Obesity linked to dangerous sleep apnea in truck drivers
Somerville, MA/Providence, RI -- Truck crashes are a significant public health hazard causing thousands of deaths and injuries each year, with driver fatigue and sleepiness being major causes. A new study has confirmed previous findings that obesity-driven testing strategies identify commercial tr...California Rules to Cut Diesel Truck Pollution Called Most Sweeping in U.S.
Will Dramatically Cut Largest Source of Deadly Diesel Pollution in State SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Air Resources Board today approved two diesel truck regulations that will dramatically cut the largest source of diesel pollution in the state and...Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers
If the Indian truck drivers are known to be more prone to HIV than any other segment of the population, in the US too they are more at risk of contracting a whole range of health problems than most others . They account for nearly 15 percent of U.S. work-related deaths. Obesity is rampant amon...Richard Gere Urges Truck Drivers to Have Safe Sex
Terming truck drivers as an important lifeline of the growing Indian economy, Hollywood star Richard Gere urged them to practise safe sex and help prevent HIV.// "Since truck drivers stay out of home for nearly 25 days a month, they succumb to their desires which finally ends up in spreading HI...High Prevalence of AIDS among Indian Truck drivers
New Delhi: A startling study indicates that almost 40 percent of India's truck drivers and their helpers are infected with AIDS virus and there is an urgent need to create awareness// among this community to check the spread of the fatal disease. India currently has over 5.1 million AIDS pati...Jarrow Formulas' Coconut Oil Customer Celebrates 100th Birthday!
...g family looked to California for new opportunities, a new life, and a new faith. Clarence's first job in The Golden State was driving a construction truck with bad brakes from the very top to the very bottom of The Hoover Dam. After that, he brought his family to East Los Angeles where he sold Hoover Vac...DUI Deaths Down 9 Percent in California
...d a new campaign to convince riders to take training classes through the California Motorcyclist Safety Program. The campaign also encourages car and truck drivers to be mindful of motorcycles in traffic. For over two years California state, county, and local governments, as well as numerous advo...Elephants imitate truck noises, other animals
Elephants learn to imitate sounds that are not typical of their species, the first known example after humans of vocal learning in a non-primate terrestrial mammal. The discovery, reported in today's Nature, further supports the idea that vocal learning is important for maintaining individual socia...Gene predicts how brain responds to fatigue, human study shows
...jobs where sleep deprivation is an integral feature, for example- all-night health care staff, senior decision makers, commercial aircraft pilots, and truck drivers. Such knowledge might also guide the development of more effective, possibly personalized countermeasures for at-risk people," said Chee, the ...The coming of biofuels: Study shows reducing gasoline emissions will benefit human health
... Large urban regions also suffered disproportionate health damage as a result of benzene emissions at service stations and during the transporting by truck of gasoline to service stations - approximately 930 DALYs. "We need finer spatial resolution about the impacts and more data on emissions factors,...Healing wounds with lasers, vehicles that drive themselves, other cutting-edge optics
...repair, is now quite promising. Presentation CMMM2; Monday, June 1, 4 4:15 p.m. VEHICLES THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening. Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenie...Searching for pollution in the Caribbean
... one last pull, Messi and Carlos, two members of the team, secured the metal cask containing the core sediment samples to the back of a Toyota pick-up truck that would take the team back to San Pedro Sula. Miguel, who had also led similar teams in Haiti and Jamaica, was clearly satisfied with the result...Hopkins scientists ID 10 genes associated with a risk factor for sudden cardiac death
...n men. "The reason people die from this cardiovascular disorder is because we know nothing about the antecedents," Chakravarti says. "It's like a truck barreling down a slope: there's no way to stop it. The only way out is to understand the science of this in a deep, meaningful way. If we know, we can...Urea tanks on diesel trucks -- that's the law in the United States starting in 2010
...nology is being adopted by passenger car and light truck manufacturers serving the United States including ...miles per gallon (2.8 km/liter). An average diesel truck will need to refill its 20-gallon tank of DEF ever... of urea plant technology. In 10 years the current truck fleet in Western Europe will have been replaced, a...Iowa State researcher develops new treatment method for canine eye diseases
...the appearance of her eyes, but more importantly, she has had improvement in her working ability," said Chance. "She is able to jump in and out of the truck and walks more confidently in crowds." ...NSF funds research at Illinois on sustainable biofuels infrastructure
...to the bio-refineries. This, with the ethanol shipments, would add a lot of truck loads to the roads." "The increase in truck loading and traffic will affect the service life of our roads," said Al-Qad...Oshkosh Truck Teams with OSU to Compete in DARPA Million Dollar Tech Derby
OSHKOSH, Wis.- Kids dream of competing together to race the fastest cars they can build and win the grand prize. For a group of 20 engineers, scientists and technicians from Ohio State University (OSU) and Wisconsin-based Oshkosh Truck , the goal is to win the $1 million dollar grand prize awarde...Oshkosh's robotic truck qualifies for DARPA challenge
Oshkosh, Wis . -- Oshkosh Truck Corp . and partners Rockwell Collins and the University of Parma, Italy, announced that their robotic truck, TerraMax, qualified late Wednesday to compete in the $2 million DARPA Grand Challenge, a 150-mile race of unmanned vehicles across the Mojave Desert on Sa...Oshkosh robotic truck returns to desert
The first driverless vehicle that Oshkosh Truck Corp. put through a 150-mile race in the Mojave Desert had a bit of a holdup a piece of tumbleweed stopped it cold in 2004. In 2005 it reached the finish line without any help from human controllers. Now the company is getting ready to return to...Oshkosh Truck spends $4.8 million on disaster-resistant network
Oshkosh, Wis. - To shield itself from natural and man-made disasters, a Wisconsin truck manufacturer is shelling out $4.8 million for a bolstered business network. The purchase will outfit Oshkosh Truck Corp. with a portfolio of sophisticated networking solutions, including a single converge...ACT Announces Partnership With Gilead Sciences Inc.
...ces Inc., North America's third largest Bio-Med company. ACT will provide Environmental services - including hazardous Materials disposal, vacuum truck services, spill response, site specific services and onsite waste management support from its corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA. ACT has e...New Website Offers Fuel Saving Products Such as Hydrogen Injection Systems and Hydrogen Generators
...iently which means better fuel economy, lower emissions, more horsepower and a smoother running engine. No permanent modifications to the car, truck or van are required and most systems can be installed within a day. HHOMonster.com has become a great resource of both products and information ab...Frost & Sullivan Commends Honeywell Enraf for Cutting-Edge Products and Post-Sales Support
...ed its solutions from conventional fuels blending to include biofuels, and has established a leadership position for ethanol and biodiesel blending at truck loading racks. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO ) Honeywell Enraf combined its technological excellenc...Osage Bio Energy Kicks Off 'Barley Bin Builder' Yield Contest
...na and South Carolina are eligible to enter the Barley Bin Builder Yield Contest. The top entry among the seven states will receive a Flex Fuel pickup truck as the grand prize. The yield contest coincides with Osage Bio Energy's planned construction of bio-processing facilities in the Southeast and Mid-A...Advanced Chemical Transport Opens Merced Facility
... a new location in Merced, Calif. ACT will provide all of its environmental services -- hazardous, biological and radioactive waste disposal, vacuum truck services, transportation, spill response, site services and environmental health and safety outsourcing -- from the location at 265 Riggs Ave. in Merc...