This paper presents a cellular automata-based alighting and boarding micro-simulation model for passengers in Beijing metro stations. According to observations of passenger alighting and boarding behavior and an analysis of field data collected in three metro stations in Beijing, components of alighting and boarding time and the effects of different group sizes on the alighting and boarding per...

Optimizing the boarding process is one way for the airline industry to reduce the cost of the total air plane turn time i.e. the time between landing and take off. For this aim, boarding strategies that control when a passenger is allowed to board the plane are developed in order to reduce the overall boarding time. These strategies should be passenger friendly and robust to all kinds of distur...

conclusions all paddle-boarding injuries were sustained by individuals who surf waves on a paddle-board, rather than paddle on calm water. despite concerns, paddle-board related injuries only accounted for 1% of 326 injuries suffered by surfers. we suggest equipment and practice modifications that may decrease the risk for injury and challenge the anecdotal theory that paddle-boarding injuries ...

objectives: studying the situation of providing services for people with disability are very important and in current situation which is dominate on system providing rehabilitation services in iran, private rehabilitation centers can be the best and the most important focus for this study. methods: this research performed by qualitative method and with phenomenology type, and purposeful samplin...

Johnny Cash. Upon boarding an airplane, I turned around, and there he was—the “Man in Black” (truly dressed in black and carrying a black guitar case). I asked for his autograph and, in the absence of a scrap of paper, had him sign my boarding pass only to have that part immediately taken away by the airline clerk. Seeing what was happening, he again signed the little part of the boarding pass ...

The airline industry is constantly subject to the search of new methods in order to increase efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction. Since airlines only generate revenue when their airplanes are on the air, the time they spend at the airports should be the shortest possible. Hence, the airplane turnaround time becomes a process which airlines pay special attention on. The boarding...

Psychiatric boarding is a term derived from emergency medicine that describes the holding of patients deemed in need of hospitalization in emergency departments for extended periods because psychiatric beds are not available. Such boarding has occurred for many years in the shadows of mental health care as both inpatient beds and community services have decreased. This article focuses on a 2014...

BACKGROUND As hospital crowding has increased, more patients have ended up boarding in the emergency department (ED) awaiting their inpatient beds. To the best of our knowledge, no study has compared the quality of care of boarded and nonboarded patients. OBJECTIVES This study sought to examine whether being a boarded patient and boarding longer were associated with more delays, medication er...