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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"car seat"”.
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Design and Optimization of a Self-powered Thermoelectric Car Seat Cooler
It is well known that the seats in a parked vehicle become very hot and uncomfortable on warm days. A new self-powered thermoelectric car seat cooler is presented to solve this problem. This study details the design and optimization of such a device. The design relates to the high level layout of …
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Inchworm car seat drive : designing a linear actuator that mimics inchworm motion
A continuing goal in the automobile seat drive industry is to design lighter, smaller, more economical seat drives that offer excellent long-term performance. The way to achieve this goal is to minimize the number of parts and part complexity while meeting all safety and functional requirements. …
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Integrating Lesotho economy into the regional automotive value chain : manufacturing of car-seat covers
… to identify Lesotho's potential to produce car seat covers for South African automotive assembly plants, and find the best trade policies and programmes to support value chains in the sector. The plan was to assess the possibility for Lesotho made automotive components manufacturers to …
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Differences in Balance and Limb Loading Symmetry in Postpartum and Nulliparous Women During Childcare Related Activities
… imbalance makes daily tasks, such as lifting and carrying a car seat during childcare, more difficult, and increases the risk of chronic pain and injury. This study aimed to explore how different groups – PP and nulliparous (NP) women – and different ways of holding a car seat while standing – no …
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Active Vibration Isolation Using an Induced Strain Actuator with Application to Automotive Seat Suspensions
The characteristics of an automotive passenger seat in response to vibrational excitations are examined and an active vibration isolation system incorporating smart materials is designed, built, and tested. Human sensitivity to vibration is discussed. Characteristics of road roughness are discussed …
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Impact on Material and Child Health Knowledge as a Result of Participation in a Family Resource\Youth Services Center New and Expectant Parenting Series
… safety, breast or bottle feeding, immunizations, car seat use, etc. Secondly, thirty participants were given a pretest and posttest questionnaire. As a control group, there were 25 Lamaze class participants, who also completed the pre-test and posttest questionnaires. The questionnaire was a 20 …
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Kinematic Synthesis of Planar, Shape-Changing Rigid Body Mechanisms for Design Profiles with Significant Differences in Arc Length
… downstream fluid behavior, or vary the size of a car seat to meet a wider array of ergonomic needs. Rigid body shape-change mechanisms offer many advantages including the high capacity to endure substantial loads while achieving large displacements. Their design techniques are also …
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UTILIZING THE THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOR TO UNDERSTAND CONSUMERISM: THE USE OF TWITTER FOR CONSUMERISM BETWEEN SAUDI AND AMERICAN CONSUMERS
… success in helping customers get safer products (car seat belts), more information (product labels), and better market regulation (the Consumer Product Safety Act). Consumer interests in developed countries are represented by several sets of organizations with different concerns. These consumer …
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Development of a Multi-Body Nonlinear Model for a Seat-Occupant System
A car seat is an important component of today's cars, which directly affects ride comfort experienced by occupants. Currently, the process of ride comfort evaluation is subjective. Alternatively, the ride comfort can be evaluated by a series of objective metrics in the dynamic response of the …
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Cross-sectional analysis of car restraint system use during transportation of children with special health care needs in the Western Cape
… death can be reduced by the appropriate use of car restraint systems (CRS). Children with special health care needs (CSHCN), particularly children with poor postural control, may need adaptive seating to improve postural support and sitting ability within the vehicle due to their additional …
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Development of the core technology for the creation of electronically-active, smart yarn
… sensor yarns, illuminated garment, illuminated car seat, RFID-intergraded garments, a temperature-monitoring fabric mat and temperature-monitoring socks in order to investigate the manufacturing viability, identify practical issues, and to promote the technology to attract further funds and …
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Anti-Rotation Load Leg Effects on Crash Injury Metrics Under Child Restraint System Misuse
… 95%. Common misuse errors for rear-facing infant car seats include loose CRS installation in the vehicle and inadequate tightening of the child harness. These misuse errors compromise protection during motor vehicle crashes and intensify the risk of severe or fatal head and neck injuries (e.g., …
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Finite element reconstruction of real world aortic injury in near-side lateral automotive crashes with conceptual countermeasures
… impact position, impact height and occupant seating position on aortic strain, aortic pressure and compartmental intrusion. The AMPS decreased significantly with an increase in the PDOF (from 270 degrees). Of the four PDOFs simulated, a PDOF of 270 degrees generated the highest average …
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Hard hitting facts on childhood head trauma: an epidemiological analysis
… also used to evaluate safety knowledge of health care workers. Three different CDRs were compared to the standard of practice in RCWCH. A final analysis of demographics, mechanism of injury, radiology outcome, safety analysis and evaluation of a comparison of local protocol compared to the other …
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Effect of vibration exposure duration on discomfort
The comfort of a seated person exposed to vibration is known to depend on the magnitude, frequency content, and direction of the excitation. A review of the literature showed that very little is known about the effects of the duration of exposure to vibration on comfort.<br/>This thesis …