Condition Monitoring of H e avy-Axl e Load Rail c ar Stru
1 Railroad Engineering Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory 205 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana IL, 61801 USA 2 School of EECS, Oregon State University, Kelly Engineering Center, Corvallis OR, 97331 USA 3 Department of E lectrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana IL, 61801 USA
A Machine Vision System for Monitoring Railcar Health : Preliminary Results by
One machine vision system researched by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), under sponsorship of the AAR’s Technology Scanning Strategic Research Initiative, has demonstrated that machine vision can be used for inspection of railcars. The UIUC prototype system inspect wheel, truck, and brake system components by automated, machine vision-based systems. Machine visionbased wheel and brake shoe inspection systems are already or will soon become commercially available. Inspection of other truck components will soon follow. This further work by UIUC will focus on other aspects of car inspection, particularly in the area of safety appliances.
Warm Hands in Cold Age – On the Need of a New World Order of Care
The world is aging as fertility and mortality are both decreasing. This article focuses on practical care work for the elderly. Such work is done primarily by women even though a larger portion than previously is paid rather than unpaid. All over the world, most elderly care work is organized within the family, most often unpaid. Men receive more care from partners than women, while women receive more care from female relatives. When care work is paid, the payment is generally low. A comparison between Germany, Spain, and Sweden demonstrates similar gender patterns, even though the role of the state in supporting care differs considerably as do care workers' conditions. The sustainability of today's distribution and organization of care work is questioned as the need for care increases, and the possibility of more equal sharing of care work between women and men is explored.