background: traffic noise is one of the major sources of environmental pollution that can cause permanent or temporary loss of hearing in drivers. the purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hearing loss among professional long-distance drivers in bandar abbas freight terminal. methods: one thousand long distance occupational drivers in bandar abbas freight terminal not certifie...

Supercapacitors (or electric double-layer capacitors) are high-power energy storage devices that store charge at the interface between porous carbon electrodes and an electrolyte solution. These devices are already employed in heavy electric vehicles and electronic devices, and can complement batteries in a more sustainable future. Their widespread application could be facilitated by the develo...

Poly[(organo)phosphazenes] are a unique class of extremely versatile polymers with a range of applications including tissue engineering and drug delivery, as hydrogels, shape memory polymers and as stimuli responsive materials. This review aims to divulge the basic principles of designing polyphosphazenes for drug and gene delivery and portray the huge potential of these extremely versatile mat...

Cross-docking is a warehousing strategy in logistics used by process industries making products with high proportions of distribution costs. It is described as the process of moving goods from suppliers to customers through a cross-dock terminal without a long-term storage in this facility. The vehicle routing problem with cross-docking (VRPCD) consists of fulfilling a set of transportation req...

N. Zeeni, N. A. Nadkarni, J. D. Bell, R. Sinkus, G. Fromentin, D. Tome, and N. Darcel CNRH-IdF, UMR914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, AgroParisTech, Paris, France, CNRH-IdF, UMR914 Nutrition Physiology and Ingestive Behavior, INRA, Paris, France, Metabolic and Molecular Imaging Group, Imaging Sciences Department, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College...

Units in the United Kingdom are now concentrating on improving the transport of neonates and children. The aim is to have a transport process that can oVer a level of care akin to that of a neonatal or paediatric tertiary centre at the point of retrieval. Studies point to a high number of adverse events when inexperienced staV move children. 2 There have been articles on neonatal and paediatric...

Methodical problems of coarse-grained-type molecular dynamics, namely, rigid-body molecular dynamics (RB MD), are studied by investigating the dynamics of nanosized molecular vehicles called nanocars that move on gold and silver surfaces. Specifically, we analyzed the role of thermostats and the effects of temperature, couplings, and correlations between rigid fragments of the nanocar molecule ...

This paper describes the development and preliminary experimental evaluation of a visionbased docking system to allow an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) to identify and attach itself to a set of uniquely identifiable targets. These targets, docking poles, are detected using Haar rectangular features and rotation of integral images. A non-holonomic controller allows the Starbug AUV to orient...

ETS-VII (Engineering Test Satellite No.7) was launched on Nov.1997 to conduct automated rendezvous docking and space robot technology experiments. A 6dof robot arm which is mounted on the ETS-VII chaser satellite were tele-operated from ground and were used to in various experiments such as ORU exchange, equipment handling and satellite capture. These results came by overcoming various troubles...

Chitosan is one of the most used polysaccharides in the design of drug delivery strategies for administration of either biomacromolecules or low molecular weight drugs. For these purposes, it is frequently used as matrix forming material in both nano and micron-sized particles. In addition to its interesting physicochemical and biopharmaceutical properties, which include high mucoadhesion and a...