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Since driving is a complex task involving integration of visual, cognitive, and physical motor skills, elderly drivers are at a higher risk of road crashes because they have limitations in all those skills. This study analyzed the correlation between all the skills, including the drivers' risk perception, as risk factors impacting on their performance. This research was an experimental study. The young drivers amounted to 7 persons (22 - 24 years old), the elderly subjects constituted two groups including: 9 persons (group 1: 60 - 65 years old) and 12 persons (group 2: 66 - 76 years old). The instruments were the Use full Field Of View (UFOV), the Trail Making Tests (TMT) A & B, the tapping test, the Driver's Stress Intention (DSI), and the Driver Coping Questionnaire (DCQ). The driving performance was evaluated via a driving game simulator. There were correlations between the independent variables (visual, cognitive, and physical skill), including DRP being measured to assess the drivers' performances. The visual skill, for instance an error of UFOV, influenced all the drivers groups. Cognitive factors (TMT A and B) and DRP (hazard monitoring, reappraisal, avoidance, and dislike driving) were found to be correlated only in the young drivers and the elderly drivers of group 1. Considering the Physical motor-skilled factors, the errors that were occurred during the tapping test were reported to have correlation with the driving ability of the younger drivers and the second elderly group (>65 years old).

Background and purpose The aim of this study was to determine the impact of functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) pathways involved in the ROS pathway, DNA repair, or TGFB1 signaling on acute or late normal toxicity as well as individual radiosensitivity. Materials and methods Patients receiving breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy were examined either for erythema (n = 83), fibrosis (n = 123), or individual radiosensitivity (n = 123). The 17 SNPs analyzed are involved in the ROS pathway (GSTP1, SOD2, NQO1, NOS3, XDH), DNA repair (XRCC1, XRCC3, XRCC6, ERCC2, LIG4, ATM) or TGFB signaling (SKIL, EP300, APC, AXIN1, TGFB1). Associations with biological and clinical endpoints were studied for single SNPs but especially for combinations of SNPs assuming that a SNP is either beneficial or deleterious and needs to be weighted. Results With one exception, no significant association was seen between a single SNP and the three endpoints studied. No significant associations were also observed when applying a multi-SNP model assuming that each SNP was deleterious. In contrast, significant associations were obtained when SNPs were suggested to be either beneficial or deleterious. These associations increased, when each SNP was weighted individually. Detailed analysis revealed that both erythema and individual radiosensitivity especially depend on SNPs affecting DNA repair and TGFB1 signaling, while SNPs in ROS pathway were of minor importance. Conclusion Functional pathways of SNPs may be used to form a risk score allowing to predict acute and late radiation-induced toxicity but also to unravel the underlying biological mechanisms.