... passenger side air bags have saved approximately 500 lives in 344,000 deployments. This report had a total figure of 3,448 lives saved (965 belted, 2,483 unbelted). (www.nhtsa.dot.gov/airbags/) Another report by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reported some slightly higher numbers than that of the National Highway Travel Safety Association. This report goes on to say that driver airbags have been deployed in over 3.3 million automobile crashes and more than 660,000 passenger airbags have deployed while the front seat was occupied (www.highwaysafety.org/safety_facts/airbags/stats.html). Air Bag Dea ...

... most common respites from job stressors and burnout are vacation and reserve services. Vacation has most commonly been studied. Exposure to daily stressors is a major precursor of burnout, many psychologists prescribe occasional time off work or a vacation as means of "recharging one's battery", helping to strengthen the feeling of competence. Vacation ameliorates job stressors by providing a change, then even a change to venue itself may provide the same relief. A reserve service provides such a change. A good example of a reserve service is military service. This is how the authors experiment was done. They ...

... As he drove down to the mint, he thought to himself that this was just another routine case where some idiot made an attempt at cracking the mint and only came out with his life. Still diluted with speculation, the truth was yet to be determined. Detective Killcheck thought nothing unusual about this cold Thursday morning. The low hanging fog added eeriness to Metropolis city streets. Through the thinning fog, the handsome detective with wavy hair came within site of the mint. With a sigh of reluctance, Killcheck placed the white, 1985, Chevy in park and stepped out on the smoky pavement. After walking a few steps he ...

... I. Nostradamus becomes ill from Dropsy J. Nostradamus makes out his will K. Nostradamus dies III. Technological issues arising before the Times of Trouble A. Technological disasters 1. Weather modulator accident 2. Nuclear meltdown near mountain city 3. Joint space venture leads to biological scare 4. Earth field rupture 5. Time warping incident B. Technological weapon advances before and during the Times of Trouble 1. Planetary climate disrupter a. Effects of the planetary climate ...

... leaves her in disbelief. Throughout the play Nora tries to hide the secret from her husband , but runs into a problem. Nils Krogstad who was fired from the bank by Torvald is going to blackmail Nora if she does not help him get his job at the bank back. " When your husband was ill, you came to me to borrow two hundred and fifty pounds." ( Isben, 22). Nora must tell her husband Torvald that she has taken money without his consent, which in those days was against the law. Nora is faced with a very serious matter which can end her marriage if Torvald finds out about the loan. At the end of the play Torvald f ...

... set sail for the new world. However, the people of Vienna, Austria, point to the term "wiener" to prove their claim as the birthplace of the hot dog. As it turns out, it is likely that the North American hot dog comes from a common European sausage brought here by butchers of several nationalities. The year, 1893, was an important date in hot dog history. In Chicago that year, the Colombian Exposition brought hordes of visitors who consumed large quantities of sausages sold by vendors. People liked this food that was easy to eat, convenient and inexpensive. In the same year, sausages became the standard fare at ...

... work environment and allows a wide variety of health professionals to interact. The educational programs offered through hospitals are normally delivered by nurses or physicians due to their clinical background (Introduction to Health Education and Health Promotion). As a health educator and entering this field, generally if a clinical background is not present graduate level training in health programs and/or patient education. Both are important in helping the community reach an attainable healthier lifestyle. Community prevention programs offered through hospital staff can consist of informational lec ...

... era of discount brokers. The discount brokers provided the means to make trades at a significantly lower cost but at the expense of less informative and directed services. These discount firms utilized new computer technologies to process trades and opened up investment opportunities for many that would not have previously considered purchasing securities. With improved IT capabilities and the introduction of the Internet the discount brokers were able to open the door even further by reducing trading costs and developing user friendly platforms for investors. The Brokerage industry is one driven by quality custom ...

... High School community. The killers, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, talked about their love of guns openly at school and wrote death poetry during their English classes. Can’t anyone see that such behaviour can lead to nothing but darkness? The group Harris and Klebold belonged to, the Trench coat Mafia, told classmates of their plans to carry out a massacre at school, but fellow students jeered and dismissed their comments as empty threats. The preferred attire of the Trench coat Mafia were black trench coats, sunglasses and army berets. This code of dress was designed to stand out from the rest of the st ...

... There were no rats that were especially bright or dull. Another case of the experimenter expectancy effect was that of the horse known as “Clever Hans�. It seemed to be able to read, spell, and solve math problems by kicking his leg a number of times. The horse was tested and passed, but what the experts did not realize was that their own hopes for the horse to answer the questions, were giving the horse signs on which he based his answers. That is, if someone on the committee raised his/her eyebrows in anticipation of the oncoming correct answer, the horse would stop stomping. Once again, the experim ...