| Military Services Physical Fitness and Weight Management Database: A review and Analysis |
JUL 2002 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Becky Singer; Barbara Palmer; Beth Rogers; Julie Smith; HUMAN SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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 | This report documents the current state of the U.S. military services' physical fitness and body composition programs and data collection. The policy and governance of these programs are introduced and the methods of implementation and the roles of service members to meet the standards declared by each respective service are explained. The possibility of creating a central database that will be responsive to data collection and reporting requirements in the ... |
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| Exercise Compliance: Does the US Air Force Have Unique Opportunities |
01 NOV 2001 |
31 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Neal Baumgartner; Stefan H. Constable; HUMAN SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This publication documents the proceedings of an exercise compliance workshop sponsored by the US Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine's Performance Enhancement Division and held in conjunction with a Human Systems Information Analysis Center (HSIAC) Review & Analysis entitled, Exercise Compliance: Does the US Air Force Have Unique Opportunities? Military and civilian exercise science and exercise behavior subject- matter experts gathered at Brooks AFB, TX on 16 August 2001 purposed ... |
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| Gateway. Volume 12, Number 4, 2001 |
2001 |
17 pages |
| Authors:
Stefan Contstable; Barbara Palmer; Mark Rayson; Andrew S. Jackson; HUMAN SYSTEMS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This issue contains articles on the following subjects: (1) The Process of Physical Fitness Standards Development. (2) History of Occupational Demands Measurement and the Services' Physical Fitness Standards Development. (3) Health-Related Fitness Standards; A Baseline Approach. (5) A calender of human systems events. (6) Job analysis. (7) Types of Physical Performance Tests. (8) Physical Test Validation for Job Selection. (9) Products. (10) Establishing Performance Standards. (11) Legal Issues Related to ... |
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| Workshop Proceedings: Health and Job-Specific Body Composition Standards for the U.S. Air Force |
24 AUG 1999 |
21 pages |
| Authors:
Michael E. Rench; Barbara Palmer; Stefan H. Constable; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This proceedings document summarizes discussions that took place during the Health and Job-Specific Body Composition Workshop, sponsored by the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine and supported by the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center (CSERlAC). The workshop was held at the David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center at Sinclair Community College in downtown Dayton, Ohio on August 24, 1999. It is a companion document to the CSERlAC Review and Analysis, Health ... |
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| Topographic and Event-Related Potential Correlates of Task Type and Task Difficulty |
JUN 1999 |
33 pages |
| Authors:
Rodney A. Swain; Glenn F. Wilson; Barbara Palmer; LOGICON TECHNICAL SERVICES INC DAYTON OH
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| This experiment examined the topographical pattern of event related potentials (ERPs) in three separate tasks whose solution primarily engaged different components of human information processing capabilities. The tasks were stimulus degradation, linguistic, and mathematical processing. In addition, the impact of differing task difficulty on characteristics of the evoked patterns was assessed. The results indicate that the pattern of electrical activity evoked by the tasks was quite similar in the first ... |
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| Firefighter Physical Fitness/Wellness Workshop |
20 NOV 1998 |
23 pages |
| Authors:
Jon W. Carroll; Stefan Constable; Barbara Palmer; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This Proceedings document summarizes briefings and discussions that took place during the Firefighter Physical Fitness Workshop, sponsored by the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine and supported by the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center (CSERIAC), held at the Hope Hotel and Conference Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH on August 5 & 6, 1998. The purpose of this meeting was to attain a consensus among a group of subject-matter experts on the ... |
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| A Review of Firefighter Physical Fitness/Wellness Programs: Options for the Military |
20 NOV 1998 |
55 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Jon W. Carroll; Atia T. Mirza; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| The US Air Force is the Executive Agent for the firefighter fitness programs for all military components. This Review & Analysis examines four suggested candidate firefighter physical fitness programs and related research in support of the ongoing Air Force/Department of Defense project to adopt a defensible and acceptable firefighter fitness training and testing program. The four programs that are compared and contrasted are the interim Air Force/ Department of Defense ... |
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| Review & Analysis: Technological Impact on Future Air Force Personnel & Training: Distributed Collaborative Decision-Making, Volume II. Non-Copyrighted Literature Search |
31 OCT 1997 |
261 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Frank C. Gentner; Joyce A. Cameron; Jennifer I. Soest; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This Review and Analysis examined the science of decision making to determine how the Air Force could exploit this discipline in the future battle space and military operations. The most important messages of this Review & Analysis for the Air Force are these: (1) Research on the differences between group and individual decision making indicates that the biggest benefit of collaborative group decision making is the group's increased cognitive resources, ... |
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| Review & Analysis: Technological Impact on Future Air Force Personnel & Training: Distributed Collaborative Decision-Making, Volume I |
31 OCT 1997 |
72 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Frank C. Gentner; Joyce A. Cameron; Jennifer I. Soest; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This Review and Analysis examined the science of decision making to determine how the Air Force could exploit this discipline in the future battle space and military operations. The most important messages of this Review & Analysis for the Air Force are these: (1) Research on the differences between group and individual decision making indicates that the biggest benefit of collaborative group decision making is the group's increased cognitive resources, ... |
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| Expanded Air Force Physical Fitness Battery: Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance, and Flexibility Considered. Workshop Proceedings |
30 OCT 1997 |
15 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Stephen Copnstable; Neal Baumgartner; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| This Proceedings document summarizes the discussion that took place during the Expanded Physical Fitness Workshop, sponsored by the US Air Force Office for Prevention and Health Services Assessment and supported by the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center (CSERIAC), held at the Dayton Airport Inn, Dayton, Ohio, on July 31, l997. The purpose of this meeting was to attain consensus among a group of subject-matter experts on the advantages and ... |
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| Expanded Air Force Physical Fitness Battery: Muscle Strength, Muscle Endurance, and Flexibility Considered. Volume I, Final Report |
30 OCT 1997 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Jennifer Soest; CREW SYSTEM ERGONOMICS INFORMATION ANALYSIS CENTER WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| The current Air Force fitness test is a submaximal cycle ergometry test which is used to estimate cardiovascular fitness. Interest in adding to this fitness requirement has arisen from several quarters. CSERIAC, the Crew System Ergonomics Information Analysis Center, produced this Review & Analysis that analyzes advantages and disadvantages to the Air Force of adding muscle strength, muscle endurance, and flexibility requirements to the Air Force fitness battery. It was ... |
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| The Effects of One Night's Loss of Sleep and Recovery on Physiological, Performance, and Subjective Indices |
NOV 94 |
107 pages |
| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Glenn F. Wilson; George Reis; Michael Gravelle; LOGICON TECHNICAL SERVICES INC DAYTON OH
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| The effects of one night's sleep loss were tested on subjects who were tested again after a night's recovery sleep. Several physiological measures were taken while subjects were administered the AGARD SIRES Battery (to assess performance changes) and the NASA-ThX (a subjective index). In general, all measures showed changes with sleep loss which then recovered with one nighfs sleep. On several of the SIRES Battery tasks, reaction times increased and ... |
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| A Brain-Evoked Potential Study of Task Difficulty Using Verbal Memory and Mental Rotation Tasks |
JUN 92 |
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| Authors:
Barbara Palmer; Victoria T. Nasman; Glenn F. Wilson; Alex Gundel; ARMSTRONG LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH
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 | Different task processing requirements may produce different patterns of brain evoked potential (EP) variation with changes in task difficulty. We examined and compared EP changes associated with variable task difficulty in two dissimilar tasks: (1) the auditory Sternberg memory task, and (2) a visuo- spatial mental rotation task. EPs were submitted to source derivation and evaluated for changes related to increased central processing difficulty. Mid- latency EP amplitudes were differentially ... |
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| Air Force Boom Event Analyzer Recorder (BEAR): System Description |
AUG 89 |
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| Authors:
Robert A. Lee; Monty Crabill; Doug Mazurek; Barbara Palmer; Dale Price; HARRY G ARMSTRONG AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT- PATTERSON AFB OH
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| Developed, tested, built and used in field studies were several Boom Event Analyzer REcorders (BEARs). These BEAR's operate unattended to capture the wave form of Impulsive Acoustic Events (e.q. Sonic Booms) and their time of occurrance while excluding all other acoustic events. These BEARs are designed to operate unattended for up to 10 days and can store over 50 normal (less than 250 miliseconds in duration) sonic booms. These BEAR ... |
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