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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Occupant Characteristics"”.
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Developing human response and exposure criteria for evaluating indoor environments
… and standards may not be adequate to assure occupant wellbeing or to prevent problems such as the Sick Building Syndrome (SBS). As building codes and standards are based at least implicitly on human response criteria, the objective of this dissertation was to define human response criteria …
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Methodology for Determining Crash and Injury Reduction from Emerging Crash Prevention Systems in the U.S.
… of injury given the crash severity ("V) and occupant characteristics. Finally, we simulated 2,459 real-world rear-end collisions as if the driver had an FCAS with combinations of warnings, brake assist, and autonomous braking. We found that between 3.4% and 7.2% of crashes could be prevented …
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The Crash Injury Risk to Rear Seated Passenger Vehicle Occupants
Historically, rear seat occupants have been at a lower risk of serious injury and fatality in motor vehicle crashes than their front seat counterparts. However, many passive safety advancements that have occurred over the past few decades such as advanced airbag and seatbelt technology primarily …
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Human-Building Symbiotic Communication with Voice-based Proactive Smart Home Assistants
… five years has brought new potentials to provide occupants with a convenient and intuitive interface to interact with smart homes through conversations. However, the one-way communications in the form of user commands to control building systems does not result in the optimal course of actions. As …