INTRODUCTION We report the case of a man who sustained a craniofacial injury after spontaneous lateral airbag deployment resulting in his face being struck by a car sunshade. This highlights the potential damage that can be caused by any object placed between a lateral airbag and a car occupant. CASE PRESENTATION We report the case of a 33-year-old Caucasian man who was the driver in a fronta...

If it were to become apparent that dangerous changes in global climate were inevitable, despite greenhouse gas controls, active methods to cool the Earth on an emergency basis might be desirable. The concept considered here is to block 1.8% of the solar flux with a space sunshade orbited near the inner Lagrange point (L1), in-line between the Earth and sun. Following the work of J. Early [Early...

Œe electric grid was not designed to support the large-scale penetration of intermiŠent solar generation. As a result, current policies place hard caps on the solar capacity that may connect to the grid. Unfortunately, users are increasingly hiŠing these caps, which is restricting the natural growth of solar power. To address the problem, we propose So‰ware-de€ned Solar-powered (SDS) systems th...

Lichens, a symbiotic relationship between a fungus (mycobiont) and a photosynthetic green algae or cyanobacteria (photobiont), belong to an elite group of survivalist organisms termed resurrection species. When lichens are desiccated, they are photosynthetically inactive, but upon rehydration they can perform photosynthesis within seconds. Desiccation is correlated with both a loss of variable ...

As part of sustainable architecture principles and practices, designers need to define building's architectural requirements based on climatic conditions, environmental preservation and reduction in energy consumption. The natural energy sources such as solar radiation affect thermal and lighting performances of buildings depending on its facade characteristics. Traditionally, buildings thermal...

Sir,?Dr. L. Westerna Sambon's article on the Etiology of Sunstroke published in the British Medical Journal of Saturday, March 19th, 1898, might interest your enquirer W. B. I know nothing of the author, but the article just referred to appears to me to be full of interest. A study of the theories adduced, supported as they are by careful argument and verified facts, might influence the authori...