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Road-network-map-assisted vehicle positioning based on pose graph optimization - Xu S, Sun Y, Zhao K, Fu X, Wang S.
Satellite signals are easily lost in urban areas, which causes difficulty in vehicles being located with high precision. Visual odometry has been increasingly applied in navigation systems to solve this problem. However, visual odometry relies on dead-reck...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

The estimated potential effectiveness of AEB and LKA systems for head-on crashes - Riexinger LE, Gopiao JB, Gabler HC, Sherony R, Hasegawa T.
27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000142.pdf Research Question/Objective: In 20...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Validation of safety of the intended functionality for autonomous driving systems - Khan J, Vijay CS.
27th International Technical Conference on the Enhanced Safety of Vehicles (ESV): Enhanced and Equitable Vehicle Safety for All: Toward the Next 50 Years https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/27/27ESV-000009.pdf International organisation for sta...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Guns and racism: Who do White Americans really perceive gun rights to be for in the United States? - Higginbotham GD, Sears DO, Goldstein L.
In a recent article in this issue of APA Journals Article Spotlight in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, researchers examine the role of race and racism in White Americans' current gun attitudes and policy support. The current psychology...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning: the early years - Prescott LF.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) was marketed in the 1950s as a non-prescription analgesic/antipyretic without any preclinical toxicity studies. It became used increasingly for self-poisoning, particularly in the UK and was belatedly found to cause acute liver ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Registering cosmetics? The constitution of legal form and injurious substance in Canada (1945-1946) - Tessaro L.
In midcentury Canada, legislative drafters, government lawyers, food and drug officials, and ministers grappled with cosmetics. Faced with constitutional concerns about cosmetic licensing, these actors drafted legislative amendments that would instead requ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Safety considerations for home care providers - Lucas M, Elliott B.
Home care is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, projected to continue increasing as the population ages. However, there are unique safety concerns associated with home care compared to the more controlled hospital or clinic setting...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Global polio eradication effort struggles with the end game
In 1988, a collection of health and nonprofit organizations launched a vaccination program to eradicate polio, and the World Health Organization resolved to accomplish this lofty goal by 2000. More than 20 years later, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) has yet to cross the finish line. A new, sharply critical report issued on 8 September by an independent monitoring board says GPEI is likely to miss yet more deadlines, and faults it for long embracing “a highly positive public ‘almost there’ narrative that was close to magical thinking.” Through massive vaccination ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Around half of ICSs to roll out NHS Staff Survey in general practice
Only around half of integrated care systems in England have signed up to roll out the NHS Staff Survey to practices and primary care networks (PCNs) this autumn. NHS England (NHSE) has this year extended the annual workforce survey to those working across general practice to help produce ‘actionable’ data and inform recruitment and retention.... Read moreThe post Around half of ICSs to roll out NHS Staff Survey in general practice appeared first on Nursing in Practice.
Source: Nursing in Practice - September 18, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Megan Ford Tags: Latest news Source Type: news

Some Politicians Want to Research Geoengineering as a Climate Solution. Scientists Are Worried
Stratospheric aerosol injection, the idea of spraying sulfur dioxide into the upper atmosphere to cool the planet, is one of the most controversial topics in climate science, with scientists engaged in a fierce, yearslong debate over whether even researching such techniques poses unacceptable risks. To some people outside of that community, though, it no longer matters much what the academics think. “Can we just disagree and move on?” Andrew Song, the co-founder of controversial geoengineering startup Make Sunsets, said in February, as he and his business partner Luke Iseman drove to the Reno, Nev., site of the...
Source: TIME: Science - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alejandro de la Garza and Justin Worland Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

Assisting Hands Home Care Opens New Location in The Villages, Florida
Assisting Hands Home Care opened a new location to serve The Villages, Florida area with professional home care services. THE VILLAGES, Fla., Sept. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Assisting Hands Home Care opened their newest location in The Villages, Florida. The new office is located at...
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 18, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: SCZ CXP Source Type: news

Cheaper Solution Is Better for F-35 Engine Dilemma
One historical challenge facing the Defense Department is getting parts and supplies. The more complex the systems, the more complicated it gets. Well, there is some hope with the recent F-35 engine upgrade decision. To recap, back in March the Air Force decided that due to budget constraints,…#defensedepartment #f35 #airforce #f135 #usmarines #usnavy #usmadef35s #republicans #johnboehner #democrats
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Thinking of selling your home? Why now is the time to do it
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Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why Clorox Stock Is Sliding Monday
Clorox Co CLX shares are trading lower Monday after the company disclosed that operations were impacted by a cyber attack. What Happened: In a new regulatory filing, Clorox said it identified unauthorized activity on some of its IT systems on Aug. 14. The company took immediate steps to remediate…#cloroxcoclx #clorox
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sam Bankman-Fried ’s special treatment at a notorious Brooklyn jail: Lawyers say it’s complicated
Sam Bankman-Fried is not having a good time. Since his arrest at the hands of Bahamian authorities in December, the FTX founder has experienced the highs and lows of U.S. criminal justice. After receiving favorable bond conditions that allowed him to live at his parents’ $3 million home in Palo…#sambankmanfried #bahamian #ftx #paloalto #deirdrevondornum #federaldefenders #easterndistrict #bankmanfried #stanforduniversity #cryptotwitter
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news