The authors in this book present and review varied important data relating to today's automobiles; their safety assessment, performance, energy consumption, the related insurance industry and the psychology of driving. Discussed herein is the philosophy which should be followed by non-life insurance rate-makers for the selection of tariff variables and posterior estimation of premiums in automobile insurance; the driving ability profile of people with Parkinson's Disease; and new high strength steels and alloys being applied to automotive bodies to improve crash worthiness and reduce their weight. Table of Contents: Automobile Insurance Rate-Making: The Spanish Case, p. 1-24 (Eva Boj, Mª Mercè Claramunt, Josep Fortiana, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain); TP-Theory as New Perspective on Cognitive Psychology, p. 25-42 (Koji Tanida, Ernst Poppel, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., and Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich, Germany); The Ability Profile of People with Parkinsons Disease: Cognitive and Motor Functions in Driving, p. 43-60 (Hoe C. Lee, School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI), Curtin University of Technology, Australia); Two Concepts to Improve Crash Worthiness of Hat Columns by Applying Ultrafine Grained Steel Sheets, p. 61-82 (Yoshitaka Okitsu, Tadashi Naito, Nobuhiro Tsuji, Automobile R&D Center, Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Tochigi, Japan, and others); Light Alloys: New Technologies Leading to Good Perspectivas for the Environment, p. 83-98 (Sidnei Jose Buso, Waldemar Alfredo Monteiro, Americo de Almeida Filho, Iara Maria Esposito, Ricardo Bulcao Ferrari, Centro Universitário Sant’Anna, São Paulo, Brazil, and others); Effects of Road Traffic Injuries on Pregnant Women and their Fetuses: Useful Knowledge for the Automobile Insurance Professionals, p. 99-106 (Masahito Hitosugi, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan); Issue on Energy Consumption in Automobiles: A Brief Discussion, p. 107-110 (Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand); Safety Assessment on Automobiles: The Hazard Aspect, p. 111-114 (Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand); Modular and Scalable Multi-interface Data Acquisition Architecture Design for Energy Monitoring in Fishing Vessels: an in-depth review, p. 115-130 (SebastiánVillarroya, Mª Jesús L. Otero, José Varela Pet, José M. Cotos, Laboratory of Systems, Technology Research Institute, University of Santiago de Compostela, Constantino Candeira s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain); A New Poisson Mixture Model for the Number of Claims in Automobile Insurance, p. 131-154 (Emilio Gomez-Deniz, Enrique Calderón-Ojeda, Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas, Spain); Vision-Based Safety Features for Automotive Vehicles: Improved Algorithms and Techniques for FPGA Implementation, p. 155-208 (Tam Phuong Cao, Edhem Custovic, Dept. of Electronic Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia). (Author/publisher)
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