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  2. Autotheory - Wikipedia

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    Autotheory is a literary tradition involving the combination of the narrative forms of autobiography, memoir, and critical theory.Works of autotheory involve a first-person account of an author’s life blended with research investigations.

  3. Effects of fatigue on safety - Wikipedia

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    Fatigue can be both physical and mental. Physical fatigue is the inability to continue functioning at the level of one's normal abilities; a person with physical fatigue cannot lift as heavy a box or walk as far as he could if not fatigued. [3] [4] [5] Mental fatigue, on the other hand, rather manifests in sleepiness or slowness. A person with ...

  4. Driver drowsiness detection - Wikipedia

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    Volkswagen: Fatigue detection system [22] Volvo Cars : Driver Alert Control [ 23 ] In 2007, Volvo Cars launched the world's first Driver Drowsiness Detection system, Driver Alert Control. The system monitors the car's movements and assesses whether the vehicle is being driven in a controlled or uncontrolled way.

  5. Philosophy and literature - Wikipedia

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    It raises philosophical questions about narrative, empathy, and ethics through fictional characters. Philosophers like Plato critiqued literature's ethical influence, while modern thinkers explore language's role in bridging minds and the truth in fiction, differentiating between the reality of characters and their narratives .

  6. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American ...

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    Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965.Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.

  7. Philosophical fiction - Wikipedia

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    Philosophical fiction is any fiction that devotes a significant portion of its content to the sort of questions addressed by philosophy.It might explore any facet of the human condition, including the function and role of society, the nature and motivation of human acts, the purpose of life, ethics or morals, the role of art in human lives, the role of experience or reason in the development ...

  8. Vehicle dynamics - Wikipedia

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    Vehicle dynamics is the study of vehicle motion, e.g., how a vehicle's forward movement changes in response to driver inputs, propulsion system outputs, ambient conditions, air/surface/water conditions, etc. Vehicle dynamics is a part of engineering primarily based on classical mechanics.

  9. AP English Literature and Composition - Wikipedia

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    Designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an interest in exploring and analyzing challenging classical and contemporary literature, and a desire to analyze and interpret dominant literary genres and themes, it is often offered to high school seniors and the other AP English course, AP English Language and Composition, to juniors.