The Contribution of Maintenance Human Factors to no Fault Founds on Aircraft Systems Engineering

AbstractIn the context of aircraft engineering and maintenance, No Fault Found (NFF) is a chain of events that develops from a pilot experiencing a system malfunction with post-flight maintenance failing to reproduce the reported symptoms. Without any repair being undertaken, the malfunction may be experienced again on subsequent flights. This paper presents research into aircraft maintenance human factors that are prevalent when aircraft maintenance engineers interact with aircraft systems whilst undertaking fault diagnosis maintenance. The aim of the research is to develop a set of recommended guidelines that focus on mitigating human factors implications that arise from engineers interacting with complex systems when conducting maintenance tasks. This was achieved by undertaking an empirical study that involved a maintenance engineer survey and identification of a NFF case study where a structured interview was conducted. The study revealed that key resources such as aircraft test equipment, integrated onboard maintenance systems and technical maintenance manuals failed to support engineers when undertaking diagnosis tasks. The combined effect of the research findings is that aircraft maintenance personnel are unable to consistently undertake accurate and timely fault diagnosis tasks and this results in unwanted NFF occurrences

Duna: song, in E♭

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Detailed cytogenetic study of a metastatic bronchial carcinoma.

Karyotyping and marker analysis of G- and C-banded metaphases from a metastatic bronchial carcinoma revealed a dominant stemline with five markers and four sidelines with additional markers. One to three minute bodies were noted in the majority of cells and these were classified as markers. On the basis of this analysis it was possible to postulate an evolutionary pathway within the tumour whereby the stemline was derived from existing sidelines

Duna

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"Arabic is the language of the Muslims–that's how it was supposed to be": exploring language and religious identity through reflective accounts from young British-born South Asians

This study explores how a group of young British-born South Asians understood and defined their religious and linguistic identities, focusing upon the role played by heritage languages and liturgical languages and by religious socialisation. Twelve British-born South Asians were interviewed using a semi-structured interview schedule. Interview transcripts were subjected to interpretative phenomenological analysis. Four superordinate themes are reported. These addressed participants' meaning-making regarding "the sanctification of language" and the consequential suitability of "the liturgical language as a symbol of religious community"; the themes of "ethnic pride versus religious identity" and "linguistic Otherness and religious alienation" concerned potential ethno-linguistic barriers to a positive religious identity. Findings are interpreted in terms of concepts drawn from relevant identity theories and tentative recommendations are offered concerning the facilitation of positive religious and ethnic identities

The First Nakba Novel? on Standing with Palestine

I wish to take this opportunity to respond to Bart Moore-Gilbert's essay “Palestine, Postcolonialism and Pessoptimism” by suggesting how its concerns might be amplified through a consideration of Ethel Mannin's nakba novel The Road to Beersheba (1963b). I offer my reading of Mannin's novel in the spirit of an unfinished dialogue with Bart Moore-Gilbert's work and as a tribute to his commitment to justice

The meaning of the glorious Koran

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