BACKGROUND Detrimental effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure on child health are well documented. Because young children's primary exposure to ETS occurs in homes and automobiles, voluntary smoking restrictions can substantially reduce exposure. We assessed the prevalence of home and automobile smoking bans among U.S.- and Mexico-born Hispanics in the southwestern United States,...

Given its vapor pressure, toluene tends to partition to the atmosphere. Automobile emissions are the principal source of toluene in ambient air, with levels fluctuating in proportion to automobile traffic. Toluene can also be a common indoor contaminant, and indoor air concentrations are often several times higher than outside air. This is likely due to release of toluene from common household ...

The present situations and future prospects of the Japanese automobile industry are discussed. Selected topics in this paper include the following: analyses of the basic product-industry characteristics of the automobile (e.g., product architecture); the mature of the dynamic competition in the world auto industry; competitive performance (e.g., productivity) of the Japanese auto makers; organi...

Adverse health effects and reproductive hazards at the workplace are an issue of increasing health concern and more than 1000 chemicals at workplace have been demonstrated to have adverse effects in animals. However such studies are limited in humans. Since data on reproductive epidemiology in traffic policemen exposed to automobile exhaust is limited, a study on the reproductive endpoints of t...

Automobile steering product development is based on the research basis. By using the existing patent technology as an example is one of the effective ways to realize rapid product development. In this article, through similarity algorithm, the patent technology of car steering screening was selected, and then through the Analytic Hierarchy Process, the patent technology was analyzed to find the...

Blunt chest trauma is a rare cause of aortic valve dysfunction. A case of the successful management of traumatic injury to the aortic valve is reported. The aortic valve injury was sustained in an automobile accident despite the use of a seat belt and the deployment of an air bag. The literature is briefly reviewed. Aortic valve injury remains a consideration in cases of automobile-associated c...

The automobile industry is one of the leading commercial markets around world. In this enormous market, countries, companies, and manufacturers compete boldly to increase their international market shares. great competition, there are centuries old giant companies such as Mercedes, BMW, Volkswagen, Opel, well new brands Tesla, Renovo, Tritonev. Turkey significant where these competing fiercely....

Local automobile garage workers carry out daily workshop operations, which sometimes lead to accidents and injuries. Therefore, this study was carried out to establish a relationship between automobile workshop operations causing accidents and safety practices among local garage workers in Ghana. Three main data collection approaches were used in the study namely focus group discussions (10 FGD...

In recent years, the management issue in the Japanese automobile industry playing a key role in Japanese manufacturing is “worldwide uniform quality and simultaneous production launch,” in response to current globalization. In this corporate management environment, the “key to success in global production” is the reinforcement of product power, or the “simultaneous achievement of QCD.” In order...

Anti-lock braking system is designed to optimize braking procedure while maintaining automobile steerability through controlling wheels slip. However, due to nonlinearity and uncertainty of ABS structure, designing the controller for wheel slip encounters so many problems which necessitate a robust control system. In this paper, a hybrid controller is proposed for ABS to address this issue. The...