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Farah, H. (author), Zatmeh, S. (author), Toledo, T. (author), Wagner, P. (author)The rapid increase in the availability of smartphones and other infotainment devices, and their widespread use while driving, contributes significantly to car crash rates. Understanding of the impact of distracting activities on drivers’ behavior is essential in order to support the development of effective technology and policy solutions to...journal article 2016
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Mwesige, Godfrey (author), Farah, H. (author), Bagampadde, Umaru (author), Koutsopoulos, Haris (author)This paper presents a methodology to assess the effect of the length of passing zone on the operation and safety of two-lane rural highways based on the probability and the rate of passing maneuvers ending in a no-passing zone. The methodology was applied using observed passing maneuver data collected with tripod-mounted camcorders at passing...journal article 2016
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Driessen, Sara R C (author), Sandberg, Evelien M. (author), Rodrigues, Sharon P. (author), van Zwet, Erik W. (author), Jansen, F.W. (author)Background: Since the introduction of minimally invasive surgery (MIS), concerns for patient safety are more often brought to the attention. Knowledge about and awareness of patient safety risk factors are crucial in order to improve and enhance the surgical team, the environment, and finally surgical performance. The aim of this study was to...journal article 2017
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van Engelenburg, S.H. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Klievink, A.J. (author)Toensurepublicsafetyandsecurity,itisvitallyimportantforgovernmentstocol- lect information from businesses and analyse it. Such information can be used to determine whether transported goods might be suspicious and therefore require physical inspection. Although businesses are obliged to report some information, they are reluctant to share addi-...journal article 2017
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van de Poel, I.R. (author), Robaey, Z.H. (author)Safe-by-design (SbD) aims at addressing safety issues already during the R&D and design phases of new technologies. SbD has increasingly become popular in the last few years for addressing the risks of emerging technologies like nanotechnology and synthetic biology. We ask to what extent SbD approaches can deal with uncertainty, in...journal article 2017
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Schwarting, Wilko (author), Alonso-Mora, J. (author), Paull, Liam (author), Karaman, Sertac (author), Rus, Daniela (author)High-end vehicles are already equipped with safety systems, such as assistive braking and automatic lane following, enhancing vehicle safety. Yet, these current solutions can only help in low-complexity driving situations. In this paper, we introduce a parallel autonomy, or shared control, framework that computes safe trajectories for an...journal article 2017
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Plooij, M.C. (author), Keller, Urs (author), Sterke, Bram (author), Komi, Salif (author), Vallery, H. (author), Von Zitzewitz, Joachim (author)Body weight support (BWS) systems are widely used in gait research and rehabilitation. This letter introduces a new three-dimensional overground BWS system, called the RYSEN. The RYSEN is designed to be intrinsically safe and low power consuming, while still performing at least as well as existing BWS systems regarding human-robot interaction....journal article 2018
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Blokland, P.J. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)When discussing the concepts of risk, safety, and security, people have an intuitive understanding of what these concepts mean, and, to a certain level, this understanding is universal. However, when delving into the real meaning of these concepts, one is likely to fall into semantic debates and ontological discussions. In industrial parks,...journal article 2019
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Coppola, Mario (author), Guo, J. (author), Gill, E.K.A. (author), de Croon, G.C.H.E. (author)In this paper we present a procedure to automatically design and verify the local behavior of robots with highly limited cognition. All robots are: anonymous, homogeneous, non-communicating, memoryless, reactive, do not know their global position, do not have global state information, and operate by a local clock. They only know: (1) the...journal article 2019
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Chowdhury, S.J. (author), van Wee, G.P. (author)In many cities, public transport has a higher ridership level from women compared to men, yet most systems are not designed for them. Many female riders fear of being a victim. Most of their negative experiences are usually associated with the urban environment in and around stations/stops. Integrated public transport systems will require...journal article 2020
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Tirachini, Alejandro (author), Cats, O. (author)The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge for contemporary public transportation worldwide, resulting from an unprecedented decline in demand and revenue. In this paper, we synthesize the state-of-the-art, up to early June 2020, on key developments regarding public transportation and the COVID-19 pandemic, including the different...journal article 2020
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Riemersma, B. (author), Kunneke, R.W. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author), Correljé, A. (author)This paper argues that energy systems are becoming increasingly complex, and illustrates how new types of hazards emerge from an ongoing transition towards renewable energy sources. It shows that the energy sector relies heavily on risk assessment methods that are analytic, and that systemic methods provide important additional insights.Acase...journal article 2020
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Lu, Z. (author), Happee, R. (author), de Winter, J.C.F. (author)In highly automated driving, drivers occasionally need to take over control of the car due to limitations of the automated driving system. Research has shown that visually distracted drivers need about 7 s to regain situation awareness (SA). However, it is unknown whether the presence of a hazard affects SA. In the present experiment, 32...journal article 2020
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Blokland, P.J. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)In the past one hundred years, concepts such as risk, safety and security have become ever more important and they represent a growing concern in our society. These concepts are also important subjects of study to enhance sustainability. During the past fifty years, safety science has gradually developed as an independent field of science. In...journal article 2020
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Papadimitriou, E. (author), Schneider, Chantal (author), Aguinaga Tello, Juan (author), Damen, Wouter (author), Lomba Vrouenraets, Max (author), ten Broeke, Annebel (author)One of the main aims of introducing automation in transport is to improve safety by reducing or eliminating human errors; it is often argued however that this may induce new types of errors. There is different level of maturity with automation in different transport modes (road, aviation, maritime and rail), however no systematic research has...journal article 2020
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Nogal Macho, M. (author), Jiménez, Pilar (author)When analysing the performance of bike-sharing scheme (BSS) stations, it is common to find stations that are located in specific points that capture the interest of users, whereas nearby stations are clearly underused. This uneven behaviour is not totally understood. This paper discusses the potential factors influencing station...journal article 2020
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Lee, J. (author), Mitici, M.A. (author)Aircraft maintenance is key for safe and efficient aircraft operations. While most studies propose cost-efficient maintenance strategies, the safety and efficiency of these strategies need to be quantified. This paper proposes a formal framework to assess the safety and efficiency of maintenance strategies by means of agent-based modelling,...journal article 2020
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Bešinović, Nikola (author), Wang, Yihui (author), Zhu, Songwei (author), Quaglietta, E. (author), Tang, Tao (author), Goverde, R.M.P. (author)In big cities, the metro lines usually face great pressure caused by huge passengers demand, especially during peak hours. When disruptions occur, passengers accumulate quickly at stations. It is of great importance for dispatchers to take passenger flow control into consideration for the traffic management to ensure passengers' safety and to...journal article 2021
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Li, Jie (author), Goerlandt, Floris (author), van Nunen, K.L.L. (author), Reniers, G.L.L.M.E. (author)Safety and security are often considered in complimentary or opposing terms. Discussions on their conceptual meaning have been put forward, and calls for an increased integration of these domains have been made. Nevertheless, there is currently no high-level empirical comparison of the development and contents of these research domains. In this...journal article 2021
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Ale, B.J.M. (author), Hartford, Des N.D. (author), Slater, David H. (author)The assumption that risk, represented as an expected value of the loss could be implied to be a measure of safety, in a cost benefit analysis, is firmly entrenched in economic risk analysis. However, this does not mean that without a marker, the value of a loss, can be established with any necessary level of certainty to make such a cost...journal article 2021