A man stands on the back of a truck and loads bound stacks of telephone directories into a freight car. Another man sits on top of a tall pile of directories in the car.
Ligaments--Wounds and injuries; Knee--Wounds and injuries; Women athletes--Wounds and injuries
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common injuries incurred by both recreational and professional athletes. ACL injuries often occur during popular contact sports like basketball, football, volleyball and baseball, and...
Computer-aided minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has progressed significantly in the last decade and it has great potential in surgical planning and operations. To limit the damage to nearby healthy tissue, accurate modeling is required of the...
Determining the mechanical properties of the spine is a significant step in understanding the behavior of the spine under normal conditions. Although a limited amount of data for cyclic loading is currently available, the tests are not completely...
For persons with disabilities, access to transportation is necessary for integration into society. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been instrumental in assuring transportation access to individuals with disabilities for purposes of...
Multiple views of a tow truck for carrying loads of vehicles. The sign on the side of the truck reads Central Truckaway System Inc. Address: Central Truckaway System, 1491 Western Highway, Louisville, Kentucky.
Ox carts pull loads of wood down a tree-lined road next to a river during World War I. Two men stand at the side of the road holding implements that were most likely used to prod the oxen.
Residential buildings account for a large portion of total energy consumption in the United States. Residential energy usage can be dramatically reduced by improving the efficiency of building envelope systems. One such method is to incorporate...
Infants--Wounds and injuries; Falls (Accidents); Neck--Wounds and injuries; Head--Wounds and injuries
The purpose of this study was to determine the risk of severe head and neck injury in short distance falls for a 12-month-old child. A series of free falls and falls from standing were experimentally simulated using an instrumented anthropomorphic...
This dissertation presents an analytical investigation that examined the seismic performance of steel stud backed and Concrete Masonry Units (CMU) backed masonry veneer wall systems, under in and out - of - plane loads, in medium rise building...
Santa Claus; Pines; Christmas cards; Christmas trees
Three Santa Clauses pulling a pine tree in a window with a rope. All three are portly, with white hair and fur-trimmed red coats and hats. A poem below the scene reads, "No tree could hold the loads of Christmas wishes that come from me; one...
