Drive performance

Peak tension is the dominant factor that determines belt drive performance and service life. It should be noted that only the working tension components, Tp and Ts, have a direct impact on the pulley, shafts, and bearings of the drive train. Bending and centrifugal tension affects the belt, but should not transmit tension to the drive-train system. 

The ultimate outcome goal for any patient with epilepsy is elimination of all seizures without any adverse effects of the treatment. An effective treatment plan would allow the patient to pursue a normal lifestyle with complete control of seizures. Specifically, the treatment should enable the patient to drive, perform well in school, hold a reasonable job, and function effectively in the family and community. However, due to the intractability of the seizures or sensitivity to antiepileptic drugs (AEDs), many patients are not able to achieve these outcomes. In these cases, the goal of therapy is to provide a tolerable balance between reduced seizure severity and/or frequency and medication adverse effects that optimizes the individual s ability to have a lifestyle as nearly normal as possible. 

About fifteen years after our LSD research at Edgewood, Leo Hollister and I collaborated on a study for the California Department of Justice, comparing the effects of alcohol and marijuana on driving performance. In the process, I interviewed more than 200 young male volunteers. One of them, a prime specimen of physical fitness and lucid intellect, told me he had taken LSD virtually every day while he was in high school, simply for fun and stimulation (a surprisingly large number of individuals still use LSD frequently for recreational purposes.)... 

Performance a Protocol for assessment of driving performance in volunteers after administration of alcohol and marijuana, alone or in combination, compared to placebo. Department of Justice Sacramento Cahfomia,... 

Ketchum JS, Reeve V, Hollister L Effects in volunteers of alcohol and marijuana on driving performance. Department of Justice, State of California, Sacramento, CA Unpublished data, 1982. 

Use caution when driving, performing tasks requiring mental alertness, and rising from a sitting or lying position... 

D. Norton and R. Kaplan, The balanced scorecard—measures that drive performance, Harvard Business Revue (Jan./Feb. 1992). 

Volkerts, E.R. et al., A comparative study of on-the-road and simulated driving performance after nocturnal treatment with lormetazepam 1 mg and oxazepam 50 mg, Hum. Psychophatmacol. Clin. Exp., 7, 297, 1992. 

Brookhuis, K.A., Volkerts, E.R., and O Hanlon, J.F., Repeated dose effects of lormetazepam and flurazepam upon driving performance, Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 39, 83, 1990. 

Mills, K.C. et al., Prediction of driving performance through computerized testing high-risk-driver assessment and training, Transportation Research Record 1689, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1999. 

Tom os, J. and Laurell, H., Acute and hangover effects of alcohol on simulated driving performance,... 

Marrero D, Edelman S. Hypoglycemia and driving performance a flashing yellow light Diabetes Care 2000 23(2) 146-7. 

Moller JC, Stiasny K, Hargutt V, Cassel W, Tietze H, Peter JH, Kruger HP, Oertel WH. Evaluation of sleep and driving performance in six patients with Parkinson s... 

Brookhuis KA, de Vries G, de Waard D. The effects of mobile telephoning on driving performance. Accid Anal Prev 1991 23 309-316. 

Ramaekers JG, van Veggel LM, O Hanlon JF. A cross-study comparison of the effects of moclobemide and brofaromine on actual driving performance and estimated sleep. Clin Neuropharmacol 1994 17 (suppl 1) S9—18. 

Brookhuis KA, De Vries G, De Waard D. Acute and subchronic effects of the Hl-histamine receptor antagonist ebastine in 10, 20 and 30 mg dose, and triprolidine 10 mg on car driving performance. Br J Clin Pharmacol 1993 36 67-70. 

Research has shown that deficits resulting from nocturnal sleep restriction can be ameliorated by brief naps of mean durations as short as 19.8 (5), 10.8 (36), 10.2 (37), and 10 min (20,38,39). Brief naps of mean durations of 7.3 min (40) and 20 min (41,42) after normal nocturnal sleep, and brief workplace naps during the night shift (35,43) have also been shown to be beneficial. Reported benefits of brief naps include increased sleep latency (20,38,39), EEG indicators of increased alertness (5,36,37,41,42,44), improved subjective alertness (5,20,39- 41,44), reduced fatigue (20,39), and improved performance accuracy (5,40,41,44,45), performance productivity (20,38,39,45), response speed (20,35,43,45) and simulated driving performance (36). 

Wingen M, Bothemer J, Langer S, Ramaekers JG (2005) Actual driving performance and psychomotor function in healthy subjects after acute and subchronic treatment with escitalopram, mirtazapine, and placebo a crossover trial. J Clin Psychiatry 66 436 143... 

Ridout F, Meadows R, Johnsen S, Hindmarch I (2003) A placebo controlled investigation into the effects of paroxetine and mirtazapine on measures related to car driving performance. Hum Psychopharmacol 18 261-269... 

Drive performance and health processes with the right rhythm to allow the organization to be directed and operated effectively and efficiently. A chemical company can have in place the appropriate review processes, value-drivers, and targets, but not the proper sequence, timing, and pace of performance management events for its particular businesses. 

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