OBJECTIVE Automobile dependency and longer commuting are associated with current obesity epidemic. We aimed to examine the urban-rural differential effects of neighborhood commuting environment on obesity in the US METHODS: The 1997-2005 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) were linked to 2000 US Census data to assess the effects of neighborhood commuting environment: census tract-level auto...

[Purpose] Driving is a vital component of recovery for stroke survivors facilitating restoration of their family roles and reintegration back into their communities and associations. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity and reliability of the Safe Driving Behavior Measure (SDBM) in community-dwelling self-drivers post-stroke. [Subjects and Methods] Participants were sixty-seve...

Computer has become the most significant helper and tool around the world. It is used in all kinds of electronic devices and improves their usability much. Automobile is a great example in this topic to show how computer changes the way people interact with an item. During the past decades, more and more mechanical devices in automobile are replaced by electrical substitutions and the interface...

OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with driving restriction in elderly men and women. DESIGN Prospective cohort study of French drivers from 2003 to 2009. SETTING The Three-City Cohort of Bordeaux, a prospective study of 2,104 people aged 65 and older. PARTICIPANTS Five hundred twenty-three drivers with a mean age of 76 (273 male, 250 female). MEASUREMENTS Sociodemographic charac...

Due to the fact that paintwork in the automobile repair industry requires individual correspondence, work by human hands is indispensable. Although the skills of expert engineers have a great influence on the finish, learning these skills require a lot of experience and time. In Japan, the number of young people in the automobile mechanic and automobile repair industry is drastically decreasing...

Originally the charge, under the SRS, was for us simply to improve on the mobility system for severely handicapped people . We interpreted this to include short-range travel, long-range travel, inside and outside; as well as horizontally and vertically . In short, any transport system which would help in daily activities, job execution, or recreation was to be considered . A few hundred man-hou...

Planners and urban designers are increasingly concerned with the question of how aHernative forms of development affect travel patterns and with the more specific question of how development might be shaped so as to reduce automobile dependence. The nature of suburban development is seen as a cause of automobile dependence and so a change in the nature of suburban development is seen as a possi...

A vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) is an emerging technology that has the potential to improve road safety and traveler comfort. In VANETs, mobile vehicles communicate with each other for the purpose of sharing various kinds of information. This information is very useful for preventing road accidents and traffic jams. On Contrary, bogus and inaccurate information may cause undesirable things, ...

BACKGROUND Opioids can impair psychomotor performance, and driving under the influence of opioids is associated with an increased risk of accidents. The goals of this study were i) to determine the prevalence of opioids (heroin, morphine, codeine, methadone and tramadol) in Spanish drivers and ii) to explore the presence of opioids, more specifically whether they are used alone or in combinatio...

The interest in adopting electric actuation in Navy ships, and in particular in submarines, usually founders on the issue of the mass and volume of electric actuators, which are perceived to be significantly worse than those of competing technologies. Certainly looking at the volume, mass, power and torque of a typical 3 phase induction machine, even in comparison with a typical automobile engi...