Brick Road Research Articles

Investigation into the Compressive Stress on Lumbar Spine among Tractor Drivers during different Ride Conditions

The aim of this investigation is to figure out the stress (compressive) on the lumbar spine of tractor driver posture among different ride conditions i.e., RPM (Revolutions per minute), Postures, and Road Conditions). The spinal stress under various riding conditions was assessed using the daily equivalent static compression dose (Sed). Design Expert, a statistical programme that combines Taguchi’s L9 Orthogonal Array Method, is used to determine the experimental runs with different parameters such as varying the tractor speed in RPM (700, 1000 & 1300), driver posture (Lean forward without backrest-P1, vertical erect without backrest-P2, vertical erect with backrest-P3), selected road conditions (village road, brick road and farm road). Analysis of the overall influence of riding conditions among all the experiments was done by calculating signal-to-noise (S/N) ratios. A regression model has been developed to analyze the Sed response and the desirability technique was used to minimize the Sed response. The daily dose of static compression on lumber spine was found between 0.35 and 0.67 MPa, which comes within the category of “moderate adverse health effect” as defined by ISO2631-5: 2004. Statistically, the RPM and Road type conditions were found highly significant with the percentage contribution is 77% and 21% respectively. As comfort is crucial for the tractor driver. The Sed values can be used for tractor seat design for more comfort. The approach is novel as per the Indian context for the tractor driver’s comfort. The methods of work-study and sampling in a larger context are well established.

Following the Brick Road: A Woman with Dyspnea, Hypoxemia, and Ground-Glass Opacities with Septal Thickening on Thoracic Imaging

"Following the Brick Road: A Woman with Dyspnea, Hypoxemia, and Ground-Glass Opacities with Septal Thickening on Thoracic Imaging." Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 19(5), pp. 845–849

Visual Odometry from Brick Road

Visual Odometry from Brick Road

Road Roughness Level Identification Based on BiGRU Network

A new method of road roughness level identification based on the bidirectional gated recurrent unit (BiGRU) network is proposed in this paper, which is contribute to solve the problems of intelligent chassis technology such as suspension control. Firstly, the vehicle vibration response data is attained by the ride comfort simulation of two-degree-of-freedom vehicle vibration model. Then the mapping relationship between the road roughness level and the vehicle vibration responses is determined, and the road roughness level identification model is established. The Adam algorithm and mini-batch gradient descent are utilized to improve the accuracy and increase the speed of the model training process. Finally, in order to verify the feasibility and practicability of the model, the ride comfort experiments are carried out on asphalt and brick roads. The results show that the accuracy of the road roughness level identification model based on the BiGRU network reaches 95.83%, and the recognition result is reliable. Moreover, the experimental road level can be successfully identified through the road roughness level identification model, which has high engineering application value.

Against Whatever Holds You Down, and: Rainless Season

Against Whatever Holds You Down, and: Rainless Season Ann E. Michael (bio) Against Whatever Holds You Down Summer, and the barefoot girlskips across hot macadam drivewaysto the cooler concrete streetswith their broken curbsand broken glass beside the smallmown lawns, walks ten blocksto the playground where shesits alone on the seesaw.She can see heat waves risingfrom the railroad tracks.She's young but sure she's leftgirlhood behind on the swing set,grown like the plantain weedsbeside the shiny metal slide.Mosquitoes and gnats rise. A pair of third-graders clambersonto the jungle gym.She envies them their bruisedankles and scratched legs,nobody's telling them to grow up,put on pantyhose, walk like a girl.She almost wishes she smoked,seems like something she could dowith her aimless time, make herselflook occupied. She's busy,she just doesn't seem like it,busy thinking about the world [End Page 43] and her place in it. Then she seesthe swarm of dragonflieshovering over the sluice drain,a hundred of them, maybe.Even the little kids don't notice. She stays balanced on the frame,watches the darning needles swoopand dart, hungry, busy, rising upagainst whatever holds them down. Rainless Season The days are hot, so hotthat heat contaminates night.Air stirs only through fan bladesand the restless lungs of my children,who sleep half naked on the floorstriated by moonlightwaiting for rain which is obstinateand hides in the cellar.The dog has crawled beneath our bed,seeking a den, and earth,some dark and cooling burrowwe must conjure from imagination. I dream of doors.Our wooden house swells around us,absorbing air's steaminess.If only the rafters wouldexhale a thunderstorm,a deluge, a week of fog. [End Page 44] I think you once wrotethat night is uncompromising,but then you might alsohave mentioned how night gives upa handful of stars in exchangefor a little more of sun's reflectionon the moon's bland disc.Could be barter or negotiation,could be compromise. It dependson perspective. You would have seenboth outcomes. And others. I dream of otherswhile my heart constricts aroundthe loss of you. When I exhale,a torrent. The keening wind.The river in the arroyoand the dust-dry chasmafterward. [End Page 45] Ann E. Michael Ann E. Michael, writing coordinator at DeSales University, is the author of Water-Rites (Brick Road) and four chapbooks. Her poems, reviews, and essays have appeared widely. Visit www.annemichael.wordpress.com. Copyright © 2018 University of Nebraska Press

HUMAN EHRLICHIOSIS

International Journal of DermatologyVolume 34, Issue 9 p. 618-619 HUMAN EHRLICHIOSIS WARREN R. HEYMANN M.D., Corresponding Author WARREN R. HEYMANN M.D. From the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ 08103.Address for correspondence: Warren R. Heymann, M.D., Garden State Community Center, One Hundred Brick Road, Suite 306, Marlton, NJ 08053.Search for more papers by this author WARREN R. HEYMANN M.D., Corresponding Author WARREN R. HEYMANN M.D. From the Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Camden, NJ 08103.Address for correspondence: Warren R. Heymann, M.D., Garden State Community Center, One Hundred Brick Road, Suite 306, Marlton, NJ 08053.Search for more papers by this author First published: September 1995 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-4362.1995.tb01085.xCitations: 6AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume34, Issue9September 1995Pages 618-619 RelatedInformation