Wheel Slide Protection Systems (WSP Systems) or Anti-Skid Devices for rail vehicles have to go through a series of Dynamometer tests before test runs with equipped rail vehicles are permitted. The simulation tests are performed on Wheel Slide...
It has been estimated that 30% of all cancer deaths in the U.S. are associated with obesity. It is well-established that obesity promotes low-grade chronic inflammation, however the mechanisms by which obesity-induced chronic inflammation may...
The distance education literature is lacking studies investigating the construct of social presence, the value placed on it by online learners, and whether its existence in text-based environments is necessary for learning, satisfaction, and...
The "border shows a row of stepped pyramids and a band of guilloche, and between these a wide acanthus scroll. The latter consists of foliate male masks similar to those placed in the corners and from which branches spring in either direction....
Phase II clinical trial are generally single arm trial where a homogeneity assumption is placed on the response. In practice, this assumption may be violated resulting in a heterogeneous response. This heterogeneous or overdispersed response can be...
Channel modification has played a vital part in shaping the rivers and streams as
they are seen today. Channel modifications range from the construction of dams and levees
for flood control purposes to channelization of an existing meandering...
This mosaic "decorated the vertical bar of the T-form figured composition of the dining room floor to which the mosaic of Pasiphae and Daedalus belonged. The thick swastika-meander band in perspective at the top was the partition between the...
Sculpture; Urns; Death & burial; Containers; Soldiers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Death & burial; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Cartouches; Pediments; Tympana; Architectural elements; Inscriptions; Names;...
"The front of this rectangular urn is decorated with two friezes of hearts and darts. Smooth strips frame the decoration along the top and bottom rims and emphasize the container's shape. The central surface of such objects was inscribed. This...
African Americans; African Americans--Social conditions; African Americans--Education; Segregation in education; Race relations; Louisville Municipal College for Negroes (Louisville, Ky.); University of Louisville; Civil rights
Oral history interview with Mrs. Amelia Ray, conducted on August 25, 1978 by Kenneth Chumbley. Mrs. Ray discusses her early life and upbringing in Tennessee as well as her life in Louisville. Mrs. Ray moved to Louisville in 1934 and attended...
Location: 100 block of South Second Street, Louisville, Kentucky. In this street scene, a man peers down a manhole in Main Street. Behind him is a Gulf Refining Co. service station. Second Street is bustling with cars, trucks, and pedestrians. The...
A large sleigh bed sits against one wall in this bedroom scene within Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A dresser with an oval mirror has a marble top on which sits a number of photographs,...
A sitting room with delicate furniture is shown within Colonel Charles Christopher Mengel's home at 1325 S. Third Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This may have been a ladies' sitting room. A portrait of a woman hangs on one wall above a curio...
Boys; Classrooms; Wood; Carpentry; Hammers; Saws; Hand tools; People
Address: 114 W. Gray, Louisville, Kentucky. Five boys do woodworking projects in a classroom. Most of them wear wool coats with buttoned-up shirts and ties. Each works with tools to make wood boxes. The tools in the room include hammers, hand saws,...
African Americans; Women; Sewing machines; Sewing; People
A group of African American women participate in a sewing class. Along one side of the room the women work at sewing machines which are built into desks. In the middle of the room long tables are placed end to end and women work on laying out...
Buildings; Industry; Industrial facilities; Standard Sanitary Manufacturing Company
Address: 1541 S. Seventh Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A series of United States flags are placed along a tent in front of the Standard Sanitary plant. More tents wrap around the side of the building and a line of people stand under a covered...
Merry-go-rounds; Fontaine Ferry Park (Louisville, Ky.); Amusement parks; Amusement rides
Figures of prancing horses, lions, and giraffes adorn the carousel at Fontaine Ferry Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Lines of light bulbs, strategically placed mirrors, and metallic-toned decorations ornament the carousel. Along the edge of the...
Men; Women; People; Religious facilities; Welfare facilities; Quilts; Beds
Address: 314 S. Hancock Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Beds and makeshift room dividers adorn a room for refugees at the Presbyterian Colored Mission. Two men and two women sit in the room. The men wear suits and have placed their hats on one of the...
Advertising; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Stores & shops; Office buildings; Automobiles; Dwellings; Houses; Utility poles; Louisville Gas and Electric Company; Transportation
Taken for Louisville Gas & Electric, this photograph shows route of power lines after purchase of home telephone poles and consolidation of lines. Utility lines have been placed in a row down Frankfort Avenue. On the right side are some homes....
A long brick building with three entrances is shown with patches of snow on the ground and immature trees planted in front that have lost their leaves. This may be an apartment building. The windows are square and evenly placed. There are stairs...
A woman stands with a book in her hand talking to a room full of students at the hospital then known as Kosair Crippled Children's Hospital (982 Eastern Parkway, Louisville, Kentucky). Most of the students are in wheelchairs or wheeled wagons,...
