the aim of this study was to determine the socioeconomic inequalities in nonuse of seatbelts in cars and helmets on motorcycles in kurdistan province, west of iran, 2009.the data used in this study was collected from the data gathered in non-communicable disease surveillance system (ncdss) in 2009 in kurdistan. a total of 1000 people were included in this study. the outcome variable of this stu...

A component-based generic agent architecture for multi-attribute (integrative) negotiation is introduced and its application is described in a prototype system for negotiation about cars, developed in co-operation with, among others, Dutch Telecom KPN. The approach can be characterised as co-operative one-toone multi-criteria negotiation in which the privacy of both parties is protected as much...

In the rental car industry, the number of cars that are waiting for or currently in the process of being cleaned directly translates into unrealized potential income. Although the actual time spent preparing a car for rental (e.g., cleaning, servicing, and fueling) can not be significantly reduced without affecting quality, the number of cars being prepared at a time can be modified. Of course ...

Increasing number of vehicles on the roads caused the increase of popularity of GPS devices that the drivers can install in their cars. Efficient vehicle routing is very significant task nowadays, as the number of vehicles on the roads is growing rapidly. As many drivers have an ability use a computer while planning their itinerary, they need to have an application to find the best route for th...

Ferrari lets more ponies out of the stable with its first-ever plug-in hybrid exotic.

background:chronic idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (itp) is an autoimmune disorder characterized by a low platelet count due to reduced production and higher destruction of the platelets. therapy is aimed at increasing the patient’s platelet count to safe levels and includes a wide variety of treatments, which has a large impact on the patient’s quality of life. health related quality of li...

sedan passenger-cars are known today as one of the most popular industrial products. since the advent of the first samples by henry ford and karl benz ever, classification and recognition of passenger-cars have been based on the set of technical standards or experimental criteria and have not been from the point of view of designers and stylists who focus on content of form and visual aesthetic...