This study resulted in a model-averaging methodology that predicts crash injury risk using vehicle, demographic, and morphomic variables and assesses the importance of individual predictors. The effectiveness of this methodology was illustrated through analysis of occupant chest injuries in frontal vehicle crashes. The crash data were obtained from the International Center for Automotive Medici...

Recent studies suggest that advances in rear seat occupant protection are trailing while frontal crash prevention technologies have disproportionately improved front safety. Therefore, the first objective of this study is to identify safest for children by estimating injury severity position using current data. The second demonstrate Level-2 and above (i.e., L2+) AVs will be significantly diffe...

One of the recent developments in safety systems is an external airbag installed on front bumper a vehicle and autonomous emergency braking system. In this paper, we propose framework for cost-benefit analysis system order to validate its commercialization. Road traffic crash data obtained from National Automotive Sampling System/Crashworthiness Data System (NASS/CDS) was used, three different ...

This paper describes a finite element computer simulation of a New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) full scale crash test. The full scale test selected for this study is a 30mph frontal impact of a 1993 Ford Taurus vehicle into a rigid flat wall. Finite element models of a Ford Taurus vehicle, a Hybrid III dummy, and a driver side airbag were combined to simulate the test. The vehicle, dummy, and ...

background: cognitive impairment in patients with parkinson’s disease (pd) mainly involves executive function (ef). the frontal assessment battery (fab) is an efficient tool for the assessment of efs. the aims of this study were to determine the validity and reliability of the psychometric properties of the persian version of fab and assess its correlation with formal measures of efs to provide...

chess is considered as a cognitive game because of severe engagement of the mental resources during playing. the purpose of this study is evaluation of frontal lobe function of chess players with matched non-players. wisconsin card sorting test (wcst) data showed no difference between the player and non-player groups in preservation error and completed categories but surprisingly showed signifi...

In this study, the level of protection offered to rear seat occupants in frontal crashes is investigated. The Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System (NASS CDS) databases were used for the analyses. The investigation focused on: 1- estimating the fatality protection effectiveness of the rear seat position relative to the righ...

Traumatic rupture of the aorta (TRA) is one of the leading causes of death in automotive crashes. The risk of fatality is higher if the injury is not detected and treated promptly. Numerous laboratory experiments and retrospective studies with focus on TRA have yielded limited success. The use of numerical surrogates has become increasingly important in investigating injuries such as TRA. Four ...

This study presents some results from a case-control study of crashed vehicles equipped with Australian airbag technology (Supplementary Restraint Systems). Vehicles were inspected and occupants interviewed according to the National Accident Sampling System (NASS). Data were available for 383 belted drivers involved in frontal crashes including 253 drivers in airbag-equipped vehicles and 130 dr...