OBJECTIVES This study presents an investigation of anti-whiplash features that can be implemented in a car seat to reduce whiplash injuries in the case of a rear impact. The main emphasis is on achieving a seat design with good energy absorption properties. METHODS A biofidelic 50th percentile male multi-body human model for rear impact is developed to evaluate the performance of car seat des...

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Jari Rosti Name of the dissertation Manuscript submitted 26.8.2010 Manuscript revised 26.10.2010 Date of the defence 27.11.2010 Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Field of research Opponent(s) Supervisor Instructor Abst...

OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AALTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY P.O. BOX 11000, FI-00076 AALTO http://www.aalto.fi Author Jari Juhani Jalkanen Name of the dissertation Manuscript submitted 26.03.2010 Manuscript revised 05.05.2010 Date of the defence 28.05.2010 Article dissertation (summary + original articles) Monograph Faculty Department Field of research Opponent(s) Supervisor Inst...

Shinya Abe1, Nathaniel Narra2, Riku Nikander3, Jari Hyttinen2, Reijo Kouhia1 and Harri Sievänen4 Lab. Civil Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland1 Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, BioMediTech, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland2 Gerontology Research Center, Dept. Health Science, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland3 The UKK Institu...

There are several kinds of methods and underlying models for monophonic fundamental frequency estimation of periodic or semi-periodic signals. The methods operate in various domains (time-, frequencyor joint time-frequency domains). A general structure and few examples of different approaches and their strengths as well as weaknesses are briefly described.

We present an AI architecture used for modeling computational rational cognitive agents-agents that can reason, and act in an environment based on their representations of beliefs, acts, and intentions. A unified representational formalism is employed for representation of propositions (beliefs), goals (desires), actions, and plans. The representational formalism is described using a conceptual...

up to now, studies of mirza agha tabrizi's works (a pioneer of iranian drama) have been carried out from the perspective of the evolutionary history of drama in iran. but this paper explores the enlightening aspects of these texts about social life in iran before the constitutional revolution. furthermore, the present study discovers a potentially aesthetic revolution in these works. by ma...