Potential of auxiliary strobe lights on train locomotives to improve level crossing safety.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103767
Abstract: Inattentiveness of road users on approach to passive railway crossings represents a major threat to level crossing safety. An auxiliary strobe light system installed on trains in addition to existing headlights may help address this… read more here.
Keywords: system; level crossing; level; auxiliary strobe ... See more keywords
Marginal costs for railway level crossing accidents in Sweden
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.09.004
Abstract: Abstract The purpose of the present study is to estimate accident risks and marginal costs for railway level crossings in Sweden. The marginal effect of train traffic on the accident risk is used to derive… read more here.
Keywords: traffic; crossing accidents; road; marginal costs ... See more keywords
Seasonal variation in North American level crossing crash rates is due to weather, not day length
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DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2021.1922681
Abstract: Abstract Objective Collisions between road vehicles and trains at level (grade) crossings can be devastating. Injury and economic considerations make prevention efforts of significant interest to society at all levels, and raise important safety concerns.… read more here.
Keywords: crash; level; level crossing; day ... See more keywords
Prediction of Attractive Level Crossing via a Dissipative Mode.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.227201
Abstract: The new field of spin cavitronics focuses on the interaction between the magnon excitation of a magnetic element and the electromagnetic wave in a microwave cavity. In the strong interaction regime, such an interaction usually… read more here.
Keywords: crossing via; attractive level; level crossing; level ... See more keywords
Industrial Antenna Development for 77-GHz Level-Crossing Monitoring Radar [Antenna Applications Corner]
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DOI: 10.1109/map.2018.2859160
Abstract: Preventing accidents at level crossings is a global-size problem. Despite all the European railways having planned to replace them with underpasses or overpasses, it is expected that, for the next 20 years, there will still… read more here.
Keywords: ghz level; radar; antenna; level crossing ... See more keywords
Electronics of a Wearable ECG With Level Crossing Sampling and Human Body Communication
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DOI: 10.1109/tbcas.2018.2879818
Abstract: In this paper, the human body communication (HBC) and level crossing sampling (LCS) are combined to design electronics for a wearable electrocardiograph (ECG). The ECG signals acquired by capacitively coupled electrodes are sampled with LCS… read more here.
Keywords: body; level crossing; body communication; crossing sampling ... See more keywords
A Low Power Fully Differential Level-Crossing ADC With Low Power Charge Redistribution Input for Biomedical Applications
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DOI: 10.1109/tcsii.2021.3127279
Abstract: A low-power fully differential level-crossing analog-to-digital converter (LC-ADC) for biomedical applications is presented. Different from conventional ADCs based on the uniform sampling rate, LC-ADC generates fewer samples for biomedical signals and leads to less power… read more here.
Keywords: low power; power fully; level crossing; fully differential ... See more keywords
Object Detection at Level Crossing Using Deep Learning
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DOI: 10.3390/mi11121055
Abstract: Multiple projects within the rail industry across different regions have been initiated to address the issue of over-population. These expansion plans and upgrade of technologies increases the number of intersections, junctions, and level crossings. A… read more here.
Keywords: object detection; system; level crossings; deep learning ... See more keywords