The objective of this study is to present a potential mechanism for traumatic brain injury resulting from a lateral blunt impact to the head during SUV-to-pedestrian impact. We developed an AM50 percentile model of the human head, and the mechanical response predicted by the model was validated against available cadaveric test data. It was found that the traction force due to the inertia of the...

Transfer of DNA sequences between species regardless of their evolutionary distance is very common in bacteria, but evidence that horizontal gene transfer (HGT) also occurs in multicellular organisms has been accumulating in the past few years. The actual extent of this phenomenon is underestimated due to frequent sequence filtering of "alien" DNA before genome assembly. However, recent studies...

Microfinance institutions are considered as an effective tool for achieving the objective of financial inclusion. To achieve this objective it is necessitate that MFIs should be sustainable while reaching the poorest of poor. After the Andhra Pradesh Microfinance Crisis, 2010 sustainability and outreach of MFIs in India is doubtful and questionable. Present paper attempts to look into various d...

Health impact assessment (HIA) methods are used to evaluate the impact on health of policies and projects in community design, transportation planning, and other areas outside traditional public health concerns. At an October 2004 workshop, domestic and international experts explored issues associated with advancing the use of HIA methods by local health departments, planning commissions, and o...

A pulsed crossed beam technique is used to measure ionization cross-sections of metallic atoms. Relative values of cross-sections of single, double and triple ionization of magnesium have been successfully measured with good accuracy over the 0-700 eV range. Absolute values of cross-sections have been obtained by normalization to a theoretical value at high electron energy. Results are compared...

The paper examines the role of executive compensation in inducing management behavior that triggers private securities litigation. Incentive pay in the form of options is found to increase the probability of securities class action lawsuits, holding constant a wide range of other firm characteristics. In contrast, base pay levels and share ownership do not have a significant impact on lawsuit i...

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a prospective decision-making aid tool that aims to improve the quality of policies, programmes or projects through recommendations that promote health. It identifies how and through which pathways a decision can impact a wide range of health determinants and seeks to define the distribution of effects within populations, thereby raising the issue of equity. HI...

People expressed many different reactions to the events of September 11th, 2001. Some of these reactions were clearly negative, such as political intolerance, discrimination, and hate crimes directed toward targets that some, if not many, people associated with the attackers. Other reactions were more positive. For example, people responded by donating blood, increasing contributions of time an...