Gender differences in responses to speed cameras: Typology findings and implications for road safety [PDF]
Automated speed cameras in England and Wales have become a very common means of enforcement of speed limit breaches in most police force areas, but they are not without controversy despite the majority of public opinion behind them. Research in the mid-
Corbett, C, Caramlau, I
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Speed-up factor of M = 8 over M = 1.
Speed-up factor is almost 8 with po = 0, where the SBM is reduced to 8 disconnected components, and the task becomes embarrassingly parallel. In general, the speed-up factor goes up as Δ goes up and as po goes down, both reducing the amount of ...
Guohao Dou (17067781)
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Visual Scale Factor for Speed Perception [PDF]
Speed perception is an important task depending mainly on optic flow that the driver must perform continuously to control his/her vehicle. Unfortunately it appears that in some driving simulators speed perception is under estimated, leading into speed ...
COLOMBET, Florent +7 more
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Age factor affects reading acuity and reading speed in attaining text information [PDF]
AIM: To investigate the effect of age on reading acuity and reading speed in attaining text information in healthy eyes. METHODS: Reading acuity, critical print size, reading speed and maximum reading speed were measured in groups of 40 children (8 to ...
Ai-Hong Chen +2 more
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Characteristics of Typhoon “Fung-Wong” Near Earth Pulsation
To study the wind field characteristics near the ground pulsation in typhoon conditions, wind field conditions in the area affected by Typhoon “Fung-Wong” were monitored using wind field instruments installed in the construction building of Wenzhou ...
Xiujun Li +4 more
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Wind Speed Analysis and Capacity Factor Estimation for Bergama Region [PDF]
In this research, the wind energy potential of the Bergama region is evaluated through the application of the Weibull probability distribution and corresponding capacity factor calculations.
Ozfirat Muharrem Kemal +1 more
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Experimental Study of a 4HLB-4 Half-Feed Four-Row Peanut Combine Harvester
In order to improve the operational performance of the self-developed 4HLB-4 half-feed four-row peanut combine harvester, single-factor and multifactor field tests were conducted on key operational parameters affecting the quality of harvesting.
Qinghua Wang +6 more
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Effects of main actor, outcome and affect on biased braking speed judgments [PDF]
Subjects who judged speed in a driving scenario overestimated how fast they could decelerate when speeding compared to when keeping within the speed limit (Svenson, 2009).
Ola Svenson +4 more
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High Speed Blanking: An Experimental Method to Measure Induced Cutting Forces [PDF]
Lien vers la version éditeur: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11340-013-9738-1A new blanking process that involves punch speed up to 10 ms −1 has obvious advantages in increased productivity.
LARUE, Arnaud +5 more
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The Effect of Electrical Parameters of Mather Type Plasma Focus Devices on Energy of the Hard X-Ray Yield [PDF]
In this paper, after reviewing the history of plasma focus devices, the plasma focusing issue is raised and then the results of comparisons between two new Mather type plasma focus devices are presented.
M. A Tafreshi +3 more
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