Flame retardants (FRs) are used in many consumer products for fire safety reasons. Their use children’s car seats may result and vehicle occupants’ exposure to these compounds including inhalation through poor air quality. We have tested several from local retailers the presence of FRs. A number organophosphorus flame (OPFRs) were identified extracts (dichloromethane) eight foam materials taken...

the presentation will focus on the key areas that are essential to build a comprehensive policy towards reducing child injury and fatalities. the presentation will focus on the importance of the public awareness (education on the use of child restraint systems), the need to have an overall road safety programme, law enforcement (mandatory use of protection systems for children in car) and final...

In this study, a mathematical method is proposed for calculating the concentration field of air ions different polarities and dust levels in passenger compartment, taking into account geometry compartment seats, shelves, other internal elements compartment. The also takes changes rate flow ventilation, location number ionizers, sources positive dust, their intensities locations. On basis numeri...

Injuries are the leading cause of death in children and teenagers in the United States. The leading causes of unintentional injury vary by age and include drowning, poisoning, suffocation, fires, burns, falls, and motor vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian-related crashes. Most injuries are preventable by modifying the child's environment (e.g., use of stair gates) and having parents engage in safe...

This essay attempts to explore an intelligent design evaluation system dealing with the ergonomic comfort problems for the child car seat designers. The new intelligent comfort-evaluating (abbreviated as ICE) model is developed through two stages. The first stage is to perform an ergonomic experiment to find out the relations between the comfort and the interface pressures on the child subjects...

As part of NHTSA’s Rear Seat Occupant Protection Research Program, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and State Data System (SDS) for Florida, Pennsylvania and Maryland were utilized to estimate relative fatality rates and injury risk ratios between the front and rear seat passengers. In addition, a parametric study of rear-seat restraint parameters was performed to assess chest defl...