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Seatbelt use and risk of major injuries sustained by vehicle occupants during motor-vehicle crashes: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
BackgroundIn 2004, a World Health Report on road safety called for enforcement of measures such as seatbelt use, effective at minimizing morbidity and mortality caused by road traffic accidents.
A Akobeng   +53 more
core   +1 more source

Turning Vulnerability Into Strength: How Independent Regulatory Agencies Enhance Accountability and Build Stakeholder Trust

open access: yesRegulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Trustable environments are highly appreciated for regulatory performance, but difficult to emerge. A condition for making trust work is to accept vulnerability, and this holds both for stakeholders and agencies in public governance. Trust‐related vulnerability can be understood as a dynamic perception of potential harm derived from entering ...
Jacint Jordana   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Knowledge, attitude and use of seat belt among commercial drivers in Sokoto Metropolis

open access: yesSahel Medical Journal, 2010
Background: Every year about 1.2 million people are killed on the world′s roads and up to 50 million are injured or disabled as a result of road traffic accidents.
A O Abiola   +4 more
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Complete Transection of the Abdominal Wall Secondary to Being a Rear Seat-Belted Passenger

open access: yesCase Reports in Surgery
Garrett and Braunstein introduced the concept of the “seat belt sign” in motor vehicle collision (MVC) victims. They defined this as abdominal wall bruising from a lap belt. These signs of trauma are not uncommon. However, “seat belt syndrome,” a pattern
Jamshed Zuberi   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seatbelt submarining injury and its prevention countermeasures: How a cantilever seat pan structure exacerbate submarining

open access: yesJournal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2015
The purpose of this study and a case report was to demonstrate seat belt webbing induced injury due to seatbelt submarining during the frontal motor vehicle crash. Submarining is an undesired phenomenon during a frontal crash scenario and is dependent on
Chandrashekhar K Thorbole
doaj   +1 more source

2005 Seat Belt Usage Survey, June 12, 2006 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
During the spring and summer of 2005, two surveys were taken of motor vehicle drivers’ and passengers’ seat belt usage. These surveys are before and after parts of the “Click it or Ticket” education and enforcement campaign. The whole project starts with

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A multiligament, internal brace, coaptationless stifle reconstruction technique for feline stifle luxation

open access: yesVeterinary Surgery, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective To describe a novel, coaptationless surgical technique for the treatment of multiligament stifle injuries (MLSI). Study design Retrospective case series. Animals A total of 23 cats presenting with a rupture of two or more ligaments stabilizing the stifle.
Sebastian C. Knell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of THOR Prototype Lower Abdomen in Sled Tests

open access: yesInternational Journal of Automotive Engineering, 2017
THOR-NT prototype lower abdomen including Abdominal Pressure Twin Sensors was evaluated in 40 kph sled tests. In baseline tests, the dummy was seated according to UMTRI procedure in the front passenger seat of a mass production car.
Sabine Compigne, Mitsutoshi Masuda
doaj   +1 more source

Iowa Seat Belt Use Survey 2013 Data Collection Methodology Report, September 26, 2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In an effort to achieve greater consistency and comparability in state-wide seat belt use reporting, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued new requirements in 2011 for observing and reporting future seat belt use.

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ATHLETIC: An exoskeleton countermeasure exercise device for resistive and plyometric training in deep‐space missions

open access: yesExperimental Physiology, EarlyView.
Abstract Prolonged exposure to weightlessness leads to loss of muscle and bone mass. Therefore, astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) currently perform mandatory daily exercises. ISS missions usually last 6 months, and future missions will become significantly longer when going, for example, to Mars.
Jonas Böcker   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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