In order to transform conventional buses into electric ones, exact knowledge of the energy consumption vehicles is essential. Furthermore, for a proper design transition and avoid inefficiencies excessive costs, this information must be adjusted real operating scenarios. However, recurring problem in context lack data address all these issues. Previous studies have focused on use standard drivi...

The European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) began as a project which set out to define the computer skills required by the ordinary citizen to take advantage of the new end user technology. The project started in 1995 and since that time ECDL has become the leading digital literacy certification in the world with almost 10 million candidates enrolled in the programme. The core ECDL consists of...

Realistic traffic scenarios in driving simulators are a mandatory prerequisites for user studies on advanced driver assistance systems. A back-projection table-top environment in combination with miniature toy cars offers a new way for the creation of traffic scenarios with fine-grained human behavior. The system is linked to a driving simulator and enables direct experiencing. The platform als...

Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) is a highly prevalent chronic respiratory disorder with prevalence among adult males of ≥10%. The most common daytime symptom associated with OSAS is excessive sleepiness, which in more severe manifestations can result in sleepiness at the wheel while driving and probably contributes to the substantial increase in accident risk among patients with OSAS. ...

OBJECTIVES To assess the relation between the number of clinical trials conducted and respective new drug approvals in India and South Africa. DESIGN Construction and analysis of a comprehensive database of completed randomised controlled clinical trials based on clinicaltrials.gov from 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010 and drug approval data from 2006 until 2013 for India and South Africa. ...

Driving cycles are series of data points that represent vehicle speed versus time sequenced profile developed for specific road, route, city or certain location. It is widely utilized in the application manufacturers, environmentalists and traffic engineers. Since vehicles one higher air pollution sources, driving cycle needed to evaluate fuel consumption exhaust emissions. The main objectives ...