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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"injury severity"”.
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Driver injury severity at u.s. highway-rail crossings
… accident frequency prediction models and driver injury severity models. Accident frequency prediction at highway-rail grade crossings have been investigated by previous studies using varied statistical models. Few studies, however, have focused on driver injury severity studies. Three drawbacks …
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Effects of Brain Injury Severity and Effort on Neuropsychological Tests of Attention
… most common complaints following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Multiple studies have shown that performance on neuropsychological tests of attention is affected by many factors, including injury severity and effort. The aim of this study was to determine the effect of injury severity on …
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Evaluation of physical fitness in relation to performance and injury severity in contemporary dance
… physical fitness improvements on performance and injury severity, particularly with respect to contemporary dance. The main aims of the current work were: a) to observe the physical demands of dance performance; b) to develop a reliable dance-specific performance tool; c) to assess the association …
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DATA-DRIVEN BAYESIAN METHOD-BASED TRAFFIC CRASH DRIVER INJURY SEVERITY FORMULATION, ANALYSIS, AND INFERENCE
… losses, and comprehensive examination of crash injury outcome patterns is of practical importance. By inferring the parameters of interest from prior information and studied datasets, Bayesian models are efficient methods in data analysis with more accurate results, but their applications in …
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Factors that impact seat belt usage and injury severity of belted front seat occupants
… seat belt usage was conducted in this research. Injury severity models were developed in this research to obtain injury severity level of drivers and right-front seat occupants in motor vehicle crashes, using several independent variables. Using SPSS version 10.00 Statistical software, ordinal …
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Determination of a Whiplash Injury Severity Estimator (WISE Index) for Occupants in a Motor Vehicle Accident
The diagnosis of a whiplash injury is a very subjective process. A claim of this type of injury is usually made on the basis of pain, which may or may not be accompanied by clinical signs of trauma. This study was aimed at providing a more objective, quantitative approach to identifying the …
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Pediatric traumatic brain injury and educational identification: estimating injury severity using data from a TBI screening tool
Traumatic brain injury is a significant source of disability in children and its sequelae can significantly impact a child's academic abilities and school success. Only a small percentage of children who sustain a TBI, however, will receive academic supports specific to TBI, whether through an IEP, …
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The Effect of Injury Severity on Behavioral Tasks Used for the Assessment of Cognitive Functioning Following Traumatic Brain Injury
… disability in humans following traumatic brain injury (TBI), yet the behavioral tasks used to assess cognitive behavior in rodent models of brain injury are underrepresented in the field. Additionally, few of these tasks have been used to assess behavior across degrees of injury severity. The …
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Identifying and Quantifying Factors Affecting Injury Severity of Young Drivers Involved in Single Vehicle Crashes Occurring within Curves on Rural Two-Lane Roads in Louisiana
… investigates factors affecting young driver injury levels for single vehicle crashes occurring within curves on rural two-lane roads in Louisiana. Although the number of fatal and serious injury crashes involving young drivers is declining, young drivers are still overrepresented in crashes …
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Optimal speed limit for shared-use roadways
… posted speed limit, crash frequency, and crash injury severity. A comprehensive literature review about the relationship among posted speed limit, crash frequency, and crash injury severity level was conducted. Crash frequency prediction models and crash injury severity models are developed to …
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Histological and Functional Characterization of Cervical Spinal Cord Injury After Graded Contusion
… histological deficits to forelimb function after injury. B6 mice received a clinically relevant cervical hemicontusion graded at either 50, 70, or 90 kDyne force and were then tested weekly in complex horizontal ladder (cHL), rotarod, grooming, and either pellet reaching or pasta handling. Our …
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Cape Town road traffic accident analysis: Utilising supervised learning techniques and discussing their effectiveness
… accidents (RTA) are a major cause of death and injury around the world and in South Africa. Methods to understand and reduce the frequency and injury severity of RTAs are of utmost importance. There is limited South African literature on modelling RTA injury-severity using supervised learning …
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Brain Injury in Battered Women: Prevalence and Relationship to Cognitive Functioning and Psychopathology
… were to: (1) examine the prevalence of brain injury in battered women; (2) examine the relationship between brain injury and cognitive functioning in battered women; (3) examine the relationship between brain injury and psychopathology in battered women; and (4) examine the various ways in …
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The Effects of Child Restraint System Use and Motor Vehicle Collision Severity on Injury Patterns and Severity in Children 8 Years Old and Younger.
… vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a leading cause of injury and death for children under the age of 14 years in North America. Children, eight years old or younger, are required to use a child restraint system (CRS) when travelling in a vehicle in Canada. In the present study, the hypothesis that head …
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A Novel Exo-Proteomic Approach to the Study of Traumatic Brain Injury
… full spectrum of head injuries. Assessment of injury severity and outcome are further complicated by the vast array of symptoms, many of which mimic those displayed by other disorders. It is important to possess a better diagnostic tool for head injury triage and outcome prediction. One current …
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HOW PERFORMANCE ON THE PASAT RELATE TO GLOBAL OUTCOME ON THE DISABILITY RATING SCALE FOLLOWING CLOSED-HEAD INJURY.
… of individuals that have sustained a head injury. The PASAT measures processing speed, working memory, and attention, which are cognitive abilities often associated with head injury. This study aimed to elucidate the differences between participants able to complete the PASAT and those who …
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Review of Damage Control Laparotomy (DCL) outcomes in a Major Urban Trauma Center
… retrieved were basic demographics, mechanism of injury, perioperative vitals and biochemical parameters. Injury severity was described by the Revised Trauma Score (RTS), Penetrating Abdominal Trauma Index (PATI), Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS). …
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Identifying Secondary Crashes by Using Geographic Information System (GIS) and Determining the Secondary Crashes Characteristics
… crash characteristics in terms of crash injury severity, crash types and contributing factors.</p> <p>ArcGIS is a powerful software package providing users with ease of processing large databases while linking crash data with geometric information. A logic-processing diagram that feasibly …
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Harmful events in guardrail crashes
While guardrails are intended to reduce the severity of ran-off-road crashes, even the best designs installed in the most appropriate locations cannot eliminate all serious injuries and fatalities associated with guardrail crashes. The performance of guardrails has been examined through controlled …
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