Transport aircraft flying qualities activities

The optimal control model for pilot vehicle systems was used to develop a methodology for predicting pilot ratings for commercial transports. The method was tested by applying it to a family of transport configurations for which subjective pilot ratings were obtained. Specific attention is given to the development of the simulator program and procedures so as to yield objective and subjective performance data useful for a critical evaluation of the analytical method

Pyro shock simulation: Experience with the MIPS simulator

The Mechanical Impulse Pyro Shock (MIPS) Simulator at GE Astro Space Division is one version of a design that is in limited use throughout the aerospace industry, and is typically used for component shock testing at levels up to 10,000 response g's. Modifications to the force imput, table and component boundary conditions have allowed a range of test conditions to be achieved. Twelve different designs of components with weights up to 23 Kg are in the process or have completed qualification testing in the Dynamic Simulation Lab at GE in Valley Forge, Pa. A summary of the experience gained through the use of this simulator is presented as well as examples of shock experiments that can be readily simulated at the GE Astro MIPS facility

Review of \u3ci\u3e Federal Land, Western Anger: The Sagebrush Rebellion and Environmental Politics\u3c/i\u3e by R. McGreggor Cawley

The public policy issue this book explores is a continuing one, especially after the Republican take-over of Congress in 1994. In a sense, then, this study of the Sagebrush Rebellion of the 1970s and 1980s is incomplete. It seems clear that the issue, governmental control and use of the public lands of twelve western states, will change-perhaps radically. Yet, the book is an important study of a highly volatile public issue in the West, and gives us an understanding of its dimensions no matter what turn policy or public indignation will take. A crucial part of that understanding is the author\u27s point of view, seeing the issue of who shall control huge tracts of public lands, state or federal governments, from the side of the state rebels. As a more conservative, state\u27s rights philosophy finds power in Congress, with an obvious reflection in executive actions, it seems crucial that this side should be well understood, without detracting from the compelling arguments of environmentalists and others who oppose handing the federal land over to states

Molecular mechanism-based model to enhance outcomes of dietary intervention studies for disease prevention

Advances in “omics”-based fields have produced an explosion of new information, fueling high expectations for improved public and individualized health. Unfortunately, there exists a widening gap between basic biochemistry and “omics”-based population research, with both disciplines failing to translate their full potential impact to human health applications. A paucity of comprehensive study systems is one of the many roadblocks faced by translational research today. This commentary will highlight the current status of such research, particularly emphasizing the role of nutrigenomics

Review of \u3ci\u3eThe Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States\u3c/i\u3e By Mark Fiege

This is not an environmental history of America. That would require several volumes, as William Cronon’s foreword acknowledges. Instead, Mark Fiege looks at nine episodes of American history and tells us how nature—the environment—played its part in their unfolding. The traditional definition of environmental history, expressed by historian Richard White, is the study of the consequences of human actions on the environment, and the reciprocal consequences of an altered nature on human society. In Fiege’s fresh view, “humanity’s freedom to think and act inevitably encounters the limits that nature imposes.

Cowley's 1656 Poems in context

Among the most glaring Cowley critical lacunae is his Latin writing. Victoria Moul, in this chapter, helps to remedy this by locating Cowley’s Latin literary output within its context. Her focus is on the ways in which the Latin poems printed in the Poems of 1656, not least the dedicatory poem preceding the preface, respond to the wider literary and political culture of the times. A disjunction between Cowley’s Latin poetic and English prose voices is established from the outset, which in turn informs discussion of the genuineness of Cowley’s assertions, throughout the volume, of formal originality. Commentators have assumed the validity of these claims; Moul on the other hand argues that they are, at least in part, ‘artful misdirections’ inviting the reader to discern poetic models of the past as much as innovation. In the process, she traces important links between Cowley’s Latin work and influential (though in many cases now barely known) contemporary or recent Latin authors, both from England, such as Milton, Marvell, Fisher and du Moulin, and elsewhere in Europe, such as Sarbiewski

Review of \u3ci\u3eThe Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States\u3c/i\u3e By Mark Fiege

This is not an environmental history of America. That would require several volumes, as William Cronon’s foreword acknowledges. Instead, Mark Fiege looks at nine episodes of American history and tells us how nature—the environment—played its part in their unfolding. The traditional definition of environmental history, expressed by historian Richard White, is the study of the consequences of human actions on the environment, and the reciprocal consequences of an altered nature on human society. In Fiege’s fresh view, “humanity’s freedom to think and act inevitably encounters the limits that nature imposes.

Review of \u3ci\u3ePrinciple over Party: The Farmers\u27 Alliance and Populism in South Dakota, 1880-1900\u3c/i\u3e by R. Alton Lee

During this era, farmers and workers watched as forces of wealth captured control of both major political parties, promoting the formation of monopolies. . . . In the process, the small capitalist class gained control of the great bulk of the nation\u27s wealth. This monetary disparity exacerbated class divisions in the country, and many worried that it would lead to violence and upheaval. That sounds like contemporary headlines about the Occupy Wall Street movement. It isn\u27t. Those words in this book\u27s introduction describe the era from 1865 to 1894, taking in the conditions that spawned one of the most successful, yet failed, third-party political uprisings in America, the Populists