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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"mishap"”.
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Application of a systems-theoretic safety modeling technique for complex system mishap etiology
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design & Management Program, 2003.
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A system theoretic safety analysis of U.S. Coast Guard aviation mishap involving CG-6505
… Coast Guard experienced seven Class-A aviation mishaps resulting in the loss of 14 Coast Guard aviators and seven Coast Guard aircraft. This represents the highest Class-A aviation mishap rate the Coast Guard has experienced in 30 years. Following each Class-A mishap, the Coast Guard conducted …
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The voices of African American women's transition experiences from a community college to a four-year college sharing a campus
… higher education experiences. To overcome this mishap, African American women's experience should be disaggregated from those of Euro-American women and African American males. In order to separate African American women's experiences, a phenomenological research design and theoretical …
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Closed-loop Reference Model adaptive control : with application to very flexible aircraft
… is presented. Following the NASA Helios flight mishap in 2003 there has been a push for greater understanding of the aerodynamic-structural coupling that occurs in light, very flexible, flying wings. Previous efforts in that direction revealed that the flexible aircraft had instability in the …
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A testbed to simulate cyber attacks on nuclear power plants
… various cyber attacks and scenarios because any mishap can lead to detrimental impacts on the nearby surroundings. This research attempts to present our approach to build a comparative testbed that captures the relevant complexity of a nuclear power plant. A testbed is developed and designed to …
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Art for Life: A Spiritual Journey of Art and the Bonds of Community
… in places of disadvantage, lifestyles of mishap, and with people who carry wheelbarrows full of pain and life-experience. My spiritual awareness and deliberation to pursue this vision initially led me to the idea of teaching art in a homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana. My life goal and …
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Art for Life: A Spiritual Journey of Art and the Bonds of Community
… in places of disadvantage, lifestyles of mishap, and with people who carry wheelbarrows full of pain and life-experience. My spiritual awareness and deliberation to pursue this vision initially led me to the idea of teaching art in a homeless shelter in Missoula, Montana. My life goal and …
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Perception-based synthetic cueing for night-vision device rotorcraft hover operations
… with NVD flight compared to day operation. A mishap analysis of NVD-related helicopter accidents was conducted which found approximately 70% of the accidents attributable to pilot misperception of the flight environment, with the most frequently misperceived states being spatial in nature and …
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Development of a human factors hazard model for use in system safety analysis
… the approach to modeling the likelihood of a mishap due to a human-system interaction during a hazard event. The HFHM is exemplified and automated within a commercial software tool such that trade and sensitivity studies can be conducted and validated easily. The analysis results generated by …
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Influence Map Methodology For Evaluating Systemic Safety Issues
Raising the bar in safety performance is a critical challenge for many organizations. Contributing factor taxonomies organize information on why accidents occur. Therefore, they are essential elements of accident investigations and safety reporting systems. Organizations must balance efforts to …