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Four million people in the United States are diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease (AD; Alzheimer's Association, 2002). It affects 10 percent of Americans 65 years or older and nearly 50 percent of those age 85 or older. Studies have suggested that older drivers with cognitive impa…

The bus industry is plagued by high accident costs and risks of passenger injuries. A bus simulator may offer a method of reducing accident rates by delivering targeted training to bus drivers who are most at risk. The first part of this thesis describes the design of the UK's f…

Distraction during driving is one of the leading contributors to injury and mortality rates in traffic accidents. The aim of this current thesis was to consider 1) whether oculomotor and electrophysiological metrics could act as markers of cognitive distraction; 2) whether decre…

Much media attention in the United States has focused on the lives of women in Muslim countries over the last several years—especially those in the Middle East. This study represents a preliminary step toward understanding the opinions of citizens of one of these countries towar…

Background: In Ethiopia, chewing khat is legal and driving while chewing is normal. Although drugged driving is implicitly illegal in the country, it does not appear that this law includes khat. It has been suggested that the government's lax policy towards khat may be due to th…