Prevention of Human Errors in the Frame of the Activity Theory

2013 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 9-18 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Catherine Joseph ◽

Suhasini Reddy ◽

Kanwal Kashore Sharma

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Needs ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

Human Errors ◽

Safety Attitudes ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Self Confidence

Locus of control (LOC), safety attitudes, and involvement in hazardous events were studied in 205 Indian Army aviators using a questionnaire-based method. A positive correlation was found between external LOC and involvement in hazardous events. Higher impulsivity and anxiety, and decreased self-confidence, safety orientation, and denial were associated with a greater number of hazardous events. Higher external LOC was associated with higher impulsivity, anxiety, and weather anxiety and with lower self-confidence, safety orientation, and denial. Internal LOC was associated with increased self-confidence, safety orientation, and denial. Hazardous events and self-confidence were higher in those involved in accidents than those not involved in accidents. Future research needs to address whether training can effectively modify LOC and negative attitudes, and whether this would cause a reduction in, and better management of, human errors.

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Developing Food Sensory Analysis Information System using Waterfall Software Engineering Model

Journal of Applied Information, Communication and Technology ◽

10.33555/ejaict.v4i2.85 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 63-81

Author(s):

Stefanus Oliver ◽

Abdullah Muzi Marpaung ◽

Maulahikmah Galinium

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Sensory Analysis ◽

Acceptance Testing ◽

Design Activity ◽

User Requirements ◽

Human Errors ◽

Web Based ◽

Entity Relationship ◽

Entity Relationship Diagram ◽

Analysis System

Food sensory analysis is the terms from the field of Food Technology that has a meaning which means sensory evaluation of food that is conducted by the food sensory evaluators. Currently, food sensory analysis is conductedmanually. It can caus e human errors and consume much ti me. The objective of this research is to build a web based application that is specific for food sensory analysis using PHP programming language. This research followsfour first steps of waterfall software engineering mod el which are user requirements ana lysis (user software and requirements analysis), system design (activity, use cases, architecture, and entity relationship diagram),implementation (software development), and testing (software unit, functionality, validit y, and user acceptance testing). T he software result is well built. It is also acceptable for users and all functionality features can run well after going through those four software testing. The existence of the software brings easiness to deal with the manual food sensory analysis exper iment. It is considered also for the future it has business value by having open source and premium features.

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A diary study of motivational changes in learning Chinese: From an Activity theory perspective.

Foreign Languages Education ◽

10.15334/fle.2019.26.2.143 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 143-168

Author(s):

Shinhye Kim ◽

Keyword(s):

Activity Theory ◽

Diary Study ◽

Motivational Changes

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Challenging Activity Theory for Subjective Well-being

Indian Journal Of Applied Research ◽

10.15373/2249555x/dec2013/157 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 3 (12) ◽

pp. 516-520

Author(s):

Dr. Ankita Sharma ◽

Keyword(s):

Activity Theory ◽

Well Being ◽

Subjective Well Being

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The Dialogical concept of consciousness in L.S. Vygotsky and G.H. Mead and its relevance for contemporary discussions on consciousness

Polish Psychological Bulletin ◽

10.2478/v10059-011-0010-1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 65-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leszek Koczanowicz

Keyword(s):

Activity Theory ◽

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Social Relationships ◽

Social Relations ◽

Human Consciousness ◽

Cultural Activity ◽

Contemporary Philosophy ◽

Biological Phenomena ◽

Complex Process ◽

The World

The Dialogical concept of consciousness in L.S. Vygotsky and G.H. Mead and its relevance for contemporary discussions on consciousness In my paper I show the relevance of cultural-activity theory for solving the puzzles of the concept of consciousness which encounter contemporary philosophy. I reconstruct the main categories of cultural-activity theory as developed by M.M. Bakhtin, L.S. Vygotsky, G.H. Mead, and J. Dewey. For the concept of consciousness the most important thing is that the phenomenon of human consciousness is consider to be an effect of intersection of language, social relations, and activity. Therefore consciousness cannot be reduced to merely sensual experience but it has to be treated as a complex process in which experience is converted into language expressions which in turn are used for establishing interpersonal relationships. Consciousness thus can be accounted for by its reference to objectivity of social relationships rather than to the world of physical or biological phenomena.

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WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE? COMPARING INTERSECTIONAL IDENTITY TRENDS IN ASEE AND CEEA-ACEG USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING AND REVIEW OF PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) ◽

10.24908/pceea.vi0.13830 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Pamela Rogalski ◽

Eric Mikulin ◽

Deborah Tihanyi

Keyword(s):

Natural Language Processing ◽

Natural Language ◽

Activity Theory ◽

Language Processing ◽

Division Of Labour ◽

Cultural Historical Activity Theory ◽

Original Question ◽

Micro Level ◽

Historical Activity ◽

Cultural Historical Activity

In 2018, we overheard many CEEA-AGEC members stating that they have "found their people"; this led us to wonder what makes this evolving community unique. Using cultural historical activity theory to view the proceedings of CEEA-ACEG 2004-2018 in comparison with the geographically and intellectually adjacent ASEE, we used both machine-driven (Natural Language Processing, NLP) and human-driven (literature review of the proceedings) methods. Here, we hoped to build on surveys—most recently by Nelson and Brennan (2018)—to understand, beyond what members say about themselves, what makes the CEEA-AGEC community distinct, where it has come from, and where it is going. Engaging in the two methods of data collection quickly diverted our focus from an analysis of the data themselves to the characteristics of the data in terms of cultural historical activity theory. Our preliminary findings point to some unique characteristics of machine- and human-driven results, with the former, as might be expected, focusing on the micro-level (words and language patterns) and the latter on the macro-level (ideas and concepts). NLP generated data within the realms of "community" and "division of labour" while the review of proceedings centred on "subject" and "object"; both found "instruments," although NLP with greater granularity. With this new understanding of the relative strengths of each method, we have a revised framework for addressing our original question.

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