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Winter Road Conditions and Traffic Accidents in Sweden and UK - Present and Future Climate Scenarios

open access: yes, 2010
This thesis investigates the distribution of slippery roads in Sweden and the UK for the present climate and how this may be affected by climate change for the rest of the century.
Andersson, Anna K.
core   +1 more source

Mortality From Rural Traumatic Brain Injury Are Underestimated Without Inclusion of Prehospital Deaths

open access: yesANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Rural residents are more likely to suffer moderate and severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and experience delay to definitive care than urban patients. Prior studies comparing these populations were based on hospitalised patients only. We examined TBI outcomes incorporating pre‐hospital mortality to determine the association between
Gareth Rutter   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Road Traffic Accidents - A Challenging Epidemic

open access: yesSultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 2006
WORLD HEALTH DAY IS CELEBRATED BY the World Health Organization each year on 7th April and the theme of this year was ‘Road Safety’. Road Safety is no accident - and coincides with the release of a World Bank and WHO report (World report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention).1 Road traffic injuries kill 1.2 million people each year and injure or disable ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Patient‐reported outcomes and visual function after four refractive strategies in cataract surgery: A randomized controlled trial

open access: yesActa Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) and visual function across four groups of public cataract patients: emmetropia, mini‐monovision, monovision with partial‐range of field (RoF) narrow intraocular lenses (IOLs) and patients implanted with partial‐RoF extended IOLs.
Anne Guldhammer Skov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investing for Reliability and Security in Transportation Networks [PDF]

open access: yes
Alternative transportation investment policies can lead to very different network forms in the future. The desirability of a transportation network should be assessed not only by its economic efficiency but also by its reliability and security, because ...
Lei Zhang, David Levinson
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Bus accident record;The return of accident proneness

open access: yes, 2009
One of the assumptions of the theory of accident proneness is that drivers’ accident liability is stable over time which was tested in the present paper.
Dorn, Lisa, af Wåhlberg, Anders E.
core   +1 more source

Growth and Variation in Fallow Deer (Dama dama L.) From Two Contrasting Habitats in Southern Britain

open access: yesActa Zoologica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We have compiled a unique data set on the age, sex, body weight and dimensions of over 500 European fallow deer from two contrasting areas of habitat in southern England: a high‐density managed parkland population and a lower‐density feral woodland one.
Adrian M. Lister, Norma G. Chapman
wiley   +1 more source

Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime

open access: yesBritish Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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