Browsing by Subject "Accident prevention"
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AgroTRACE: A Complete Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Traceability System
(2022)The fresh food industry recognizes the importance of traceability and food safety; however, some sectors are considered more advanced than others in implementing the relevant processes throughout the supply chain. At the ... -
Comprehensive model for upgrading two-lane road network
(2012)Concept: Trough rational approach adapted to the actual condition and needs of national and regional network; a Road Upgrading Management model has been elaborated providing the optimum upgrading strategy in each case. ... -
Emergency Response and Other Traffic Safety Equity Perceptions in Hawaii
(2020)The focus of this study was on geographic and social equity in traffic safety. Literature review on equity, minorities, transportation equity, traffic safety equity, and emergency medical services (EMS) response time guided ... -
Evaluation of road safety level during a recession period: A comparison using safety and economic factors
(2016)The level of road safety of an entity (country, region, road etc.) is estimated using the number of accidents, as well as the rates that take into account the amount of exposure. Despite the interest in studying the ... -
Low-cycle fatigue of base-plate-to-shell connection in uplifting liquid storage tanks under seismic loading
(2019)Unanchored steel tanks, subjected to strong seismic loading, may exhibit base plate uplifting. Under repeated uplifting, the welded connection of the tank base plate with the tank shell (a fillet-welded connection) is ... -
Predicting the effectiveness of road safety campaigns through alternative research designs
(2016)Introduction A large number of road safety communication campaigns have been designed and implemented in the recent years; however their explicit impact on driving behavior and road accident rates has been estimated in a ... -
Predicting the impact of text-reading using decision trees
(2019)Various road safety analyses prove that cell phone usage cause driver distraction which, in turn, has become a leading cause for crashes. Various studies have focused on different cell phone operations such as hand-held ... -
A review and comparison of road safety in Greece in recent years
(2019)Greece ranks between the EU countries with the highest number of road fatalities per million inhabitants for the last two decades. Although the number of road fatalities hasbeen significantlyreduced over the last 15 years, ... -
The Role of Auditing, Food Safety, and Food Quality Standards in the Food Industry: A Review
(2017)Food safety and quality audits are used widely in the food industry for various reasons (to evaluate management systems, obtain certifications to certain food safety and quality standards, assess the condition of premises ... -
A simple and efficient model for seismic response and low-cycle fatigue assessment of uplifting liquid storage tanks
(2018)Ground-supported unanchored liquid-storage cylindrical tanks, when subjected to strong seismic loading may exhibit uplifting of their bottom plate, which may have significant effects on their dynamic behavior and structural ... -
Statistical data mining of streaming motion data for fall detection in assistive environments
(2011)The analysis of human motion data is interesting for the purpose of activity recognition or emergency event detection, especially in the case of elderly or disabled people living independently in their homes. Several ... -
A time-aware code execution continuous monitoring for safety-critical applications
(2017)The introduction of novel safety-critical applications in our day-to-day life, have increased significantly the requirement of developing systems that embed sophisticated mechanisms to ensure safe operation. The most ... -
Urban traffic management utilizing soft measures: A case study of Volos city
(2019)This paper examines the current and the future performance of the traffic network around the center of the city of Volos in Greece, after the implementation of local traffic management measures and the introduction of ... -
Use of ultrasounds in the food industry–Methods and effects on quality, safety, and organoleptic characteristics of foods: A review
(2017)The use of ultrasounds has recently gained significant interest in the food industry mainly due to the new trends of consumers toward functional foods. Offering several advantages, this form of energy can be applied for ... -
Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network to Address the Imbalanced Data Problem in Real-Time Crash Risk Prediction
(2022)Real-time crash risk prediction models aim to identify pre-crash conditions as part of active traffic safety management. However, traditional models which were mainly developed through matched case-control sampling have ...