In mid-March, many schools in the United States were forced to stop teaching in-person classes and switch to an online format due to the COVID-19 pandemic; as a result, teachers had to quickly implement new technologies and instructional strategies in the classroom. This rapid pandemic response especially affected teachers and students in Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) programs around the country as AMT instruction is inherently hands-on in nature. This study conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 FAA Part-147 AMT instructors and administrators from around the country in order to investigate the challenges they faced during the rapid pandemic response and the strategies and technologies they used to address them. In addition to the interview, all participants completed a survey that provided demographic information and expanded on some of the key interview topics. Thematic coding of the interviews and analysis of the data from the surveys was then conducted based on the Resilience Engineering Framework, resulting in the following themes categorizing the schools' responses to COVID: Preemptive Course Adaptation to Pandemic Disruption, Rapid School Response to Pandemic Disruption, Short-Term Course Adjustment to Pandemic Disruption, Long-Term Course Adjustment to Pandemic Disruption, and Challenges Faced by School Regarding Implementation of Course Adjustment. These themes effectively summarize the different phases of the response of the AMT schools to the sudden demands placed on them to adapt their hands-on curriculum to a virtual format. Ultimately, results from this study may help FAA and AMT administrators recognize the need for improved training and increased implementation of technology in the AMT curriculum to better prepare students and instructors in the event of future major disruptions.
Abstract— Mitogen responsiveness and the capacity to repair genetic damage were measured in lymphocytes collected from young, healthy, adult Caucasians immediately before exposure in commercial tanning salons and again 24 h after exposure. For every individual studied, tanning exposure produced significant inhibition of phytohemagglutinin‐induced mitogenesis or of the ability to repair DNA lesions by unscheduled DNA synthesis. The results imply that such exposure could: (1) pose a significant hazard for individuals who are already immunosuppressed (e. g. cancer patients, AIDS patients or carriers of latent HIV) and (2) increase the carcinogenic effects of environmental mutagens.
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