An evaluation of MAAP’s Train the Simulator Trainer and Assessor (IMO Model Course 6.10): trainees’ perspectives and reverberations

The study aims to analyze how the trainees evaluate the “Train the simulator trainer and assessor” (IMO Model Course 6.10) provided by the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP) for free in cooperation with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). The training is regularly rendered as one of the extension services of MAAP. The study utilized the data from the evaluation form accomplished by the eight batches corresponding to 94 trainees in 2019. Results showed that the trainees regarded the training as “Excellent” in terms of the General Information. The trainees likewise rated the training as “Excellent” in terms of the Topics/Exercises. Statistics showed that there was no significant difference between the evaluation of the trainees on the training on IMO Model Course 6.10 when they are grouped according to batches both in General Information and Topics/Exercises

Search for strongly interacting massive particles generating trackless jets in proton–proton collisions at s=13 TeV\sqrt{s} = 13\,\text {TeV}

International audienceA search for dark matter in the form of strongly interacting massive particles (SIMPs) using the CMS detector at the LHC is presented. The SIMPs would be produced in pairs that manifest themselves as pairs of jets without tracks. The energy fraction of jets carried by charged particles is used as a key discriminator to suppress efficiently the large multijet background, and the remaining background is estimated directly from data. The search is performed using proton–proton collision data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 16.1$\,\text {fb}^{-1}$, collected with the CMS detector in 2016. No significant excess of events is observed above the expected background. For the simplified dark matter model under consideration, SIMPs with masses up to 100$\,\text {GeV}$ are excluded and further sensitivity is explored towards higher masses