Smart Parking Systems obtain information about available parking spaces, process it and then place the car at a certain position. A prototype of the parking assistance system based on the proposed architecture was constructed here. The adopted hardware, software, and implementation solutions in this prototype construction are described in this paper. The effective circular design is introduced ...

Minor bicycle accidents are defined as "bicycle accidents not involving death or heavily injured persons, implying that possible hospital visits last less than 24 hours". Statistics about these accidents and related injuries are very poor, because they are mostly not reported to police, hospitals or insurance companies. Yet, they form a major share of all bicycle accidents. Official registratio...

PURPOSE Recently, reports in the mass media have implicated that bicycle riding increases the risk of erectile dysfunction and prostatic diseases. So, we evaluate the impact of bicycle riding on erectile function and lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) in healthy general men. METHODS From 26 June 2010 to 20 July 2010, we investigate degree of LUTS (voiding and storage symptoms), using Interna...

Possible faults existing in electronic diesel fuel injection control (EDC) systems include rack deformation, solenoid valve failure, and rack-travel sensor malfunction. Among these problems, the solenoid failure is the most likely to occur for in-use diesel engines. This paper focuses on developing the algorithm that can clearly classify the usability of a solenoid valve without disassembling t...

In the paper, the ultrasonic sensor checking device union PLC communication function was introduced, which was applied to anti-collision protect system of multiple bridge cranes stride over the same rack in the railroad service workshop. The hardware and software system were designed which could communicate directly between FX2N series PLC and FREQROL series frequency transformers. PLC uses FX2...

In this paper we investigate the impact of four cycling environments on the propensity to cycle to work. The types of infrastructure investigated were mixed traffic, bicycle lane in the road way, bicycle path next to the road, and bicycle path not in connection with the road. In the mode choice model we combined three different data sets, two with stated preference data and one with revealed pr...

This article examines bicycle use and safety behavior in Paris, Boston, and Amsterdam. Population-adjusted bicycle and passenger car death rates in France, the United States, and The Netherlands provide context for understanding bicycle use and safety behavior. Observation data on helmet use 2 and use of lights at night are also presented. Boston has the fewest bicycles per hour at 55, Paris is...

Introduction: After an evening of alcohol consumption, blood alcohol concentration (BAC) may reach intoxication levels above legal limits for operating a car or bicycle. In the Netherlands, legal limits for participating in traffic are 0.05% for experienced drivers and 0.02% for novice drivers. The purpose of this study was to determine bicycle accident risk of Dutch students after an evening o...

Part of figure 1. from highlighted article by Gioncada et al. A: Main baleen features of an extant rorqual, at different scales; tubule diameter ~0.5 mm (modified and redrawn from Szewciw et al., 2010). B: Location of Cerro Colorado, Peru. C: Left baleen rack of the balaenopteroid specimen M1 as found in the field, with drawing showing the original position in the whale skull. D: Right baleen r...