...Design Project 2 056:144 Human Factors Submitted to: Professor Pennathur Submitted on: 09/22/12 Team All-Star The purpose of this project is data collection of human behavior in a natural setting. This descriptive research is based on observation of real life situations, rather than a controlled research setting. The project involves monitoring drivers at traffic lights to determine the effect of cell phone use on braking behavior. These observations are analyzed to determine better considerations for human factors. Procedure: In order to receive better observations and more usable samples of data, the group collected three samples from stoplight locations (intersections of Iowa and Madison, Burlington and Gilbert, and Clinton and College) all located in Iowa City, IA. The three samples were collected at different times of day, including morning (8-10 AM), midday (12-2 PM) and evening (4-6 PM). These times are assumed to include the most populated stoplight traffic, in order to provide more representative samples that can describe general behavior. Data was collected by group members at an individual stoplight location, in one direction (either East/West or North/South). Observation were recorded on provided data collection sheets each time the stoplight turned red (stop) for a 30 minute period. The variables collected included: The lane the vehicle was traveling in, whether a cell phone was being used while driving, the gender of the driver, the...
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...TECH NEWS TECHNOLOGY NEWS September–October 2004 Iowa LTAP Roads Scholar Program Training Workshops Technology News Calendar Safety Circuit Rider Library Catalog Publications Better Mousetraps Simplified spot speed studies Editor’s note This article is the first of five summaries of traffic studies described in the Handbook of Simplified Practice for Traffic Studies: (1) spot speeds, (2) traffic volumes, (3) sight distances, (4) crash analyses, and (5) school zone programs. The handbook was developed by CTRE and funded by the Iowa Highway Research Board (TR455). The handbook describes straightforward trafficstudy procedures to help local agencies “get their arms” around specific traffic-related questions or potential problems. Data collected from these studies can be critical to decision making and can help agencies communicate more effectively with community members and local officials. All procedures outlined in the handbook and described below follow national standards. Figure 1. Example stopwatch spot speed study layout Figure 2. Example radar meter spot speed study layout Spot speed studies are used primarily to determine the distribution of traffic speeds, or vehicle speed percentiles, at a specific location. These data help traffic engineers determine and/or evaluate traffic operations and traffic control practices at specific locations; establish design elements for roadways, pedestrian walkways, and bikeways; assess roadway safety questions; and make other...
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...thing. They stated Romney progress and had also stated Obama’s, so they did not leave out any facts. Yes, the story did consider alternative perspectives as in they were stating that Romney could or could not win Iowa, they did not know either way. They also gave statements on why Romney did not win over Ohio. There were no questionable assumptions, in the beginning and the end of the article they had two questions, the first was if there were trouble signs in Iowa for Romney? The last one was asking if all of Romney’s efforts and hard work were enough, which they did not answer this, they just stated we would know in two days. The article did not ignore any implications on the two presidents; they talked about them equally passing no judgment on one or the other. I believe that it is important to make distinctions when undertaking a critical evaluation because you need to point out everything good about the person and the other person involved. Also you need to state the bad. But make sure that they are all facts before you write them. You do not want a bunch of fiction or assumptions or bias in your article. You want facts. A lot goes into critical thinking. The list of core critical thinking skills includes observation, interpretation, analysis, inference, evaluation, explanation, and meta-cognition. There is a reasonable level of consensus among...
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...and says that the goddess Amba sustains him. Prahlad Jani, says that he is surviving by chanting mantras and by meditating for goddess Amba. Prahlad Jani has been kept under observations 2 times to know the medical reason behind his claim and also to prove his claim of living without food or water from 1940. He believes that the goddess Amba provides him with a water like sustainable liquid inside his body to keep him alive. Till now 2 observational studies has been made, one in 2003 and another in 2010 to prove his claim or to deny it. Many expert neurologists monitored Jani and they were surprised by the result. The experts confirmed Jani's ability to survive without food or water but the claim was not proven due to many allegations relating to the procedure of tests conducted. Observational Conditions : - Jani was examined daily for checking his vital statistics. - Prahlad Jani was made to stay in a sealed room for 10 days. - He was provided just 100 milliliters of water a day for mouth wash. - The room's toilet was sealed off and Cameras were installed to monitor. - No Food / water (except that 100ml) was provided for 10 days straight. Conclusions drawn from the above Observation : - Some liquid was found in his bladder. - Jani was perfectly healthy after that 10 days of observation. - His weight was reduced slightly and he didn't urinate or defecate. The Moore family consisted of parents Josiah B. (aged 43), Sarah (née Montgomery) (39), and their four...
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...Albert Bandura (born December 4, 1925, in Mundare, Alberta, Canada) is a psychologist who is the David Starr Jordan Professor Emeritus of Social Science in Psychology at Stanford University. For almost six decades, he has been responsible for contributions to many fields of psychology, including social cognitive theory, therapy and personality psychology, and was also influential in the transition between behaviorism and cognitive psychology. He is known as the originator of social learning theory and the theory of self-efficacy, and is also responsible for the influential 1961 Bobo doll experiment. A 2002 survey ranked Bandura as the fourth most-frequently cited psychologist of all time, behind B. F. Skinner, Sigmund Freud, and Jean Piaget, and as the most cited living one.[1] Bandura is widely described as the greatest living psychologist,[2][3][4][5] and as one of the most influential psychologists of all time.[6][7] In 1974 Bandura was elected to be the Eighty-Second President of the American Psychological Association (APA). He was one of the youngest president-elects in the history of the APA at the age of 46. Bandura served as a member of the APA Board of Scientific Affairs from 1968 to 1970 and is well known as a member of the editiorial board of nine psychology journals including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology from 1963 to 1972.[8] At the age of 82, Bandura was awarded the Grawemeyer Award for psychology and is known as one of the most influential psychologists...
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...While not everyone is aware, it is more than evident that psychology and the legal system are intertwined in many different ways. After having the chance to observe court case in real life, it is even more clear to me how these two fields merge into one another, creating an entirely different field of forensic psychology. I will be sharing my observations and experience of my time observing a real-life court case trial before my own eyes and how this can be related to the course information I have learned in this class this semester. I attended court on Tuesday, February 27th, at the Black Hawk County Courthouse in Waterloo, Iowa. My observation lasted for about two hours between 2 p.m. and 4 pm. During my time, I witnessed the voir dire...
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...R version 3.2.2 (2015-08-14) -- "Fire Safety" Copyright (C) 2015 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing Platform: i386-w64-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) R 是免費軟體，不提供任何擔保。 在某些條件下您可以將其自由散布。 用 'license()' 或 'licence()' 來獲得散布的詳細條件。 R 是個合作計劃，有許多人為之做出了貢獻。 用 'contributors()' 來看詳細的情況並且 用 'citation()' 會告訴您如何在出版品中正確地參照 R 或 R 套件。 用 'demo()' 來看一些示範程式，用 'help()' 來檢視線上輔助檔案，或 用 'help.start()' 透過 HTML 瀏覽器來看輔助檔案。 用 'q()' 離開 R。 > fb=read.table("facebkincreases.txt",header=T,sep="\t") > fb Country Percent 1 United Kingdom 31 2 Canada 9 3 Turkey 23 4 Australia 43 5 Colombia 246 6 Chile 2197 7 France 92 8 Norway 7 9 Sweden 4 10 Mexico 69 11 Venezuela 683 12 South Africa 33 13 Egypt 31 14 Denmark 92 15 Spain 132 16 India 42 17 Germany 44 18 Israel 42 19 Italy 139 > boxplot(fb) > y=norm(100,mean=0,sd=1) Error in norm(100, mean = 0, sd = 1) : unused arguments (mean = 0, sd = 1) > y=rnorm(100,mean=0,sd=1) > y [1] -1.84744960 -0.65573947 -0.98455577 0.75310184 -0.49651831 -0.96177503 [7] -0.91889840 -0.71111228 -0.71172276 -0.12506692 -0.26941086 0.80957609 [13] -0.25997241 -0.06280812 2.66102986 -0.55433689 -0.08203630 -1.00075988 [19] -2.87532241 -0.23712899 1.75110254 -0.40726059 0.92780826...
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...Thinker Session 3 What was the overall, main message shared by the speakers? (2-3 sentences) The main message of the speakers was pretty much their own experiences, and how their farms operate. It was really interesting to see the different types of farming. All three of them were completely different than what we do on my home farm. They shared pros and cons of how they farm, and what they’re doing in the future to make the way they farm better. What were the main concerns/observations/experiences of the speakers that formed the basis for their comments and/or recommendations? (about ½ page) Nathan talked about his 850 acre row crop operation. On his family farm, they also raise about 80 stock cattle on 50 acres of pasture. Something that they are experimenting with is planting cover crops on their row crops, and then grazing the cattle on the cover crops. This has worked so far, and they are looking to do more of this. Nathan thinks that grazing cover crops is a logical step for the best management of the farm. Doing this, Nathan believes it will be helpful for long term farming. Something that Nathan doesn’t like doing is spraying, therefore making it unsustainable. He is trying to figure out ways to reduce the amount of spraying and fertilizer that they use on his family farm. Mike operates an 858 acre bison farm. Mikes family started with beef cattle, and tried to manage them like bison, grazing them year around. This didn’t work, and they lost quite a few calves. Mike...
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...novels and television, one can examine the ways leaders are defined and are distinct from the general population. In examining these defining elements using insights from classic literature, modern television, and a variety of theoretical approaches to leadership featured in Northouse’s leadership text, it becomes apparent that leaders can know they are working for a good cause through their intuition and search for knowledge and meaning. Further, leaders verify the justness of their cause by practicing delegation, observation, and integrity. First and foremost, a leader can be sure they are working towards a good cause when they seek information, meaning, and purpose within an objective. Good leaders observe their surroundings, carefully taking in a plethora of information from various perspectives about a situation, and then decide upon the best plan of action. For example, in 1984, Winston’s initial mistrust in his government comes primarily from his observations...
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...to be addressed as customer service is one of the cornerstones of the industry. In order maintain a good customer service, Starbucks must minimize the in-line wait time and the service times so that customers can go in and out of the shop at their own leisure. Faster service means more customers can be helped in a short amount of time as well as keeping lines short during rush-hour times. Shorter lines, in turn, means that as customers enters the store they will be less likely to be discouraged by the amount of waiting they would have to do and leave for other source. The best way that this problem may be resolved is through analyzing and simulating the queuing behavior of customers as they enter store to make their purchases. Through observations and statistical data, we seek to utilize a model to simulate this behavior as well as determine what variables are critical to minimizing customer in line waiting times as well as customer service times. Background Starbucks was formed in Seattle, Washington back in 1971 by three partners. They originally were not a coffee shop. Rather, they were a provider of whole coffee beans to restaurants and other coffee bars. It was not until 1987 that Starbucks transformed into the everyday coffee shop that we know today. Over the course of almost 30 years, Starbucks has expanded to over 60 countries and opening just over 21,000 individual stores. In Q2 of the 2015 fiscal year, they had a total consolidated revenue of $4.6 billion dollars while...
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...As a middle manager of a health care organization, leadership has asked you to create training materials for your employees. The Creation of this quality-training manual for the various positions in this organization is an important part of the institution's quality management plan. The training session, serves the important purpose of providing a consistent way to communicate instructions to employees about how to perform essential functions of their jobs. It benefits supervisors responsible for educating employees about their jobs, but also provides content and structure vital in training new hires as well as managing the performance of current workers. Information provided, is about the processes and procedures employees are required to follow as well as tasks that form the basis of their jobs they are charged with performing. The training manual content is based on objectives clear enough to enable trainees to master the material with ease. The training will initially be conducted by means of Power point slides and a Training Manual handout. This information is accessible via the Upstairs Solutions Online Training Center Login Management Software. This Program will enable management to track and report employee training and ensure training compliance. The feed back form should be filled out to evaluate the training program, instructor and handed in at the end before the attendees leave. (See appendix A) Health Care and Human Services (Middle Manager Training Program:...
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...E N C E – S H A P I N G T H E F U T U R E SARAH BROWN WESSLING 2010 Iowa Teacher of the Year Johnston High School Johnston, IA School profile: Students in district: Students in building: Suburban 5700 1250 Teaching area: Teaching level: Years in teaching: Years in present position: 2010 National Teacher of the Year Sarah Brown Wessling English 10 - 12 11 10 Page 1 II. Educational History and Professional Development Activities: DEEPENING THE LAYERS ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Master of Arts, August, 2003. • MAJOR: English. Specialization: Literature. • THESIS TITLE: Using Literary Theory in an Advanced Placement English Classroom. • AWARDS: o Excellence in Research for Master's thesis, 2003. o Albert Walker Excellence in English Award, 2003. o Critical Writing Award (for critical scholarship), 2003. Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. Bachelor of Arts, Graduated with distinction, May 1998. • MAJOR: English Education. • Honors: o Phi Beta Kappa Liberal Arts and Sciences Honor Society, 1998. o Mortar Board Honor Society, VICE PRESIDENT, 1997-1998. o Phi Kappa Phi International Honor Society, 1997-1998. o Kappa Delta Pi, FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE, 1997-1998. o Golden Key National Honor Society, 1996-1998. o Dean's List: 1995-1998. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Johnston Community School District, Johnston, Iowa. • High School English teacher, 1999-present. • Department chair, 2003-present. • Courses...
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...Thomas Jennings 1791-1856 Thomas Jennings, born in 1791, was the first African American to be given a patent, on March 3, 1821. Thomas Jennings was awarded his patent for a dry cleaning process (U.S. patent 3306x). At the time, he was operating a dry cleaning business in New York City, and was heavily involved in abolitionist activities. The patent was for a dry-cleaning process called "dry scouring", and he used the initial money he earned from it to purchase freedom from slavery for his family. In 1831, Thomas Jennings became assistant secretary for the First Annual Convention of the People of Color in Philadelphia, PA. Thomas Jennings was a free man when he took out his patent, otherwise he might have had trouble obtaining the patent in his name. For instance, in 1857, a slave-owner named Oscar Stuart patented a "double cotton scraper" invented by his slave, Ned, arguing, "the master is the owner of the fruits of the labor of the slave both manual and intellectual". Initially, he U.S. patent office changed the patent laws in favor of Oscar Stuart, but in 1870, the U.S. government passed a patent law giving all American men, including African Americans, the rights to their inventions. Most slaves in the Southern states of the USA were denied education. The slave owners were afraid of slave rebellions occurring if slaves had access to texts based on enlightenment thinking, like Thomas Paine's "the Rights of Man". Even if African American inventors were...
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...The Future of Food Production The process that food consumed in America goes through to make its way to our mouths is like a Rube Goldberg contraption. The seemingly straightforward process of growing, raising, harvesting, and slaughtering goes on every day, completely hidden from consumers. Very few Americans are aware of the highly complicated, mechanized, and convoluted journey that any given bite of food takes from its origins in nature (or some manipulated approximation of it) to its destination on our plates. Although some people criticize the state of our food system, it is clear that it grew to be the international machine that it is because of demand. More than 300 million Americans want lots of food, meat especially, and they want it cheap. So like every other production process in this country, our food system has been industrialized to produce maximum food calories for the American people at minimum cost. This industrialization of our food system has allowed for population increase and higher standards of living. But there are significant problems with the industrial food system. Caught up in a drive to maximize production and profit, the industrial food system has grown to an unsustainable size. As food production has become increasingly industrialized, concern for the environment and the animals we eat has taken a backseat to expansion. Specialization, rather than integration, has become Forman 2 the hallmark of America’s farms. Rather...
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...Discussion I conducted my professional interviews at my practicum site for my school counseling program. The name of this school is Roosevelt Middle School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Their gifted and talented program is called PACT: Program for Academic and Creative Talent. For this assignment, I was able to have a face to face interview with both school counselors and the assistant principal of the school. The PACT teacher was not in on the day I conducted the interviews, however I was able to conduct the interview through email. I also planned to interview a gifted student in the PACT program, but unfortunately the student was sick and not at school. Nonetheless, I believe I received a great deal of information from the stakeholders that...
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