Proof pressure evaluation of worn passenger car tire carcasses. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

Influence of tread depth on commercial vehicle fuel consumption. Interim report.

Transportation Department, Office of University Research, Washington, D.C.

Temperature rise-times in pneumatic tires. Interim report.

Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.

Pressure effects on worn passenger car tire carcasses. Final report.

Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.

The rolling resistance of pneumatic tires. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

A pilot study of email in an e-mentoring relationship

E-mentoring is an alternative to conventional face-to-face mentoring, incorporating the use of email, bulletin boards, discussion groups, instant messaging and videoconferencing. In a pilot trial, a New Zealand midwife mentored two new graduate midwives using a secure email system. The main themes of the email messages exchanged were debriefing and reflection, clinical queries, provision of information and discussion of professional issues. The pilot study showed that e-mentoring is a feasible option for midwives and warrants further investigation. Both mentor and mentees found the experience to be a helpful one. One of the advantages for both mentor and mentees was the flexibility of communication, since responses to email messages could be made at times that suited the authors. Nevertheless, issues of Internet access and the technical expertise of midwives will need to be considered in order for large scale e-mentoring to be implemented.

Nanotechnology in food industry II: risk assessment and legislation

Currently, there is increasing use of nanomaterials in the food industry thanks to the many advantages offered and make the products that contain them more competitive in the market. Their physicochemical properties often differ from those of bulk materials, which require specialized risk assessment. This should cover the risks to the health of workers and consumers as well as possible environmental risks. The risk assessment methods must go updating due to more widespread use of nanomaterials, especially now that are making their way down to consumer products. Today there is no specific legislation for nanomaterials, but there are several european dispositions and regulations that include them. This review gives an overview of the risk assessment and the existing current legislation regarding the use of nanotechnology in the food industry.

Adaptação de embalagens de produtos de Marca Própria ao Regulamento 1169/2011 de Informação ao Consumidor

A rotulagem é uma forma legal que assegura a defesa e a proteção do consumidor. O rótulo presta todas as informações necessárias e importantes que levam à decisão desse consumidor, consoante as suas necessidades sejam elas de saúde ou nutricionais, por um ou outro género alimentício. Além de favorecer um correto armazenamento, preparação e consumo dos alimentos (aumentando a segurança alimentar). É de elevada importância que a legislação relativa à rotulagem seja atualizada, acompanhando a evolução e as exigências da sociedade. Neste sentido, foi pulicado o Regulamento (UE) n.º 1169/2011 relativo à informação aos consumidores sobre os géneros alimentícios que veio alterar os regulamentos (CE) n.º1924/2006 e (CE) n.º1925/2006 do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho e revoga as Diretivas 87/250/CEE da Comissão, 90/496/CEE do Conselho, 1999/10/CE da Comissão, 2000/13/CEE do Parlamento Europeu e do Conselho, 2002/67/CE da Comissão e o Regulamento (CE) n.º 608/2004 da Comissão. Este regulamento teve como principais objetivos atualizar e consolidar a legislação sobre rotulagem geral e nutricional, eliminar as incoerências entre diferentes atos legislativos, facilitar a livre circulação dos géneros alimentícios entre Estados Membros e clarificar as responsabilidades dos diferentes intervenientes da cadeia alimentar. A adoção deste novo regulamento consistiu num marco importante na legislação relativa à rotulagem, implicando novas obrigações para as empresas. Foi neste contexto que se desenvolveu este estágio, num curto espaço de tempo alterou-se todos os rótulos “marca Auchan” para permanecerem em conformidade com a lei. A adaptação foi efetuada em cerca de 1000 rótulos, de vários setores da área alimentar, nomeadamente leite e derivados, carne, produtos da pesca, ovos, etc. Todo o trabalho ficou concluído ao final de 1 ano e 4 meses, sendo que o deadline estipulado foi cumprido e todos os rótulos foram corrigidos antes do regulamento ter tido aplicação obrigatória (dia 13 de dezembro de 2014). Conclui-se que a metodologia de correções aplicada teve um grau de sucesso de 100 %, pois não houve alterações posteriores (devido a erros cometidos) ao término de qualquer rótulo. Também se pode afirmar que o regulamento, apesar de vir simplificar e harmonizar o tema da rotulagem de géneros alimentícios, ainda deixou algumas lacunas, remetendo sempre para medidas nacionais.

Defining the InstaBooth: Facilitating debate and content creation from situated users

Through ubiquitous computing and location-based social media, information is spreading outside the traditional domains of home and work into the urban environment. Digital technologies have changed the way people relate to the urban form supporting discussion on multiple levels, allowing more citizens to be heard in new ways (Fredericks et al. 2013; Houghton et al. 2014; Caldwell et al. 2013). Face-to-face and digitally mediated discussions, facilitated by tangible and hybrid interaction, such as multi-touch screens and media façades, are initiated through a telephone booth inspired portable structure: The InstaBooth. The InstaBooth prototype employs a multidisciplinary approach to engage local communities in a situated debate on the future of their urban environment. With it, we capture citizens’ past stories and opinions on the use and design of public places. The way public consultations are currently done often engages only a section of the population involved in a proposed development; the more vocal citizens are not necessarily the more representative of the communities (Jenkins 2006). Alternative ways to engage urban dwellers in the debate about the built environment are explored at the moment, including the use of social media or online tools (Foth 2009). This project fosters innovation by providing pathways for communities to participate in the decision making process that informs the urban form. The InstaBooth promotes dialogue and mediation between a bottom-up and a top-down approach to urban design, with the aim of promoting community connectedness with the urban environment. The InstaBooth provides an engagement and discussion platform that leverages a number of locally developed display and interaction technologies in order to facilitate a dialogue of ideas and commentary. The InstaBooth combines multiple interaction techniques into a hybrid (digital and analogue) media space. Through the InstaBooth, urban design and architectural proposals are displayed encouraging commentary from visitors. Inside the InstaBooth, visitors can activate a multi-touch screen in order to browse media, write a note, or draw a picture to provide feedback. The purpose of the InstaBooth is to engage with a broader section of society, including those who are often marginalised. The specific design of the internal and external interfaces, the mutual relationship between these interfaces with regards to information display and interaction, and the question how visitors can engage with the system, are part of the research agenda of the project.

LOCALIZED ENHANCEMENTS OF Fe+10 DENSITY IN THE CORONA AS OBSERVED IN Fe xi 789.2 nm DURING THE 2006 MARCH 29 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

Habbal, Shadia Rifai; Morgan, Huw; Johnson, Judd; Arndt, Martina Belz; Daw, Adrian; Jaeggli, Sarah; Kuhn, Jeff; Mickey, Don, LOCALIZED ENHANCEMENTS OF Fe+10 DENSITY IN THE CORONA AS OBSERVED IN Fe xi 789.2 nm DURING THE 2006 MARCH 29 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 663, Issue 1, pp. 598-609

A Sermon occasioned by the death of Mrs. Sarah R. Baker

Funeral sermon

Horton Family collection, 1912, 1919, 1924, n.d.

Dr. William Hamilton Merritt, Jr. was born in 1865 and died in 1924. He was the son of Jedidiah Prendergast Merritt and Emily Prescott, grandson of William Hamilton Merritt. In 1892 he was married to Maud Claudman Hudson of Memphis, Tennessee and had a daughter and a son. During World War I he commanded the 14th battery at Flanders and after becoming ill served as part of the 9th Canadian Field Ambulance, 3rd Canadian Division, serving at a military hospital in Orpington, Kent, England and in 1917 at a military hospital in France. Dr. Merritt served as alderman and mayor for the city of St. Catharines, Ont. He was also a vice-president of the Imperial Bank of Canada, and served on the board of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge. A memorial service was held in St. Thomas Church, St. Catharines, Ont. on April 24, 1924.