Process industry is known for its complexity and sensitivity with critical procedures saturated with demanding human-machine interfaces that may induce human errors thus resulting in abnormal situations. Abnormal situations may lead to near misses and even to severe accidents, which can result in loss of production and even in casualties and fatalities. This paper aims at abridging the gap between the highly demanding human machine interfaces and the training methods employed in the process industry by experimentally analyzing the effectiveness of distinct training methods in a virtually simulated abnormal situation. The performance of operators is measured by means of suitable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) applied to the specific case study. In particular, we analyze experimentally two distinct training methods based respectively on a Power Point presentation and a 3D virtual environment. The positive outcomes of this approach consist in increasing the reliability, cost effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and safety of the process. This work is the result of the interaction between chemical engineers and experimental psychologists, which may open new horizons to scientific research.
Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
Proceedings of the AHFE 2019 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, July 24-28, 2019, Washington D.C., USA
This book focuses on the importance of human factors in optimizing the learning and training process. It reports on the latest research and best practices and discusses key principles of behavioral and cognitive science, which are extremely relevant to the design of instructional content and new technologies to support mobile and multimedia learning, virtual training and web-based learning, among others, as well as performance measurements, social and adaptive learning and many other types of educational technologies, with a special emphasis on those important in the corporate, higher education, and military training contexts. Based on the AHFE 2019 Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, held on July 24-28, 2019, in Washington D.C., USA, the book offers a timely perspective on the role of human factors in education. It highlights important new ideas and will fosters new discussions on how to optimally design learning experiences.
Process industry is known for its complexity and sensitivity with critical procedures saturated with demanding human-machine interfaces that may induce human errors thus resulting in abnormal situations. Abnormal situations may lead to near misses and even to severe accidents, which can result in loss of production and even in casualties and fatalities. This paper aims at abridging the gap between the highly demanding human machine interfaces and the training methods employed in the process industry by experimentally analyzing the effectiveness of distinct training methods in a virtually simulated abnormal situation. The performance of operators is measured by means of suitable Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) applied to the specific case study. In particular, we analyze experimentally two distinct training methods based respectively on a Power Point presentation and a 3D virtual environment. The positive outcomes of this approach consist in increasing the reliability, cost effectiveness, environmental friendliness, and safety of the process. This work is the result of the interaction between chemical engineers and experimental psychologists, which may open new horizons to scientific research.
This is a critical survey of contemporary South Asian Britain. The book combines analysis with empirically rich studies to map out the diversity of the British Asian way of life. The contributors provide insights & information on the Asian British experience in its socio-economic & cultural dimensions.
Salman Akhtar is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Training and Supervising Analyst, a member of numerous editorial boards, winner of many awards, including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award, a writer of several hundred articles, a poet, and the author or editor of over one hundred books. A modern-day Renaissance man, his elegant writing is simultaneously scholarly and literary and brings a light touch to profound material. Phoenix Publishing House is proud to present his most inspiring works in a stunning ten-volume hardback set, fit to grace the shelves of collectors and libraries with its high-quality finish.
Winner of the 2006 Gradiva Award A collection of new and previously-published essays that sheds light on the intersections between psychoanalysis and Indic Studies. While Indian academics and clinicians have been familiar with psychoanalysis for many decades, they have kept this Western model of the mind separate from the spiritual and philosophical traditions of their own country. Freud Along the Ganges bridges this important lacuna in psychoanalytic and Indic studies by creating a new theoretical field where human motives are approached not only psychoanalytically but also from the perspective of the teachings of Buddha, Tagore, Ghandi, and Salman Rushdie. The authors of this collection show how the insights of these Indian masters give a new force to the Freudian discovery by providing a basis to better understand the social and psychological Indian makeup. The book begins by questioning the applicability of the psychoanalytic method to non-Western cultures. It then traces the history of the psychoanalytic movement in India from its onset while it emphasizes the intricate overlap between Indian existential and mystical traditions and psychoanalysis. Freud Along the Ganges offers a unique study of the ways that Indian thought and psychoanalysis illuminate and enrich each other.
Moving from one country to another causes a radical alteration of one's cultural and geophysical surround. Separation from friends and family, loss of valued possessions, and encountering new ways of living result in mental pain and disorienting anxieties. In Immigration and Acculturation, Salman Akhtar examines the traumatic impact of immigration and the acculturation process and the psychological defenses that are mobilized in the immigrant, including nostalgia and fantasies of return. Akhtar explores each aspect of an immigrant's life, shedding light on the complexities of work, friendship, sex, marriage, aging, religion, and politics, as well as showing how unresolved conflicts are passed on to the next generation. Akhtar provides first-hand accounts from immigrants from a variety of backgrounds and countries of origin, and he provides clinical strategies for working with immigrant and ethnically diverse patients and their offspring. Deftly synthesizing observations from psychoanalysis, anthropology, literature, history, and related disciplines in the humanities, Salman Akhtar elegantly elucidates postmigration identity change.
This book, Introduction to Islamic Banking and Finance: An Economic Analysis, covers the basic principles of Islamic economics and finance. It discusses both the theory of Islamic economics and finance as well as the applications in the design of instruments of finance as well as Islamic financial institutions. The book enables its readers to gain an understanding of the structures and operations of Islamic banking, Islamic capital market investments, risk management, and taxation for Islamic banking contracts.The book sets forth the following objectives:
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