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Wortel, E. (author), de Geus, G.H. (author), Kok, G. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Home-related injuries are a major threat to pre-school children in the western world. In this study the behavioral determinants of 18 parental safety measures were assessed. To select behavioral determinants, the Attitude-Social influence-Self-efficacy/barriers model was used with the inclusion of variables from the Health Belief Model and the...article 1995
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Vink, P. (author), Douwes, M. (author), van Woensel, W. (author)The effects of a portable back support, the Back-Up, were tested in 28 variables. Both subjective and objective physical load measures were recorded during sitting with and without Back-Up, most of them during VDU work. The main result was that the posture of the upper back and neck/head was improved by the Back-Up. However, the knee straps...article 1994
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Hirasing, R.A. (author), Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P. (author), van Kampen, L.T.B. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)Objective. To assess the possibility of preventing consequences of bicycle accidents. Design. Retrospective study. Setting. The Netherlands. Material and method. The data on mortality and hospital admissions of children aged 0-14 years were analysed. The data on traffic accident fatalities were obtained from the Traffic Accidents Registration ...article 1994
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Mossink, J.C.M. (author), Peeters, M.H.H. (author), Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author)The introduction of robots into workplaces offer opportunities to improve occupational safety, health and job content. In this study 16 case studies of robot work places in 4 companies and a literature survey were performed in order to prepare an instructional publication for the Dutch Labour Inspectorate. It appears that in many cases one fails...conference paper 1993
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Instituut voor Milieu- en Energietechnologie TNO (author), Ham, J.M. (author), Gansevoort, J. (author)The use of Quantitative Risk Assessment has been increasing for evaluating the risk of handling hazardous materials and land-use planning. This article reports on several studies carried out on the risk of handling, storage and transport of ammonia.conference paper 1992
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van Nooten, W.N. (author), Blom, D.H.J. (author), Pokorny, M.L.I. (author), van Leeuwen, P. (author), TNO Preventie en Gezondheid (author)This paper highlights different aspects of the etiology of bus drivers' accidents. The results presented concentrate on the distribution of the length of time intervals between successive accidents of bus drivers. No significant interaction could be detected between the occurrence of an accident and the length of the time intervals in between.article 1991
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Janssen, W.H. (author)This paper starts from the assumption that the accident risk run by traffic participants is under their own voluntary control. It then considers the effects to be expected from incentives given to drivers for having fewer accidents or no accidents at all. On the basis of a simple utility model of drivers' preferred risk levels, expected safety...article 1990
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Lupker, H.A. (author)This paper presents a general methodology for calculating the critical velocity of a train part striking the head of a LPG rail tank car. The energy dissipation during the collision is mainly due to collapse of the underframe, plastic deformation of the tank head and friction. The collapse behaviour of a two and four axle underframe is studied...article 1990
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Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author), Boer, J.P.A. (author)Onderzocht wordt of de beschikbare registratie van binnenvaart ongevallen voldoende bruikbaar is voor en ongevalsanalyse toegepast op een analyse van menselijke fouten. Nadat eerst wordt ingegaan op de criteria die gehanteerd moeten worden om een registratie voor dit doel als bruikbaar te kenschetsen, wordt op twee manieren de beschikbare...report 1989
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Janssen, W.H. (author), Tenkink, E. (author), Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author)Risk-taking behavior by drivers is put within the context of a general model of utility maximization by speed choice. It is shown that so-called "risk homeostasis" is possible only under very restrictive conditions. Under more general conditions, risk compensation can occur; that is, the safety effects expected from engineering measures will be...article 1988
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Riemersma, J.B.J. (author), Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author)Driver behaviour will partially be a function of the cognitive schemata by which drivers represent features, functions and operations of traffic system components. This paper uses the Repertory Grid Technique to address the questions: (1) How do drivers internally represent different categories of road? (2) How are those representations mapped...article 1988
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- van der Horst, A.R.A. (author), Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author) article 1988
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Pokorny, M.L.I. (author), Blom, D.H.J. (author), van Leeuwen, P. (author), van Nooten, W.N. (author), Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author)This paper presents a portion of the results of a comprehensive analysis of the etiology of bus driver accidents. This portion of the analysis concentrates on two questions. First, does the sequences of various shifts influence accident risk on a given day? Various analyses led us to conclude that there was no interaction between the type of...article 1987
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Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author), Godthelp, J. (author)Based on a preview-predictor model, the time-to-line crossing (TLC) description was developed to quantify the potential role of error-neglecting strategies in driving. In a previous study the usefulness of the TLC concept was illustrated for straight lane keeping. In the present analysis TLC was applied to describe steering through a curve. When...article 1986
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Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author), Janssen, W.H. (author), van der Horst, A.R.A. (author)Voor een steekproef van Krimpenerwaardkruispunten is nagegaan of de op grond van eerder onderzoek opgestelde regressievergelijkingen in staat zouden zijn om ongevalscijfers met een voldoende mate van nauwkeurigheid te voorspellen. Zulks bleek, binnen de marges van statistische betrouwbaarheid, het geval te zijn. De vergelijkingen kunnen daarmee...report 1984
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Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author), Moraal, J. (author), Riemersma, J.B.J. (author)A review is given of some of the main research areas on human behaviour in road traffic, the purpose of which is the application of research findings in order to contribute to the solution of problems in road safety and efficiency. The subjects are discussed under three main headings; methods and instrumentation, basic research on human...bookPart 1984
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Nederlands Instituut voor Praeventieve Gezondheidszorg TNO (author), Blom, D.H.J. (author), Pokorny, M.L.I. (author)An important discovery at the onset of the project (as mentioned in the previous paper, Pokorny and Blom, 1983) was that because of insurance regulations all bus accidents, whatever the damage may be, with or without injury, had to be reported to the company. This fact, together with the existance of an archive containing information about...bookPart 1984
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- Prins Maurits Laboratorium TNO (author), Zeeuwen, J.P. (author) conference paper 1983
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Instituut voor Zintuigfysiologie TNO (author), Godthelp, J. (author), Wouters, P.I.J. (author)Course holding by cyclists and moped riders includes both steering alongside a course and stabilising the vehicle. Inability to hold course may lead to conflicts with other road users. To design safe bicycle and moped facilities, and to consider the safety of those existing, knowledge about performance during course holding is necessary. Based...article 1980