This study uses continuously logged driving data from 166 private cars to derive the level of jerks caused by the drivers during everyday driving. The number of critical jerks found in the data is analysed and compared with the self-reported accident involvement of the drivers. The results show that the expected number of accidents for a driver increases with the number of critical jerks caused...

The transportation of dangerous goods by road is the most accident-prone mode transportation, even if accidents involving are considered as a Low Probability and High Consequence event (LPHC event). However, several transported networks, such petroleum products chemicals, which can generate major consequences spills, explosions, fires, or toxic clouds. In this context, article presents method t...

BACKGROUND Stiffening of the aortic wall is a phenomenon consistently observed in age and in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). However, its role in AAA pathophysiology is largely undefined. METHODS AND RESULTS Using an established murine elastase-induced AAA model, we demonstrate that segmental aortic stiffening precedes aneurysm growth. Finite-element analysis reveals that early stiffening of...

The complex and variable hydro-meteorological conditions in Arctic waters scattered limited port infrastructures pose a great threat challenge to emergency search rescue. It is crucial determine an available effective for rescue the event of maritime accident occurring waters. In present study, directed-weighted network consisting nodes accident-prone areas developed based on theory. For this, ...

China has a large vehicle base, uneven road conditions, and the highest rate of traffic accidents in world. Particularly on long downhill sections expressway tunnels mountainous areas with harsh geographical are densely distributed, once accident occurs, consequences serious, which poses threat to people’s lives property. This paper mined analyzed data collected by project Baoding section Zhang...

Since December 2009, after breast-conserving surgery for Stage 0-I cancer of the left breast, 21 women with relatively pendulous breasts underwent computed tomography prone and supine simulations. The adjuvant radiotherapy was 50 Gy in 25 fractions to the left breast alone. Four plans--conventional wedged tangents and forward intensity-modulated radiotherapy (fIMRT) in supine and prone position...

To explore the influence of health psychology characteristics bus driver on probability traffic accidents, such as severity unhealthy and negative impulsive personality. Combined with demographic questionnaire, SCL-90 scale, Y-G psychological factors drivers causing accidents were evaluated. The key selected by binary logistic regression analysis are used node variables, Bayesian network struct...