This study measures pedestrian walking speeds in New Zealand to estimate the influences of mean walking speeds as these concern urban planning and pedestrian facility design. Research was conducted using field observations of walking speeds under different conditions: gradient and urban/rural townships. The data show complex interrelationships between environment, personal characteristics of pe...

1 Sleep Medicine Services, Department of Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center and Lankenau Institute for Medical Research, Wynnewood, PA, USA 2 Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, Minneapolis, MN, USA 3 Academic Department of Sleep and Ventilation, Birmingham Hearltands Hospital, Birmingham, UK 4 NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding Sleep, Woolcock...

It is unknown whether caregivers who perform more caregiving tasks have a greater decline in health from higher stress or less decline because of better health, staying active, or psychological factors. This 1999-2004 US study examined caregiving intensity and 2-year change in performance-based functioning among 901 elderly women from the Caregiver-Study of Osteoporotic Fractures sample. Caregi...

Quantifying the effects of crosswalk length and signal timing on pedestrian walking speed is an important requirement for providing a rational safety assessment and improving existing operational policies at signalized intersections. This study investigates the effects of pedestrian green time (PG), crosswalk length and pedestrian crossing direction on pedestrian walking speed at signalized cro...

articles contributed to the Edinburgh Medical Journal. After a review of the various opinions that have been held in England of late years concerning hypnotism, the author proceeds to describe the means used to hypnotise persons, dividing these, as is usually done, into those acting by mental suggestion and those acting by physical stimulation. In doing so, he does not clearly point out that mo...