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Road safety and accident prevention (Guest Editorial)
, 2004 It is most gratifying that the World Health Organization has designated road safety as the theme for its World Health Day this year. Road crashes are a major cause of death and injury in many developing and developed countries.
Tay, Richard S.
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.To enhance the power restoration speed of networked microgrids (NMGs) after extreme natural disasters and reduce the power outage of the system, this paper proposes a rapid post‐disaster restoration method for NMGs based co‐optimization of fault repair and load restoration.
Yunfan Zhang +3 more
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Road User Interactions: Patterns of Road Use and Perception of Driving Risk
, 2002 The goal of the Road User Interactions research programme is a better understanding of the human factors of our road transport system: road user demographics, risk perceptions of road users, and the driving attitudes of various road user groups.
Charlton, Samuel G., Baas, Peter H.
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.Mine‐water immersion tests reveal pronounced coal weakening (vs. minor concrete degradation), identifying coal pillars as the stability‐limiting component in composite dams. A coupled FEINN framework quantifies extreme‐pressure stability and ranks multi‐parameter designs via a normalized multi‐indicator scheme, enabling optimized dam configuration for ...
He Wen +6 more
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Children?s road traffic safety:an international survey of policyand practice
, 2004 IntroductionChildren?s Road Traffic Safety: An International Survey of Policy and Practicewas commissioned by the UK?s Department for Transport (DfT) to complement thereport from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development?s(OECD) Child ...
Ward, H +4 more
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Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.This study develops and evaluates a solar PV‐fed electric bicycle system optimized for university campuses in Pakistan. The techno‐economic analysis demonstrates significant fuel savings, emission reductions, and sustainability benefits, promoting a cost‐effective, eco‐friendly, and renewable transportation alternative amid rising global fuel and ...
Muhammad Abdullah Khan +4 more
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Night-time accidents: a scoping study. Report to The AA Motoring Trust and Rees Jeffreys Road Fund
, 2005 Context: Only a quarter of all travel by car drivers is undertaken between the hours of 19.00 and 08.00, but it is in this period that 40 percent of fatal and serious injuries are sustained by drivers.
Robertson, S. +3 more
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Hydrogel Adhesives for Gastrointestinal Perforation: Design Principles and Applications
Exploration, EarlyView.There are few reviews on hydrogel adhesives that comprehensively highlight the design principles, factors affecting adhesion, and applications for gastrointestinal (GI) perforation repair. This review outlines the mainstream design approaches of hydrogel adhesives via covalent and noncovalent molecular interactions, illustrating the underlying adhesive
Yudi Pang +7 more
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Food Chemistry International, EarlyView.Sanguinarine, a toxic alkaloid present in argemone, can lead to epidemic dropsy or chronic diseases through DNA intercalation and immune system suppression. Regulatory efforts face challenges due to economic motivations for adulteration as well as technical, social, and infrastructure barriers.
Gururaj Pejavara Narayana +4 more
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