Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety

Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health, and Highway Safety
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309392527

There are approximately 4,000 fatalities in crashes involving trucks and buses in the United States each year. Though estimates are wide-ranging, possibly 10 to 20 percent of these crashes might have involved fatigued drivers. The stresses associated with their particular jobs (irregular schedules, etc.) and the lifestyle that many truck and bus drivers lead, puts them at substantial risk for insufficient sleep and for developing short- and long-term health problems. Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Fatigue, Long-Term Health and Highway Safety assesses the state of knowledge about the relationship of such factors as hours of driving, hours on duty, and periods of rest to the fatigue experienced by truck and bus drivers while driving and the implications for the safe operation of their vehicles. This report evaluates the relationship of these factors to drivers' health over the longer term, and identifies improvements in data and research methods that can lead to better understanding in both areas.

Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living

Information Highways for a Smaller World and Better Living
Author: Seon Jong Chung
Publisher: IOS Press
Total Pages: 924
Release: 1996
Genre: Computer networks
ISBN: 9051992408

This work discusses the issues among people creating computer communication technology, the people using computer communication, the people impacted by it, and the regulators responsible for balancing the interest of these multiple groups.

Wireless Information Highways

Wireless Information Highways
Author: Dimitrios Katsaros
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 506
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9781591405405

An introduction and balanced coverage of topics related to the methodologies developed to support data management in asymmetric communication environments. This book provides an opportunity for practitioners and researchers to explore the connection between computer science techniques and to develop solutions to problems in wireless networks.

Roadblocks on the Information Highway

Roadblocks on the Information Highway
Author: Jane Bachnik
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2003
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780739106280

1. Bachnik, Jane M.: Social challenges to the IT revolution in Japanese education. (Introduction). 2. Aya, Yoshida ; Bachnik, Jane M.: A nationwide assessment of IT implementation in higher education. 3. Hidetoshi, Ando: The unbearable lightness of being an IT service provider. A case study. 4. Slater, David H.: No faculty service stations on the information highway. A case study. 5. Bachnik, Jane M.: Do IT yourself. Short circuits in technical support services. 6. Rtischev, Dimitry ; Cole, Robert E.: Social and structural barriers to the IT revolution in high-tech industries. 7. Morris-Suzuki, Tessa ; Rimmer, Peter J.: Cyberstructure, society, and education in Japan. 8. Masahiro, Narita: Barriers to educational use of the Internet. 9. Shire, Karen A.: Lessons from a program to develop faculty IT skills. 10. Kumar, Kumar R. ; Shire, Karen A. ; Bachnik, Jane M.: Developing a university website. A webmaster's perspective. 11. McVeigh, Brian J.: Implementing IT in the "perfect bureaucracy". 12. Anderson, Ronald E.: Teaching, learning, and computing in Japan and the United States. 13. Scott, Douglass J.: The significance of off-line learning for on-line projects. 14. Noyuri, Mima: On-line technology is not enough. Transforming the teacher-student learning process. 15. Taku, Sugimoto: Three critical gaps in computer literacy. 16. Brumby, Edwin H.: Technology and the tyranny of tradition in Japanese higher education. 17. Bachnik, Jane M.: Technology and the status quo. The paradox of reform. (Conclusion).