Auto accident

The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) seeks to improve traffic flow to guarantee transportation safety. One of the ITS's fundamental tenets is identifying and classifying vehicles into various classes. Although the issues related to small size, variety of forms, and similarity in visual appearance of the vehicles, as well as the influence of the weather on the video and image quality, make it challenging to categorize vehicles using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV); they are becoming more popular in computer vision-related applications...

Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the leading cause of endocrine disorders among females of reproductive age and is linked with autoimmune disorders. PCOS has been associated with autoantibodies such as antinuclear antibody (ANA), anti-thyroid, and anti-Smith (anti-SM). Young patients with PCOS and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have up to a 10-fold increase in stroke. We present a case of a patient with a history of PCOS (on metformin), hypothyroidism, and pulmonary embolism who presented to the emergency room with acute left-sided weakness...

OBJECTIVE: The history of airbags for occupant protection in frontal crashes is reviewed from the perspective of a former Senior Executive at NHTSA from the early 1970's to the late 1980's. This paper summarizes the factors that led to regulatory delays as well as those that led to voluntary adoption of airbags by several manufacturers. METHODS: The regulatory history and interactions with airbag suppliers and vehicle manufactures is recounted citing key steps in the evolution of frontal airbags...

INTRODUCTION: The occupational infectious risk in the health care environment is potentially ubiquitous. Several infectious agents are transmitted to healthcare professionals, especially by blood and body fluids. AIM: To describe the knowledge; attitudes and practices related to blood exposure accidents (BEA) among operating room nurses and to determine their associated factors. METHODS: A descriptive correlational study was conducted from February 24 to April 10, 2022, among nurses of the operating rooms in the two university hospitals of Sousse using an auto administrated questionnaire inspired from the literature...

OBJECTIVE: Automatic emergency braking (AEB) and forward collision warning (FCW) are effective at preventing rear-end crashes, but they may perform better in some rear-end crash scenarios than others. The goal of this study was to estimate the effects of front crash prevention systems equipped to passenger vehicles in crashes where another passenger vehicle, a medium/heavy truck, or a motorcycle is struck and compare effectiveness by struck vehicle type. METHODS: More than 160,000 two-vehicle rear-end crashes were identified where a passenger vehicle with or without FCW and AEB was the striking vehicle and another passenger vehicle, medium/heavy truck, or motorcycle was the struck vehicle...

Telematics technology and its implementation in auto insurance have received great interest due to their potential to transform the insurance sector and promote safer driving practices. By implementing telematics technology, insurers may tailor insurance premiums to individual drivers, taking into account their real driving habits and performance, ultimately leading to improved road safety, cost savings, and an empowered driving community. The current study, through bibliometric analysis, carefully identifies and evaluates the existing body of scholarly literature on this subject for the last 21 years, including journal articles, conference papers, and related publications...

Road traffic accident (RTA) is a critical global public health concern, particularly in developing countries. Analyzing past fatalities and predicting future trends is vital for the development of road safety policies and regulations. The main objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of univariate Seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) and Facebook (FB) Prophet models, with potential change points, in handling time-series road accident data involving seasonal patterns in contrast to other statistical methods employed by key governmental agencies such as Ghana's Motor Transport and Traffic Unit (MTTU)...

OBJECTIVES: Most road traffic accident (RTA) deaths occur before victim reaches a definitive trauma care facility. The aim of the study was to determine the role of commercial drivers toward providing post-crash care to RTA victims in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study assessed the role of commercial auto-rickshaw and cab drivers for providing post-crash care in urban Jodhpur during 2019-2020. Eligible participants volunteering for the study were included from taxi and auto stands in urban Jodhpur...

In the vast majority of cases, the braking process is used to prevent traffic accidents. The effectiveness of this process depends on the design and functionality of vehicle braking systems (presence of anti-lock braking system, emergency braking system, preventive safety systems, etc.) and is limited by the amount of frictional forces in contact of tires with the road. The improvement of methodical approaches to evaluating the effectiveness of braking of cars contributes to increasing the accuracy and objectivity of establishing the circumstances of the occurrence of emergency situations...

Paraganglioma is a less prevalent disease, and paraganglioma with only secreting interleukin-6 (IL-6) has not been previously reported. A 64-year-old male patient came to the hospital with the chief complaints of fever and palpitations. The peak body temperature was 38.7°C (101.66°F). Heart rate was 110 bpm, while blood pressure was in the normal range. Antibiotics and antiviral therapies were ineffective. The levels of blood IL-6, C-reactive protein (CRP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), platelets (PLT), glutamyltransferase (GGT), fibrinogen, and D-dimer were all elevated...

INTRODUCTION: Despite the association between cannabis use and higher prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt, the effect of cannabis legalization and regulation in Canada on intentional self-harm has not been determined. METHODS: We used an interrupted time series of population-based rates of emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations for intentional self-harm per 100 000 in Ontario and Alberta from January/April 2010 to February 2020. Aggregate monthly counts of ED visits and hospitalizations for intentional self-harm (ICD-10 codes X60-X84, R45...

Driving risk prediction is crucial for safety and risk mitigation. While traditional methods rely on demographic information for insurance pricing, they may not fully capture actual driving behavior. To address this, telematics data has gained popularity. This study focuses on using telematics data and contextual information (e.g., road type, daylight) to represent a driver's style through tensor representations. Drivers with similar behaviors are identified by clustering their representations, forming risk cohorts...

OBJECTIVE: This epidemiology study was conducted to determine the musculoskeletal system problems of children working in the automotive industry and related factors affecting them in the province of Şanlıurfa, the Turkish province where the child population is the highest at 44.9%. DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross-sectional descriptive type study of 256 children aged 7-17 years working in Şanlıurfa Evren Auto Industry Site and Birecik Fırat Auto Industry Site was carried out between April and September 2021...

Grassroots dirt track racing is a foundational part of motorsports with a high risk of severe injury. This study aimed to gather perspectives and experiences of motorsports drivers surrounding safety and head acceleration events experienced during grassroots dirt track racing to inform strategies to improve driver safety. Thirteen drivers (n=9 who primarily race on dirt tracks; n=4 who primarily race on pavement tracks) with prior dirt track racing experience participated in separate, group-specific focus groups and/or one-on-one interviews where video, simulations of head motion, and head acceleration data were shared...

Motorsport athletes experience head acceleration loading during crashes; however, there is limited literature quantifying the frequency and magnitude of these loads, particularly at the grassroots level of the sport. Understanding head motion experienced during crash events in motorsport is necessary to inform interventions to improve driver safety. This study aimed to quantify and characterize driver head and vehicle kinematics during crashes in open-wheel grassroots dirt track racing. Seven drivers (ages 16-22, n = 2 female) competing in a national midget car series were enrolled in this study over two racing seasons and were instrumented with custom mouthpiece sensors...

Secondary crashes occur within the spatial and temporal impact area of primary crashes, resulting in traffic delays and safety problems. While most existing studies focus on the likelihood of secondary crashes, predicting the spatio-temporal location of secondary crashes could offer valuable insights for implementing prevention strategies. This includes guiding the deployment of emergency response measures and determining appropriate speed limits. The main objective of this study is to develop a prediction method for the spatial and temporal locations of secondary crashes...

BACKGROUND: The automotive industry is labor-intensive, and workers are involved in highly repetitive tasks, long hours, and medium to low workloads, resulting in work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs), which have become a major health concern for workers in this industry. China is a major automotive country with tens of thousands of auto repair workers, but their conditions of WMSDs have been poorly reported. OBJECTIVE: This work aimed to analyze the current prevalence of WMSDs and their associated risk factors among automobile maintenance workers...

Radioactive iodine is a hazardous fission product and a major concern for public health. Special attention is paid to iodine out of 80 fission products because of its short half-life of 8.02 days, high activity, and potential health hazards like its irreversible accumulation in thyroid gland and ability to cause thyroid cancer locally. Radioactive iodine can get released in the form of aerosols (cesium iodide), elemental iodine, and organic iodide after a nuclear accident and can cause off-site and on-site contamination...

While developing traffic-based cognitive enhancement technology (CET), such as bike accident prevention systems, it can be challenging to test and evaluate them properly. After all, the real-world scenario could endanger the subjects' health and safety. Therefore, a simulator is needed, preferably one that is realistic yet low cost. This paper introduces a way to use the video game Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V) and its sophisticated traffic system as a base to create such a simulator, allowing for the safe and realistic testing of dangerous traffic situations involving cyclists, cars, and trucks...

A frequent cause of auto accidents is disregarding the proximal traffic of an ego-vehicle during lane changing. Presumably, in a split-second-decision situation we may prevent an accident by predicting the intention of a driver before her action onset using the neural signals data, meanwhile building the perception of surroundings of a vehicle using optical sensors. The prediction of an intended action fused with the perception can generate an instantaneous signal that may replenish the driver's ignorance about the surroundings...