Much has been written about the potential positive and negative sequelae of the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) of 2003. The prescription drug benefit has been the most publicized and maligned. However, the impact on consumers who need complex, high-end seated positioning and wheeled mobility systems and on the practitioners and suppliers who serve them is significant. The MMA calls for compet...

EDRS PRICE MF-$0.25 HC-$1.05 ATTITUDES, *BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, *COLLEGE STUDENTS, CONFLICT, FEMALES, *INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, MALES, *STUDENT ATTITUDES, *STUDENT CHARACTERISTICS, STUDENTS THIS STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO TEST THE HYPOTHESIS THAT SUBJECTS WILL PREFER TO SIT NEARER TO AN AGREEING STRANGER THAN TO A DISAGREEING STRANGER. A SECOND PURPOSE WAS TO PROVIDE A BEHAVIORAL AND AN UNO...

No previous experience of eliminating reflective cracking of both joints and cracks in portland cement concrete pavements through bituminous concrete overlays has been completely successful. This led to the idea of breaking slabs into smaller pieces in order to control movement of the deteriorating PCC pavements under the overlays. In cracking and seating, the existing pavement is broken up int...

Consider the problem of seating n people on n chairs. In how many ways can we do that? Let’s come up with an algorithm that generates a seating. Our algorithm consists of n stages. In stage 1 we choose a person for chair 1, in stage 2 we choose a person for chair 2, etc... In stage n we put the last person in chair n. State 1 can be carried out in n ways, stage 2 can be carried out in n−1 ways,...

A high prevalence of low back pain has been reported among professional drivers, including mobile police officers. The purpose of this investigation was to develop and evaluate a novel thoracic support designed for mobile police officers. Fourteen participants (7 male, 7 female) attended two 120-min driving simulations using a Crown Victoria Interceptor seat and the same seat equipped with a su...

An Occupant Classification System (OCS) that detects the existence and physique of the passenger seat occupant for the Advanced Air Bag requirements of FMVSS208 was developed. This paper describes an OCS which distinguishes small women (5th percentile adult female dummy: AF05) from young children (less than 6-yearold child dummy: AC06) pertaining to the following items. (1) The reason of classi...

When designing wheelchairs for use as motor vehicle seats, special design criteria must be followed to assure the crash safety of the wheelchair user. Failure of seating system components under crash loading conditions could lead to serious injury or fatality. In this study, seat and seat-back loading in a frontal crash are explored using computer simulation techniques . A previously validated ...

According to a study of the fairness of four common, revenue-enhancing, waitlist-management techniques, restaurants can violate first-come, first-served expectations in seating waiting customers. However, any manipulations to the queue must be done carefully and with a full explanation. Faced with one of several scenarios in which a restaurant violated the first-come, first-served approach, res...