Overall seating comfort is influenced by both static and dynamic characteristics of seat system. Therefore, the present study is an overview of work related to comfort in seat-operator interface affected by static and dynamic pressure distribution, and other related parameters involved in seat comfort, low back pain, seat design and safety in seats. A critical review has been presented on the s...

with the introduction of the use of seatbelts in cars, mortality following motor vehicle crashes has decreased significantly. however, two patterns of injuries, the ‘seatbelt sign’ and ‘seatbelt syndrome’ have emerged. injuries may consist of traumatic abdominal wall disruption. we present two cases of severe abdominal wall disruption caused by a seatbelt injury and treated with primary repair....

Although traffic safety is continuously improving, transportation still causes considerable personal and property damage. The majority of accidents happen because of human error. Monitoring the driver’s condition can be a means to reduce such events. Daimler AG is already working towards this subject, e.g. in the BMBF (German Ministry for Education and Research) funded project INSITEX (Aktive I...

CONTEXT The American Academy of Pediatrics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration currently recommend that, unless they are under 57in. in height, 8-12-year-old children use seat belts and all should ride in the rear seats of vehicles. These recommendations assume that the vehicle seat belt should provide adequate protection for these older children in the event of a crash. OB...

conclusions iraqi nurses identified factors such as limited health resources, lack of job description, and professional unaccountability as major safety issues in maternity services. these findings alarm the need to ensure the provision of females and neonates with appropriate care. this, however, would require coordination between iraqi kurdistan health authorities to provide midwifery care fa...

Because data are collected for only fatal crashes, it is difŽ cult to accurately measure seat belt and air bag effectiveness. The use of safety devices in uences survival rates which in turn determine whether a crash is included in the sample, leading to sample selection bias. We propose a simple solution to the selection problem: limiting the sample to crashes in which someone in a different ...

A mong public health issues, the safety of motor vehicle occupants is probably the issue that touches closest to home. Motor vehicle travel is the primary means of transportation in the United States. Sadly, although a broad collaboration of vehicle safety advocates at the federal, state, and community levels have worked to improve the safety of vehicles and to protect vehicle occupants, motor ...

OBJECTIVE To increase teen seat belt use among drivers at a rural high school by implementing the Drive Alive Pilot Program (DAPP), a theory-driven intervention built on highway safety best practices. METHODS The first component of the program was 20 observational teen seat belt surveys conducted by volunteer students in a high school parking lot over a 38-month period before and after the mo...