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- All 10 occupants killed in small plane crash in Utah
- LOS ANGELES AFP — Ten people were killed when a twin-engine plane crashed after take-off at an airport close to the mountain biking mecca town of Moab, in the northwestern state of Utah, police said. The plane "it is believed ... crashed shortly after take off," at around 6:00pm...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- JAZZED UP! Four star rating for Honda models
- Byline: BY DAVID WHINYATES TAKE a look at Honda's results in Euro NCAP tests over the years and the extent to which the Japanese company has improved the crash-worthiness of its cars quickly becomes obvious. Back in 1998 the Honda Civic was one of the earliest cars tested...
- Research articles 2008-08-08
- Success in sharp Focus; DAVID WHINYATES checks out how safe you and your family will be driving the blue oval trio
- Byline: DAVID WHINYATES IF FORD'S bosses had pounds 1 for every line of praise that has been written on the Focus, they would be very wealthy people indeed. Few cars can have received as much critical acclaim as the car that replaced the ageing Escort - and it...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Required and current thermal conditions for occupants in Iranian hospitals
- AIMS OF THE STUDY The aims of this study are as follows: 1. Determine the conditions required for thermal comfort by patients and staff of Iranian hospitals. 2. Investigate the current thermal comfort conditions being achieved in Iranian hospitals. 3. Suggest potential solutions to improving thermal...
- Research articles 2008-03-01
- Prototype provides personal workspace environmental control via the web
- * Syracuse, NY-based company CollabWorx Inc. and collaborators from the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems Syracuse CoE and Syracuse University SU have developed a working prototype of an indoor climate control system that has the ability to make "smart" decisions in response to changing conditions within...
- Research articles 2007-10-01
- Cities try to shut FEMA trailer parks
- Communities along the Gulf Coast are moving to banish the government-issued trailers that house tens of thousands of people whose homes were destroyed by the devastating hurricanes in 2005. Those cities and parishes are shutting down impromptu trailer parks set up after the disaster, telling homeowners...
- Research articles 2007-09-28
- Organizations flood Congress with concerns
- The Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007, H.R. 1682, was the subject of a hearing in June before the subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity of the House Committee on Financial Services. The bill would make a number of reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program. A representative...
- Research articles 2007-09-01
- 'We are acting quickly'
- The Federal Emergency Management Agency's FEMA response to recent formaldehyde complaints could have been better, but only part of the story has been told. Following the unprecedented deployment of more than 100,000 housing units after the 2005 hurricane season, a relatively small number of occupants expressed concern about air quality...
- Research articles 2007-08-02
- News: Brown rapped on pensions record.
- Byline: Ryan Harrison Gordon Brown's track record on pensions has come under a fresh attack, after a report revealed the cost of living for current pensioners had soared to twice the national average. Prudential said the annual expenditure between 2002 and 2006...
- Research articles 2007-07-30
- These stars are steering the action on 'Drive'
- Who's that grille? You'd know some of the faces of Drive (Fox, two-hour premiere Sunday, 8 p.m. ET/PT) from Car & Driver, not People. From the cool, a 1970 Dodge Challenger, to the commonplace, a 1998 Ford Taurus, the vehicles have their own personalities but also say something about their...
- Research articles 2007-04-12
- Australian police raid Stallone's hotel room
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian police have raided movie muscleman Sylvester Stallone's hotel room and private jet just days after customs found outlawed substances in his entourage's luggage, a report said. The raid on the Italian Stallion's room at an ultra ritzy Sydney hotel came Monday as occupants of the...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- Implementation of Vehicle Safety Legislations to Result in Increased Uptake of Passive Safety Systems in Europe
- DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c50049) has announced the addition of Frost & Sullivan's new report: European Markets for Whiplash Protection, Occupant Sensing and Advanced Restraint Systems to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled European Markets for Whiplash Protection, Occupant Sensing and Advanced Restraint Systems...
- Research articles 2007-02-09
- The 'smart' air bag case: air bags are intended to save lives, but they may also cause injury. As air bag technology has become more complex, so has air bag litigation.
- Today, we live in the so-called smart air bag era. Overall, air bags fire with significantly less force than they did just a few years ago, and air bag systems are designed to detect children in the front seat and drivers sitting too close to the air...
- Research articles 2007-02-01
- Helping avoid neck injury
- Byline: By Jackie Violet For the second year running, Swedish premium car-maker Saab, has been commended by the independently-operated Thatcham Motor Insurance Repair Centre for the effectiveness of its "active head restraints" in reducing neck injury. I know only too well how important such a safety feature is,...
- Research articles 2007-01-12
- Protecting buildings against bioterrorism—review of guidance and tools
- ABSTRACT Ever since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the subsequent anthrax incidents in the US, attempts have been made to thwart further attacks and other forms of terrorism. Attacks involving chemical and/or biological agents CBA are among the most dreaded because of the ease with which they...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- The slow death of lap-only seat belts: new regulations that take effect next year finally will eliminate dangerous lap-only seat belts from all new vehicles, but older models equipped with these belts will remain on the road. Attorneys representing injure
- The lap belt, the oldest seat belt design, is finally dying. Until recently, the Department of Transportation permitted manufacturers to install this archaic technology in the rear center seating position of vehicles sold in the United States. (1) This defective design has caused countless severe injuries--including...
- Research articles 2006-11-01
- LETTERS to the EDITOR
- DEAR EDITOR,"..., the fire alarm horns sounded and the strobes began..." are the beginning words at the top of page 38 in the article "The NIST Station Nightclub Fire Investigation" in issue 31 of the SFPE Fire Protection Engineering magazine and seem so innocuous, yet seem to miss what was...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- American millionairess boards space station
- KOROLEV, Russia AFP — The first ever female space tourist, Anousheh Ansari of the United States, has settled into the International Space Station ISS for a multi-million dollar cosmic holiday. Ansari, whose Soyuz spacecraft safely docked with the ISS Wednesday after completing its journey from Earth, will spend the next...
- Research articles 2006-09-20
- Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)
- Aurora police seeking help: Aurora police are asking for help in solving a shooting on the near east side. At about 9:25 p.m. Sunday a 19-year-old Oswego woman was shot near Galena Boulevard and West Street. She was a passenger in a vehicle with...
- Research articles 2006-08-01
- Implementation of Vehicle Safety Legislations to Support Greater Demand for Passive Safety Systems.
- LONDON, England, August 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Growing customer awareness of the need for enhanced safety, the implementation of legislations, the European New Car Assessment Program Euro NCAP protocol and technological advances are crucial factors fuelling the installation of emerging passive safety systems...
- Research articles 2006-08-02
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