Computer-generated illustration by Richard Kolker for TIME
Danger zone This artist’s
representation highlights the potential
hazard from an exploding air bag
BUSINESS
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f or e ns ic i n v e s t ig at or s a l fa r i e l l o ,
whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has
witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by
air bags over the past two decades. In his
collection, there is a photo of a woman who
has been horribly scarred by an inflating
air bag. There’s an X-ray of a driver’s broken
wrists snapped in the “fling zone” of an air
bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2
position into the car’s roof. He can cite nu-
merous drivers who suffered torn aortas
or lacerated brain stems, all the result of
being “punched” by an air bag inflating at
200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). “What’s sitting in
the front of the steering wheel is an explo-
sive device,” explains Fariello, the author of
Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regula-
tion. “Nasty, unexpected events can occur.”
None have been nastier than the injuries
and deaths caused by exploding inflators
in air bags made by automotive supplier
Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags
have been blamed for killing five motorists
in the U.S. so far. More than 10 million cars
from 10 makers—including BMW, Chrys-
ler, Honda, Nissan and Toyota—have
been recalled. On Nov. 26, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) ordered Takata to expand its
most recent recall from a regional one to
a national one. Takata declined on the ba-
sis that the problem is confined to areas
like Florida with high relative humidity.
Toyota and Honda are following NHTSA’s
advice and issued a national recall. All the
cars are from model year 2011 or older.
Takata’s suspect inflation canisters con-
tain a propellant—tablets of ammonium
nitrate—that is ignited at the onset of a crash
to initiate a chemical reaction that produces
AIR BAGS ARE ME ANT
TO SAVE LIVES. NOW A
MASSIVE RECALL SHOWS
HOW THE Y SOME TIMES
CAN TURN DE ADLY
BY BILL SAPORITO
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BUSINESS | CARS
bear when your car crashes into another
vehicle or object. In a collision, your car
stops abruptly, but you don’t. Your head
and body keep moving forward, translat-
ing that energy according to Newtonian
physics until some other force arrests it.
Before the advent of air bags and seat belts,
this “velocity debt” was repaid—at terrible
cost—when your head or body smashed
into the steering column or dashboard.
To stop your head’s violent forward mo-
tion requires considerable counterviolence.
After a car’s accelerometers and sensors de-
tect a crash pulse—the rapid deceleration
that signals impact—an algorithm in the
electronic control unit (ECU) then decides
whether to deploy the air bag and at what
pressure. If the ECU says deploy, the explo-
sion that rapidly expands an air bag also
hurtles it toward your head at speeds rang-
ing from 98 m.p.h. to 200 m.p.h. (158 km/h
to 322 km/h).
Intro to Quality Management Week 3Air Bag RecallAssignment.docxMargenePurnell14
Intro to Quality Management Week 3
Air Bag Recall
Assignment
Review the article “Blow Out” from this week’s reading assignment. This article pertains to the recall of air bag products. Assume you are the manager for a large automotive company that will be using air bags in your products. What risk assessment tools will you use in order to ensure that the product being installed into your vehicles meets safety standards in order to avoid a recall? Use your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be supported by research.
Directions for obtaining the file: Login to the Grantham University library by clicking on the Resources tab from the main page. You will then log into EBSCOHost. Once you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the article and press enter to search and you should now have the file accessible to review.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
•Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
•Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
•Include cover page and reference page.
•At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
•No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
•Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
•Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
Article
Section:
Features
Business: Cars
Keywords: Safety; Automotive industry; Driving; Accidents; Brain; Congress; Design; Regulations; Vehicles; Weight; Fariello; Cars
Air bags are meant to save lives. Now a massive recall shows how they sometimes can turn deadly
Forensic Investigator Sal Fariello, whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by air bags over the past two decades. In his collection, there is a photo of a woman who has been horribly scarred by an inflating air bag. There's an X-ray of a driver's broken wrists snapped in the "fling zone" of an air bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2 position into the car's roof. He can cite numerous drivers who suffered torn aortas or lacerated brain stems, all the result of being "punched" by an air bag inflating at 200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). "What's sitting in the front of the steering wheel is an explosive device," explains Fariello, the author of Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regulation. "Nasty, unexpected events can occur."
None have been nastier than the injuries and deaths caused by exploding inflators in air bags made by automotive supplier Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags have been blamed for killing five motorists in.
Intro to Quality Management Week 3Air Bag Recall.docxMargenePurnell14
Intro to Quality Management Week 3
Air Bag Recall
Assignment
Review the article “Blow Out” from this week’s reading assignment. This article pertains to the recall of air bag products. Assume you are the manager for a large automotive company that will be using air bags in your products. What risk assessment tools will you use in order to ensure that the product being installed into your vehicles meets safety standards in order to avoid a recall? Use your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be supported by research.
Directions for obtaining the file: Login to the Grantham University library by clicking on the Resources tab from the main page. You will then log into EBSCOHost. Once you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the article and press enter to search and you should now have the file accessible to review.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
•Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
•Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
•Include cover page and reference page.
•At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
•No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
•Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
•Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
Article
Section:
Features
Business: Cars
Keywords: Safety; Automotive industry; Driving; Accidents; Brain; Congress; Design; Regulations; Vehicles; Weight; Fariello; Cars
Air bags are meant to save lives. Now a massive recall shows how they sometimes can turn deadly
Forensic Investigator Sal Fariello, whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by air bags over the past two decades. In his collection, there is a photo of a woman who has been horribly scarred by an inflating air bag. There's an X-ray of a driver's broken wrists snapped in the "fling zone" of an air bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2 position into the car's roof. He can cite numerous drivers who suffered torn aortas or lacerated brain stems, all the result of being "punched" by an air bag inflating at 200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). "What's sitting in the front of the steering wheel is an explosive device," explains Fariello, the author of Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regulation. "Nasty, unexpected events can occur."
None have been nastier than the injuries and deaths caused by exploding inflators in air bags made by automotive supplier Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags have .
The recent trend manufacturer’s shows keen interest in safety and pleasure riding. The seat belts and the airbags which are now a important attachment of the cars must be utilized fully for safer riding. The weakest and most harzdous part the glasses in cars are also now made to add safety with the advanced technology. If this condition persist the safety factor in cars will reach a pioneer position. With these kind of improved technology will pay way for usage of large number of passenger cars
Report on safety feature in car :::- by sachin kumar sachin kumar
This report is contained many safty feature in car with full report of many automobile industry are provied these features ( ppt of this topic are available by the name of "" safty features in car by sachin kumar
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
Intro to Quality Management Week 3Air Bag RecallAssignment.docxMargenePurnell14
Intro to Quality Management Week 3
Air Bag Recall
Assignment
Review the article “Blow Out” from this week’s reading assignment. This article pertains to the recall of air bag products. Assume you are the manager for a large automotive company that will be using air bags in your products. What risk assessment tools will you use in order to ensure that the product being installed into your vehicles meets safety standards in order to avoid a recall? Use your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be supported by research.
Directions for obtaining the file: Login to the Grantham University library by clicking on the Resources tab from the main page. You will then log into EBSCOHost. Once you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the article and press enter to search and you should now have the file accessible to review.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
•Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
•Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
•Include cover page and reference page.
•At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
•No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
•Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
•Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
Article
Section:
Features
Business: Cars
Keywords: Safety; Automotive industry; Driving; Accidents; Brain; Congress; Design; Regulations; Vehicles; Weight; Fariello; Cars
Air bags are meant to save lives. Now a massive recall shows how they sometimes can turn deadly
Forensic Investigator Sal Fariello, whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by air bags over the past two decades. In his collection, there is a photo of a woman who has been horribly scarred by an inflating air bag. There's an X-ray of a driver's broken wrists snapped in the "fling zone" of an air bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2 position into the car's roof. He can cite numerous drivers who suffered torn aortas or lacerated brain stems, all the result of being "punched" by an air bag inflating at 200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). "What's sitting in the front of the steering wheel is an explosive device," explains Fariello, the author of Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regulation. "Nasty, unexpected events can occur."
None have been nastier than the injuries and deaths caused by exploding inflators in air bags made by automotive supplier Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags have been blamed for killing five motorists in.
Intro to Quality Management Week 3Air Bag Recall.docxMargenePurnell14
Intro to Quality Management Week 3
Air Bag Recall
Assignment
Review the article “Blow Out” from this week’s reading assignment. This article pertains to the recall of air bag products. Assume you are the manager for a large automotive company that will be using air bags in your products. What risk assessment tools will you use in order to ensure that the product being installed into your vehicles meets safety standards in order to avoid a recall? Use your course materials and outside research to generate a solid analysis on why these methods would be helpful. Your analysis should be supported by research.
Directions for obtaining the file: Login to the Grantham University library by clicking on the Resources tab from the main page. You will then log into EBSCOHost. Once you have accessed the database, simply copy and paste the title of the article and press enter to search and you should now have the file accessible to review.
The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:
•Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
•Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
•Include cover page and reference page.
•At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
•No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
•Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
•Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.
Article
Section:
Features
Business: Cars
Keywords: Safety; Automotive industry; Driving; Accidents; Brain; Congress; Design; Regulations; Vehicles; Weight; Fariello; Cars
Air bags are meant to save lives. Now a massive recall shows how they sometimes can turn deadly
Forensic Investigator Sal Fariello, whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by air bags over the past two decades. In his collection, there is a photo of a woman who has been horribly scarred by an inflating air bag. There's an X-ray of a driver's broken wrists snapped in the "fling zone" of an air bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2 position into the car's roof. He can cite numerous drivers who suffered torn aortas or lacerated brain stems, all the result of being "punched" by an air bag inflating at 200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). "What's sitting in the front of the steering wheel is an explosive device," explains Fariello, the author of Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regulation. "Nasty, unexpected events can occur."
None have been nastier than the injuries and deaths caused by exploding inflators in air bags made by automotive supplier Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags have .
The recent trend manufacturer’s shows keen interest in safety and pleasure riding. The seat belts and the airbags which are now a important attachment of the cars must be utilized fully for safer riding. The weakest and most harzdous part the glasses in cars are also now made to add safety with the advanced technology. If this condition persist the safety factor in cars will reach a pioneer position. With these kind of improved technology will pay way for usage of large number of passenger cars
Report on safety feature in car :::- by sachin kumar sachin kumar
This report is contained many safty feature in car with full report of many automobile industry are provied these features ( ppt of this topic are available by the name of "" safty features in car by sachin kumar
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
For years, the trusty seat belt provided the sole form of passive restraint in our cars.
Statistics have shown that the use of seat belts has saved thousands of lives that might have been lost in collisions. Air Bags have been under development for many years. The attraction of a soft pillow to land against in a crash must be very strong.
The economy is driven by the exchange of goods and services—the .docxcherry686017
The economy is driven by the exchange of goods and services—the purchase and sale of products. In some cases, these products are tangible items that we can see and feel, like cell phones, medications, vehicles, and baseballs. In other situations, the product might be a service—such as lawn care, massage therapy, or a legal consultation. The American economy, in 2012, showed a gross domestic product (the value of goods and services produced) of $13.5 trillion (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2013).
A number of laws govern business practices, including everything from marketing and advertising to packaging to liability issues regarding consumer harm. Regulatory agencies also exist to oversee commerce: the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB); the Federal Trade Commission (FTC); the Federal Communications Commission (FCC); and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) are examples.
Product liability—determining who is responsible when a consumer is harmed—is a primarily legal issue. This chapter will focus more directly on the ethical issues that arise in business practices. Because trade ultimately occurs between individuals (companies are made up of people, just as consumers are persons), moral reasoning is clearly applicable in guiding decisions and actions. This chapter will explore several moral concerns that arise in the relationship between businesses (producers and sellers) and their customers.
9.1 The Issue: Design Flaws in Products
Ford Pinto
Associated Press
The Ford Pinto is a classic example of a product with a design flaw.
In 1968, the Ford Motor Company began producing a new subcompact car called the Pinto. This vehicle was designed and developed on an abbreviated timeline in order to get to market as quickly as possible. The Volkswagen Beetle was extremely popular, and Ford executives also feared that Japanese manufacturers would dominate the subcompact market if they did not get something on the market soon. With this in mind, the Pinto was designed and developed in about half the time that is spent on most vehicles. During its 10-year production, Ford sold over 2.3 million Pintos.
The vehicles had safety problems, however. In May 1972, the problem was first identified when a Pinto driven by Lily Gray was struck from the rear by another car. The fuel tank in the Pinto exploded, killing Gray and severely injuring her passenger, Richard Grimshaw. Several other instances of fuel tank explosions involving Pintos were reported; in one such case, a van traveling at about 55 miles per hour rear-ended a Pinto stopped on the side of the highway. The Pinto exploded, killing all three women inside as well as the van's driver. In total, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) determined that 27 people died as a result of the faulty fuel tank design in the Pinto; another 24 suffered severe burn injuries.
The Manufacturer Perspective
Without minimizing the seriousness of injury and death, it mu ...
Whitepaper by Al Chandler "Not just a slogan: Why we must wear seatbelts", adapted from Aubrey Silvey Enterprises Inc. Newsletter, Silvey One Line. Great resource for safety tips.
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Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 8−10 slides (excluding the title slide, table of contents slide, and references slide) that covers the following:
Evaluation of the threats specific to your community (man-made and natural)
Threat mitigation techniques that should be incorporated
Important partnerships that should be maintained with both public and private entities
Cost effectiveness of mitigation versus the expense of response to an incident
Business continuity considerations for returning government services to normal operations
.
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You have been commissioned to create a manual covering the installation planning issues relating to the following network servers:
A domain controller
A DNS server
A Terminal Access Gateway
A Web server
A database server
A file and print server
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You have been chosen as the consultant group to assess the organization’s readiness to perform in a high value care environment
(better care, lower cost)
. Using the tools in
CEO Checklist
(ATTACHED)
how would you brief management in your assessment of the organization under those principles?
Interview key stakeholders in the organization to gain information and categorize in the subsection provided in the checklist (ATTACHED).
Two Pages (one for each element)
Please focus on these two elements as these are my sections to complete!
1) Governance priority—visible and determined leadership by CEO and Board (one page)
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3. Why do you think Petrie’s method reflects the passage of time?
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You have been commissioned to create a manual covering the installat.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been commissioned to create a manual covering the installation planning issues relating to the following network servers:
A domain controller
A DNS server
A Terminal Access Gateway
A Web server
A database server
A file and print server
In covering the installation planning issues, you should provide hardware advice in terms of a) system capabilities (internal and input/output); b) which systems should be replicated to ensure high availability [assume 99.999% uptime]; and c) which systems can be co-located on one or more virtualized servers
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You have been challenged by a mentor you respect and admire to demon.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been challenged by a mentor you respect and admire to demonstrate your commitment to young children, their families, and the field of early childhood. Your mentor asks you to think about the many factors and issues that affect children's healthy development and learning and choose one that you care about personally, examine the issue in your state, and then identify advocacy strategies you can use to champion this cause.
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You have been chosen as the consultant group to assess the organizat.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been chosen as the consultant group to assess the organization’s readiness to perform in a high value care environment
(better care, lower cost)
. Using the tools in
CEO Checklist
(ATTACHED)
how would you brief management in your assessment of the organization under those principles?
Interview key stakeholders in the organization to gain information and categorize in the subsection provided in the checklist (ATTACHED).
Two Pages (one for each element)
Please focus on these two elements as these are my sections to complete!
1) Governance priority—visible and determined leadership by CEO and Board (one page)
2) Culture of continuous improvement—commitment to ongoing, real-time learning (one page)
Thanks!
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You have been assigned a reading by WMF Petrie; Diospolis Parva (.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been assigned a reading by WMF Petrie; Diospolis Parva (posted as a pdf folder).
You needn’t read the whole volume; I would like you to concentrate on pp.(4-12) which outlines Petrie’s method.
Further information about Petrie’s method can be found in Bard in box 5-A, pp. 100-102.
For this discussion, answer the following questions;
1. Why does Petrie invent sequence dating? What kinds of artifacts does Petrie use to construct his relative sequence?
2. Why is the following statement important for “anchoring” Petrie’s method in time?
“The most clear series of derived forms is that of the wavy handled vases (Class W)…side by side with this (Class) W pottery… we have seen to be later than the rest, as it links to the historic age… lettered L,” (Petrie 1901:5).
3. Why do you think Petrie’s method reflects the passage of time?
Your answer should be 3-4 paragraphs.
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You have been asked to speak to city, municipal, and state elected a.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to speak to city, municipal, and state elected and appointed officials who investigate disaster management at the next governmental meeting. Your main task is to recommend policy actors who could be involved in disaster management planning after a catastrophic event. These individuals will be involved during the entire process.
Develop a PowerPoint presentation to guide your presentation. Be sure to address the following:
Identify key local, state, and federal partners as policy actors.
Provide rationale for the selection of each policy actor.
Determine how these specific people will aid the community amid the devastation.
As you develop your PowerPoint, you may wish to interview someone in your community that is involved in disaster planning. Interviews can be conducted in-person, via telephone, or by email. However, this is not required. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length: 12 slides (with a separate reference slide)
Notes Length: 200 words for each slide
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style.
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You have been asked to provide a presentation, covering the history .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to provide a presentation, covering the history of the juvenile court system in the United States. In your history, be sure to address the following issues:
10-12 slides
When was the first juvenile court established?
What was the child-saver movement during the 1800s? How did this social movement lead to the creation establishment of the juvenile justice
system?
What is
parens patriae
, and how has this concept influenced juvenile courts in the United States?
Identify and describe 2 significant changes in the legal rights of juvenile offenders since the establishment of the juvenile justice
system.
3-4 paragraphs
Peter is a 14-year-old boy living in New York in the year 1870. Peter has stolen a horse and has been arrested by local law enforcement.
Discuss what life may have been like for Peter as a young person in the United States at this time.
How were young people treated in everyday life?
How were their criminal actions handled?
How would Peter's punishment be different as compared to an adult who was arrested for the same crime?
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You have been asked to organize a community health fair at a loc.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to organize a community health fair at a local public school. The health fair will provide information and education on the following topics related to health promotion:
*Immunizations
*Importance of healthy diet and exercise
*Avoidance of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol
*Responsible sexual behaviors (use of condoms, risk of sexually transmitted infections including HIV, and concerns related to unintended pregnancies)
*Injury and violence prevention (motor vehicle crashes, firearms, poisonings, suffocation, falls, fires, and drowning)
The volunteers who will be manning the stations are from the health care community (i.e., doctors, nurses, dietitians, and social workers). You want to ensure that the team members take into consideration the familial health traditions, personal beliefs, and the values of the people who will be attending the health fair. In a three- to four-page paper (excluding title and reference pages), address the following points:
-Identify potential areas where health care providers’ culture may influence the treatment approach/recommendations, which may be in conflict with the health belief of a community member’s culture and practices.
-Describe the differences.
-Describe the role, if any, social control will play in the development of the educational materials presented by differentiating health and wellness rituals among people of different cultures.
-Recommend potential strategies that the health care team can use when faced with a cultural practice that conflicts with the medical model.
-Recommend strategies to increase community participation and enhance the relationships/partnerships between the medical community and members of the culturally diverse community.
The Critical Thinking Paper
^Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.
^Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
^Must document all sources in APA style.
^Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style.
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You have been asked to explain the differences between certain categ.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to explain the differences between certain categories of crimes. For each of the following categories of crime, provide a general definition of the category of crime and give at least 2 detailed examples of specific crimes that fall into each category:
Violent crimes
Crimes against persons
Crimes against property
Crimes of public morality
White-collar crime
Cyber crime
Then, for the following scenarios, discuss the categories of crimes involved in each scenario, and explain the specific criminal charges that you would apply to each scenario. You can utilize the Library, Internet, and other resources to research the criminal statutes of a state of your choice to help you determine which criminal charges should be applied:
David S. was running around a public park at 3 AM without his clothes on, singing and shouting loudly. Police arrived after neighbors called to complain. They saw David S. tipping over a garbage can and when they shouted for him to stop, he threw the garbage can into a car, breaking one of its side windows. The police arrested David S. His blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit.
Gary M. was arrested by the FBI when he showed up at a local mall to meet a 14-year-old girl for a date, which he arranged over the Internet. He didn't know that the “14-year-old girl" was actually a 35-year-old male FBI agent.
Elaine R. was an accountant working for a large corporation. She had been falsifying the accounting records and sending some of the corporate funds to her own bank accounts in an offshore bank. The corporation found out what she had been doing and reported her to the police.
Your complete answer to this assignment should be 1–3 pages.
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You have been asked to evaluate a 3-year-old child in your clinic. .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to evaluate a 3-year-old child in your clinic. Riley’s mother is concerned that “her speech has sounded “bumpy” over the last two weeks. She also reports that Riley has a cousin who stutters. During the evaluation, Riley demonstrated occasional whole word repetitions and hesitations in her speech. She did not appear to notice these disfluencies.
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You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict .docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict and describe the architecture of two (2) unrelated software systems. The first system is for an automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station. The second system is for a computer-controlled video conferencing system, located in a corporate office and accessible to senior management that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Create two (2) UML diagrams, one (1) showing a conceptual view and one (1) showing a process view of the architectures for each of the two (2) following systems (for a total of four [4] diagrams) through the use of Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, Dia.
Note:
The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
An automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station.
A computer-controlled, video-conferencing system that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Describe how you created the conceptual and process view for all four (4) diagrams. In the description, be sure to provide a justification for each key decision in the design.
Explain how you arrived at your final solution for the four (4) conceptual and process view diagrams that you have created.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The completed diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before the paper is submitted.
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You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict an.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to develop UML diagrams to graphically depict and describe the architecture of two (2) unrelated software systems. The first system is for an automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station. The second system is for a computer-controlled video conferencing system, located in a corporate office and accessible to senior management that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
Create two (2) UML diagrams, one (1) showing a conceptual view and one (1) showing a process view of the architectures for each of the two (2) following systems (for a total of four [4] diagrams) through the use of Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, Dia.
Note:
The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
An automated ticket-issuing system used by passengers at a railway station.
A computer-controlled, video-conferencing system that allows video, audio, and computer data to be visible to several participants at the same time.
Describe how you created the conceptual and process view for all four (4) diagrams. In the description, be sure to provide a justification for each key decision in the design.
Explain how you arrived at your final solution for the four (4) conceptual and process view diagrams that you have created.
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You have been asked to develop a quality improvement (QI) process fo.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to develop a quality improvement (QI) process for your medical facility employer. You have previously established the skill sets required for QI team members. The chief information officer has asked you what areas you will be analyzing and how you will determine if your project was successful or not. Complete the following:
Write a paper that details the method that you will use to quantitatively and qualitatively measure your QI process for various QI areas in your health care facility.
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You have been asked to design and deliver a Microsoft PowerPoint pre.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to design and deliver a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation to your team regarding the upgrade and the integration of the WATCH network into SHG's Active Directory forest. Since your team is geographically dispersed, you must create the slides and record the presentation so that when you distribute it to your team, they can watch and listen to the recording to understand the upgrade and integration.
You will need to do the following:
Explain how to integrate the existing WATCH networking standards, protocols, and access methods.
Select which is the most appropriate protocols and access standard to use without any loss of existing functionality to the billing department, the intranet, or the existing Internet site.
These functionalities will be migrated later, but for now your team needs only the migration plans for the administrative and bookkeeping functions.
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You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system needs to allow employees to locate and schedule professional development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees’ calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking to allow employees to determine who is attending conferences and events. This will promote fostering relationships and ensure coverage of conferences that are considered of high importance.
Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications to management personnel whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete professional-development requirements is approaching and is not yet satisfied.
There are several types of architectural views. For the given scenario, develop 2 architectural views.
There must be enough detail for the design to be handed off to an implementation team.
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You have been asked to conduct research on a past forensic case to a.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to conduct research on a past forensic case to analyze how digital data was used to solve the case. Choose one of the following digital forensic cases:
S. v. Doe (1983), Doe U.S. (1988), People Sanchez (1994), Michelle Theer (2000), Scott Tyree (2002), Dennis Rader (2005), Corey Beantee Melton (2005), James Kent (2007), Brad Cooper (2008)
Using the Stayer Library or the Internet, search for the case notes and reports for the case and answer the following:
Summarize the case, the pertinent actors, evidence, and facts.
Outline the specific digital evidence that was used in the case.
Describe how the investigators found and documented the evidence, if any.
Describe the procedures and tool(s) used for acquiring potential evidence.
Describe the obstacles faced in the investigation.
Outline the most significant improvement to digital forensic investigations/tools that assisted with efficiency and reliability.
Provide the links to two modern tools that could have assisted with the collection of evidence.
Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment.
Note:
Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
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You have been asked for the summary to include the following compone.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked for the summary to include the following components:
Discuss the defining characteristics of telehealth
Include your personal definition of telehealth
How does telehealth impact nursing practice
Examine how telehealth is currently integrated in healthcare
Describe the evidence-based practice that supports the use of telehealth in rural and community healthcare settings.
Provide a detailed description of your recommended evidence-based strategy to implement telehealth
Provide rationale supporting your strategy
Include current evidence from the literature
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You have been asked to be the project manager for the developmen.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked to be the project manager for the development of an information technology (IT) project. The system to be developed will allow a large company to coordinate and maintain its records of the professional development of its employees. The company has over 30,000 employees, who are located in four sites: Florida, Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. The system must allow employees to locate and schedule professional-development activities that are relevant to their positions. Sophisticated search capabilities are required, and the ability to add scheduled events to the employees' calendars is desired. The system needs to support social networking, which will allow employees to determine who is attending various conferences and events. This will promote the fostering of relationships and ensure that the company has representation at important conferences.
Once an activity has been completed, employees will use the system to submit the documentation. The system should support notifications, which will allow managers to receive notice whenever their direct reports have submitted documentation. The system should also notify employees if their deadline to complete a professional-development requirement is approaching and it has not yet been completed. Because the expenditure has been approved for the project, it is now time to justify the start-up of the project with a business case.
Using the above scenario, develop a business case and project charter (2–3 pages each). Include the following:
Section 1: Business Case (Unit 1)
Description of the problem or opportunity being presented to the business
Costs and benefits of each alternative solution
Recommended solution needed for approval
List of alternative solutions, feasibility of each in a table, and the selected solution
Section 2: Project Charter and WBS (Unit 1)
Identify project vision
Define scope of project
List project deliverables
List roles and responsibilities
List risks, issues, and assumptions
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You have been asked by management, as a senior member of your co.docxmaxinesmith73660
You have been asked by management, as a senior member of your corporate IT team, to provide insight into the meaning of IoT wireless services and foundational concepts. You want to discuss the foundational IoT wireless concepts and influence IoT will have on the organization’s wireless and mobile connectivity and services. Provide a response to the following:
Discuss the real meaning of Internet of Things and its impact everything that has the ability to communicate.
What types of “Things” communicate within the IoT concept?
How do these types of “Things” communicate?
How do “mobile technologies” relate to IoT?
Provide definitions for the following concepts within the IoT sphere:
RFID, Sensors, Smart technology and Nano technology
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How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Honest Reviews of Tim Han LMA Course Program.pptxtimhan337
Personal development courses are widely available today, with each one promising life-changing outcomes. Tim Han’s Life Mastery Achievers (LMA) Course has drawn a lot of interest. In addition to offering my frank assessment of Success Insider’s LMA Course, this piece examines the course’s effects via a variety of Tim Han LMA course reviews and Success Insider comments.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The Roman Empire A Historical Colossus.pdfkaushalkr1407
The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
Acetabularia Information For Class 9 .docxvaibhavrinwa19
Acetabularia acetabulum is a single-celled green alga that in its vegetative state is morphologically differentiated into a basal rhizoid and an axially elongated stalk, which bears whorls of branching hairs. The single diploid nucleus resides in the rhizoid.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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Computer-generated illustration by Richard Kolker for TIME.docx
1. Computer-generated illustration by Richard Kolker for TIME
Danger zone This artist’s
representation highlights the potential
hazard from an exploding air bag
BUSINESS
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f or e ns ic i n v e s t ig at or s a l fa r i e l l o ,
whose job is to deconstruct car crashes, has
witnessed a catalog of carnage caused by
air bags over the past two decades. In his
collection, there is a photo of a woman who
has been horribly scarred by an inflating
air bag. There’s an X-ray of a driver’s broken
wrists snapped in the “fling zone” of an air
bag that mashed both arms from a 10-and-2
position into the car’s roof. He can cite nu-
merous drivers who suffered torn aortas
or lacerated brain stems, all the result of
being “punched” by an air bag inflating at
200 m.p.h. (322 km/h). “What’s sitting in
the front of the steering wheel is an explo-
sive device,” explains Fariello, the author of
Airbag Injuries: Causation & Federal Regula-
tion. “Nasty, unexpected events can occur.”
2. None have been nastier than the injuries
and deaths caused by exploding inflators
in air bags made by automotive supplier
Takata Corp., based in Tokyo. Its air bags
have been blamed for killing five motorists
in the U.S. so far. More than 10 million cars
from 10 makers—including BMW, Chrys-
ler, Honda, Nissan and Toyota—have
been recalled. On Nov. 26, the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) ordered Takata to expand its
most recent recall from a regional one to
a national one. Takata declined on the ba-
sis that the problem is confined to areas
like Florida with high relative humidity.
Toyota and Honda are following NHTSA’s
advice and issued a national recall. All the
cars are from model year 2011 or older.
Takata’s suspect inflation canisters con-
tain a propellant—tablets of ammonium
nitrate—that is ignited at the onset of a crash
to initiate a chemical reaction that produces
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bear when your car crashes into another
vehicle or object. In a collision, your car
stops abruptly, but you don’t. Your head
and body keep moving forward, translat-
ing that energy according to Newtonian
physics until some other force arrests it.
Before the advent of air bags and seat belts,
this “velocity debt” was repaid—at terrible
cost—when your head or body smashed
into the steering column or dashboard.
To stop your head’s violent forward mo-
tion requires considerable counterviolence.
After a car’s accelerometers and sensors de-
tect a crash pulse—the rapid deceleration
that signals impact—an algorithm in the
electronic control unit (ECU) then decides
whether to deploy the air bag and at what
pressure. If the ECU says deploy, the explo-
sion that rapidly expands an air bag also
hurtles it toward your head at speeds rang-
ing from 98 m.p.h. to 200 m.p.h. (158 km/h
to 322 km/h). In fact, the bag should be
deflating by the time your head makes
contact, creating a cushioning force that
dissipates the energy of the crash by distrib-
uting it over the larger surface area of the
bag. The entire process of sensing and de-
ploying the air bag has to take place in 20 to
30 milliseconds, by which time your head
has already moved forward five inches.
Air bags have been saving lives since
4. 1973, when General Motors produced
1,000 Chevrolet Impalas equipped with
air bags as an option. According to Byron
Bloch, an auto-safety expert who has long
campaigned for better air bags, Chevy
produced a good one: a dual-pressure sys-
tem that protected children from a fully
powered air bag’s potentially lethal force.
GM was satisfied with the technology—
the concept was patented in 1953—and
Bloch said the company was ready to ex-
pand the program. “We were going to have
dual-pressure air bags phased in the ’74–’75
model year,” he says.
Instead, air bags disappeared for nearly
20 years. Why? The Big Three auto com-
panies, led by Ford boss Henry Ford II and
his deputy Lee Iacocca, convinced Presi-
dent Richard Nixon that air bags wouldn’t
be cost-effective. The pressure on the Big
Three to offer air bags ultimately came
from smaller competitors, like Volvo, that
made air bags standard equipment. With
consumers clamoring for protection,
Congress made air bags mandatory as of
September 1998.
The design and testing standards of
these late-1990s air bags, however, would
not make them better than the ones GM
used in the early 1970s. When two elderly
women were killed by air bags in the early
’90s, it was a lethal indication that there
were flaws. “The elderly die very easily in
5. car crashes,” says Fariello, who has been a
paid expert witness for both plaintiffs and
defendants in injury lawsuits. The force
of the deployed air bag, even in low-speed
fender benders, was causing fatal chest
and brain injuries. Short women were be-
ing injured because they moved their seats
forward to reach the gas and brake pedals.
As a result, their faces were within 10 in.
of the steering wheel, which experts say is
the minimum safety margin.
Auto-industry safety organizations,
consumer groups, the Society of Automo-
tive Engineers, NHTSA and the Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety have debat-
ed test conditions for decades. NHTSA’s
frontal tests are run at 35 m.p.h. (56 km/h)
into a rigid barrier using a crash-test
dummy optimized for a 50th-percentile
male—about 172 lb. and 5 ft. 9 in. (78 kg
and 175 cm). Yet most crashes happen at
speeds below 35 m.p.h., and they involve
all kinds of people, objects and crash an-
gles. Hitting a pole is different from hit-
ting a wall or another vehicle.
The test method meant that passengers
who weren’t perfectly average were “out
of position,” in the vernacular of crash
nitrogen gas to fill the bag. Moisture may be
destabilizing the ammonium nitrate. In the
faulty inflators, the blast shatters the can-
ister, sending metal shards through the air
bag toward the driver. Arriving at the scene
6. of one such incident, police thought the vic-
tim had been shot in the face before crash-
ing. “My understanding is our products in
this accident worked abnormally,” said Hi-
roshi Shimizu, who is in charge of Takata’s
global quality assurance, when prodded by
Nevada Senator Dean Heller during Senate-
committee testimony on Nov. 20.
On Dec. 2, Toyota called for a joint in-
dustry initiative to independently test
the Takata bags. “The safety, security
and peace of mind for our customers are
our highest priority, and I believe this is
shared with all the other automakers,”
said Simon Nagata, CEO of Toyota’s North
American manufacturing unit.
Perhaps these scenes—accident reports
detailing both gore and tragedy, congres-
sional hearings well stocked with outrage,
and executives who struggle for the right
tone of response—should come as no sur-
prise. It has, after all, been a very bad year
for the auto industry. General Motors’ re-
call of 2.6 million vehicles earlier in 2014
stemmed in part from defects that led to
air bags’ not deploying at all, causing in-
jury and death.
But the Takata crisis once again re-
minds us that this foundational piece of
auto safety equipment has always carried
the risk of injury—and death—riding
shotgun. People have been hurt because
they are the wrong size, shape or age to get
7. the optimal benefit from a device first de-
signed for an average male. And now, in
Takata’s case, because of a defect.
How Did We Get Here?
a n a ir bag in deploy ment h a s to fir st
measure—and then counter—the consid-
erable inertial forces that are brought to
IMPACT
Sensors in your car
detect the pulse of
impact as well as
the position of
occupants, sending
signals to the
electronic control
unit in the middle
of the car. An
algorithm decides
whether to deploy
the air bags and at
what force—full or
partial power.
DEPLOYMENT
Air-bag inflators
are small metal
containers that
hold an igniter
and a propellant.
In a crash, the
ignited propellant
triggers a
chemical reaction
that produces
8. nitrogen gas,
which fills the
bag rapidly.
HOW
AIR BAGS
WORK
THEY DEPLOY
ONLY IN
CERTAIN CRASH
CONDITIONS.
DEFECTS CAN
HARM THE
VEHICLE’S
OCCUPANTS
PROPELLANT
STEERING
COLUMN
IGNITER
INFLATOR
FOLDED
AIR BAG
NITROGEN
GAS
time December 15, 2014 53
in both cases. According to NHTSA, fron-
9. tal air bags saved 2,213 lives in 2012, but
seat belts saved 12,174 lives, more than five
times as many. Keep in mind that 33,561
highway deaths were recorded in 2012. If
you crash at a high speed and aren’t wear-
ing a seat belt, having an air bag in the car
is as useful as having a balloon.
Can air bags get better? “In my opinion,
air-bag technology is mature. It has sort
of done what it is supposed to do,” says
Kent. There’s more promise in advances
elsewhere. Electronic stability control, for
instance, is reducing rollovers, which are
particularly lethal. More advanced seat
belts and sensors offer even more possibili-
ties. By sensing the weight and position of
occupants, and whether they are belted,
belts work with air bags first to pretension
(that is, tighten) the shoulder strap and
then let it unspool to apply the minimum
force needed to restrain passengers with-
out injuring their ribs or thorax, with the
air bag arriving to cushion the head. That’s
particularly important for the increasing
number of older drivers, who suffer a dis-
proportionate number of chest injuries.
It might be possible, says Prasad, to
move to a smarter three-stage air-bag sys-
tem. More likely, he says, is that black-box
data recorders now in every car combined
with newer anticollision warning and
braking systems will improve the margin
of safety. “You will be able to predict what
10. type of crash. And once you start predict-
ing, you could fire an air bag before the
crash.” Ultimately, self-driving cars may
render the whole driver-safety issue moot.
But that could take a decade or even two.
In the meantime, there are still a lot of
old cars out there. Fariello recommends
that you follow the New York State trans-
portation department’s advice and hold
the wheel in the 9 and 3 o’clock position,
as opposed to the 10 and 2 that many peo-
ple were taught. If you are short, consider
pedal extenders to keep your face at least
10 in. (25 cm) from the wheel. And as far as
car sizes go, in a collision big beats small.
Newton’s laws won’t have it any other way.
Fariello, Bloch and others are con-
cerned that overweight people still face
greater danger. Current testing hasn’t
accounted for them. According to Huma-
netics, a company that makes crash-test
dummies, obese people are 78% more like-
ly to die in crashes than average-weight
people. The company is developing a test
dummy that is 273 lb. (124 kg), with a body
mass index of 35.
There is no precaution that protects
you if your air bag becomes a weapon, as
has happened in some of the Takata inci-
dents. Bloch, a longtime advocate for safer
air bags, believes carmakers should dis-
close the air-bag supplier for each model.
Some inflate in a basketball shape, while
11. others are pillow shaped, which is better.
Some have tethers that limit the distance
they can travel, which is potentially
less damaging.
Amid all this sobering news, it’s worth
noting that the death rate on U.S. roads is
declining—it has fallen 23% since 2005
and should decrease again this year—and
seat-belt usage is at a record high. We’re a
lot safer—and will be even more so when
the defective air bags are fixed. n
analysis. “If you are not a 50th-percentile
male, something else happens,” says Fari-
ello. Something very bad, it turned out, hap-
pens to women and children. According to
NHTSA’s data, air bags killed 191 children
from 1990 to 2009, as well as 39 women who
were 5 ft. 2 in. (157 cm) or shorter.
“In the real world, crashes occur in all
different directions, but we still need some
standard test procedures to design around.
The question is, What proportion of real-
world crashes have you covered?” says Priya
Prasad, a safety consultant and expert in in-
jury biomechanics who was formerly Ford’s
top safety scientist. It would take several
years of debate before NHTSA added a fifth-
percentile female crash dummy to the test.
There’s no question that air bags can
and do save lives, especially in combina-
tion with advanced seat belts. But frontal-
air-bag performance hasn’t changed
12. significantly in recent years, says Profes-
sor Richard Kent. He is deputy director
of the Center for Applied Biomechanics
at the University of Virginia, which does
testing for the government and other in-
stitutions. The adoption of advanced air
bags that depower in low-speed crashes,
mandatory since 2006, and moving kids
out of the front seat and into backseat re-
straints marked the last big survivability
improvements. “As far as injury effective-
ness, there’s no reason to think it’s sub-
stantially different than what it was five
years ago,” he says.
How Good Are Air Bags Anyway?
bu t t h e b o t t om l i n e on a i r b ag s i s
that their contribution to an accident’s
survivability has always been incremen-
tal. Seat belts are the first and most impor-
tant line of defense. Studies show that if
you wear a seat belt, you have about a 45%
greater chance of surviving a potentially
lethal crash. Adding an air bag improves
that figure to 50%, with a margin for error
Number of cars in the U.S.
recalled by 10 manufacturers
for Takata air bags
10 MILLION+
Minimum crash speed
(13–23 km/h) that could
13. cause an air bag to deploy
Lives saved by air bags
in the U.S. in 2012
8–14 M.P.H.
2,213
WHAT GOES WRONG
Takata’s propellant,
ammonium nitrate
tablets, may be
degrading over time,
particularly in humid
climates. This could
cause a violent reaction
in a crash, in which
the force blasts
apart the inflator,
causing injuries
or death.
AF TER A CRASH,
IT TAKES :
0.02SECONDS
for an air bag to deploy
0.06SECONDS
for the passenger to
hit the air bag
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