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    Occurrence of Serious Injury in Real-World Side Impacts of Vehicles with Good...

    Objective: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) introduced its side impact consumer information test program in 2003. Since that time, side airbags and structural...
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    Sensitivity of Head and Cervical Spine Injury Measures to Impact Factors Rele...

    Objective: Serious head and cervical spine injuries have been shown to occur mostly independent of one another in pure rollover crashes. In an attempt to define a dynamic...
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    Surgical repair of humeral condylar fractures in New Zealand working farm dog...

    AIM: To report the long-term outcome, return to work and owner satisfaction, for working farm dogs in New Zealand following surgical repair of humeral condylar...
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    Objectives: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of pre-impact bracing on the chest compression, reaction forces, and accelerations experienced by human...
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    Relations between psychophysical measures of spatial hearing and self-reporte...

    Objective: The aim of the present study was to investigate how well the virtual psychophysical measures of spatial hearing from the preliminary auditory profile predict...
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    ABSTRACTThe densities and viscosities of binary mixtures of 1,8-cineole + o-, m- and p-cresol have been measured at 303.15, 308.15 and 313.15 K temperatures at atmospheric...
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    ABSTRACTObjective: A driver's instinctive response of the lower extremity in braking movement consists of two parts, including reaction time and braking reaction behaviour. It...
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    Factors associated with six-year weight change in young and middle-aged adult...

    Objective. To examine factors associated with weight change and obesity risk in young and middle-aged adults. Subjects/methods. The Young Finns Study with its 923 women and 792...
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    Purpose: This study estimated the annual count of spinal cord injuries (SCIs) in motor vehicles crashes by type and seat belt use using 18 years of NASS-CDS data. It determined...
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    The effect of seed sludge type on aerobic granulation via anoxic–aerobic oper...

    The effects of two seed sludge types, namely conventional activated sludge (CAS) and membrane bioreactor sludge (MBS), on aerobic granulation were investigated. The treatment...
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    Preliminary assessment of the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) measurement onbo...

    The Japan Himawari-8 geostationary satellite was successfully launched into the geosynchronous orbit around 140°E on 17 October 2014. The Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) onboard...
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    Ability in daily activities after early supported discharge models of stroke ...

    More knowledge is needed about how different rehabilitation models in the municipality influence stroke survivors’ ability in activities of daily living (ADL). Objectives: To...
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    Pulse pressure amplification and its determinants

    Background. Pulse pressure (PP) amplification expressed as the peripheral-to-central PP ratio has gained importance in the assessment of cardiovascular phenotypes and...
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    Identifying a context-effective school hearing screening test: An emic/etic f...

    Objective: To identify a context-effective hearing screening test for primary schools in the Western Cape, South Africa using an emic-etic framework for test selection. Design:...
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    Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Profiles of Some Brands of Canned Fish in the...

    ABSTRACTConcentrations and profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were determined in selected popular brands of canned fish (mackerel, sardine, and tuna) consumed...
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    Biofidelity Corridors for Sternum Kinematics in Low-Speed Side Impacts

    Objective: Field data show that side impact car crashes have become responsible for a greater proportion of the fatal crashes compared to frontal crashes, which suggests that...
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    The Great Recession or progressive energy policies? Explaining the decline in...

    This paper evaluates the causes of the 23% decline in 2030 US greenhouse gas emissions forecasts between 2007 and 2011. Dynamic regression modeling predicts that the Great...
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    Geology map of the central area of Catena Costiera: insights into the tectono...

    The 1:25.000 scale geological map of the central area of Catena Costiera aims to provide a picture of the tectonic setting of the metamorphic units belonging to the Alpine...
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    Effect of Cargo Loading on Occupant Injury and Seat Deformation in Motor-Vehi...

    Purpose: NHTSA studied interior loose objects in the 2000-04 NASS-CDS as part of rulemaking on cargo retention testing in FMVSS 208. This study extends the investigation of...
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    Control of posture during tasks representing common work-related postures – a...

    Assessment of control of posture using a task battery that represents work-related postural conditions is highly recommended for providing a comprehensive understanding of...