BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE Child pedestrians have been identified as vulnerable road users. Although walking as a means of transport has health and other benefits, it exposes children to the risk of road traffic injuries. This study was conducted to assess the availability of road safety features around government-owned primary schools in Ibadan municipality. MATERIALS AND METHODS A multistage samp...

School travel has been a significant source of safety concerns for children, parents, and public authorities. It will continue to be as long severe accidents emerge during pupils’ commute school. This study provides an empirical analysis the factors influencing injury severities that occurred on trips or from school in Scotland. Using 9-year data STATS19 database, random parameter binary logit ...

Due to the presence of various traffic calming measures (TCM) and lights in urban areas, speed vehicles is maintained low. Nevertheless, a problem arises frontier between non-urban areas because drivers must adapt their behavior new conditions. This risk becomes even greater rural roads that penetrate small villages without bypass with short segment, since do not normally down these segments. V...

An electrical storm is a fearful and life threatening experience for the patient while it is a therapeutic challenge of the extreme degree for the physician. In this issue of the Journal, Proietti and Sagone have presented an in depth discussion on the various aspects of the electrical storm including the current day management [1]. As rightly mentioned by them, the present definition of an ele...

BACKGROUND Environmental and policy factors play an important role in influencing people's lifestyles, physical activity (PA), and risks for developing obesity. Research suggests that more walkable communities are needed to sustain lifelong PA behavior, but there is a need to determine what local built environment features facilitate making being active the easy choice. PURPOSE This county-le...

At railway stations, waiting time is usually an unavoidable aspect of the journey for train passengers. According to the attentional model of time, pleasant surroundings and other forms of distraction reduce perceived waiting time. Not every individual reacts identically in the same surroundings. Passengers in different states of mind enter the station every day. The authors propose that for re...

Gainetdinov et al. (1) reported that in dopamine transporter (DAT) knockout (KO) mice, which have elevated dopamine (DA) tone and are hyperactive, both psychostimulants and drugs that increase serotonin concentration in the brain decreased locomotor activity. They therefore suggested that the calming effects of psychostimulants in the DAT-KO mice are due to their ability to increase serotonin c...

There is growing recognition of the potential for cycling to provide more sustainable and active urban mobility. In Portugal, National Strategy Active Mobility aims at increasing bicycle modal share from current level below 1% 10% by 2030. This paper describes a planning practice method assess design network in Ponte de Lima, small starter Portuguese city, which only has some disconnected cycle...