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More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads [PDF]

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Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the U.S. The role of traffic law enforcement in the reduction of accidents has been studied by relatively few papers and with mixed results that may be due to a simultaneity problem ...
Makowsky, Michael, Thomas, Stratmann
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Human behavior as origin of traffic phases

open access: yes, 2001
It is shown that the desire for smooth and comfortable driving is directly responsible for the occurrence of complex spatio-temporal structures (``synchronized traffic'') in highway traffic. This desire goes beyond the avoidance of accidents which so far
Andreas Schadschneider   +19 more
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Temperature‐dependent shear behavior and constitutive model of the rock–concrete interface

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Shear tests were conducted to investigate the temperature‐dependent shear behavior of the rock–concrete interface, highlighting the interaction between the surrounding rock and the lining during tunnel fires. Under experimental conditions, concrete exhibited greater temperature sensitivity than rock, with the shear fracture surface transitioning from ...
Hongbin Chen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental study on burning rate and flame geometry in construction tunnel fires under high geothermal conditions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
Abstract As tunnel construction advances in lengths and depths, the construction of tunnels in high geothermal environments has become increasingly common, raising significant fire risks. In this study, a 1:20 scale model tunnel test platform was constructed to investigate the effects of a high geothermal environment on fire behavior in tunnels during ...
Xiaoxian Fei   +6 more
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Persistence on airline accidents [PDF]

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This paper analyses airline accidents data from 1927-2006. The fractional integration methodology is adopted. It is shown that airline accidents are persistent and (fractionally) cointegrated with airline traffic.
Carlos P. Barros   +2 more
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Traffic Accident Blackspot Identification and Ambulance Fastest Route Mobilization Process for the City of Surakarta [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Quickly and precisely treatment in traffic accident is one way to avoid the risk of death victims. Therefore, it's necessary to determine the fastest route from the traffic accident locations to the nearest hospital.
Budiharto, U. (Utoyo)   +2 more
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“Passive” Scalecraft as a State Strategy in Post‐Authoritarian Environmental Governance: A Case From South Korea

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 491-500, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study employs a scalar politics framework to unpack how participatory rhetoric operates statecraft in a post‐authoritarian context, thereby illuminating hybrid‐regime behavior along a continuum of environmental governance. An examination of the environmental governance of an ecotourism project in South Korea is performed using ...
Souyeon Nam
wiley   +1 more source

Traffic accidents: an econometric investigation [PDF]

open access: yes
Based on a sample of drivers in Brasilia's streets, this article investigates whether distraction explains traffic accidents. A probit model is estimated to determine the predictive power of several variables on traffic accidents.
Adolfo Sachsida   +2 more
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Seminars in epileptology: Holistic management of epilepsy in adults with intellectual development disorders

open access: yesEpileptic Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract This seminar addresses the complexity of the management of epilepsy in adults with intellectual development disorders (IDD), advocating holistic and multidisciplinary care aligned with the learning objectives of the International League Against Epilepsy. Epilepsy is significantly more prevalent in people with IDD, presenting unique diagnostic,
Elena Fonseca   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ketepatan Klasifikasi Tingkat Keparahan Korban Kecelakaan Lalu Lintas Menggunakan Metode Regresi Logistik Ordinal Dan Fuzzy K-nearest Neighbor in Every Class [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Traffic accident is an accidental event on the road involving vehicles with or without another road users which causes damage for the victims. Semarang has quite high number of traffic accidents, which in 2014 occured 801 cases of traffic accidents ...
Hoyyi, A. (Abdul)   +2 more
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