Research papers

Design of hybrid-electric aircraft with fault-tolerance considerations

The potential benefits of hybrid-electric or all-electric propulsion have led to a growing interest in this topic over the past decade.

Go-around accidents and general aviation safety.

INTRODUCTION Changes in General Aviation (GA) accident rates, specifically in the go-around phase, are examined by comparing the number of accidents, the proportion of fatal accidents, and the proportion of certain cause…

Effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy on fatigue interference and health-related quality of life among patients with advanced lung cancer: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Objective The present study aimed to examine the feasibility and preliminary effects of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) on fatigue interference and health-related quality of life in patients with advanced lung ca…

Knowledge Graph - Deep Learning: A Case Study in Question Answering in Aviation Safety Domain

In the commercial aviation domain, there are a large number of documents, like accident reports of NTSB and ASRS, and regulatory directives ADs.

Time-restricted Eating to Address Cancer-related Fatigue among Cancer Survivors: A Single-arm Pilot Study

Purpose: Cancer-related fatigue is a prevalent, debilitating condition that can persist for months or years after treatment. In a single-arm clinical trial, the feasibility and safety of a time-restricted eating (TRE) in…

Acceptance and commitment therapy for patient fatigue interference and caregiver burden in advanced gastrointestinal cancer: Results of a pilot randomized trial

Background: Fatigue often interferes with functioning in patients with advanced cancer, resulting in increased family caregiver burden.

Impact of human factors in aircraft accident mitigation and aircraft maintenance training needs in post COVID-19 aviation

Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of human factor training in aircraft maintenance accident mitigation and aircraft safety in post COVID-19 aviation scenarios.

Application of Augmented Reality for Aviation Equipment Inspection and Maintenance Training

In the procedure of aviation equipment maintenance, a healthy status and prior knowledge are essential to every person. Making the newcomers get familiar with their tasks rapidly and reducing human error are important is…

Application of structural topic modeling to aviation safety data

Assessment of Aircraft Engine Blade Inspection Performance Using Attribute Agreement Analysis

Background—Visual inspection is an important element of aircraft engine maintenance to assure flight safety. Predominantly performed by human operators, those maintenance activities are prone to human error.

Assessing and Advancing Safety Management in Aviation

A safety management system (SMS) is the overall set of procedures, documentation, and knowledge systems as well as the processes using them, which are employed within an organisation to control and improve its safety per…

Introductory Disaster Training for Aspiring Teachers: A Pilot Study

Schools may serve as shelters after a disaster in many countries, including Japan. However, teachers are unaware of the need to balance education and shelter management responsibilities under such circumstances.

Managing Fatigue in Parkinson’s Disease: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Background. Fatigue is a disabling symptom of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Managing Fatigue: A Six-Week Energy Conservation Intervention was developed to improve the occupational performance of people with fatigue.

Feasibility of an online training and support program for dementia carers: results from a mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial

Background iSupport is an online program developed by the World Health Organization to provide education, skills training, and social support to informal carers of persons with dementia.

The effect of an embargo, sanctions and culture on safety climate: A qualitative view from aviation maintenance in the MENA region.

INTRODUCTION Safety climate assessment is a key measure of organizational safety. A strong safety climate is integral to the high safety performance in aviation.

Virtual reality during work breaks to reduce fatigue of intensive unit caregivers: A crossover, pilot, randomised trial.

PURPOSE Intensive care unit (ICU) caregivers are exposed to high levels of stress. Work-related stress can impact quality of life and may lead to burnout.

Design of simulation-based pilot training systems using machine learning agents

The high operational cost of aircraft, limited availability of air space, and strict safety regulations make training of fighter pilots increasingly challenging.

Performance and failure analysis of a retrofitted Cessna aircraft with a Fuel Cell Power System fuelled with liquid hydrogen

Preliminary Effectiveness of mHealth App-Based Pelvic Floor Muscle Training among Pregnant Women to Improve Their Exercise Adherence: A Pilot Randomised Control Trial

This pilot randomised control trial (RCT) aimed to evaluate the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of conducting a full-powered trial for a newly developed pelvic floor muscle training (PFMT) app among pregnant wo…

The effect of safety risk management and airport personnel competency on aviation safety performance

Aviation safety performance at Wamena Indonesia airport is still relatively low, and this is shown by the high number of accidents that occurred at the airport in the 2013-2018 period, namely 20 accidents.

Effectiveness of Virtual Reality Simulations for Civilian, Ab Initio Pilot Training

Effect of Endogenous Failure Events on the Survivability of Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion System

Recent advancements in aircraft electrification have led to the introduction of turboelectric distributed propulsion (TeDP). For instance, NASA's N3X airplane aims to curb jet fuel emissions with the aid of TeDP.

Safety and security implications of crisis-driven austerity HRM practices in commercial aviation: A structural equation modelling approach

Automatic speech recognition in noise polluted cockpit environments for monitoring the approach briefing in commercial aviation

The language processing part of the overall system is described, which is a commercially available automatic speech recognition system trained on aviation specific vocabulary and strategies for dealing with cockpit noise…

Fatigue detection method for UAV remote pilot based on multi feature fusion

In recent years, UAV industry is developing rapidly and vigorously. However, so far, there is no relevant research on the fatigue detection method for UAV remote pilot, which is the core technology to ensure the flight s…

Safety and Privacy in Urban Air Mobility (UAM) - A User Centric Design Approach Providing Insights into People´s Preferences for UAM Cabin Designs

For years, manufacturers and research institutions around the world have been working on various concepts to start a new era of urban and suburban transportation for people with so-called Air Taxis.

Patient, Procedure, People (PPP): recognising and responding to intraoperative critical events.

Intraoperative critical events are rarely experienced by individual surgeons but are commonly experienced at a workforce level. Finding unfamiliar or unexpected pathology, anatomy, haemorrhage or an iatrogenic organ or s…

ANALYSIS OF GENERAL AVIATION FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS INVOLVING INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL USING A STATE-BASED APPROACH

Inflight loss of control (LOC-I) is a significant cause of General Aviation (GA) fixed-wing aircraft accidents. The United States National Transportation Safety Board’s database provides a rich source of accident data, b…

Machine Learning based Prediction of Situational Awareness in Pilots using ECG Signals

Reducing aviation fatalities requires a high level of reliable real-time monitoring so that events can be predicted and prevented before they can occur.

Aviation safety training methodology

Safety management systems (SMS) are widely accepted as a way of improving safety and are currently required by the aviation regulations.

Kernel Principal Component Analysis for Structural Health Monitoring and Damage Detection of an Engineering Structure Under Operational Loading Variations

This paper highlights kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) in distinguishing damage-sensitive features from the effects of liquid loading on frequency response.

A pilot RCT of virtual reality job interview training in transition-age youth on the autism spectrum.

Background Adolescents on the autism spectrum may have difficulty obtaining and maintaining employment. One particular obstacle for adolescents on the autism spectrum is the job interview.

Cockpit voice recorder transcript data: Capturing safety voice and safety listening during historic aviation accidents

Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) transcripts capture audio data within cockpit environments. This aids the investigation of causal factors contributing to aviation accidents by revealing communication and other sounds prior …

Evaluation of a Fast Test Based on Biometric Signals to Assess Mental Fatigue at the Workplace—A Pilot Study

Non-pathological mental fatigue is a recurring, but undesirable condition among people in the fields of office work, industry, and education.

Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of the WHO Caregiver Skills Training in Public Health Services in Italy

Parents of children with ASD (N = 86; mean age 44.8 months; 67 boys) were randomized to either WHO Caregiver Skills Training (CST) delivered in public health settings in Italy or enhanced treatment-as-usual.

Classification and Analysis of Go-Arounds in Commercial Aviation Using ADS-B Data

Go-arounds are a necessary aspect of commercial aviation and are conducted after a landing attempt has been aborted. It is necessary to conduct go-arounds in the safest possible manner, as go-arounds are the most safety-…

Sequential deep learning from NTSB reports for aviation safety prognosis

A set of data-mining and sequential deep learning techniques are applied to accident investigation reports published by the National Transportation Safety Board in support of the prognosis of adverse events.

Methylphenidate may improve mental fatigue in individuals with multiple sclerosis: A pilot clinical trial.

BACKGROUND Fatigue is the most common symptom in multiple sclerosis (MS), previously attributed to dopamine imbalance. Evidence suggests that methylphenidate, a psychostimulant that increases striatal and prefrontal dopa…

Fatigue in Aviation: Safety Risks, Preventive Strategies and Pharmacological Interventions

Fatigue poses an important safety risk to civil and military aviation. In addition to decreasing performance in-flight (chronic) fatigue has negative long-term health effects.

A fault tree-based approach for aviation risk analysis considering mental workload overload

Many lives and aircrafts have been lost due to human errors associated with mental workload overload (MWLOL). Human errors are successfully considered in existing Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) methods.

The dynamics between voluntary safety reporting and commercial aviation accidents

Cognitive fatigue in traumatic brain injury: a pilot study comparing state and trait fatigue

ABSTRACT Objective Cognitive fatigue is a common and disabling symptom following a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Literature on cognitive fatigue has distinguished between two types of fatigue: “state” fatigue refers to t…

Safety considerations and time constant determined extended operations for fuel cell-powered aircrafts

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are seen to be promising for achieving the transformation from traditional aircrafts to All Electric aircrafts (AEA).

The impact of human factors on pilots’ safety behavior in offshore aviation companies: A brazilian case

Abstract This study explores the concepts of human factors and their key role in the safety of offshore aviation companies through qualitative research.

Classification of Partial Discharge in Electric Aircraft based on Short-Term Behavior of Insulation Systems

warming crisis has started a movement toward the reduction of emissions and fossil-fuel dependency. A major potential resides in the transportation sector which has led to the proliferation of electric vehicles.

HorizonUAM: Safety and Security Considerations for Urban Air Mobility

Cognitive behavioural therapy versus health education for sleep disturbance and fatigue after acquired brain injury: a pilot randomised trial.

CBT-SF can be an effective treatment option for sleep disturbance and fatigue after ABI, over and above HE, and may provide delayed benefit for sleep, possibly by improving mood.

Home-based light therapy for fatigue following acquired brain injury: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Background and objectives Fatigue and sleep disturbance are debilitating problems following brain injury and there are no established treatments.

Safety voice and safety listening during aviation accidents: Cockpit voice recordings reveal that speaking-up to power is not enough

Abstract Safety voice is theorised as an important factor for mitigating accidents, but behavioural research during actual hazards has been scant.

Identifying Incident Causal Factors to Improve Aviation Transportation Safety: Proposing a Deep Learning Approach

Aviation is a complicated transportation system, and safety is of paramount importance because aircraft failure often involves casualties. Prevention is clearly the best strategy for aviation transportation safety.