A correlational approach to predicting operator status

This paper discusses a research approach for identifying and validating candidate physiological and behavioral parameters which can be used to predict the performance capabilities of aircrew and other system operators. In this methodology, concurrent and advance correlations are computed between predictor values and criterion performance measures. Continuous performance and sleep loss are used as stressors to promote performance variation. Preliminary data are presented which suggest dependence of prediction capability on the resource allocation policy of the operator

Training Characteristics of the Criterion Task Set Workload Assessment Battery

An evaluation of the Criterion Task Set was performed to determine the training requirements for the various tasks. Twenty subjects were divided into four groups. One group trained on all nine tasks in the battery. The other three groups trained on different three-task subsets. All subjects trained for two hours per day on five consecutive days. Response time, accuracy and subjective workload measures were obtained for each trial.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Vigilant Warrior™: A Selection Tool for Vigilance Performance

In this paper, we describe an individual differences model of vigilance performance—the ability to maintain one’s focus of attention and remain alert for prolonged periods of time—and summarize our model evaluation research. Our goal was an automated test battery (Vigilant Warrior™) that could be employed to select personnel with superior abilities for assignment to critical vigilance duties. Thus, we conducted extensive laboratory research to identify an optimal set of vigilance predictors and validate them against a simulated, real-world, electronic-display, battlefieldmonitoring task with high vigilance requirements. The results confirmed that an objective, Short Vigilance Task (SVT), coupled with analytic skill and stress-coping measures, could account for 33% or more of the criterion variance. Moreover, the SVT was the most powerful predictor in the battery. Analytic skill and situational variables contributed to vigilance performance, but to a lesser degree. Vigilant Warrior™ is currently receiving extensive field testing in military settings

Effect of Workload on the Auditory Evoked Brainstem Response

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Recommendations Supporting Development of Flight Deck DataComm Text and Graphic Display Evaluation Guidance

In the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NexGen), voice communications will become less frequent, and most communication will occur via data communications -- uplink messages (UM) (to pilot) and downlink messages (DM) and requests (to ATC). Clearances may include simple one-element clearances such as CLIMB TO [altitude] or complex clearances created by concatenating messages to create flight trajectories that include ATC-authorized route segments, altitudes, and at least one required time of arrival (RTA). Due to the complexity of clearances, aircraft and flight deck equipment manufacturers may seek approval for new and modified flight deck displays to more clearly depict clearances to the flight crew, likely using text and graphics. This research evaluated text and hybrid text and graphic concepts to develop human factors (HF) recommendations for specialists who participate in certification of new and modified flight deck DataComm displays, and as a potential update to AC 20-140, Guidelines for Design Approval of Aircraft Data Link Communication Systems Supporting Air Traffic Services (ATS)

Vigilant Warrior™: A Selection Tool for Vigilance Performance

In this paper, we describe an individual differences model of vigilance performance—the ability to maintain one’s focus of attention and remain alert for prolonged periods of time—and summarize our model evaluation research. Our goal was an automated test battery (Vigilant Warrior™) that could be employed to select personnel with superior abilities for assignment to critical vigilance duties. Thus, we conducted extensive laboratory research to identify an optimal set of vigilance predictors and validate them against a simulated, real-world, electronic-display, battlefieldmonitoring task with high vigilance requirements. The results confirmed that an objective, Short Vigilance Task (SVT), coupled with analytic skill and stress-coping measures, could account for 33% or more of the criterion variance. Moreover, the SVT was the most powerful predictor in the battery. Analytic skill and situational variables contributed to vigilance performance, but to a lesser degree. Vigilant Warrior™ is currently receiving extensive field testing in military settings

Information Accrual for Early Detection of Disasters and Recovery Planning

Real-life disasters (including biological, radiological, natural and other types) result in, or involve, interactions among a range of physical phenomena involving a variety of mechanical, chemical, thermal, electromagnetic, viscous, and turbulent processes. The challenge is to make associations among the data derived from these processes, correlate them with biomarkers and healthcare data, and automate their use in a decision support system that embodies evidence-based Medicine and Command & Control concepts. Careful gathering and fusion of environmental and ambient data, together with biomedical and healthcare data, are at the heart of timely response to disasters

Information Accrual for Early Detection of Disasters and Recovery Planning

Real-life disasters (including biological, radiological, natural and other types) result in, or involve, interactions among a range of physical phenomena involving a variety of mechanical, chemical, thermal, electromagnetic, viscous, and turbulent processes. The challenge is to make associations among the data derived from these processes, correlate them with biomarkers and healthcare data, and automate their use in a decision support system that embodies evidence-based Medicine and Command & Control concepts. Careful gathering and fusion of environmental and ambient data, together with biomedical and healthcare data, are at the heart of timely response to disasters

Delivering on the Promise of Plato\u27s Academy: Educational Accessibility for the 21st Century

Purpose: This special volume is dedicated to eight updated and expanded communications selected from 33 refereed papers presented at the inaugural international conference on Technology-based Learning with Disability (LWD-07) which took place on July 19-20, 2007 at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.Methods: Approximately 140 researchers and practitioners attended LWD-07 representing a cross-section of K-12 and higher education, pure and applied research, disability-related industry and rehabilitation agencies with common interests in facilitating educational attainment for people with all types of disabilities through use of technology.Results: The communications selected for publication are representative of the breadth of interest at the nexus of disability, assistive technology, and the pedagogy of individualized learning.Conclusions: Access to education is a key component for quality of life and rehabilitation of any individual with a disability