C-130 Programmed Depot Maintenance

The Crew Survivability and Logistics Division of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL/HES) is currently directing a program of research focused on enhancing the task environment for programmed depot maintenance (PDM) technicians. One issue being addressed by the Integrated Technical Information for the Air Logistics Centers (ITI-ALC) program is the appropriate insertion of advanced technologies into the PDM task environment. One challenge facing AFRL/HES was to identify those PDM functions for which the insertion of ITI-ALC technologies would be most beneficial. This paper describes how the application of a traditional human factors-based systems analysis led to the identification of these functions.

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Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed

The Journal of Cost Analysis & Management ◽

10.1080/15411656.2006.10462257 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 73-84 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edward G. Keating ◽

Elvira N. Loredo

Keyword(s):

Depot Maintenance

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The Significance of Depression in the Prediction of Relapse in Chronic Schizophrenia

The British Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1192/bjp.152.3.320 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 152 (3) ◽

pp. 320-323 ◽

Cited By ~ 70

Author(s):

D. A. W. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Maintenance Therapy ◽

Chronic Schizophrenia ◽

First Year ◽

Normal Dose ◽

Early Relapse ◽

Acute Relapse ◽

Depot Maintenance ◽

Schizophrenic Patients ◽

Prospective Monitoring ◽

Prediction Of Relapse

The prospective monitoring of two separate groups of chronically schizophrenic patients on regular depot maintenance therapy suggests that depression developing after an interval of 1 year from recovery from an acute relapse indicates a significant increase in the risk of a further relapse within 2 years, compared with depression within the first year, or no depression. Patients with such depression were more prone to relapses than other patients, despite regular medication within normal dose ranges. The results suggest that the aetiology of depression occurring in patients after 1 year in a stable mental state is different from that of depression within the first year, and in many patients, the former represents underlying schizophrenic activity prior to an early relapse.

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