This report is an update of the review for ramp-based baggage handling related literature undertaken in 2005 (Tapley and Riley, 2005). The aim of this review is to present information relating to alternative methods of loading narrow-bodied aircraft that reduce the manual handling related injury and ill-health risks to the handlers, and to identify knowledge gaps. This was used to inform subseq...

Impaired working memory (WM) function in schizophrenia has been associated with abnormal activation of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). It is, however, not clear whether abnormal activation is a sign of DLPFC pathology, or a correlate of poor performance. We address this question by examining activity in the WM brain system at different levels of task difficulty. A parametric fMRI pa...

reference electrode (3). The ionized calcium concentration of sequential retentates prepared by ultrafiltration of a human control serum increased with increasing protein concentration in a way consistent with Donnan theory (4, 5) when the analyzers’ standard reference-electrode liquid junctionswere used; however, the ionized calcium in the same retentates declined slightly with increasing prot...

Abnormal loads can produce localized damage that eventually cause progressive collapse of the whole reinforced concrete (RC) structure. This might have devastating financial repercussions and numerous severe casualties. Numerical simulation, using finite element method (FEM), consequences abnormal on buildings is thus required to avoid significant expenses associated with testing full-scale sav...

amir kabir dam was built in varian strait, at 23 km north of karaj in 1961. the dam is multipurpose and its maim aims are the spring floods control, supplying potable water for tehran city, producing electricity and providing irrigation water. different pollutants which discharge to the river finally enter to the dam reservoir. determining the pollution loads of the dam sub-catchments can help ...

in this research, the calculation method of aerodynamic loads on an airplane in all flight situations is presented. in order to find an calculation equation for aerodynamic loads on an airplane in all flight conditions, the f-5 aircraft is selected as a prototype is divided into one hundred small parts longitudinally. therefore, the numerical solutions are taken place in different conditions of...

Abstract The traction motor is the power source of locomotive. If surface waviness occurs on races bearing, it will cause abnormal vibration and noise, accelerate fatigue wear, seriously affect stability safety transmission. In this paper, an excitation model coupling time-varying displacement contact stiffness excitations adopted to investigate effect bearing under from locomotive-track couple...