Exhaust emissions contribute greatly to air pollution, the social cost of which may occur as danger to human health, attracting huge medical expenses, causing absenteeism and hence loss of productivity. These are incentives to reduce exhaust emissions to the barest minimum. Two major cities in Ghana, Accra and Kumasi, are struck by vehicular traffic jams especially during rush-hours and are gra...

the present study aims to simulate the spatial pattern of land use change in lisar protected area,iran. land cover maps for 1989, 2000, and 2007 were depicted using tm, etm+, and irs liss-iii images ofthe area at stake. images were classified using a merge of unsupervised and supervised classification. camarkov model was used to predict land cover maps as a top-down approach in investigating la...

conclusions the prevalence of diabetes is considerable in drivers and is poorly controlled. educations during the annual check-ups are helpful in reducing glucose levels and further complications. background diabetes complications such as retinopathy and diabetic foot are more important in drivers compared to general population. objectives this study was designed to determine the prevalence of ...

background the most accidents can be directly attributed to human factors. hence, more traffic crashes result from driver malfunctioning which from among them, the driver behavior is a proximal factor in the road traffic injuries causation chain. objectives this study aims to investigate relationship between aberrant driving behaviors questionnaire (dbq factors) and self-report crashes involvem...

prevalence of chronic disease could be adversely having an effect on the capability of the driver. in addition, it must increase probability of accidents. the aim of this study was to examine the relationship between chronic medical conditions and contribution in crashes among drivers. in this cross-sectional study, the populations were professional truck drivers. the numbers of 323 people were...

abstract considering the dominance of public open space use, over the use of private open space of single-family housing, in large cities in iran, an important issue in programming for designing open spaces of residential complexes is to facilitate the appropriate development of the children in open spaces. the present paper attempts to provide a flexible framework for tackling the challenge of...

background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of variables such as personality traits, driving behavior and mental illness on road traffic accidents among the drivers with accidents and those without road crash. methods: in this cohort study, 800 bus and truck drivers were recruited. participants were selected among drivers who referred to imam sajjad hospital (tehran, iran) duri...

Drivers in urban neighborhoods who patrol streets, seeking inexpensive on-street parking create a significant fraction of measured traffic congestion. The pool of drivers patrolling at any time can be modeled as a queue, where ‘queue service’ is the act of parking in a recently vacated parking space and queue discipline is SIRO – Service In Random Order. We develop a queueing model of such driv...

background: taxi drivers are exposed to various risk factors such as work overload, stress, an irregular diet, and a sedentary lifestyle, which make these individuals vulnerable to many diseases. this study was designed to assess the health status of this occupational group. objectives: the objective was to explore the health status, the intention to seek health examination, and participation i...