Design and cost analysis of truck-trailer rear underride guards. Final report.

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

A 1990 Ford Taurus into heavy truck rigid rear underride guard in support of CRASH3 damage algorithm reformulation. Final report.

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

A 1993 Honda Civic DX into heavy truck rigid rear underride guard in support of CRASH3 damage algorithm reformulation. Final report.

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

Task 3 test report for development of compliance test for truck rear underride protection. Interim report.

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

Underride guard design feasibility study. Final report.

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

Task 4 test report for development of compliance test for truck rear underride protection. Interim report.

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

Development of compliance test for truck rear underride protection. Volume I - summary report. Final report.

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

Development of compliance test for truck rear underride protection. Volume II- technical report. Final report.

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

Task 5 report of tests 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 for development of compliance test for truck rear underride protection. Interim report.

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

Heavy truck rear underride protection. Final report.

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Cargo tanks - bottom loading of flammable liquids, Volume II: review and analysis of liquid level control systems used in bottom loaking of flammable liquids into cargo tanks. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety, Washington, D.C.

Genetic monogamy in the absence of paternity guards: the Capricorn silvereye, Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus, on Heron Island

We investigated the genetic mating system of a socially monogamous passerine bird, the Capricorn silvereye Zosterops lateralis chlorocephalus, on an island of the Great Barrier Reef. There were no cases of extrapair paternity (EPP) among 122 offspring from 53 broods detectable by minisatellite or microsatellite DNA fingerprinting. Behavioral observations of paired birds showed that this was not a consequence of efficacious paternity guards and that females did not engage in extrapair copulation (EPC). Frequency of intrapair copulations was also low, with only 14 cases observed during 199 hours of observations of the 11 focal pairs in the fertile periods of females, and this was consistent with anatomical features of the cloacal protuberance in males. In this population, young birds form life-time pair bonds soon after gaining independence but females are obviously not attempting EPC possibly to redress this early mate choice. This is despite the fact that they breed in high density with a synchronous start and asynchronous spread of laying in a protracted season and males do not positively exhibit mate guarding behavior when females are fertile. Our results support high fidelity of socially monogamous birds on islands and are consistent with the hypothesis that sexual selection is reduced where genetic variation in fitness is limited.

The guards of the tomb (Matt 27:62–66 and 28:11–15) : Matthew’s apologetic legend revisited

Det har varit vanligt bland forskarna att relativt lite uppmärksamhet fästs vid Matteus berättelse om vakterna vid Jesu grav. Berättelsen har stämplats som en apologetisk legend, skapad av evangelisten eller av en okänd urkristen, mot de judiska ledare som anklagade Kristus-troende för stölden av Jesu kropp. I den här undersökningen utreddes, för det första, om de argument som har framställts när berättelsens möjliga historiska bakgrund har förkastats är hållbara. En närmare analys gav för handen att de inte är det, vilket berättigade en ny fördjupad undersökning av berättelsen. I den andra delen betraktades berättelsen med hjälp av en redaktionskritisk metod. Syftet var att klarlägga om evangelisten har utnyttjat en tradition eller själv skapat historien. Det påvisades att argumenten för det matteiska ursprunget till berättelsen inte är välgrundade i ljuset av en ändamålsenlig statistisk analys. Däremot konstaterades det att flera ord och uttryck var så otypiska för evangelistens allmänna stil att utnyttjandet av en tradition är sannolikt. I den tredje delen av undersökningen analyserades konflikten mellan judar och urkristna, som i denna undersökning kallas Kristus-troende, med hjälp av sådana socialvetenskapliga begrepp som t.ex. symboluniversum och socialt minne, tillsammans med en analys av beskrivningen om konflikten i Apostlagärningar och Pauli brev. Det föreslogs att konflikten utvecklades redan i Jesusrörelsens början i Galileen och eskalerade sedan i Jerusalem resulterande i en antagonistisk attityd mellan Jesu efterföljare och de judiska ledarna i Jerusalem. En kritisk analys av ovannämnda källor visade att antagonismen aktualiserats i flera öppna konflikter under perioden 30-70 eKr. Utifrån frågeställningen i den här undersökningen är det betydelsefullt att en lämplig kontext för den polemiska berättelsen om vakterna vid Jesu grav kan finnas i nästan vilken som helst tidspunkt under perioden. I den fjärde delen var olika teorier beträffande traditionen om Jesu tomma grav betraktade. Att en grupp kvinnor besökte Jesu grav och upptäckte att den var tom påvisades vara det mest sannolika alternativet. I analysen av den egentliga berättelsen om vakterna vid Jesu grav var de vanliga dialogmodellerna kritiskt beskådade och förkastades som för endimensionella. Det föreslogs att stöldanklagelsen var framställd av de judiska ledarna genast efter att Kristus-troendena hade påstått att Jesus är uppstånden. Efter en kritisk evaluering av de olika alternativen visade det sig sannolikt att vakterna blev introducerade till berättelsen av de judiska ledarna. Den kristna berättelsen om vakterna vid graven blev sedan formad reaktivt på grund av denna anklagelse.

Pay roll voucher from the Engineer Department of Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway Extension for repairs to fences and cattle guards etc. in the months of April and May. This document is attached to a time sheet, May 11, 1857

Pay roll voucher from the Engineer Department of Port Dalhousie and Thorold Railway Extension for repairs to fences and cattle guards etc. in the months of April and May. This document is attached to a time sheet, May 11, 1857.

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus HD100 guards against Pseudomonas tolaasii brown-blotch lesions on the surface of post-harvest Agaricus bisporus supermarket mushrooms

BACKGROUND: Pseudomonas tolaasii is a problematic pathogen of cultured mushrooms, forming dark brown 'blotches' on mushroom surfaces and causing spoilage during crop growth and post-harvest . Treating P. tolaasii infection is difficult, as other, commensal bacterial species such as Pseudomonas putida are necessary for mushroom growth, so treatments must be relatively specific. RESULTS: We have found that P. tolaasii is susceptible to predation in vitro by the δ-proteobacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus. This effect also occurred in funga, where B. bacteriovorus was administered to post-harvest mushroom caps before and after administration of the P. tolaasii pathogen. A significant, visible improvement in blotch appearance, after incubation, was observed on administration of Bdellovibrio. A significant reduction in viable P. tolaasii cell numbers, recovered from the mushroom tissue, was detected. This was accompanied by a more marked reduction in blotch severity on Bdellovibrio administration. We found that there was in some cases an accompanying overgrowth of presumed-commensal, non-Pseudomonas bacteria on post-harvest mushroom caps after Bdellovibrio-treatment. These bacteria were identified (by 16SrRNA gene sequencing) as Enterobacter species, which were seemingly resistant to predation. We visualised predatory interactions occuring between B. bacteriovorus and P. tolaasii on the post-harvest mushroom cap surface by Scanning Electron Microscopy, seeing predatory invasion of P. tolaasii by B. bacteriovorus in funga. This anti-P. tolaasii effect worked well in post-harvest supermarket mushrooms, thus Bdellovibrio was not affected by any pre-treatment of mushrooms for commercial/consumer purposes. CONCLUSIONS: The soil-dwelling B. bacteriovorus HD100 preys upon and kills P. tolaasii, on mushroom surfaces, and could therefore be applied to prevent spoilage in post-harvest situations where mushrooms are stored and packaged for sale.