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Predictors and Motivation for Seat Belt Use – A Case Study in Bosnia and Herzegovina

open access: yesPromet (Zagreb), 2019
The use of seat belts, for drivers and car occupants, results in reducing the rate of fatalities and severe road injuries. In this research, the methodology of the survey was applied through the self-reporting behaviour of the respondents who determined ...
Zoran Injac   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

IR sensor for line following robot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Generally, in a line following robot as shown in Figure 1.1, IR sensor is used for the robot to detect the line either white or black. The line can either be black on a white surface and white on a black surface.
Abas, Khairul Hamimah   +5 more
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Social movements and the synecdoche problem

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
Abstract Social movements are central to our contemporary understanding of social change. Accordingly, we should want to be able to say what it is that makes social movements special; that is, to say what it is that movements in their entirety have that random samples of people and organizations within the movement do not have.
Megan Hyska
wiley   +1 more source

Booster Seats and Traffic Fatalities among Children

open access: yes, 2016
In an effort to increase booster seat use among children, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is encouraging state legislators to promote stricter booster seat laws, yet there is a paucity of information on booster seat efficacy relative ...
Anderson, D. Mark, Sandholt, Sina
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Fabrication and characterisation of sandwich composites of glass fiber skin and polyurethane foamreinforced coconut coir fiber core [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Kajian ini tertumpu kepada fabrikasi dan perincian ke atas komposit sandwic berpermukaan komposit gentian kaca dan berteras busa poliuretana yang diperkuat gentian sabut kelapa.
Azmi, Mohd Azham
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In-vehicle vibration study of child safety seats [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
This paper reports experimental measurements of the in-vehicle vibrational behaviour of stage 0&1 child safety seats. Road tests were performed for eight combinations of child, child seat and automobile.
Giacomin J, J Giacomin, S Gallo
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Coproduction as a Causal Process

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT That many public goods and services are coproduced jointly by government agencies (regular producers) together with clients and citizens (consumer producers) represents a fundamental insight, although it has proven a challenge to define coproduction clearly and to study it rigorously.
Gregg G. Van Ryzin
wiley   +1 more source

Primary Seat Belt Laws and Offsetting Behavior: Empirical Evidence from Individual Accident Data. [PDF]

open access: yes
According to the offsetting effect theory, since drivers wearing seat belts feel more secure, they tend to drive less carefully and may cause more accidents, including those involving pedestrians. Most previous studies have used only state-level accident
Bae, Yong-Kyun
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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

KIDS COUNT Indicator Brief: Reducing the Teen Death Rate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Reviews data on causes of teen deaths and outlines strategies for improving motor vehicle safety; preventing violence, risky behavior, and suicide; supporting role models; and enhancing families' and communities' capacity to support healthy ...
Barbara Shore, Rima Shore
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