Search results for "Automobiles"
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Road traffic noise around schools: a risk for pupil's performance?
1993
Noise levels around educational centres can negatively affect the performance of both teachers and pupils. Two public schools in Valencia, Spain, were selected for study. One of these schools was exposed to excessively high road traffic noise levels while the other was located in a relatively quiet area. The socioeconomic level of those attending the schools was very similar. A set of external and internal noise measurements were carried out, along with two different attention tests among the children. Test results were consistently better (both for tests and for children from different classrooms in each school) in the quiet school. Exposure to high traffic noise levels in the noisy school…
PRICE CONVERGENCE IN THE EUROPEAN CAR MARKET
2008
International audience; This paper examines price convergence in the European Union car market over the period 1995-2005. We find that there is a clear evidence of price convergence among the EU15 countries, but not before 1999. Moreover, countries of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) started convergence previously to the EU15 as a whole. Finally, exchange rate changes have significantly contributed to price dispersion over time across countries. The results provide significant evidence that trade liberalization and the EMU have enhanced the process of regional integration in the European automobile industry, even though there is room for further measures to promote integration.
Occupational health disparities among U.S. long-haul truck drivers: the influence of work organization and sleep on cardiovascular and metabolic dise…
2018
Objective The organization of work has undergone vast transformations over the past four decades in the United States and has had profound impacts on worker health and wellbeing. The profession of commercial truck driving is one of the best examples. Particularly for long-haul truck drivers, changes in work organization have led to disproportionately poor physiological, psychological, and sleep health outcomes. Methods The present study examined disparities in cardiometabolic disease risk among long-haul truck drivers and the general population, and the influence of work organization and sleep in generating these outcomes. Researchers collected survey data from 260 drivers, and blood assay …
Presse de gauche, autodromes et courses de vitesse. L'Humanité et Le Populaire aux prises avec l'essor des sports automobiles (1920-1939)
2022
IV. Sous le signe de la détente ? Popularisation des autodromes et des sports mécaniques (1934-1939) V. Conclusion, perspectives Résumé : La presse socialiste et communiste est mobilisée ici comme première entrée pour la définition d'un discours « de gauche » sur les autodromes et les courses automobiles. Les archives du Populaire et de L'Humanité sont interrogées et comparées pour la période 1920-1939, à travers des méthodologies visant à croiser les discours « ordinaires » sur ces objets et ceux qui se déploient à l'occasion de « grands événements » (Grand prix de l'Automobile Club de France, 24 heures du Mans). Au fil du temps, et d'un quotidien à l'autre, l'attention accordée au sport a…
Automašīnās iebūvēto GPS īpatnības
2015
Automašīnās iebūvēto borta datoru svarīga sastāvdaļa ir GPS, kas atvieglo automašīnas vadītāja ikdienu. Automašīnu īpašnieki nav informēti par šo sistēmu ražotājiem, par to, kādas operētājsistēmas tās darbina, kā arī par to cik drošas ir šīs iekārtas un vai tās ir iespējams pielāgot savām vajadzībām. Darba mērķis ir izpētīt dažādās automašīnu markās iebūvēto GPS īpatnības, tai skaitā, operētājsistēmas uz kurām šīs iekārtas darbojas, iespējas pielāgot šīs iekārtas savām vajadzībām, kā arī šo iekārtu drošību. Darba izstrādes gaitā tika iegūtas jaunas zināšana par automašīnās izmantotajām GPS, paplašinātas zināšanas par operētājsistēmām, to drošību, kā arī praktiski veikti eksperimenti ar auto…
Maximum exposure levels for xylene, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde in cars.
2004
Although millions of individuals are exposed to emissions from articles inside cars, relatively little has been published about possible adverse health effects and about exposure levels that can be considered safe or "acceptable". Xylene, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde represent typical examples of relevant volatile organic substances (VOC) released from articles inside cars. Recently, a concept for derivation of maximum exposure levels for volatile organic substances in cars has been published. In the present study we applied this concept to derive maximum exposure levels for xylene, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde and compared the resulting concentrations to exposure levels usually found ins…
Introduction. Penser les infrastructures des mondes automobiles : autodromes et circuits
2022
Circuits et courses automobiles dans la France du Nord : « le territoire du vide » ? (XIXe-XXIe siècle)
2022
L’histoire des circuits automobiles dans le Nord de la France s’apparente à ce jour à un « territoire du vide ». Une historiographie peu conséquente, des corpus archivistiques incertains, une distribution « historique » des pratiques et du spectacle sportif régional qui repose encore largement sur les « sports de base » et les sports collectifs, rendent ces « mondes automobiles » peu visibles. Il s’agira ici, à partir d’une approche spatiale, d’en retracer la genèse et d’inscrire leur développement ainsi que leurs usages dans une temporalité étirée (XIXe-XXIe siècles).
The Key Concepts of Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
2018
The growing influence and decision-making capacities of Autonomous systems and Artificial Intelligence in our lives force us to consider the values embedded in these systems. But how ethics should be implemented into these systems? In this study, the solution is seen on philosophical conceptualization as a framework to form practical implementation model for ethics of AI. To take the first steps on conceptualization main concepts used on the field needs to be identified. A keyword based Systematic Mapping Study (SMS) on the keywords used in AI and ethics was conducted to help in identifying, defying and comparing main concepts used in current AI ethics discourse. Out of 1062 papers retrieve…