Download or read book Sport written by C. M. van Stockum and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Automobile Insurance Road Safety New Drivers Risks Insurance Fraud and Regulation written by Georges Dionne and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motor vehicle accidents are still a leading cause of death, even if the trend has somewhat declined over the past 20 years. Indeed, motor vehicle accidents are a significant cause of death in comparison with air and space transport accidents, homicides and even HIV infections, causes which are more often highlighted in the media. As shown in this book, motor vehicle accidents are particularly damaging to very young drivers. The assessment of driving risks is a common concern for road transportation safety and the automobile insurance industry. In both cases, there is an awareness of the great losses resulting from the deaths, injuries and property damage caused by traffic accidents. Research is essential to counteract this public health threat, to assess the success or failure of countermeasures, and to solve the problems it generates in the insurance industry. This book is for people concerned about road crashes (prevention and compensation) and about the insurance problems they pose - namely private and public institutional authorities, consultants, administrators, practitioners, and researchers interested in sharing the authors' experience in this domain. The book presents original contributions related to motor vehicle insurance and road safety. All papers have been evaluated by external referees. Four subjects are covered: 1) Automobile Insurance Pricing, Risks and Asymmetric Information; 2) Insurance Fraud; 3) Young Drivers: Licensing Policies, Evaluation and Risks; and 4) Road Insurance Regulation.
Download or read book The Electric Vehicle written by Gijs Mom and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hopes, as a new generation of electric vehicles becomes a reality, The Electric Vehicle offers a long-overdue reassessment of the place of this technology in the history of street transportation.
Download or read book Driver Behaviour and Training written by Lisa Dorn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-12 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2003. Research on driver behaviour over the past two decades has demonstrated that driver characteristics, goals and motivations are important determinants of driving behaviour. We are now in a position to apply this knowledge to driver training programs and evaluate their effectiveness in improving safety. The main objective for the First International Conference on Driver Behaviour and Training and this book, is to describe and discuss recent advances in this field. The book bridges the gap between practitioners in road safety, and theoreticians investigating driving behaviour from a number of different perspectives and related disciplines. It will encourage research in driver training to combat erroneous or deviant driving behaviour and/or reduce the effects of human error at source. This book will be of interest to road safety researchers and road safety practitioners in the private and public sector.
Download or read book Vies Dans L Ombre Avec J Krishnamurti written by Radha Rajagopal Sloss and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Durant sa longue existence, le penseur religieux J. Krishnamurti (1895-1986) a conquis l'esprit de millions de gens à travers l'Europe, l'Inde, l'Australie et l'Amérique du Nord. Disparu en 1986, il reste pour beaucoup une référence centrale dans les mouvements de libération spirituelle qui ont fleuri au XXe siècle. Parmi les nombreuses biographies qui lui ont été consacrées, celle qu'a écrite Radha Sloss occupe une place tout à fait à part qu'elle est sûre de conserver compte tenu de l'exceptionnelle qualité des souvenirs sur lesquels elle est basée: ceux de l'auteur, fille adoptive de Krishnamurti, ceux de son père ensuite, Desikacharya Rajagopal (dit Raja), meilleur ami et plus proche collaborateur de Krishnamurti pendant plus de quarante ans, et ceux de sa mère enfin, Rosalind, l'âme de leur foyer commun. Qu'est-ce que c'était que vivre avec Krishnamurti, et non pas seulement assister à ses conférences ou participer à des causeries avec lui, mais également partager sa vie de tous les jours, jouer avec lui et faire l'expérience de son inépuisable gentillesse avec les enfants et les animaux, contempler un ciel étoilé en sa compagnie. L'écouter évoquer sa propre enfance en Inde et la figure vénérée de sa mère trop tôt disparue. Faire grâce à lui la connaissance de personnages aussi intéressants qu'Aldous Huxley... Ecouter encore, de la bouche des autres adultes de son entourage, ces histoires extraordinaires: la création de la Société Théosophique, la sélection de Krishnamurti à l'âge de 15 ans par les Théosophes C.W. Leadbeater et Annie Besant pour servir de «véhicule» (moyen d'incarnation) à Lord Maitreya, l'accession de Krishnamurti à une indépendance spirituelle iconoclaste une vingtaine d'années plus tard. Avec talent, l'auteur nous raconte aussi, et c'est la partie dramatique de son livre-témoignage, comment, après avoir formé une véritable famille admirée pour son harmonie, Krishnamurti et ses parents ont été amenés à «divorcer». «Comment des idéaux de fraternité humaine, de renoncement à la violence contre toute créature, de libération de la peur, de l'ambition et de la culpabilité, comment des idéaux d'une telle élévation ont-ils pu dégénérer en une telle discorde ?» Vies dans l'Ombre avec J. Krishnamurti est à la fois une biographie non autorisée du philosophe religieux, une autobiographie où l'auteur revit avec nous sa merveilleuse enfance auprès de celui-ci et un réquisitoire affectueux mais sans concession contre le Krishnamurti des années 1960-80. Un document unique sur un guide spirituel de premier plan et un témoignage profondément émouvant.
Download or read book Semiotics and Pragmatics written by Gérard Deledalle and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collective volume contains carefully selected papers presented at the international semiotics conference ‘Semiotique et pragmatique’ that took place in Perpignan on 17 to 19 November, 1983. The volume starts of with four debate papers by Searle, Apel, Greimas and Landowski, and is followed then by the main section which is subdivided by a historical, a theoretical and a practical section.
Download or read book Road Traffic and Psychoactive Substances written by Co-operation Group to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Drugs (Pompidou Group) and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Contactologie 2e ed written by BARTHELEMY and published by Lavoisier. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 1066 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage de plus de 1000 pages est à la fois une encyclopédie des connaissances théoriques nécessaires à la pratique de l'optique de contact et un guide concret pour l'exercice quotidien de l'adaptation. Il constitue une véritable référence par sa forme très didactique et son exhaustivité, il permet également un accès rapide à l'information grâce à sa présentation par double page. Unique en langue française, Contactologie permet aux adaptateurs d'entretenir leurs connaissances par une approche pluridisciplinaire, pour le plus grand bénéfice du consommateur. En 27 sections, ce traité passe en revue l'ensemble des connaissances nécessaires à la pratique de la contactologie : des notions d'anatomie, de microbiologie ou de pharmacologie, jusqu'à l'adaptation au cas des lentilles sphériques, des patients astigmates ou presbytes, en passant par la présentation des produits d'entretien et des complications éventuelles. Cette nouvelle édition revue et augmentée de Contactologie s'adresse à tous les professionnels de la vision (opticiens-lunetiers, ophtalmologistes, optométristes, orthoptistes…) auxquels elle offrira de multiples lectures propres à enrichir leur pratique et leur implication en faveur de l'optique de contact.
Download or read book Sound and Safe written by Karin Bijsterveld and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the full history of noise in and around cars, shows how we created auditory privacy in our cars, even though they were highly noisy things at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is about the sounds of car engines, tires, wipers, blinkers, warning signals, in-car audio systems and, ultimately, about how we became used to listen while driving.
Download or read book Claude Duneton Chroniqueur at Le Figaro written by Mary Munro-Hill and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claude Duneton was a French literary figure of note (1935-2012) and a versatile and prolific writer, whose Parler croquant (1973) first brought him public acclaim. He enjoyed most of all the weekly language articles he wrote for Le Figaro littéraire, from 1994 to 2010, when his life as a writer was cruelly cut short by a severe, disabling stroke. When Claude Duneton succeeded Maurice Chapelan (Aristide) as resident chroniqueur du langage at Le Figaro, he was not without experience in the field, having successfully composed such pieces for the women’s magazine Elle during the late 1970s. That period served him well as a preparation for his sixteen years at Le Figaro. The title of his articles, Le plaisir des mots, was perfectly fitting, since his work as chroniqueur brought him the greatest delight and satisfaction, les mots, words, their meaning, their etymology, their often amusing history, their every aspect, being his grande passion.
Download or read book Vigilance and Performance in Automatized Systems Vigilance et Performance de l Homme dans les Syst mes Automatis s written by A. Coblentz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Marliens et les cas similaires Dossiers de SO n 5 written by P VACHON et P SERAY and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-05-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D'étranges traces apparaissent dans un champ en 1967 à Marliens près de Dijon !C'est le début d'une incroyable épopée ufologique. « Des OVNIs' ! » à en croire des ufologues, des ovnis donc seraient responsables de cette étrange empreinte.D'autres affaires plus ou moins semblables vont se succéder et interpelleront bien des amateurs de mystères ! Lays sur le Doubs, Charvieu et bien d'autres endroits vont être le théâtre d'apparitions d'énigmatiques marques dans les champs.Les similitudes entre toutes ces traces sont parfois surprenantes et posent questions. Même la célèbre affaire dite de Valensole en 1965 trouve dans cet opus une résonance particulière.Patrice Vachon nous présente un travail fascinant et documenté sur la trace de Marliens, tandis que P. Seray nous présente des cas similaires, se garde bien de globaliser et soumet les propositions de spécialistes.OVNIs, impacts de foudre ou autre chose ? Ce 5ème opus des dossiers de SO tente d'ouvrir la réflexion.
Download or read book Philosophie de L action written by Guttorm Fløistad and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1986 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a continuation of two earlier series of chroni cles, Philosophy in the Mid-Century (Firenze 1958/59) and Con temporary Philosophy (Firenze 1968), edited by Raymond Kli bansky. Like the other series, these chronicles provide a survey of important trends in contemporary philosophical discussion from 1966 to 1978. The need for such surveys has, I believe, increased rather than decreased over the last years. The philosophical scene appears, for various reasons, more complex than ever before. The continuing process of specialization in most branches, the emergence of new schools of thought, particularly in philosophical logic and the philosophy of language, the convergence of interest (though not necessarily of opinion) of different traditions upon certain prob lems, and the increasing attention being paid to the history of philosophy in discussions of contemporary problems are the most important contributory factors. Surveys of the present kind are a valuable source of knowledge of this complexity and may as such be an assistance in renewing the understanding of one's own philosophical problems. The surveys, it is to be hoped, may also help to strengthen the Socratic element of modern philosophy, the dialogue or Kommunikationsgemeinschajt. So far, four volumes have been prepared for the new series. The present chronicles in Philosophy of Action (Vol. 3) follow upon chronicles in the Philosophy of Language and Philosophical Logic (V 01. 1) and chronicles in the Philosophy of Science (Vol.
Download or read book Proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association IEA 2021 written by Nancy L. Black and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the proceedings of the 21st Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2021), held online on June 13-18, 2021. By highlighting the latest theories and models, as well as cutting-edge technologies and applications, and by combining findings from a range of disciplines including engineering, design, robotics, healthcare, management, computer science, human biology and behavioral science, it provides researchers and practitioners alike with a comprehensive, timely guide on human factors and ergonomics. It also offers an excellent source of innovative ideas to stimulate future discussions and developments aimed at applying knowledge and techniques to optimize system performance, while at the same time promoting the health, safety and wellbeing of individuals. The proceedings include papers from researchers and practitioners, scientists and physicians, institutional leaders, managers and policy makers that contribute to constructing the Human Factors and Ergonomics approach across a variety of methodologies, domains and productive sectors. This volume includes papers addressing the following topics: Activity Theories for Work Analysis and Design (ATWAD), Organisation design and management (ODAM), Ergonomic Work Analysis and Training (EWAT), Systems HF/E, HF/E Education and Professional Certification Development.
Download or read book L apprentissage de la conduite automobile written by and published by EME Editions. This book was released on 2007-04-08 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancien gradé de gendarmerie et diplômé de l'Ecole Supérieure de Technique de circulation routière de Bruxelles,Roland GUNS mène une carrière d'enseignant de conduite depuis plus de trente ans. Pendant plusieurs années, il adirigé aussi les différents centres de formation de conduite automobile de la Poste belge. Son expérience est donc considérable. Ce livre en est une preuve vivante. Il s'adresse d'abord à tous les jeunes qui se lancent dans l'aventure routière et à leurs enseignants...
Download or read book Nonlinear Analysis and Synthesis Techniques for Aircraft Control written by Declan Bates and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-10-04 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book to focus on the use of nonlinear analysis and synthesis techniques for aircraft control. It is also the first book to address in detail closed-loop control problems for aircraft "on-ground" – i.e. speed and directional control of aircraft before take-off and after touch down. The book will be of interest to engineers, researchers, and students in control engineering, and especially aircraft control.
