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AUTOMOTIVE ERGONOMICS. CHAPTER 21. THE OLDER DRIVER AND PASSENGER

This chapter defines and describes the older car user population and reviews the current database available for use in car design with this section of the population in mind. Factors to be considered in connection with older drivers and passengers are considered including the wide variation in the population, particular problems related to age and disabilities. Functional data to be considered are discussed including physical and motor changes, body size and shape, range of motion and joint flexibility, strength, sensory changes, sensitivity to glare, acuity, visual field and cognitive changes. Older people are increasingly dependent on private transport to lead an independent life. Designs however are mostly aimed at a younger population. Research is summarised and references given for more detailed information. For the covering abstract see IRRD 857494.
Detailed modelling and optimal design of membrane separation systems

The search for alternatives to traditional energy intensive separation methods such as distillation has led to the introduction of processes based on membranes. In this research, the use of detailed mathematical models for the optimal design of membrane systems is investigated. Mathematical models of hollow-fibre and spiral-wound membrane modules are presented in this thesis. The models are developed from rigorous mass, momentum and energy balances and can be used to describe a generic membrane separation. This is in contrast to most existing models which are typically process specific and are only valid within a limited operating range. The generality of the new approach is demonstrated by application to gas separation, pervaporation, and reverse osmosis case studies. Simulation results for these systems show excellent agreement with published experimental data. The thesis also introduces an optimal design strategy for membrane separation systems. This strategy is characterised by two main features: firstly, detailed models are used. This is essential if sub-optimal and inaccurate solutions are to be avoided. Secondly, an optimisation technique based on genetic algorithms is implemented. This provides multiple solutions, allowing the user to interpret the results and make a more informed decision. The feasibility of the optimal design strategy is investigated using two realistic case studies. In the first study, the optimal design of reverse osmosis desalination plants is considered and the use of both hollow-fibre and spiral-wound modules is examined. The results of this study compare favourably with work published in the open literature and highlight the importance of using detailed models to describe membrane separation systems. In the second study, the use of pervaporation for ethanol dehydration is investigated. An existing pervaporation plant is evaluated and a significantly improved design is found.
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Observations on Key Factors in DHS's Implementation of Its Partnership Approach

Federal efforts to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats has been on the Government Accountability Office's (GAO’s) list of high-risk areas since 2003. Critical infrastructure is assets and systems, whether physical or cyber, so vital to the United States that their destruction would have a debilitating impact on, among other things, national security and the economy. Recent cyber attacks highlight such threats. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the lead federal agency, developed a partnership approach with key industries to help protect critical infrastructure. This testimony identifies key factors important to DHS implementation of the partnership approach to protect critical infrastructure including : (1) recognizing and addressing barriers to sharing information, (2) sharing results of DHS assessments with industry and other stakeholders, and (3) measuring and evaluating the performance of DHS partnerships. GAO has made recommendations to DHS in prior reports to strengthen its partnership efforts. DHS generally agreed with these recommendations and reports actions or plans to address many of them. GAO will continue to monitor DHS efforts to address these recommendations.
Effects of paternal alcoholism on the psycho-behavioral outcomes of children: systematic review and meta-analysis

Introduction: Documented literature includes mixed interpretations of the impact of paternal alcoholism on psycho-behavioral well-being in children. A systematic review and a meta-analysis would facilitate the accurate establishment of this association. Aim: To evaluate the effects of paternal alcoholism on the psycho-behavioral well-being of children by a systematic review with a meta-analysis and a narrative review component Methods: This PROPERO registered review (CRD42018114754) was conducted by reviewing searching literature in MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases. Twenty nine articles out of 16398 were selected for data extraction after three selection rounds. Thirteen were included in the meta-analyses for four numerical outcomes and two categorical outcomes. Meta-analysis outcomes included; internalizing behavior, externalizing behavior, depression and anxiety. Heterogeneity, risk of biases and the quality of evidence were assessed. Sensitivity analysis was done by re-analyzing with random-model assumption following the fixed model assumption. Furthermore re-analysis with standardized mean difference was done following the analysis with mean difference. Rev Man (version 5.3) software and “GRADEproGDT” online applications were used. Summary of Findings Tables were prepared. A narrative review was done with studies and sub-groups not included in the meta-analysis, under five identified themes: depression and mood disorders; self-perceived mental health problems and personality; aggression; ADHD and other problems. Results: With meta-analysis, all four numerical outcomes for demonstrated significant mean differences (MD) with higher values in the group with paternal alcoholism. “Low” level was assigned as the GRADE certainty. For the anxiety when it is regarded as a categorical outcome, the resulting relative effect was significant (OR=2.18, 95% CI= 2.03 to 2.33) with “Moderate” certainty. In sensitivity analysis, associations of similar directions were observed. Narrative review reflected other negative psycho-behavioral consequences of children associated with paternal alcoholism, falling under the five identified themes. Conclusions: Robust findings were observed for the positive associations of paternal alcoholism with the selected psycho-behavioral pathologies of children in the meta-analysis. The narrative review further demonstrated negative implications of paternal alcoholism on five identified thematic areas.
Polypropylene: The Definitive User's Guide and Databook

Polypropylene: The Definitive User's Guide and Databook presents in a single volume a panoramic and up-to-the-minute user's guide for today's most important thermoplastic. The book examines every aspect science, technology, engineering, properties, design, processing, applications of the continuing development and use of polypropylene. The unique treatment means that specialists can not only find what they want but for the first time can relate to and understand the needs and requirements of others in the product development chain. The entire work is underpinned by very extensive collections of property data that allow the reader to put the information to real industrial and commercial use. Despite the preeminence and unrivaled versatility of polypropylene as a thermoplastic material to manufacture, relatively few books have been devoted to its study. Polypropylene: The Definitive User's Guide and Databook not only fills the gap but breaks new ground in doing so. Polypropylene is the most popular thermoplastic in use today, and still one of the fastest growing. Polypropylene: The Definitive User's Guide and Databook is the complete workbook and reference resource for all those who work with the material. Its comprehensive scope uniquely caters to polymer scientists, plastics engineers, processing technologists, product designers, machinery and mold makers, product managers, end users, researchers and students alike.
To Study The Influence Of Performance Motivation On The Performance Of Players

The purpose of this research work was to find out the influence of performance motivation on the performance of players with special reference to gender and performance. Performance motivation test constructed by Kaur (1994) was used to collect the data. The sample for the study comprised of 128 handball players belonging to different affiliated states and units with Handball Federation of India (HFI). Out of 128 samples, 64 male & 64 female each belonged to four semifinalist teams in both section who took part in the 39th Senior National (M &W) Handball Championship had been taken as sample. 't- test' was applied to find the significant difference between male and female handball players in performance motivation of first, second, third and fourth position holders. Pearson-product co-efficient of co-relation was used to find out the relationship among the first, second, third and fourth position holders male and female handball players. A significant difference was also observed in combined data among four position holders male and female National level handball players in performance motivation. Key words: performance, motivation, performance of players, performance motivation
VEHICLE SIGNATURE DETECTION USING STANDARD LOOP DETECTORS

This article describes research being conducted which will transform standard loop detectors into intelligent sensors that are capable of keeping track of individual vehicles as they travel from one traffic measurement station to the next. This surveillance system will be capable of deriving section-related measures of traffic performance such as section densities and section travel times. With these parameters, applications for incident detection, dynamic traffic origin/destination estimation dynamic traffic assignment, and responsive traffic control can be developed.
Dynamic Thermal and Power Management: From Computers to Buildings

OF THE DISSERTATION Dynamic Thermal and Power Control for Computing Systems by Yong Fu Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science Washington University in St. Louis, 2013 Professor Chenyang Lu, Chair Thermal and power management have become increasingly important for computers. Computing systems from real-time embedded systems to data centers require effective thermal and power management to prevent overheating and save energy. In this dissertation we investigate dynamic thermal and power management for computer systems and buildings. (1) We present thermal control under utilization bound (TCUB), a novel control-theoretic thermal management algorithm designed for single core real-time embedded systems. A salient feature of TCUB is to maintain both desired processor temperature and real-time performance. (2) To address unique challenges posed by multicore processors, we develop the real-time multicore thermal control (RT-MTC) algorithm. RT-MTC employs a feedback control loop to enforce the desired temperature and CPU utilization of the multicore platform via dynamic frequency and voltage scaling. (3) We research dynamic thermal management for real-time services running on server clusters. We develop the control-theoretic thermal balancing (CTB) to dynamically balance temperature of servers via distributing clients’ service requests to servers. (4) We propose CloudPowerCap, a power cap management system xii for virtualized cloud computing infrastructure. The novelty of CloudPowerCap lies in an integrated approach to coordinate power budget management and resource management in a cloud computing environment.
A Single-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial to Estimate the Impact of Information to Change Japanese Attitudes towards ODA

Using a survey-embedded experiment, this paper tests whether the active provision of information can generate support, albeit tentatively, for ODA and/or the intention to participate in development aid among Japanese citizens. Results reveal that the treatment can increase the level of support for ODA on average, especially in terms of the efficient use of money irrespective of citizens’ attributes and pre-intervention opinions on development cooperation. Based on these results, development education featuring Aid-effectiveness is strongly recommended as the most efficient communication strategy.
Enabling Innovation: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Fostering Technological Change

* Foreword - Professor Niels Roling, Wageningen Agricultural University * 1. Introduction: Why innovation approaches matter * 2. The Palaeontology of Innovation: Lessons on Success and Failure from the paddy fields of Asia * 3. Seeing Inside the Black Box: Modelling early adoption (with Darwin's help) * 4. Blowing in the Wind: How 'bottom-up' beat 'top-down' for the billion dollar wind turbine industry * 5. Open and Closed: Linux versus Windows * 6. Uncreative Accounting: Local Exchange Trading Systems * 7. Food for Thought: Aftermath of the Green Revolution * 8. How to Catalyse Innovation: A practical guide to learning selection
High Performance Integrated Circuit Design

The latest techniques for designing robust, high performance integrated circuits in nanoscale technologies Focusing on a new technological paradigm, this practical guide describes the interconnect-centric design methodologies that are now the major focus of nanoscale integrated circuits (ICs). High Performance IntegratedCircuit Design begins by discussing the dominant role of on-chip interconnects and provides an overview of technology scaling. The book goes on to cover data signaling, power management, synchronization, andsubstrate-aware design. Specific design constraints and methodologies unique to each type of interconnect are addressed. This comprehensive volume also explains the design of specialized circuits such as tapered buffers and repeaters for data signaling, voltage regulators for power management, and phase-locked loops for synchronization. This is an invaluable resource for students, researchers, and engineers working in the area of high performance ICs. Coverage includes: Technology scaling Interconnect modeling and extraction Signal propagation and delay analysis Interconnect coupling noise Global signaling Power generation Power distribution networks CAD of power networks Techniques to reduce power supply noise Power dissipation Synchronization theory and tradeoffs Synchronous system characteristics On-chip clock generation and distribution Substrate noise in mixed-signal ICs Techniques to reduce substrate noise
A Study Based on CASIA2: What the Subtle Changes Has Taken Place in the Shape of the Crystalline Lens After Cycloplegia?

Background: To evaluate the shape of the crystalline lens biometry and the diopter before and after cycloplegia using the CASIA2 swept-source (SS) optical coherence tomography (OCT) system on the anterior segment.Methods: This is a retrospective study. Children and adolescents (26 males and 29 females, aged 4–21 years) with simple ametropia were selected for optometry and CASIA2 imaging at 2 separate visits before and after cycloplegia. Diopter is derived from the spherical power (S) obtained by optometry. The Biometric parameters of the crystalline lens, including anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior and posterior curvature of the lens (ACL and PCL), lens thickness (LTH), lens decentration(LD), lens tilt(LT), and the equivalent diameter of the lens (LED), were measured by CASIA2. The differences of these parameters before and after cycloplegia were compared, and the relationship between them was analyzed.Results: Fifty-five participants (106 eyes) were initially enrolled. The differences were statistically significant(P<0.05) in S (t=-7.026, P=0.000), ACD (t=-8.796, P=0.000), ACL (t=-13.263, P=0.000) and LTH（t=7.363, P=0.000）before and after cycloplegia. The change of PCL (t=1.557,P=0.122), LD (t=0.876, P=0.383), LT (t=0.440, P=0.661) and LED（t=-0.351, P=0.726） was not statistically significant (P>0.05). There was a significant (P<0.05) correlation between the change in S and ACL(r=0.466, P=0.000),LTH (r=-0.592, P=0.000),and LED (r=0.223, P=0.021) but not between the PCL(r=0.19, P=0.051), LD (r=-0.048, P=0.0628) and LT (r=-0.022, P=0.822). Furthermore, the change of ACD is closely related to the change of crystal morphology. However, in children and adolescents, we found that the change of crystal morphology will not have anything to do with age.Conclusion: The morphological changes of the lens before and after cycloplegia are mainly the ACL and LTH, but there is no difference in the PCL, LD, LT, and LED. In the adolescent population, the change of S is related to the change of ACL, LED and LTH. However, age gets nothing to do with the shape of the crystalline lens. For different refractive states (myopia, hyperopia, emmetropia), whether groups of different ages can reach the same conclusion needs further research.
BROADENING OUR VIEW OF EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS TO COMMERCIAL DRIVER FATIGUE

Fatigue has emerged as a major occupational hazard for commercial long-distance drivers. For example, there is increasing recognition that it is a major risk factor for crashes involving heavy vehicles in Australia (Howarth, Hefferman & Horne, 1989; Sweatman, Ogden, Haworth, Vulcan & Pearson, 1990) and elsewhere (Hamelin, 1987; Mitler et al., 1988; National Transportation Safety Board, 1995; van Ouwerkerk, 1987). Howarth, Triggs, and Grey (1988) estimated that, for articulated vehicles in Australia, between 5 and 10% of all crashes, 20 to 30% of casualty crashes, and 25 to 35% of fatal crashes are probably caused by fatigue. For particular types of crashes, the involvement of fatigue may be much higher, for example, 40% to 50% of fatal single vehicle semitrailer crashes are probably fatigue related (Howarth et al., 1988). If accidents where fatigue is a contributory rather than primary cause are considered, as many as 60% of heavy vehicle crashes have been reported as involving fatigue to some extent (Sweatman et al., 1990). The search for effective ways of dealing with commercial driver fatigue under operational conditions has been slow to advance, however. In most parts of the world, the focus has been on setting parameters for regulating working/driving hours that manage driver fatigue. Evidence from other industrial settings with round-the-clock operation suggests that the pattern of work and rest, rather than merely consecutive hours of operation, is important for managing safe operation. Night work, timing of work periods, number of work periods in succession, and time off between periods of work are just some of the characteristics that together have been implicated in determining safety in 24-hour operations (Folkard, 1996; Knauth, 1996). Recent data suggest that aspects of operational practice other than the length of time-on-task have a major influence on fatigue among long-distance drivers. This chapter provides an overview of this work on the relation between work practices and fatigue and the implications of these data for more effective management of fatigue among commercial long-distance drivers. For the covering abstract see ITRD E108674.
Creating a Business-based IT Strategy

Introduction. Creating an IT strategy - Ann Brown Current approaches to IT strategy. Why information strategies fail - David Norman Role of strategy in maximizing IT benefits - David Axson Making IT happen successfully - a consultant's view - John Swift The destructive power of information systems - Paul Raimond A strategic response to a competitive threat at Dairy Crest - John Freestone Creating an IT strategy, barriers and pathways. Financial sector IT investment - money down the drain - Hackett and David Axson The culture gap - Kit Grindley Bridging the culture gap between IT and IS, a practitioners approach - Ian Perring Strategy development and delivery: dealing with the IT evaluation question - Leslie Willcocks Making provision for IT impacts - Veronica Symons The management of change, guidelines for successful implementation of an information system - Frank Land Top management and IT - Ann Brown Organizing to create an IT strategy. Investigating and interpreting business strategy - Pat Griffiths Creating and developing a practical IT strategy - Clive Holtham IT you can rely on - Marco Kapp IT strategy at Nationwide Anglia - Brian Davis Future realities. IT strategies: issues and prescriptions - Chris Yapp and K Hugh Macdonald Future alignment realities - K Hugh Macdonald Formulating business strategy to exploit the new IT - David Kaye Future information technology strategies - Henry Green Reconfiguring organizations - David Norman.
Normal accidents : living with high-risk technologies : with a new afterword and a postscript on the Y2K problem

Abnormal Blessings vii Introduction 3 1. Normal Accident at Three Mile Island 15 2. Nuclear Power as a High-Risk System: Why We Have Not Had More TMIs--But Will Soon 32 3. Complexity, Coupling, and Catastrophe 62 4. Petrochemical Plants 101 5. Aircraft and Airways 123 6. Marine Accidents 170 7. Earthbound Systems: Dams, Quakes, Mines, and Lakes 232 8. Exotics: Space, Weapons, and DNA 256 9. Living with High-Risk Systems 304 Afterword 353 Postscript: The Y2K Problem 388 List of Acronyms 413 Notes 415 Bibliography 426 Index 441
Continuous Lower Abdominal Compression a Possible Therapeutic Intervention in ARDS

Citation: Cupaciu A, Cohen V, Dudoignon E, Dépret F (2021) Continuous Lower Abdominal Compression a Possible Therapeutic Intervention in ARDS. Int J Crit Care Emerg Med 7:124. doi.org/10.23937/24743674/1510124 Accepted: June 28, 2021: Published: June 30, 2021 Copyright: © 2021 Cupaciu A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.