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Driving Factors of Passenger Transport
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2008 Over the past few decades passenger transport has grown rapidly resulting in a multitude of problems including severe traffic congestion and pollution. It is expected that passenger transport will continue to grow rapidly in the future, which will worsen
Gerard C. de Jong, Odette van de Riet
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Dengue: factors driving the emerging epidemic
Clinical Epidemiology, 2013 Muayad AliManufacturing Department, Australian Red Cross Blood Service, Dandenong, VIC, Australia I have read with great interest the article "Epidemiology of dengue: past, present and future prospects" by Murray et al.1 Dengue viruses are usually ...
Ali M
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Factors Driving Background Choice in Scorpionfish
Ecology and EvolutionFor a successful hunt, marine ambush predators such as scorpionfish need to be well camouflaged to deceive their prey. When the natural environment is heterogeneous, one strategy to maintain camouflage is choosing backgrounds to achieve better crypsis ...
Leonie John +2 more
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Spatiotemporal trends and driving factors of gonorrhea incidence in China: a 20-year analysis (2003–2022) [PDF]
Frontiers in Public HealthIntroductionGonorrhea represents a major global public health challenge, demonstrating significant spatiotemporal heterogeneity across China. Therefore, spatiotemporal analytical approaches are required to better understand gonorrhea incidence patterns ...
Ke Hu +6 more
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Cognitive, sensory and physical factors enabling driving safety in older adults
Clinical Psychology Review, 2005 We reviewed literature on cognitive, sensory, motor and physical factors associated with safe driving and crash risk in older adults with the goal of developing a model of factors enabling safe driving behaviour.
Kaarin J Anstey +2 more
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An empirical analysis of driving factors of Xi’an hub economic development [PDF]
MATEC Web of Conferences, 2022 In order to promote Xi’an’s economic development as an export-oriented hub, 7 indicators, including GDP, foreign trade volume, investment volume, passenger transport volume, freight volume, post and telecommunications business income, and the number of ...
Wang Dan, Chen Cheng, Liu Junxia
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Improvements in Perpendicular Reverse Parking by Directing Drivers’ Preliminary Behavior
IEEE Access, 2021 Driving vehicles requires mastery of a multitude of tasks. Among these, parking is one task that most drivers feel they are not as skilled as they would like to be. In this paper, we focus on improvement of reverse perpendicular parking performance.
Yoshihiro Ohama +4 more
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Factors That Drive Youth Specialization [PDF]
Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach, 2017 Background: Specialization in young athletes has been linked to overuse injuries, burnout, and decreased satisfaction. Despite continued opposition from the medical community, epidemiological studies suggest the frequency is increasing. Hypothesis:
Padaki, Ajay S. +5 more
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Driving Factors of Influenza Transmission in the Netherlands [PDF]
American Journal of Epidemiology, 2013 Influenza epidemics in temperate regions show a characteristic seasonal pattern with peak incidence occurring in winter. Previous research has shown that low absolute humidity and school holidays can both affect influenza transmission. During an epidemic, transmission is strongly influenced by the depletion of susceptibles (i.e., increase in the number
te Beest, DE +4 more
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In Search for Factors that Drive Hantavirus Epidemics [PDF]
Frontiers in Physiology, 2012 In Europe, hantaviruses (Bunyaviridae) are small mammal-associated zoonotic and emerging pathogens that can cause hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). Puumala virus, the main etiological agent carried by the bank vole Myodes glareolus is responsible for a mild form of HFRS while Dobrava virus induces less frequent but more severe cases of HFRS.
Heyman, Paul +4 more
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