The primary purpose of the present study was to expand our understanding of the impact of light exposures on the endocrine and autonomic systems as measured by acute cortisol, alpha amylase, and melatonin responses. We utilized exposures from narrowband long-wavelength (red) and from narrow-band short-wavelength (blue) lights to more precisely understand the role of the suprachiasmatic nuclei (...

There is great concern over growing road accidents and associated fatalities. In order to reduce accidents, improve congestion and offer smooth flow of traffic, several measures, such as providing intelligence to transport, providing communication infrastructure along the road, and vehicular communication, are being undertaken. Traffic safety information broadcast from traffic lights using Visi...

With the increasing number of vehicles in use in our daily life and the rise of traffic congestion problems, many methods and models have been developed for real time optimisation of traffic lights. Nevertheless, most methods which consider real time physical queue sizes of vehicles waiting for green lights overestimate the optimal cycle length for such real traffic control. This paper deals wi...

The development of new strategies in order to increase the range of fully electric vehicles by minimizing the energy consumption using on-board and off-board sources has been the subject of this work. To do so, an innovative energy management strategy has been developed for intersections regulated by Traffic Lights. EU founded research projects like OpEneR unify efforts of several partners to d...

BACKGROUND the safety of older pedestrians at urban intersections is a matter of gerontological concern. Many older pedestrians report inability to complete crossings in the time given by pedestrian lights. Standard times for pedestrian lights in Dublin pelican crossings are specified in the Traffic Management Guidelines (TMG). The Technology Research for Independent Living Centre is building a...

One of the ways to overcome traffic problems in large cities is through the development of an intelligent monitoring and control of traffic lights system. This paper addresses the design and implementation of an intelligent traffic lights controller based on fuzzy logic technology. A software has been developed to simulate the situation of an isolated traffic junction based on this technology. ...

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are increasingly used in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) applications, especially in dynamic management of signalized intersections. This paper proposes a Bluetooth network architecture in order to monitor vehicular traffic flows near to a traffic light. The proposed architecture is characterized by a novel algorithm in order to determine green times and ...

One way to cope with the increasing traffic demand is to integrate standard solutions with more intelligent control measures. However, the result of possible interferences between intelligent control or information provision tools and other components of the overall traffic system is not easily predictable. This paper discusses the effects of integrating co-adaptive decision-making regarding ro...

Congestion control of a variable bit-rate data stream crossing the Internet is crucial to ensuring the quality of the received data. This paper discusses the use of link-sharing mechanisms in packet networks and presents algorithms for hierarchical link-sharing. Hierarchical linksharing allows multiple agencies, protocol families, or traffic types to share the bandwidth on a link in a controlle...

Fire departments have long used red as the traditional color for fire apparatus and have been reluctant to change. Optometric research and literature offers ample proof that red is a poorly detected color. This paper views the shortcomings of red. Simultaneously, it reports that the ancillary equipment and markings used to make fire vehicles detectable are not as effective as previously thought...