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Effect of Road Markings on Speed Through Curves on Rural Roads: A Driving Simulator Study in Spain

Infrastructures
Traffic accidents remain a leading cause of mortality worldwide. In Spain, a total of 9666 accidents occurred on curves in 2023, highlighting the need for effective speed management strategies.
Santiago Martin-Castresana, Diego Alvarez, Fabian Andrade-Cataño, Maria Castro   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Landscape Ecology and Rural Roads: Traffic Calming for improving both landscape and wildlife?

Ekológia (Bratislava), 2013
Jaarsma C.F., van Langevelde F., Beunen R.: Landscape ecology and rural roads: Traffic calming for improving both landscape and wildlife? Ekologia (Bratislava), Vol. 32, No. 4, p. 352-360, 2013.
Jaarsma Catharinus F., Langevelde Frank van, Beunen Raoul   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Protection against traffic noise in urban areas in relation to noise control plans

Budownictwo i Architektura, 2014
Exposure to traffic noise belongs to the most harmful impacts affecting people who live in towns. Nearly one third of residents of big towns in Poland suffers from permanent exposure to traffic noise, which may have adverse effects on health.
Janusz Bohatkiewicz
doaj   +1 more source

Nurses' Experiences Caring for People Presenting to the Emergency Department With Mental Health Concerns

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To explore the experiences of Emergency Department nurses when caring for patients presenting to the Emergency Department with mental health issues. Design Qualitative descriptive study. Methods Ten nurses with experience caring for mental health patients participated in face‐to‐face, semi‐structured interviews.
Caitlin Kent, Catherine Stephen, Elizabeth Halcomb   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Design and feasibility study of a smart speed hump for selective urban speed management: risk-informed deployment via conditional generative modelling

Frontiers in Future Transportation
Urban speed management in developing countries frequently relies on fixed physical speed humps. While effective for compliance, these devices can reduce comfort for compliant drivers, increase structural loads on heavy vehicles, and complicate winter ...
Ömer Kaya
doaj   +1 more source

A Method for Traffic Calming Using Radio Transmitter

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2017
Excessive speed is one of the major factors in transportation safety assessment and is influenced by road geometric design, vehicle properties, and driving pattern.
Amin Mirza Boroujerdian, Samane Sheikhy
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring How Gerontological Nursing Telephone Support Can Assist Informal Caregivers of Older Adults at Hospital Discharge—A Qualitative Study

Journal of Clinical Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim and Objective To explore how receiving gerontological nurse telephone support assisted caregivers of older adults to provide care after hospital discharge. Background Informal caregivers are vital to the recovery of older patients after hospital discharge, but often feel under‐prepared and unsupported.
Cheng Yen Loo, Susan Slatyer, Ami Kamdar, Trish Starling, Keith D. Hill, Laurie Grealish, Howard Lance, Anne‐Marie Hill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

How does the novelty effect influence speed impacts? An exploratory meta-analysis of five types of traffic calming measures

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Although traffic calming measures (TCMs) have been used internationally for several decades, their reported speed impacts remain inconsistent, partly due to differences in evaluation design and follow-up duration.
Jiří Ambros, Martin Šípek
doaj   +1 more source

Raised Pedestrian Crossings: Analysis of Their Characteristics on a Road Network and Geometric Sizing Proposal

Applied Sciences, 2019
In urban areas traffic-calming strategies and pedestrian friendly measures are often adopted to reduce the adverse impacts of motor vehicles on vulnerable users.
Giuseppe Loprencipe, Laura Moretti, Antonio Pantuso, Eligio Banfi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Traffic Calming Equipment on the Dynamics of Vehicle Movement

, 2023
Sile koje pruža prometna oprema prema vozila mogu utjecati pozivno ili negativno na dinamiku kretanja vozila. O tome kakav će utjecaj imati strategija postavljanja prometne opreme za smirivanje prometa na sigurnost sudionika prometa i odvijanje ...
Krpan, Ivan
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