To d a t e , only l i m i t e d e n t r y requirements e x i s t f o r s e l e c t i o n of v e h i c l e o p e r a t o r s f o r t h e U. S. Navy l a n d i n g craft a i r cushion (LCAC) v e h i c l e t r a i n i n g program. What t h e s e requirements should be has not been e m p i r i c a l l y determined, hence a r e s e a r c h e f f o r t i n t h i s area is needed. An a d d i t i o n a l impetus f o r such research h a s been a series of c o s t l y a c c i d e n t s r e s u l t i n g from o p e r a t o r e r r o r . Our o b j e c t i v e s were t o develop a c o g n i t i v e , psychomotor, multiple-task, and personality-oriented test b a t t e r y having t h e p o t e n t i a l t o p r e d i c t t h e t r a i n i n g outcome of LCAC o p e r a t o r s and s e r v i n g as an LCAC-personnel s c r e e n i n g system. Automated tests used included Dichotic Listening, Psychomotor, Manikin, One-dimensional Compensatory Tracking, D i g i t Cancellation, and Risk-taking. Dichotic L i s t e n i n g test. Training grade a l s o c o r r e l a t e d w i t h t h e s t i c k -r u d d e r -t h r o t t l e c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e Psychomotor t a s k and w i t h t h e One-dimensional CompensatoryTracking t a s k when performed i n combination w i t h t h e D i g i t Cancellation task. tendencies were a l s o s i g n i f i c a n t l y related t o o v e r a l l t r a i n i n g grade. These f i n d i n g s suggest t h a t components o f the test b a t t e r y have t h e p o t e n t i a l t o p r e d i c t LCAC t r a i n i n g performance.S i g n i f i c a n t p r e d i c t o r s o f t r a i n i n g grade criteria included a m u l t i p l e Risk-taking

Climate change impacts such as sea-level rise, droughts and floods can pose a threat to human security in Thailand. This research is asking what kinds of challenges does climate change pose to Thailand and how will those challenges effect human security. Climate change is well researched topic but previous work has failed to address it through the lens of human security. This research wants to underline that climate change is not only an environmental problem, but can effect societies in larger scale. The methodology used in this research involved documentary research supplemented by three expert interviews. The findings of this research confirm that climate change impacts can effect human security of Thai population by destroying the crops, real estate and infrastructure. Therefore, it is recommended for Thailand to spread awareness of environmental issues, continue regional co-operation with ASEAN, and invest in research in

Changes in the selection procedures for the U.S. Navy's landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vehicle operator training program are under development. Several cognitive, personality, and psychomotor selection tests are being evaluated. This study analyzed the performance of 36 LCAC operator trainees on an automated series of single and multiple psychomotor (PMT) and dichotic listening (DLT) tests that measure abilities involving eye-hand-foot coordination and divided attention. Potnt-biserial correlational analyses between test measures and training criteria resulted in a number of statistically significant correlations (E ( .85). Additional analyses using the t test indicated that successful trainees performed significantly better than unsuccessful trainees on PMT measures (E ( ,615). In multiple task conditions, where PMT and DLT were administered simultaneously, only performance on PMT subtasks indicated significant differences between the two groups. predict LCAC training program outcome.These findings suggest that psychomotor tests have the potential to

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