approved: _____________________________________________________________________ Kathy R. Magnusson As the aging population continues to grow the world over, age related complications become more and more apparent among the elderly population. One such complication is age associated memory impairment, which makes the elderly more dependent on caregivers early on. NMDA receptors in the brain are ...

BACKGROUND Sponsorship of Formula One (F1) motor racing, which has been used as an indirect medium of tobacco advertising for several decades, was prohibited by the 2005 European Union Tobacco Advertising Directive. Most F1 tobacco sponsorship of motor racing in the EU has since ceased, with the exception of the Scuderia Ferrari team, which continues to be funded by Philip Morris. In 2007, the ...

The wireless channels are the most important resources in a mobile comuting system. Each communiction session that involes a mobile host requires a channel to be allocated. The possibility of reuse of wireless channels in different cells subject to satisfying the reuse constraint is the main concern for optimizing the channel usage. The channel allocation problem deals with optimization of the ...

The inhibition of biochemical processes requiring S-adenosylmethionine as a co-factor have led to many nucleoside-based medicinal agents. Included in this group are 5'-deoxy-5'-(isobutylthio)adenosine (SIBA), a nucleoside with antiparasitic, antiviral and antiproliferative effects, and 5'-noraristeromycin, a carbocyclic-derived nucleoside with potent antiviral properties. This report brings tog...

The paper sets out to describe the work carried out on what was a first-generation computer delivered in 1958. The paper provides a historical account of events that demonstrate what could be achieved on equipment now regarded as primitive. This was one of the earliest large scale applications of computers to deal with business data processing in the UK. The application described is that carrie...

One of the challenges of supply-chain management is developing ways to effectively integrate activities across organizations on the supply chain. Hyundai Motor Company developed mechanisms to coordinate production planning and scheduling activities among supply-chain members. Hyundai Motor's production-and-sales-control (P/SC) department uses regularly scheduled cross-functional meetings and sc...

The Ford GT powertrain (see Figure 1) is an integrated system developed to preserve the heritage of the LeMans winning car of the past. A team of co-located engineers set out to establish a system that could achieve this result for today's supercar. Multiple variations of engines, transaxles, cooling systems, component locations and innovations were analyzed to meet the project objectives. This...

15. Supplementary Notes The current members of Strategic Worldwide Transportation 2020 include Bosch, Continental Teves, Ford Motor Company, Nissan Technical Center North America, Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, and TRW. Additional support for this research was received from Autoliv, IBM, and Visteon. Information about Strategic Worldwide Transportation 2020 is availab...

The current members of Strategic Worldwide Transportation 2020 include ArvinMeritor, Bendix, Bosch, Continental Automotive Systems, FIA Foundation for the Automobile and Society, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Nissan Technical Center North America, and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America. Information about Strategic Worldwide Transportation 2020 is available at: http:/...