Ten-Print Fingerprint Capture: Effect of Instructional Modes on User Performance

2007 ◽  
Vol 51 (10) ◽  
pp. 597-601
Author(s):  
Mary Theofanos ◽  
Brian Stanton ◽  
Shahram Orandi ◽  
Ross Micheals ◽  
Nien-Fan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
User Behavior ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Capture Effect ◽  
User Performance ◽  
Verbal Instructions ◽  
States Government ◽  
Customs And Border Protection ◽  
And Training

Despite the increased deployment of biometric technologies in United States government applications, not enough attention is being paid to the human factors that such technologies involve. The use of biometric applications will be unfamiliar to many users, who may neither understand nor be comfortable with the technology. Currently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers are critical in communicating and training users in the acquisition of fingerprints. Since user behavior can affect both the throughput of the system as well as the quality of the captured images, guidelines for developing interactions with biometric applications that increase throughput and image quality would be valuable. This study examines the effect of instructional modes on user performance. Posters were not as effective in providing instructions to users as video or verbal instructions.

Some aspects of Japanese popular music

Popular Music ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-315 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitagawa Junko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Popular Music ◽  
The United States ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
United States Government ◽  
States Government ◽  
New Ideas ◽  
General Desire

In 1959, the Conlon report, a presentation of United States government policies in relation to Asian cultures, stated the following about Japanese culture (in a section titled ‘Social change’):Developments within and among the various Japanese social classes suggest the dynamic, changing quality of modern Japan … No area of Japan, moreover, is beyond the range of the national publications, radio, and even TV. New ideas can be quickly and thoroughly disseminated; it is in this sense that Japanese culture can become more standardised even as it is changing. Many of the changes look in the direction of the United States; in such diverse fields as gadgets, popular music, and fashions. American influence is widespread. And this is but one evidence of the general desire to move away from the spartan, austere past toward a more comfortable, convenient future.

Panel discussion of human factors standards for United States government agencies

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vicki Ahlstrom ◽  
John Lockett ◽  
Janis Connolly ◽  
Dane Russo ◽  
Barry Tillman
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Panel Discussion ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
States Government

Time to Heed the Call

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-33
Author(s):  
Roderick A. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Government ◽  
Social Struggle ◽  
States Government ◽  
Federal Agents

A commentary that situates the current violent repression of Portland protesters by federal agents in the context of United States government repression of activism in prior moments of social struggle.

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