In the past 12–15 years, most experiments on the health effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP) have employed samples from one of two types of engines. Automobile-generated DEP has been tested extensively for its effects on the heart and lungs, but not its muta-genic properties. Forklift-generated DEP, on the other hand, has been tested primarily for genotoxicity but not for heart effects, an...

background: occupational and environmental exposures mostly represent mixtures of genotoxic agents, whereas the specificity of biomarker measurements varies widely. exploration of correlations among biomarkers contributes to the further progress of molecular cancer epidemiology and to the selection of the optimal biomarkers for the investigation of human exposure to carcinogens. the aim of this...

As resource scarcity and environmental degradation has aroused global concern, new energy vehicles have become the developing trend of automobile industry all over the world. However, there is lack of incentive for innovations on more environmentally friendly automobile technology. This paper introduces endogenous and directed technology progress into the growth model to analyze the decision-ma...

In order to safeguard the future of Chinese automobile industry, and maintain and strengthen its acceptance in Chinese community, it should be made a commitment to sustainability. The approaches to sustainability in Chinese automobile industry should comprise three aspects: nature conservation, production-related environmental protection and “5R” implementation which is considered as sustainabl...

Relationship marketing—establishing, developing, and maintaining successful relational exchanges—constitutes a major shift in marketing theory and practice. After conceptualizing relationship marketing and discussing its ten forms, the authors (1) theorize that successful relationship marketing requires relationship commitment and tnjst, (2) model relationship commitment and trust as key mediat...

The automobile Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) is hard to design and implement due to its real time features and increasing complexity. Some automobile RTOS standards are released aiming at unifying the software architecture of vehicle systems. Most of the standards are presented informally in natural languages, which may lead to not only ambiguities in specifications but also difficulties in...

This paper describes a project that aims to create a Mandarin speech database for the automobile setting (TAICAR). A group of researchers from several universities and research institutes in Taiwan have participated in the project. The goal is to generate a corpus for the development and testing of various speech-processing techniques. There are six recording sites in this project. Various word...

Abstract. This paper presents a new approach for multiresolution reconstruction in 3D Feldkamp-type cone-beam tomography. The approximative inverse is used to derive an inversion formula for reconstructing the wavelet approximation and wavelet detail coefficients of the volume slice by slice. Beyond the reconstruction algorithm, applications of multiresolution reconstruction in the field of non...

This paper presents the available technique and discusses the difficulties to implement intelligent robots in nextgeneration automobile assembly. First, it presents the status of automobile assembly line, analyzes the problems and difficulties of current industrial robots-based assembly systems, and summarizes the technology needed to overcome the problems and difficulties. Then, it presents th...

The performance of a product depends on if it is created in terms of expected functional requirements. A product is designed to satisfy some certain tasks. In this study, the design of an automobile seat is handled. Automobile seat design procedure is based on experience and trial-and-error method, rather than structured and scientific methods. Axiomatic design is a design theory providing a sy...