Reduction of the force interaction between vehicle and track is strongly desirable for many reasons. Because conventional methods reduction wheel-rail contact forces, based on tuning suspension parameters or utilising various mechanisms acting wheelsets, bogie-frames car-body, reach their limits, active controlled systems are becoming a promising solution problem. The paper created within proje...

Human errors occurring during railway maintenance activities can significantly reduce the availability of equipment. Identification of potential human errors, their causes and prediction of the associated probabilities are important stages in order to manage such errors. This paper investigates the probability of human error during the maintenance of railway bogies. A case study examines techni...

Forestry machines are often travelling on unprepared terrain, which means often rather bumpy ride.4-wheeled machines became 6-wheeled and later on 8 wheeled machines to alleviate the worst obstacles. Nordic forestry people discovered if these wheels were arranged in bogie construction the machine (usually a forwarder that could carry timber) both could better negotiate obstacles and with all wh...

Forestry machines are often travelling on unprepared terrain, which means often rather bumpy ride.4-wheeled machines became 6-wheeled and later on 8 wheeled machines to alleviate the worst obstacles. Nordic forestry people discovered if these wheels were arranged in bogie construction the machine (usually a forwarder that could carry timber) both could better negotiate obstacles and with all wh...

in a fellow-eye-controlled trial, we compared the posterior capsule opacification (pco) rates of single-piece (sa60at) and three-piece (ma60ac) hydrophobic acrylic intraocular lenses (iol) in 54 pair-matched eyes of 27 age-related cataract patients who consecutively underwent bilateral (4-8 weeks apart) phacoemulsification horizontal chopping performed through a capsulorrhexis of approximately ...

We aim to visualize the external physical damages and distinct external phenotypic effects between mechanical and laser-assisted immobilized human spermatozoa using scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). Human spermatozoa were immobilized mechanically or with laser assistance for SEM examination and the membrane integrities were checked on both types of immobilized spermatozoa. We found evidence...

We sought to evaluate the extended long term functional outcome of the AMS700 three piece inflatable prosthesis in men with erectile dysfunction in a single urological department and assess our revision rates. Patients that underwent first-time insertion or revision of an AMS700 3 piece inflatable penile prosthesis between 1984-2007 were included. Data was obtained from medical records and long...

SYNOPSIS The aspheric, one-piece design of the Tecnis® ZCB00 intraocular lens provided higher mesopic contrast sensitivity and relatively constant refraction at different pupil sizes compared to the Sensar® AR40e. PURPOSE Comparing the impact on functional vision of the aspheric Tecnis® ZCB00 one-piece lens compared to the spherical Sensar® AR40e three-piece lens. SETTING National Eye Hospi...