published_or_final_version / Community Medicine / Master / Master of Public Health

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Modeling fatigue, sleepiness, and performance is of significant interest to military leaders because military operations often provide limited sleep opportunities for many individuals. The ANAM Readiness Evaluation System (ARES) Commander Battery is under consideration as a quick, inexpensive method of testing a crewmember's level of functioning. This thesis analyzed data collected during a previous field fatigue study conducted at the Naval Officer Indoctrination School (OIS) in Newport, Rhode Island. Linear mixed-effects models were developed and ARES data were evaluated for how they vary across participants, testing sessions, and time of day. / Lieutenant, United States Navy Reserve

Approved for public release, distribution unlimited. / This study compares an experimental watchstanding schedule derived at Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) with the schedule currently used onboard the submarine USS HENRY M. JACKSON (SSBN 730 GOLD). It analyzes subjective and objective data to determine if the new schedule is compatible in an operational submarine environment. This study reviews sleep and fatigue literature to emphasize important concepts needed to make schedule comparisons. Results from this study indicate a need exists among the U.S. submarine force to employ an operational schedule which provides more sleep and which is in better alignment with human circadian rhythms, thus improving cognitive effectiveness. One of the experimental schedules tested in this study yielded results similar to those of the existing submarine watchstanding schedule. This experimental schedule employed a validated model of human performance and fatigue to assess individual cognitive effectiveness. However, the results also indicate that the existing schedule is better suited in its accommodation of operational scheduling constraints which, in turn, allow watchstanders to receive more sleep. Recommendations address the need for the U.S. submarine force to continue to pursue a watchstanding schedule that provides better sleep while still accommodating operational constraints. Recommendations also address improvements in experiment implementation which can be integrated into future studies. / Lieutenant, United States Navy

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, December 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 23, 2008). "Department of Psychology." Includes bibliographical references (p. 48-56).

Thesis (M.P.H.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-42).

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Nita Lewis Miller. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-81). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2004. / Thesis advisor(s): Laura A. Barton. Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-55). Also available online.

Thesis (Ed. S.)--Marshall University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 26 p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21).

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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2008. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains viii, 70 p. : ill. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-45).