THE SYDNEY STEAM-TRAMWAYS. (INCLUDING APPENDIX).

Ground-borne vibrations, sounds and secondary airborne sounds from tramways: a psychoacoustic evaluation including health aspects

For decades, urban noise and vibration studies were mostly concerned with road traffic and trains. Tramway noise was rarely studied. Since the introduction of new types of tramways in the city of Graz strong complaints were brought up by local residents in certain areas. Typically, the annoyance by tramways results from a complex combination of sounds and vibration exposure depending on ground ...

Does the Appendix Location Change During Pregnancy?

Background: Early diagnosis of appendicitis is important during pregnancy.  Unlike omentom, cecum and appendix are not likely to be displaced by the growing uterus, so the concept of position change of the appendix during pregnancy is questionable. Objective: To determine the anatomical location of appendix during pregnancy. Methods: In a prospective study from October 1995 to March 1999, 291 w...

Rail roughness and rolling noise in tramways

Companies which manage railway networks have to cope continually with the problem of operating safety and maintenance intervention issues related to rail surface irregularities. A lot of experience has been gained in recent years in railway applications but the case of tramways is quite different; in this field there are no specific criteria to define any intervention on rail surface restoratio...

Steam Turbine Steam System

The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales.

Since 1983 the very successful baccalaureate course has continued to be offered over 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time. The three major areas of study currently offered cover medicine, information science and information technology, and management. An honours year is available for eligible students. Currently, the School is undertaking a major course review of the undergraduate program as ...