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Potential effectiveness of seat belt interlocks [PDF]
, 2013 Seat belt interlocks are a vehicle safety technology that aims to increase seat belt usage by restricting the vehicle from being driven until occupants have fastened their seat belts.
Anderson, R., Searson, D.
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Knowledge, attitude and use of seat belt among commercial drivers in Sokoto Metropolis
Sahel 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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A spatial and temporal analysis of seat-belt usage and seat-belt laws [PDF]
, 2002 Seat-belt usage has increased significantly in the US since the introduction of mandatory seat-belt usage laws in the 1980`s. This paper analyzes the impact of these laws on increasing seat-belt usage while controlling for other state-specific variables.
Majumdar, Arnab +2 more
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In Defence of Walkability as a Crime Prevention Strategy
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT New Urbanist ideas promoting walkability have many benefits. But they are criticised by proponents of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED), who blame street connectivity for facilitating target recognition, providing access and escape routes and weakening informal surveillance.
Jose Pina‐Sánchez, Ian Loader
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Complete Transection of the Abdominal Wall Secondary to Being a Rear Seat-Belted Passenger
Case Reports in SurgeryGarrett 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
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, 2010 Mr. Belt enlisted in 1957 and served two years active duty and two years in the Reserves. He deployed overseas to Korea with the 34th Infantry Division and later saw stateside duty with the 14th Infantry ...
Belt, Ovid
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Cross‐Prudence and Optimal Prevention
International Economic Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this paper, we study optimal prevention in the presence of a correlated nonfinancial background risk. Under positive correlation, cross‐prudence in the nonfinancial attribute reduces optimal prevention. We establish this result in the most direct extension of the standard prevention problem with binary marginal distributions and show that ...
Jingyuan Li, Richard Peter, Lin Zhou
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Evaluation of THOR Prototype Lower Abdomen in Sled Tests
International 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
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Counter‐Plantation Imaginaries: Deproletarianisation and Struggle for Autonomy in India
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the decline of the 2015 Pembillai Orumai movement in India's Munnar tea belt as an event revealing the dialectical relationship between labour struggle and agrarian capitalism within the plantation complex. Although widely celebrated for securing wage gains through a historic Dalit woman–led strike, the movement's rapid ...
Jayaseelan Raj
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Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2019 Seat belt syndrome is a triad of symptoms: body belt marks (hemorrhages, ecchymosis, abrasions on the abdominal wall), intra-abdominal trauma and spinal fractures in the thoracic and lumbar spine.
A. G. Lebedev +6 more
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