource management: just what is needed to re-engage the stalled collaborative movement?

The literature is replete with examples of collaborative studies and research from 1960 to about 1995, after which the movement seems to have lost momentum. With the emergence and focus on patient safety issues, the importance of collaboration and a team ...
Linda K Kosnik (Jt Comm J Qual Improv, 200205)
new-paradigm-crew-resource-management-needed-re-engage-stalled.asp

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Residual effects of daytime administration of melatonin on performance relevant to flight.

There is a general consensus that melatonin possesses time-dependent hypnotic effects, but there is no information yet whether it has residual effects on neurobehavioral performance, especially after daytime administration. In the present study we ...
Rachel Nave, Cristina Iani, Paula Herer, Daniel Gopher, Peretz Lavie (Behav Brain Res, 200204)
residual-effects-daytime-administration-melatonin-performance.asp

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The age 60 rule: age discrimination in commercial aviation.

BACKGROUND: The Federal Aviation Administrations Age 60 Rule, promulgated in 1959, prohibits airline pilots from working in Part 121 operations once they have reached the age of 60. The Age 60 Rule remains a most contentious and politically sensitive ...
Robin Wilkening (Aviat Space Environ Med, 200203)
age-rule-age-discrimination-commercial-aviation.asp