Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a cab back assembly that separates a cargo bed area of a vehicle from a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The cab back assembly is movable between a standard bed position and an extended bed position. A cargo bed floor has an extended floor region that extends into the passenger compartment when the cab back assembly is in the standard bed position. The extended floor region is aft of the passenger compartment when the cab back assembly is in the extended bed position.

Abstract: A vehicle cargo space access providing method includes, in response to a request to access a cargo space of a vehicle that is in a first parked position, confirming that a movement of the vehicle from the first parked position to a second parked position is unobstructed. The method further includes, continuing the confirming, and moving the vehicle automatically from the first parked position to the second parked position. The cargo space is more accessible to a user when the vehicle is in the second parked position than when the vehicle is in the first parked position.

Abstract: Methods for determining the presence, severity, and/or predisposition of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) in an individual are disclosed. The methods utilize at least one diagnostic marker of a dynamic process of extracellular matrix synthesis and/or extracellular matrix degradation from said sample. The at least one diagnostic marker may be selected from the group consisting of tissue metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1), hyaluronan (HA), and/or Procollagen Type III N-terminal propeptide (PIIINP).

Abstract: The invention relates to a radome wall comprising a composite panel of a sandwich type containing two facings separated by a core of an expanded polymeric material wherein the facings contain a multi-layered sheet comprising a consolidated plurality of layers, said layers containing polymeric tapes.