Publications

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Divis, Kristin; Abbott, Robert G.; Branda, Catherine B.; Avina, Glory E.; Femling, Jon F.; Huerta, Jose G.; Jelinkova, Lucie J.; Jennings, Jeremy K.; Pearce, Emily P.; Ries, Daniel R.; Sanchez, Danielle; Silva, Austin R.

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Avina, Glory E.; Divis, Kristin; Abbott, Robert G.

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Divis, Kristin; Avina, Glory E.; Divis, Kristin; Abbott, Robert G.; Anderson-Bergman, Clifford I.; Branda, Catherine B.; Divis, Kristin; Jelinkova, Lucie J.; Newton, Victoria E.; Pearce, Emily P.; Femling, Jon F.

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Avina, Glory E.; Abbott, Robert G.; Anderson-Bergman, Clifford I.; Divis, Kristin

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Avina, Glory E.; Abbott, Robert G.; Anderson-Bergman, Clifford I.; Divis, Kristin

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Avina, Glory E.; Abbott, Robert G.; Anderson-Bergman, Clifford I.; Branda, Catherine B.; Divis, Kristin; Newton, Victoria E.; Pearce, Emily; Femling, Jon

The Rim-to-Rim Wearables At The Canyon for Health (R2R WATCH) study examines metrics recordable on commercial off the shelf (COTS) devices that are most relevant and reliable for the earliest possible indication of a health or performance decline. This is accomplished through collaboration between Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and The University of New Mexico (UNM) where the two organizations team up to collect physiological, cognitive, and biological markers from volunteer hikers who attempt the Rim-to-Rim (R2R) hike at the Grand Canyon. Three forms of data are collected as hikers travel from rim to rim: physiological data through wearable devices, cognitive data through a cognitive task taken every 3 hours, and blood samples obtained before and after completing the hike. Data is collected from both civilian and warfighter hikers. Once the data is obtained, it is analyzed to understand the effectiveness of each COTS device and the validity of the data collected. We also aim to identify which physiological and cognitive phenomena collected by wearable devices are the most relatable to overall health and task performance in extreme environments, and of these ascertain which markers provide the earliest yet reliable indication of health decline. Finally, we analyze the data for significant differences between civilians’ and warfighters’ markers and the relationship to performance. This is a study funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA, Project CB10359) and the University of New Mexico (The main portion of the R2R WATCH study is funded by DTRA. UNM is currently funding all activities related to bloodwork. DTRA, Project CB10359; SAND2017-1872 C). This paper describes the experimental design and methodology for the first year of the R2R WATCH project.

Divis, Kristin; Abbott, Robert G.; Avina, Glory E.; Matzen, Laura E.

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McClain, Jonathan T.; Silva, Austin R.; Avina, Glory E.; Nauer, Kevin S.; Speed, Ann S.; Abbott, Robert G.; Matzen, Laura E.; Haass, Michael J.; Trumbo, Derek T.

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Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Avina, Glory E.; Kittinger, Robert; Speed, Ann S.

Performance at Transportation Security Administration (TSA) airport checkpoints must be consistently high to skillfully mitigate national security threats and incidents. To accomplish this, Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) must exceptionally perform in threat detection, interaction with passengers, and efficiency. It is difficult to measure the human attributes that contribute to high performing TSOs because cognitive ability such as memory, personality, and competence are inherently latent variables. Cognitive scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a methodology that links TSOs’ cognitive ability to their performance. This paper discusses how the methodology was developed using a strict quantitative process, the strengths and weaknesses, as well as how this could be generalized to other non-TSA contexts. The scope of this project is to identify attributes that distinguished high and low TSO performance for the duties at the checkpoint that involved direct interaction with people going through the checkpoint.

Vineyard, Craig M.; Verzi, Stephen J.; Avina, Glory E.

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Vineyard, Craig M.; Verzi, Stephen J.; Avina, Glory E.

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