Examining the Development and Selection Process for Senior Enlisted Personnel in the U.S. Navy

This chapter discusses the philosophies and practices that drive the MSUrbanSTEM Leadership & Teaching Fellowship Program. This multi-year project offers a professional development program to a selected cohort of K-12 STEM educators from Chicago Public Schools, one of the largest urban districts in the U.S. This chapter provides a holistic view of the program, shares the fellow selection process, and focuses on the strategically developed curriculum and the theoretical bases for the chosen pedagogy. This allows the authors to explore the psychological and philosophical principles, based on the idea of accepting confusion, and embracing failure in beliefs about pedagogy and STEM instruction, which are used to expand the skills and abilities of these selected urban school teachers. Finally, we provide some initial findings about the teachers' growth and development both in their efficacy and leadership abilities.

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Sleep quality, occupational factors, and psychomotor vigilance performance in the U.S. Navy sailors

SLEEP ◽

10.1093/sleep/zsaa118 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 (12) ◽

Author(s):

Panagiotis Matsangas ◽

Nita Lewis Shattuck

Keyword(s):

Sleep Quality ◽

Sleep Duration ◽

Reaction Times ◽

Vigilance Task ◽

Poor Sleep ◽

Vigilance Performance ◽

Occupational Factors ◽

Enlisted Personnel ◽

Psychomotor Vigilance ◽

The U.S

Abstract Study Objectives This field study (a) assessed sleep quality of sailors on the U.S. Navy (USN) ships while underway, (b) investigated whether the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) scores were affected by occupational factors and sleep attributes, and (c) assessed whether the PSQI could predict impaired psychomotor vigilance performance. Methods Longitudinal field assessment of fit-for-duty USN sailors performing their underway duties (N = 944, 79.0% males, median age 26 years). Participants completed questionnaires, wore actigraphs, completed logs, and performed the wrist-worn 3-min Psychomotor Vigilance Task (PVT). Results Sailors slept on average 6.60 ± 1.01 h/day with 86.9% splitting their sleep into more than one episode/day. The median PSQI Global score was 8 (interquartile range [IQR] = 5); 80.4% of the population were classified as “poor sleepers” with PSQI scores >5. PSQI scores were affected by sailor occupational group, rank, daily sleep duration, and number of sleep episodes/day. Sleep quality showed a U-shape association with daily sleep duration due to the confounding effect of split sleep. Sailors with PSQI scores >9 had 21.1% slower reaction times (p < 0.001) and 32.8%–61.5% more lapses combined with false starts (all p < 0.001) than sailors with PSQI scores ≤9. Compared to males and officers, females and enlisted personnel had 86% and 23% higher risk, respectively, of having PSQI scores >9. Sailors in the PSQI > 9 group had more pronounced split sleep. Conclusions Working on Navy ships is associated with elevated PSQI scores, a high incidence of poor sleep, and degraded psychomotor vigilance performance. The widely used PSQI score>5 criterion should be further validated in active-duty service member populations.

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Evaluation of Grade Crossing Hazard Ranking Models

2017 Joint Rail Conference ◽

10.1115/jrc2017-2271 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Benjamin R. Sperry ◽

Bhaven Naik ◽

Jeffery E. Warner

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Prediction Model ◽

Selection Process ◽

Project Selection ◽

Accident Prediction ◽

Ranking Models ◽

Ranking Model ◽

Hazard Ranking ◽

Grade Crossing ◽

The U.S

Public agencies involved with highway-railroad grade crossing safety must allocate available funding to projects which are considered the most in need for improvements. Mathematical models provide a ranking of hazard risk at crossings and support the project selection process. This paper reports the results of a research study sponsored by the Ohio Rail Development Commission (ORDC) and the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) examining hazard ranking models for grade crossing project selection. The goal of the research was to provide ORDC, ODOT, and other stakeholders with a better understanding of the grade crossing hazard ranking formulas and other methods used by States to evaluate grade crossing hazards and select locations for hazard elimination projects. A comprehensive literature review along with personal interviews of state DOT personnel from eight states yielded best practices for hazard ranking and project selection. The literature review found that more than three-quarters of states utilize some type of hazard ranking formula or other systematic method for project prioritization. The most commonly-used hazard ranking model in use is the U.S. DOT Accident Prediction Model; however, at least eleven states utilize state-specific hazard ranking models. Detailed evaluation of several different hazard ranking models determined that the existing hazard ranking model used in Ohio, the U.S. DOT Accident Prediction Model, should continue to be used. The research also recommends greater use of sight distance information at crossings and expanding the preliminary list of crossings to be considered in the annual program as enhancements to the existing project selection process used by the ORDC and ODOT.

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English Immersion U.S.A. Program (EIP) - An educational and sociocultural experience

Research Society and Development ◽

10.33448/rsd-v9i8.6051 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. e670986051

Author(s):

Claudio Antonio Klaus Junior ◽

Levi Hülse

Keyword(s):

Transformative Learning ◽

Social Inclusion ◽

English Language ◽

Selection Process ◽

School Students ◽

Sustainable Development Goal ◽

Public School Students ◽

English Immersion ◽

The U.S ◽

Selection Of

The present paper shares an account of the experience of the English Immersion U.S.A Program (EIP), promoted by the U.S. Mission to Brazil as a positive response to the need to outreach to minority and disadvantaged public school students in Brazil after the selection of the Youth Ambassadors program. The account conveys the experience of the selection process, the program itself, and highlights the possibility of the program to (1) foster international cooperation to reach the goals of the U.S. Mission to Brazil through both education and social inclusion; (2) allowed the participants to have an immersive experience in the U.S. culture and allowed them to practice and sharpen their English language skills; (3) allowed the participants to get to know Brazil itself better as they interacted with fellow Brazilians from different parts of the country; (4) make an educational environment to allow transformative learning, and (5) achieve Sustainable development goal number 17.

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Early Exposure to County Income Mobility and Adult Individual Health in the United States

10.31235/osf.io/5fdzs ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sebastian Daza ◽

alberto palloni

Keyword(s):

Residential Mobility ◽

Selection Process ◽

Panel Study ◽

The United States ◽

Income Mobility ◽

Childhood And Adolescence ◽

County Level ◽

Adult Health ◽

Adult Individual ◽

The U.S

Despite substantial research, drivers of the widening gap in life expectancy between rich and poor in the U.S. -- the so-called longevity gap -- remain unknown. Recent research has suggested that contextual income mobility (e.g., county-level socioeconomic mobility) may play an essential role in explaining the longevity gap. Previous studies -- based mostly on aggregate and cross-sectional individual data -- show an association between county income mobility and county mortality and individual's health. However, inferring individual effects from aggregate (county-level) data can be problematic (i.e., ecological fallacy), and measuring exposure to income mobility using the county where respondents currently live or die, might overlook the selection process associated with residential mobility. This paper aims to extend previous research by estimating the effect of average exposure to mobility regimes during childhood and adolescence on adult health using longitudinal data and accounting for selection into counties over time (i.e., residential mobility). We use both the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) with geocoded data to assess the link between county-level income mobility (Chetty's estimates), behaviors (smoking) and health conditions and status (self-reported health, BMI, depressive symptoms). Furthermore, we use cohorts optimally match Chetty's estimates of income mobility in the U.S. (1980-1982) and account for selection and time-varying confounders using marginal structural models (MSM). Overall, we provide a more precise test of the hypothesis that childhood exposure to income mobility regimes may determine health status through behavior (i.e., smoking) later in life and contribute to longevity gaps.

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Non-modifiable Risk Factors Associated with Sternoclavicular Joint Dislocations in the U.S. Military

Military Medicine ◽

10.1093/milmed/usx095 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 183 (5-6) ◽

pp. e188-e193 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Baris Gun ◽

Robert Dean ◽

Beatrice Go ◽

Catherine Richardson ◽

Brian R Waterman

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Air Force ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Sternoclavicular Joint ◽

Modifiable Risk Factors ◽

Age Group ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Adjusted Rate ◽

Senior Enlisted ◽

The U.S

Abstract INTRODUCTION Sternoclavicular joint (SCJ) dislocations, although uncommon, are observed in patients with ligamentous laxity as well as those who experience traumatic injuries. The incidence and epidemiology of this costly and debilitating injury to our relatively young and active military population have not previously been reported. The purpose of this study is to consider and quantify the non-modifiable risk factors associated with this injury. METHODS Using Defense Medical Epidemiological Database, first-time occurrences, from 2006 to 2015 for the ICD-9-CM code 839.61 (closed dislocation of the SCJ), were obtained and further categorized by gender, race, age, rank, and branch of service. Race was classified based on self-reporting of patients into White, Black, or other categories. Age was divided into the categories of less than 20 yr, 20–24 yr, 25–29 yr, 30–34 yr, 35–39 yr, and greater than 40 yr. Rank was categorized as junior enlisted (E-1 to E-4), senior enlisted (E-5 to E-9), junior officer (O-1 to O-3), and senior officer (O-4 to O-10). Branch of service includes Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. Multivariate data analysis was performed to obtain rate per 1,000 person-years as well as adjusted rate (adjusted for age group, gender, race, rank, and service) to isolate risk factors. RESULTS Between 2006 and 2015, 427 cases of closed SCJ dislocations occurred among an at-risk population of 13,772,342 person-years for an unadjusted incidence rate (IR) of 0.031 per 1,000 person-years. The annual unadjusted IR ranged from 0.017 in 2006 to 0.059 in 2014 with the greatest increase occurring between 2006 and 2007 representing 61% increase in the rate of injuries. Males were almost twice as likely to sustain these injuries compared with females (adjusted rate ratio 1.73; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.23, 2.43). Age was not found to be a risk factor for the development of these injuries with IRs for each age group overlapping with 95% CI for all other age groups. Similarly, the other category for race was also not found to be a statistically significant risk factor. Junior Officers (adjusted rate 0.017; 95% CI 0.011, 0.025) were found least likely to suffer from these injuries with Junior Enlisted (0.034; 95% CI 0.030, 0.040) and Senior Enlisted (0.032; 95% CI 0.028, 0.037) most at risk. Being in the Navy (0.019; 95% CI 0.015, 0.025) was found to be most protective compared with Air Force (0.032; 95% CI 0.026, 0.039), Army (0.036; 95% CI 0.031, 0.041), and Marines (0.036; 95% CI 0.028, 0.045). DISCUSSION and CONCLUSION Annual unadjusted IR of SCJ dislocations readily increased from 2006 to 2014. Statistically significant risk factors, for suffering a closed SCJ dislocation, identified by our study, were male sex, enlisted rank, and branch of service other than Navy. Age and race were not found to have a statistically significant risk. These results can shed light on non-modifiable risk factors for dislocations of the SCJ and can be used in other studies to aid in reducing injury burden on the U.S. Military.

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Development of RI-ISI Program for Krško NPP

Volume 1: Plant Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Modifications, Life Cycle and Balance of Plant; Nuclear Fuel and Materials; Radiation Protection and Nuclear Technology Applications ◽

10.1115/icone21-16550 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Scott Kulat ◽

Robin Graybeal ◽

Benjamin Montgomery ◽

Ivan Vrbanić ◽

Ivica Bašić ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Selection Process ◽

Degradation Mechanism ◽

Electrical Power ◽

Implementation Program ◽

Class 1 ◽

Process Risk ◽

Almost All ◽

The U.S

Risk-informed methodologies for inservice inspections of safety related piping in nuclear power plants were formally established in mid-1990s in the U.S. Since then, they have been adopted and applied by almost all of the U.S. plants. Nowadays, risk-informed inservice inspection (RI-ISI) is considered to be a standard for the operating plants in the U.S. It was not long before the RI-ISI practice started to be “exported” from the U.S. to other countries. By now, RI-ISI had found its way to a number of European and other countries. Among the recent examples is the Krško Nuclear Power Plant (Krško NPP), a two-loop Westinghouse-designed PWR located in Slovenia and owned by Slovenian and Croatian utilities. Krško NPP finished its third inservice inspection (ISI) interval in July 2012 and initiated implementation of the RI-ISI program at the start of the fourth interval. The process used to develop the RI-ISI program conformed to the methodology described in Electrical Power Research Institute (EPRI) Topical Report TR-112657 and included a degradation mechanism evaluation, consequence analysis and risk characterization for ASME Class 1 and Class 2 piping, as well as an element/examination selection process, risk impact assessment and inspection implementation program development. This paper describes the development of the Krško NPP RI-ISI program and the results of its RI-ISI application. A discussion is, also, provided on some aspects relevant for application of RI-ISI approaches developed in the U.S to plants outside of the U.S.

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