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Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in Patients Using A Knee Scooter

Foot & Ankle Orthopaedics, 2022
Category: Ankle; Trauma Introduction/Purpose: Functional limitations after lower extremity injury often require the use of an assistive device such as a knee scooter. Many patients find these devices to be easier and more comfortable to use than crutches
Stuart Davidson, Nina Pogorzelski, Thomas C. Dowd MD, Jeannie Huh MD   +3 more
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E-scooter riders and pedestrians: Attitudes and interactions in five countries

Heliyon, 2023
Electric scooters (e-scooters) have become a popular phenomenon internationally; however, their use has raised concerns about pedestrian safety. This study describes the possible effects of the emergence of e-scooters on pedestrians.
Matúš Šucha, Elisabeta Drimlová, Karel Rečka, Narelle Haworth, Katrine Karlsen, Aslak Fyhri, Pontus Wallgren, Peter Silverans, Freya Slootmans   +8 more
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A computational investigation of the dynamic factors governing severity of head injury to pedestrians involved in e-scooter collisions

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2023
A rapid rise in the popularity of e-scooters has brought forth an increasing number of e-scooter-related conflicts, crashes, and injuries to pedestrians in many cities. There is a pressing need to understand the factors influencing the severity of injury
Milan Paudel, Fook Fah Yap, Tantyana Binte Mohamed Rosli, Kai Hou Tan, Hong Xu   +4 more
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Design and feasibility study of scooter’s speed metering stand

Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2011
Scooters are manufactured with speed limiters. If these speed limiters are removed, the motor-scooter will exceed speed limits and break traffic rules.
Alfredas Rimkus
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Micromobility, Macro Goals: Aligning scooter parking policy with broader city objectives

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 2021
Dockless electric scooters challenge cities seeking to regulate them amidst broader goals such as universal access. Cities are particularly concerned with improper scooter parking, which can impede access by other travelers.
Anne Brown
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Characteristics and comparison between e-scooters and bicycle-related trauma: a multicentre cross-sectional analysis of data from a road collision registry

BMC Emergency Medicine, 2022
Background Urban mobility has drastically evolved over the last decade and micromobility rapidly became an expanding segment of contemporary daily transportation routines. E-scooter riders and bicyclists may share similar trauma characteristics, but this
Axel Benhamed, Amaury Gossiome, Amina Ndiaye, Karim Tazarourte   +3 more
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Evaluation of Evaporative Emission and Feasibility of an Onboard Refueling Vapor Recovery System for Scooters

Energies, 2019
This paper aims at the development of a novel onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) system for scooters. The corresponding feasibility and evaporative emission are evaluated so that this preliminary study may offer important contributions for ...
Chien-Hsun Wu, Cheng-Ta Chung, Wei-Chen Lin, You-Ya Lin   +3 more
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Plumeria Pens Are Mightier than Swords: Intersecting Colonialism, Literature, History, and the Last Known Book of French-Language Traditionalist Poetry Ever Published in Laos

Literature
During the era of imperialism, official direct-rule policies throughout the French Empire deemed existing peoples, cultures, and religions as inferior when compared to France. However, colonial officials in French-Laos governed differently.
Scooter Pégram
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Enabling Autonomous Navigation for Affordable Scooters

Sensors, 2018
Despite the technical success of existing assistive technologies, for example, electric wheelchairs and scooters, they are still far from effective enough in helping those in need navigate to their destinations in a hassle-free manner.
Kaikai Liu, Rajathswaroop Mulky
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E-Scooter Rider detection and classification in dense urban environments

Results in Engineering, 2022
Accurate detection and classification of vulnerable road users is a safety critical requirement for the deployment of autonomous vehicles in heterogeneous traffic. Although similar in physical appearance to pedestrians, e-scooter riders follow distinctly
Shane Gilroy, Darragh Mullins, Edward Jones, Ashkan Parsi, Martin Glavin   +4 more
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