The illusions caused by disorientation are perhaps the most-dangerous aspect of vertigo; a pilot, for example, may sense that he is gaining altitude when in reality he is losing it, or he may feel that he is steering to the right when he is on a straight course.
A pilot, for example, must also monitor for cockpit alerts while maintaining awareness of an aircraft's position in space (Wickens, Sebok, McCormick, & Walters, 2016), and operators in air traffic control must remain responsive to critical alerts while managing the flow of air traffic (Imbert et al., 2014).
This paper presents a pilot study example illustrating the former application, using an existing automated palynology system on a pollen differentiation problem relevant to the New Zealand honey industry.
The experiments with pilot example of the ion source confirm efficiency of the suggested method.
The paper focuses on this aspect and thus should be seen as pilot example towards the development of new landscape methodology.
Pilot examples of designed applications and preliminary system evaluation are reported and discussed.
If there is important uncertainty about the impacts of such options, a rigorous evaluation (such as a pilot study, for example), can prevent the potential for resource wastage.
Cluster randomised trials also have different methodological issues and concerns when undertaking a pilot trial – for example to estimate the intra-class correlation (ICC).
The advantages and limitations of such an approach could then be monitored by a pilot project with examples, building upon those presented during the workshop.
For example, a pilot study examining for benefit of an exercise therapy, would require a sample size of 36 patients to reliably detect a change of 20% in peak torque and work done (80% power, p = 0.05).
