46 research outputs found
Aerospace medicine and biology: A cumulative index to a continuing bibliography (supplement 384)
This publication is a cumulative index to the abstracts contained in Supplements 372 through 383 of Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A Continuing Bibliography. It includes seven indexes: subject, personal author, corporate source, foreign technology, contract number, report number, and accession number
Special oils for halal and safe cosmetics
Three types of non conventional oils were extracted, analyzed and tested for toxicity. Date palm kernel oil (DPKO), mango kernel oil (MKO) and Ramputan seed oil (RSO). Oil content for tow cultivars of dates Deglect Noor and Moshkan was 9.67% and 7.30%, respectively. The three varieties of mango were found to contain about 10% oil in average. The red yellow types of Ramputan were found to have 11 and 14% oil, respectively. The phenolic compounds in DPKO, MKO and RSO were 0.98, 0.88 and 0.78 mg/ml Gallic acid equivalent, respectively. Oils were analyzed for their fatty acid composition and they are rich in oleic acid C18:1 and showed the presence of (dodecanoic acid) lauric acid C12:0, which reported to appear some antimicrobial activities. All extracted oils, DPKO, MKO and RSO showed no toxic effect using prime shrimp bioassay. Since these oils are stable, melt at skin temperature, have good lubricity and are great source of essential fatty acids; they could be used as highly moisturizing, cleansing and nourishing oils because of high oleic acid content. They are ideal for use in such halal cosmetics such as Science, Engineering and Technology 75 skin care and massage, hair-care, soap and shampoo products
An interactive sonic environment derived from commuters' memories of the soundscape: a case study of the London Underground
Through interrelating the Acoustic Communication concepts of soundscape with
contemporary collective memory studies, this research project explores the
relationship between commuters and the London Underground (LU) soundscape in
order to create an interactive sonic environment on the Internet. The methodology
combines fieldwork and artistic work, focusing on commuters’ perceptions of time
and space, and on their sonic memories, as elements through which to interpret the
space. The objective of the fieldwork is to investigate commuters’ aural memories of
the LU soundscape, including the feelings and sensations that it stimulates. The
artistic objective is to facilitate the interaction between the soundscape and its users
through an interface that allows a creative combination of sounds to assemble aural
memories into a sound-driven multimedia experience.
Twenty-four commuters participated in the ethnographic study during the three
phases of the research; they followed the researcher’s model, which combines the
processes of listening and remembering. The researcher thus developed an interactive
sonic environment where commuters can experience a non-linear virtual journey
through the soundscape of LU, then apply this as a means of reflecting on the
original commuting experience. The interactive nature of the process makes it
possible for individual memories to be linked in a creative shared experience; it
fosters the development of on-line sound-driven narratives.http://soundingunderground.or