Human Factors in HSE Performance – Role of User-Friendly HSE Documentation

Organizational Multi layered documentation frameworks, complex document writing styles, cross referencing, poor document integration, end user language barriers and psychological factors for searching relevant information under pressure complicates the understanding of a technical document. Complex technical documents intimidate the end user and shrinks the user understanding. Document engineering or Usability mapping of documents is proven scientific method for writing technical documents in a simplified and user-friendly manner. The document engineering concepts are based on human psychology, that helps the user to navigate through document content rather searching for specific keyword or information. Safety intensive industrial sectors such as Aviation industry, Oil and Gas are already adopting the document engineering concepts in their technical documentation. It is proven in many organizations that the usage of document engineering concepts simplifies the document complexity and the end users feel much comfort in understanding the documents in their work. In this paper an attempt has been made suggest adoptable user engineering concepts to simplify technical HSE documents. Also, the paper discusses some of the in-built hidden readability features in Microsoft word for checking reading ease and reading grade levels to improve simplification of documents. The paper discusses the psychological aspects behind document reading, understanding, cognitive linking for reaching the required information. Also, the paper discusses some of the best practices to be considered for technical document writers.

Intercomparison of Gamma Cell 220 Irradiator Facilities and Dr. Mirzan T Razzak Gamma Irradiators Using Harwell Dosimeters

The gamma irradiator is a multi-purpose facility that possibly used to preserve food, sterilize medical equipment, and conduct genetic engineering and polymerization processes, during which the absorbed dose of the product is critical. The standardization of product quality assurance was regulated by the IAEA Technical Document Number 409 considering Dosimetry for Food Irradiation and ISO 14470 and 11137-3 on Food Irradiation, as well as the Guidance on Dosimetric Aspects of Development, Validation, and Routine Control, respectively. The absorbed dose was influenced by the movement of the product to the source, its position, the amount of radioactive activity in the facility, and the dose rate in the irradiation room. The dosimeter performance test and quality assurance of the system were conducted using the Facility Intercomparison Technique which tested the dosimeter (measuring instrument) at 2 different facilities to determine the performance of the measuring instrument.. In this study, 2 irradiation facilities were tested using a Harwell routine dosimeter in the dose range of 1 kGy to 30 kGy and 20 dose points. The results showed that the highest deviation reached 19% and 21% at the Gamma Cell 220 and the Dr. Mirzan T Razzak Gamma irradiator facilities. This elevated the performance of the dosimeters to determine the precision accuracy of the dose-measuring instrument.

APPLICATION OF THE GUIDE (GTR) TO PLATFORM FLOORS FROM THE TRARZA AND INCHIRI-MAURITANIA REGION MBLAL-LAHOUVICH AXIS AND AKJOUJT-TASIASIT AXIS

In the search for an adequate technical document in the field of road earthworks, and in view of the unavailability of national standards in Mauritania which may be the origin of these documents, this article essentially aims to propose methods of execution of the upper platform. Earthworks and subgrade. As a result, a study was made on platform soils in two regions in Mauritania, one is located in the south-west of the country (Trarza) and the other is in the west (Inchiri). Two roads were chosen, one 3.7km long (Mblal-Lahouvich), and the other 5km (Akjoujt-Tasaisit).

Deep Understanding of Technical Documents: An Enhancement on Diagrams Understanding

Humans are capable of understanding the knowledge that is included in technical documents automatically by consciously combining the information that is presented in the document’s individual modalities. These modalities are mathematical formulas, charts, tables, diagram images and etc. In this paper, we significantly enhance a previously presented technical document understanding methodology3 that emulates the way that humans also perceive information. More specifically, we make the original diagram understanding methodology adaptive to larger architectures with more complex structures and modules. The overall understanding methodology results in the generation of a Stochastic Petri-net (SPN) graph that describes the system’s functionality. Finally, we conclude with the introduction of the hierarchical association of different diagram images from the same technical document. This processing step aims to provide a holistic understanding of all illustrated diagram information.

About designing the height of the first profile of the marshalling hump

The Height of the high-speed section of the sorting slide. Design of high-speed section of the marshalling hump. To prove mathematically the absence of theoretical basis of the formula by which the height of the first profile section of the marshalling hump is calculated in the current calculation method of marshalling humps. The paper uses the theorem on the change of kinetic energy for a non-free material point in the final form, known from theoretical mechanics. The research results revealed that the formulas by which the height of the first profile section of the marshalling hump is calculated to contradict the theorem on the change of kinetic energy for a non-free material point in the final form. The research results can be used in the processing of the normative-technical document on the design of hump devices on railways and making adjustments to the dynamics of rolling the car in textbooks for universities of railway transport. The results of the calculations proved the incorrectness of the derivation of the formula for calculating the height of the first profile section of the marshalling hump in the normative-technical document “Rules and standards for the design of sorting devices on the railways with gauge 1 520 mm”.

Drug Registration requirements for Pharmaceuticals in Emerging markets

Registration of pharmaceutical drug products in emerging market is maximum worrying task. Although the requirements are harmonized in regulated international locations by way of CTD (Common technical document) submitting, yet others have considerable diversity in necessities. International conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) has brought regulatory authorities and pharmaceutical industries of US, Japan and Europe collectively for various factors of drug registration. But there is no such harmonized guideline for rising marketplace besides Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) where harmonization exists in clusters with their mutual situation. Quality, Safety and Efficacy information has significance importance in dossier registration. Pharmaceutical Industries has to conform with regulatory requirement in Emerging market and for betterment of public Health and protection. The business importance of markets is increasing globally. It is important for pharmaceutical enterprise to address the regulatory necessities for betterment of public and to ensure their place in the marketplace. The review additionally explains a short approximately extraordinary regulatory requirement for Registration of drug product in Emerging market and comparative data for registration of dossier software in Emerging marketplace.

A Holistic Approach for Automatic Deep Understanding and Protection of Technical Documents

A Technical Document (TD) is mainly composed by a set of modalities appropriately structured and associated. These modalities could be NL-text, block diagrams, formulas, tables, graphics, pictures etc. A deep understanding of a TD will be based on the synergistic understanding and associations of these modalities. This paper offers a novel methodology for the implementation of a holistic approach for deep understanding of technical documents by understanding and associating these modalities. This approach is based on the homogeneous expression (mapping) of the technical document modalities into the same medium, which in this case is the Stochastic Petri-nets (SPN). Then, these modalities are associated to each other generating new knowledge about the technical document topic and a SPN simulator is created to offer additional information about the functional behavior of the system described in the document. Some results from our studies are provided to prove the overall concept.

Introduction of the Technical Document in Japan for Safety Use of Type2 Pressure Vessels in Hydrogen Refueling Stations

We considered the Type2 pressure vessel (hereinafter, Type2) used in hydrogen refueling stations (hereinafter, HRS), a stational Composite Reinforced Pressure Vessel (hereinafter, CRPV) in which a metal layer made of high-strength low-alloy steel is wrapped with a carbon fiber reinforced plastic (hereinafter, CFRP) layer in the circumferential direction. Because Type2 is lightweight and has a long life, installation in HRS is expected. However, since no technical standards concerning design for safe use of Type2 for HRS currently exist, few Type2 have been installed in HRS in Japan. Based on these circumstances, we are developing a Technical Document on the safe use of Type2 (hereinafter, TD) to promote the installation of Type2 at HRS. In this paper, we introduce the current discussion on issuance of the TD as an industrial standard, focusing especially on the following: Type2 shall be considered a two-layer pressure vessel in which the CFRP layer shares the circumferential stress of the metal layer. The wall thicknesses of the metal layer and CFRP layer of Type2 are calculated by Design by Rule approach, but when necessary, Design by Analysis (stress analysis and fatigue analysis) can be applied. Design specification tests such as the burst test and hydraulic pressure cycle test using an actual Type2 should not be required. The hydrogen compatibility and fatigue life of the low-alloy steel used in the metal layer are evaluated in accordance with our previously-proposed methods [1]. In the fatigue analysis, the effect of autofrettage can be considered.

Nonuniform language in technical writing: Detection and correction

Technical writing in professional environments, such as user manual authoring, requires the use of uniform language. Nonuniform language refers to sentences in a technical document that are intended to have the same meaning within a similar context, but use different words or writing style. Addressing this nonuniformity problem requires the performance of two tasks. The first task, which we named nonuniform language detection (NLD), is detecting such sentences. We propose an NLD method that utilizes different similarity algorithms at lexical, syntactic, semantic and pragmatic levels. Different features are extracted and integrated by applying a machine learning classification method. The second task, which we named nonuniform language correction (NLC), is deciding which sentence among the detected ones is more appropriate for that context. To address this problem, we propose an NLC method that combines contraction removal, near-synonym choice, and text readability comparison. We tested our methods using smartphone user manuals. We finally compared our methods against state-of-the-art methods in paraphrase detection (for NLD) and against expert annotators (for both NLD and NLC). The experiments demonstrate that the proposed methods achieve performance that matches expert annotators.