The bending-induced buckling improvement in a variable stiffness (VS) composite cylinder (made by fiber steering) is studied.
This study measured observed on-off rates of these technologies as an indicator of use, with a focus on lane maintenance systems (i.e., designed to keep vehicles within lanes by warning, braking, and/or steering) and studied factors that might increase their acceptance and use.
Ms. Mansouri and Dr. Bolhari contributed in executing and steering the study.
The hub in the logistical infrastructure is a central research assistant who will perform checks and steering concerning study protocol adherence and therefore plays an important role in ensuring the validity of the assessments.
In accordance with the needs expressed by the region we have spent a lot of effort strengthening primary care at the meso level (program manager, steering group, study groups), which resulted in a clear increase of the ACIC scores for organization of health care and community linkages.
MB, CC, PG and NT are members of the study steering committee and were involved in the study design, protocol development and the review of the manuscript.
A Safety Monitoring Committee comprising two independent advisors (a neurologist with expertise in MS and clinical trials and a physiotherapist with expertise in risk assessment and management of service users with neurological disability) will review any AEs and make recommendations to the study steering group (eg, adapting the protocol/stopping the study, as necessary).
For this reason, the importance of steering the preclinical studies in a direction that is most clinically relevant will be an important future recommendation.
After selection of relevant literature by the steering group, the studies were graded for quality and level of evidence by a methodologist and the members of the steering group (Table 3, supplementary data).
At the time of writing the steering group, the study groups and the interdisciplinary study group are still active in the region.
