The traction generating potential of snow tires vs. regular tread tires on ice, snow, wet, and dry surfaces. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Development of tire intermix performance and inspection system. Volume II: technical report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development of tire intermix performance and inspection system. Volume III: laboratory tire test data. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tire parameter determination. Volume I - summary. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tire parameter determination. Volume II - technical report: part 1. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Uniform tire quality grading: treadwear course monitoring--IV. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tire break-in procedures for handling tests. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Tire break-in procedures for handling tests. Summary report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Uniform tire quality grading treadwear course monitoring. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Desempenho de um trator em função do tipo de pneu, da lastragem e da velocidade de trabalho

O trabalho comparou o desempenho de um trator agrícola 4x2 TDA de 89 kW (121cv) em função do tipo de pneus (radial, diagonal e de baixa pressão), a condição de lastragem (com e sem água nos pneus) e quatro velocidades [V1 (1,84km h-1), V2 (3,18km h-1, V3 (4,57km h-1), V4 (5,04km h-1)]. O experimento foi realizado na UNESP-Jaboticabal-SP, em condição de preparo do solo com escarificador de sete hastes a 30cm de profundidade. Os pneus foram do tipo R1, com as seguintes características: [radial (dianteiros-14.9 R 26; traseiros-620/75 R 30) diagonal (dianteiros-14.9-26, traseiros-23.1-30) e BPAF (dianteiros-500/60-26.5; traseiros-700/55-34)]. O delineamento experimental foi blocos casualizados, em esquema fatorial 3x2x4, com 24 tratamentos e três repetições. Os resultados evidenciaram vantagens para o trator equipado com pneus radiais.

Types of foot problems seen by Australian podiatrists

Background: Understanding frequency of foot problems can assist health care planners with resource deployment to new and emerging services such as paediatric podiatry and focus future research on the most salient foot conditions. Methods: A review of 2187 patient consultations during a three month period was conducted. Patient medical and podiatric history was coded using industry standards. All patients were recruited for convenience from a metropolitan university podiatry clinic. Results: 392 new patients were identified with mean age 40.6 years old (range 1–95), with 65% being female. Arthritic diseases, asthma, hypertension and allergies were the most common medical conditions reported. The frequency of new consultations in younger people (n = 102; 27%) exceeded those of the elderly (n = 75; 20%). Conversely, the elderly were nearly three times more prevalent in this cohort (n = 910; 43%) compared to younger people (n = 332; 16%). Conclusion: This study illustrates the diverse nature of pathology seen by podiatrists. Knowledge that skin lesions are highly prevalent is of relevance to health departments, given the aging nature of most populations. Moreover there appears to be a growing trend in the number of young people who present for care, however government funded access to these services are limited.

Next-generation sequencing of cervical DNA detects human papillomavirus types not detected by commercial kits

Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the aetiological agent for cervical cancer and genital warts. Concurrent HPV and HIV infection in the South African population is high. HIV positive (+) women are often infected with multiple, rare and undetermined HPV types. Data on HPV incidence and genotype distribution are based on commercial HPV detection kits, but these kits may not detect all HPV types in HIV + women. The objectives of this study were to (i) identify the HPV types not detected by commercial genotyping kits present in a cervical specimen from an HIV positive South African woman using next generation sequencing, and (ii) determine if these types were prevalent in a cohort of HIV-infected South African women. Methods Total DNA was isolated from 109 cervical specimens from South African HIV + women. A specimen within this cohort representing a complex multiple HPV infection, with 12 HPV genotypes detected by the Roche Linear Array HPV genotyping (LA) kit, was selected for next generation sequencing analysis. All HPV types present in this cervical specimen were identified by Illumina sequencing of the extracted DNA following rolling circle amplification. The prevalence of the HPV types identified by sequencing, but not included in the Roche LA, was then determined in the 109 HIV positive South African women by type-specific PCR. Results Illumina sequencing identified a total of 16 HPV genotypes in the selected specimen, with four genotypes (HPV-30, 74, 86 and 90) not included in the commercial kit. The prevalence's of HPV-30, 74, 86 and 90 in 109 HIV positive South African women were found to be 14.6 %, 12.8 %, 4.6 % and 8.3 % respectively. Conclusions Our results indicate that there are HPV types, with substantial prevalence, in HIV positive women not being detected in molecular epidemiology studies using commercial kits. The significance of these types in relation to cervical disease remains to be investigated.

Retention characteristics of Cu2+, Pb2+, and Zn2+ from aqueous solutions by two types of low lime fly ashes

The technical feasibility of utilization of fly ash as a low-cost adsorbent for the removal of metals from water has been studied. For two types of fly ashes, the retention capacities of copper, lead, and zinc metal ions have been studied. Contact time, initial concentration, and pH have been varied and their effect on retention mechanism has been studied. The dominant mechanisms responsible for retention are found to be precipitation due to the presence of calcium hydroxide, and adsorption due to the presence of silica and alumina oxide surfaces in the fly ash. First-order kinetic plots have revealed that the rate constant increases with increase in the initial concentration and pH. Langmuir adsorption isotherms have been plotted to study the maximum adsorption capacities for metal ions considered under different conditions. X-ray diffraction studies revealed the formation of new peaks corresponding to respective metal ions precipitates under alkaline conditions.