Automobile industry in Taiwan has the characteristics of capital and technology intensive, strong operation management capability, close relationship supply chain and has played a critical role in the international market. Since there are hundreds of the first-tier suppliers and thousands of the second-tier suppliers, this leads automobile industry to be one of the most important industries in ...

Adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS) have typically been geared towards one specific application or application area, in most cases related to education. The AHA (Adaptive Hypermedia Architecture) system is a Web-based adaptive hypermedia system specifically intended to serve many different purposes. As such AHA must be able to perform adaptation that is based on the user’s browsing actions, regar...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE To review of studies that focus on the assessment of driving competence among the elderly who are at increased risk of being involved in automobile crashes. The current status of neuropsychological testing as a predictor of driving safety in this population is critically evaluated. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS Several domains of neuropsychological assessment have been shown to ...

Patterned bruises are frequently noted on trauma victims. Although these bruises do not require any specific treatment, they provide objective evidence of impact. They also provide valuable clues to determining the impacting object, the mechanism of injury and have medico-legal importance. We present a case to illustrate and discuss the clinical utility of patterned bruises.

The University of Denver's remote sensor (FEAT) was used for an on-road motor vehicle carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions survey in Australia during April and May, 1992. Twelve locations in Melbourne area were selected as the survey sites. Most of these locations were the on or off ramp of a freeway or a two way road divided by a solid or painted traffic island. The raw data fro...

In the refrigerator compressors, the suction mufflers are commonly used to reduce the notse propagated through the intake valve system. In order to optimize the muffler design, it is necessary to characterize the source characteristics, i.e., the source impedance and the strength, of the intake system. In this paper, assuming the intake system as one-port, linear, time-invariant one, the acoust...