In recent years in Italy the progress of the automobile industry, in the field of reduction of emissions values, is very remarkable. Nevertheless their evaluation and reduction is a key problem, especially in the cities, that account for more than 50% of world population. In this paper we dealt with the problem of describing a quantitatively approach for the reconstruction of GPS coordinates an...

The techniques and the technologies supporting Automatic Vehicle Guidance are an important issue. Automobile manufacturers view automatic driving as a very interesting product with motivating key features which allow improvement of the safety of the car, reducing emission or fuel consumption or optimizing driver comfort during long journeys. Car racing is an active research field where new adva...

Aiming at drunk-driving test system of traditional single-point automobile which has neglected the influence of flow of in-car airflow on test precision and accuracy, this paper puts forwards in-car drunkdriving measurement and control method that is based on fusion technology of multi-sensors by exploration. Based on information fusion algorithm of D-S proof theory design, main hardware system...

Traffic induced turbulence coupled with natural air motions becomes an important variable affecting the dispersion of exhaust emissions, especially under low wind conditions. A flexible model vehicle movement system (ƒMVMS) for an urban intersection having two-way straight and radial peripheral traffic flows has been designed, fabricated and made operational in the EWT to study the traffic indu...

PROBLEM Automobile crashes remain a prominent cause of death and injury for teenagers in the United States. While it is generally agreed that graduated drivers licensing (GDL) influences crash rates, it is unclear which components have the strongest effect on any specific types of crashes. METHOD We analyze the relative effect of different stages of GDL on teenage fatal and injury crash risk ...

We studied the vision of 12 patients with unilateral lesions of the visual cortex. All had a VI-type scotoma located in the contralateral visual fields, as expected, and visual acuity of 20/30 or better. Our aim was to test the hypothesis that they also had a visual deficit in their ipsilesional or 'good' visual fields. The first experiment tested the subjects' ability to respond to transient s...

This race is particularly visible in the automotive field. Companies around the globe are vying to build a new, less polluting automobile engine that does not run on gasoline. In the US, for instance, General Motors (GM) spent over US$1 billion on developing an electric car that runs on a hydrogen fuel cell. It originally chose hydrogen fuel as the basis for the engine. Yet mass production of a...

Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent cause of abnormal cognitive decline in older adults and commonly affects visual function. Recent evidence suggests that Alzheimer's disease impairs the processing of visual motion, but these conclusions are based on conflicting results in the few cases studied, and the processing of complex motion images has not been investigated. In the present study o...

BACKGROUND Driving is a complex task. Many older drivers are unaware of their obligation to inform authorities of conditions which may impact upon their driving safety. AIMS This study sought to establish the adequacy of driving advice in electronic discharge summaries from an Australian stroke unit. METHOD One month of in-patient electronic discharge summaries were reviewed. A predetermine...

Automotive purchasing power is an important indicator of a country's economic development, recently the domestic car-sale market are shrinking .In additional,it face more competitive envorinment, It is essential to enhance the competitive strength in domestic auto industry ,and developing the more effective enterprise resource allocation method. In this study, based on a car dealer in Taiwan th...