the available literature and accessible references show that the study on the role of “women in science” has been conducted in few countries. sociological studies focussing on the subject are scant and no such research has been found to investigate the professional status of the female faculty members of esfahan university. this research attempts to reduce such a scientific rarity. to this end,...

This paper presents the dynamic injury tolerances for the female humerus and forearm derived from dynamic 3-point bending tests using 22 female cadaver upper extremities. Twelve female humeri were tested at an average strain rate of 3.7+/-1.3%/s. The strain rates were chosen to be representative of those observed during upper extremity interaction with frontal and side airbags. The average mome...