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The Savage Worlds of Henry Drummond (1851–1897): Science, Racism and Religion in the Work of a Popular Evolutionist

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract The savage was a familiar as well as deeply problematic figure in late‐Victorian literary and scientific imaginaries. Savages provided an unstable but capacious and flexible signifier to explore human development and human difference, most often in ways that followed a disturbing racial logic.
Diarmid A. Finnegan
wiley   +1 more source

Non-Compliance of Malaysia Motor Vehicles (Safety Seatbelts) Rules 1978

open access: yesIranian Journal of Public Health, 2015
Background: Seat belts have been proven as one of the most successful means of preventing or reducing injuries to occupants of cars during an accident.
Sivasankar SAMBASIVAM   +4 more
doaj  

Effect of an educational leaflet on the frequency of seat belt use and the rate of motor vehicle accidents during pregnancy in Japan in 2018: a prospective, non-randomised control trial with a questionnaire survey

open access: yesBMJ Open, 2019
Objective To determine whether an educational leaflet had any effect on seat belt use, seat preference and motor vehicle accidents rate during pregnancy in Japan.Design Prospective, non-randomised control trial with a questionnaire survey.Setting Eight ...
Mamoru Morikawa   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anterior inferior iliac spine fracture: another component of selt belt syndrome? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Seat belt syndrome occurs when seat belts are used improperly, and it is a cause of significant morbidity and mortality. The spectrum of seat belt syndrome includes spinal, intra-abdominal and vascular injury.
Abdul Rashid, Ahmad Hisham   +4 more
core  

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

Insurance and the “Irrationalization” of Disaster Policy: A Political Crisis Theory for an Age of Climate Risk

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last several years, disaster insurance programs around the world have experienced disruptions that many observers interpret to be a primary symptom of “climate crisis” (Bittle 2024). Governments have responded to these disruptions through disjointed and at times contradictory measures: they treat disasters, alternately, as “Acts of God”
Stephen J. Collier
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers Characteristics with Respect to Accident Involvement and Seat Belt Utilization

open access: yesJournal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences, 2002
This paper examines the relationship between drivers’ personal and social characteristics with respect to their driving time accident involvement and seat belt utilization. The studied characteristics include : years of driving experience, marital status,
Hashim M.N. Al-Madani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laboratory studies of the influence of the working position of the passenger vehicle air suspension on the vibration comfort of children transported in the child restraint system

open access: yesOpen Engineering, 2021
The article presents the results of laboratory tests on the influence of the choice of the vehicle suspension position and the method of mounting child seats on the vibration comfort of children transported in them. Two child seats were used in the work.
Frej Damian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology for Whom and for What? A Global South View of Tech Diplomacy

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT International politics is linked to its technical‐social character. Also, technology is socially constructed and thereby not entirely neutral or impartial. A tech‐driven geopolitical landscape has been a defining feature of contemporary world politics.
Eugenio V. Garcia
wiley   +1 more source

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