objective: road traffic injuries (rtis) are the second leading causes of death in iran. one of the most important steps in the prevention of traffic-related trauma and its consequences is gaining insight into the epidemiology of injuries. we conducted this study to describe the characteristics of rtis and to find strategies for its prevention. methods: this was a prospective cross-sectional stu...

This paper describes an intelligent computer system giving decision support in the area of sentencing of traffic law offenders. The system evaluates the previous record of a traffic offender, and suggests how to consider that record when passing sentence in a new traffic case.

In Jordan, traffic accidents constitute a major health problem. They are considered the second leading cause of death. This paper investigated the characteristics of traffic accidents in Jordan and evaluated the safety impact of policy measures undertaken in 2008, including intensification of police enforcement and implementation of traffic law with stiff penalty levels. To accomplish these obj...

Objective: Road traffic injuries (RTIs) are the second leading causes of death in Iran. One of the most important steps in the prevention of traffic-related trauma and its consequences is gaining insight into the epidemiology of injuries. We conducted this study to describe the characteristics of RTIs and to find strategies for its prevention. Methods: This wa...

In this paper, we show the validity of a quite simple resource allocation law, which is not restricted to one time scale. Besides the fact that this law describes the basic behaviour of resource allocation for sources with variable bit rates, it offers savings of time and memory in practice when systems are to be dimensioned and routing has to be performed, and particularly in dynamic resource ...

In 2010, the 4,502 motorcyclists (operators and passengers) killed in motorcycle crashes made up 14% of all road traffic deaths, yet motorcycles accounted for <1% of all vehicle miles traveled. Helmet use consistently has been shown to reduce motorcycle crash-related injuries and deaths, and the most effective strategy to increase helmet use is enactment of universal helmet laws. Universal helm...

objective: to determine the epidemiological characteristics of fatal traumatic accidents in patients referred to a hospital in babol, northern iran. methods: thiswas a cross-sectionalstudy being performed during a 1-year period including all the dead trauma patients referred to shahidbeheshtihospital of babol. we included all those patients who were transferred to our center to trauma and injur...