Severity of e-scooter rider injuries associated with trip characteristics

Introduction: E-scooter rider injuries have been growing, but little is known about how trip and incident characteristics contribute to their severity. Method: We enrolled 105 adults injured while riding e-scooters who presented to an emergency department in Washington, DC, during 2019. Enrolled participants completed an interview during the emergency department visit, and their charts were abstracted to document their injuries and treatment. Logistic regression examined the association of incident location and circumstances with the likelihood of sustaining an injury on the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) ≥ 2, while controlling for rider characteristics. Results: The most common locations of e-scooter injuries in our study sample occurred on the sidewalk (58%) or road (23%). Accounting for other trip and rider attributes, e-scooter riders injured on the road were about twice as likely as those injured elsewhere to sustain AIS ≥ 2 injuries (RR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.23–2.36) and those who rode at least weekly more often sustained AIS ≥ 2 injuries compared with less frequent riders (RR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.11–2.32). Conclusions: Greater injury severity for riders injured on the road may reflect higher travel speeds. Practical applications: Injury severity associated with riding in the road is one factor that jurisdictions can consider when setting policy on where e-scooters should be encouraged to ride, but the risk of any crash or fall associated with facilities should also be examined. Although injuries are of lower severity on sidewalks, sharing sidewalks with slower moving pedestrians could potentially lead to more conflicts.     

花岗岩铀地球化学特征新认识——以赣南富城产铀花岗岩体为例

对富城花岗岩U、T h含量分析结果进行的频数统计分析表明富城花岗岩U的均值为8.92×1-0 6、众数为8.0×10-6、中位数为7.03×1-0 6,其概率密度曲线偏向高端呈右偏非对称分布(偏度系数CSK=1.10)。T h的均值、众数和中位数三者一致,分别为25.7×10-6,25.75×10-6,25.8×1-0 6,其概率密度曲线呈对称正态分布(偏度系数CSK=0.11)。核诱发裂变径迹研究查明富城花岗岩中铀有4种存在形式:(1)显微粒状铀矿物(晶质铀矿);(2)以类质同像形式存在于锆石、磷灰石等副矿物之中;(3)均匀分散赋存在造岩矿物晶格之中的结构铀;(4)沿造岩矿物(长石、石英)微裂隙及粒间分布的非结构铀。对富城花岗岩铀配分研究发现,赋存在造岩矿物中均匀分散状的结构铀含量与全岩铀不呈消长关系,而是存在一定的极限值:长石、石英<3×1-0 6,白云母<5×10-6,黑云母<9×10-6。溶浸实验结果表明,富城花岗岩活动性铀浸出率很高(平均值52%),为富城花岗岩具有较大铀成矿潜力提供了佐证。     

工频电磁场生理危害的研究进展

许多流行病学调查和实验室研究提示了工频电磁场（PFEMF）暴露与白血病、肿瘤、胚胞异常等发病率上升存在相关性,但同时也有相当的实验未观察到PFEMF的效应．在理论上分析了微弱电磁场作用机制的争议,并根据非线性分又理论分析,肯定了PFEMF的潜在危害,进一步指出这种危害是一种随机现象．回顾了近年来提出的PFEMF危害机制和模型,认为研究应结合各种非线性理论．     

珠江三角洲地区酸雨污染简析

以珠江三角洲地区主要城市的降水常规监测数据资料为依据,简要分析了该地区降水酸度和酸雨频率年度变化情况,并对酸雨的危害进行了初步的探讨。研究结果表明:该地区酸雨污染依然严重,降水酸度与二氧化硫污染等因素有关,酸雨类型以硫酸型为主。      

脉冲变频电磁场对水中藻类的抑制及去除效能

研究了脉冲变频电磁场对水华鱼腥藻的抑制及去除效果.结果显示,磁场对循环水样表现出很好的杀藻效果,水样在磁场中累积停留时间为6min时,杀藻率可以达到94%,累积停留时间为10min时,杀藻率可以达到96%.处理后的水样,藻细胞密度在120h内没有增加,生长受到抑制,经磁场处理的循环水样"磁记忆"时间可以达到120h.对于静置于磁场中的水样,处理1h后,藻的生长开始受到抑制.不同的处理方式会产生不同的效果,对于脉冲变频磁场,水以运动的形式通过磁场更有利于杀藻.     

三峡水库入库溪流中麦氏花翅蜉(蜉蝣目:四节蜉科)的生活史研究

开展水生昆虫生长过程研究对掌握研究区域水生生物的生物学特征和研究区域生态环境状况等均具有重要作用,可为构建和完善研究区域河流生态环境保护体系提供科学参考。于2017年逐月对香溪河库湾入库支流(螃蟹溪)中的一种水生昆虫——麦氏花翅蜉(Baetiella macani)的种群进行了研究,基于大小频率法、幼虫期有效积温条件进行了生活史性状分析和验证。结果显示:麦氏花翅蜉为三化性昆虫,包含一个冬季世代和两个夏季世代。冬季世代幼虫的发育历期为3~4个月,所需有效积温为1 286 ℃;夏季世代幼虫的发育历期为1~2个月,所需有效积温为757 ℃。研究结果丰富了中国地区水生昆虫的生活史性状信息,并首次呈现了花翅蜉属的生活史特征。     

中国技术灾害的时序变化与区域差异

近年来,由于生产的全球化、工业水平的迅速提高、技术系统的复杂化和规模化,以及社会结构急剧变化,我国技术灾害的发生频次增多,强度加剧,经济损失趋于上升.技术灾害继自然灾害之后,已逐渐发展为威胁我国人民生命安全和生存环境的主要灾种.基于技术灾害数据库,从致灾因子多度、风险频数、相对损失强度和综合风险指数等4个方面对中国技术灾害的时序变化和区域差异进行了分析与探讨,以期加深对中国技术灾害的系统认识,并为中国技术灾害的风险管理提供依据.     

基于能量合成法的塔式结构刚度识别研究

在Rayleigh能量法和Southwell's频率合成法的基础上,将结构的振动基频表示为由各变形元和惯性元组成的子系统频率的合成,其中变形元为结构的弯曲变形和剪切变形,惯性元为结构的分布质量和塔顶附加质量。通过选取满足边界条件的挠度函数,建立了底部固定、顶端带有附加质量的塔式结构基频与刚度的关系,因此可通过测量结构的振动基频识别出塔式结构的抗弯刚度和抗剪刚度。以某钢塔为计算实例,采用该算法推导出了结构振动基频与弹性模量的关系,只要知道截面的几何尺寸和材料性质,便可快速识别出各截面的刚度。有限元空间建模计算结果证明了本文提出的算法具有较高精度。该方法适合底部固定的塔式结构,可为复杂空间塔式结构使用状态的监测与评估提供参考。     

A classification tree based modeling approach for segment related crashes on multilane highways

Introduction

This study presents a classification tree based alternative to crash frequency analysis for analyzing crashes on mid-block segments of multilane arterials.

Method

The traditional approach of modeling counts of crashes that occur over a period of time works well for intersection crashes where each intersection itself provides a well-defined unit over which to aggregate the crash data. However, in the case of mid-block segments the crash frequency based approach requires segmentation of the arterial corridor into segments of arbitrary lengths. In this study we have used random samples of time, day of week, and location (i.e., milepost) combinations and compared them with the sample of crashes from the same arterial corridor. For crash and non-crash cases, geometric design/roadside and traffic characteristics were derived based on their milepost locations. The variables used in the analysis are non-event specific and therefore more relevant for roadway safety feature improvement programs. First classification tree model is a model comparing all crashes with the non-crash data and then four groups of crashes (rear-end, lane-change related, pedestrian, and single-vehicle/off-road crashes) are separately compared to the non-crash cases. The classification tree models provide a list of significant variables as well as a measure to classify crash from non-crash cases. ADT along with time of day/day of week are significantly related to all crash types with different groups of crashes being more likely to occur at different times.

Conclusions

From the classification performance of different models it was apparent that using non-event specific information may not be suitable for single vehicle/off-road crashes.

Impact on Industry

The study provides the safety analysis community an additional tool to assess safety without having to aggregate the corridor crash data over arbitrary segment lengths.     

横向风对浮力扩散火焰的振荡影响研究

火焰振荡频率是火灾科学研究领域的一个重要基本参数,对横向风下火焰振荡频率的研究可以为火灾图像探测的参数设置提供理论依据。针对浮力扩散火焰(0.6×10~(-5)弗洛德数Fr2×10~(-2),10~2理查德森数Ri10~5),本研究将横向风条件下火焰结构假设为倾斜的柱状,通过对燃烧产生的浮力和横向风产生的拖曳力进行动力学分析,得出横向风条件下火焰振荡频率表达公式。结合实验结果得出,火焰振荡频率的理论值和实验值均随拖曳系数的增大(即外界风速的增加)而增大,但实验值的上升趋势较理论值平缓.这是因为公式忽略了风速对火焰温度和系数K的影响。