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Seat belt use by adult rear seat passengers in private passenger, taxi, and rideshare vehicles
, 2017 Using seat belts reduces traffic injuries and fatalities. There are no observational studies comparing use of seat belts by front and rear seat adult passengers in the United States (U.S.), and no comparisons of rear seat belt use by adult passengers in
Kenneth Nemire
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CARE AND CONTROL IN URBAN BRAZIL: The Subaltern Archive of Portarias
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Security infrastructures permeate everyday life in Brazilian cities. Although security guards and doormen play an important and omnipresent role as social and technological mediators, their practices and perceptions have received little attention.
Tilmann Heil, Susana Durão
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PLoS ONE, 2018 IntroductionAbout 1.25 million people worldwide die every year because of road accidents. Risk is higher when drivers use mobile phones, whereas seat belts help to prevent crash-related injury. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence, associated factors, and
Chiara Lorini +6 more
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The effect of mandatory seat belt laws on seat belt use by socioeconomic position
, 2014 We investigated the differential effect of mandatory seat belt laws on seat belt use among socioeconomic subgroups. We identified the differential effect of legislation across higher versus lower education individuals using a difference‐in‐differences ...
Smith, G. +14 more
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US‐China Rivalry and the Global Governance Trilemma: Three Scenarios for World Order
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We examine the consequences of US‐China rivalry for future world order in light of the global governance trilemma. The trilemma captures persistent trade‐offs between three dimensions of global governance: authority, breadth, and universality. The contemporary US‐China rivalry exacerbates the global governance trilemma, making these trade‐offs
Matthew D. Stephen +2 more
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Child Safety Seats and Seat Belts in Protecting Children from Injury [PDF]
Young children are required to use child safety seats, and the age threshold at which children can legally graduate to seat belts has steadily increased.
Joseph J. Doyle, Steven D. Levitt
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Guardians Under Siege: Civil Society Access and Reform of the UN Human Rights Council
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how restrictions on civil society participation at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) undermine the institution's effectiveness. Through stakeholder interviews and analysis of recent developments, we show that civil society engagement does not merely fulfil a democratic aspiration, but it is an operational ...
Inés M. Pousadela, Samuel King
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Mind the Weather: A Panel Data Analysis of Time-Invariant Factors and Traffic Fatalities [PDF]
Many important determinants of traffic fatalities have been identified using the widely popular fixed-effects (FE) estimator for panel data. However, the FE estimator precludes an analysis of time-invariant or rarely changing variables, thereby obscuring
Margaret Inden, Pavel A. Yakovlev
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The provision of digital information in the seat comfort of the seat design [PDF]
, 2011 A great number of factors affect the uncomfortable of seats. Apart from external appearance, the most important is the comfort for users in designing an un-adjustable seat.
Prior, Stephen D. +5 more
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Burying Futures: Artisanal Mining Deaths and the Politics of Negligence in Zimbabwe
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the gold‐mining town of Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe, injury and death are a constant presence. Collapsing shafts, sudden explosions, gang fights, and neglected health infrastructure characterize the everyday lives of the town's impoverished residents.
Melusi Nkomo
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