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Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2010 The condition of Zimbabwe's roads has been declining due to insufficient maintenance and rehabilitation. Year on year, budget allocations have compared unfavourably with funding considered adequate to maintain highway networks and conduct modest ...
T. C. Mbara, M. Nyarirangwe, T. Mukwashi
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Baseline tests of the battronic Minivan electric delivery van [PDF]
An electric passenger vehicle was tested to develop data characterizing the state of the art of electric and hybrid vehicles. The test measured vehicle maximum speed, range at constant speed, range over stop-and-go driving schedules, maximum acceleration,
Bozek, J. M. +3 more
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Methodology for development of drought Severity-Duration-Frequency (SDF) Curves [PDF]
, 2014 Drought monitoring and early warning are essential elements impacting drought sensitive sectors such as primary production, industrial and consumptive water users.
Abdul Jamil, Muhammad Mahadi +4 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The study proposes a 1‐bit programmable metasurface based on flip‐disc display, named flip‐disc metasurface (FD‐MTS). This new design enables ultralow energy consumption while maintaining coding patterns. It also exhibits high scalability and multifunctional flexibility.
Jiang Han Bao +8 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Controlled laser‐drilling of embedded HfO2 membranes creates three layer nanopores with Gaussian‐shaped cavities sculptured in the supporting layers. These embedded solid‐state nanopores slow DNA translocation by 12‐fold compared to SiNx pores, enabling high‐resolution, label‐free detection of short DNAs, RNAs, and proteins.
Jostine Joby +4 more
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Objectives, stimulus and feedback in signal control of road traffic [PDF]
, 2004 This article identifies the prospective role of a range of intelligent transport systems technologies for the signal control of road traffic. We discuss signal control within the context of traffic management and control in urban road networks and then ...
Heydecker, BG
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Electroactive Liquid Crystal Elastomers as Soft Actuators
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Electroactive liquid crystal elastomers (eLCEs) can be actuated via electromechanical, electrochemical, or electrothermal effects. a) Electromechanical effects include Maxwell stress, electrostriction, and the electroclinic effect. b) Electrochemical effects arise from electrode redox reactions.
Yakui Deng, Min‐Hui Li
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Production Engineering Archives, 2019 The article is devoted to solving the fundamental and applied problem of nonlinear structural mechanics of machines by introducing into the drum two additional stop cylinders with supporting rollers at the end and adjustable length, providing a given ...
Doudkin Mikhail +2 more
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The Witch(ES) of Aiaia: Gender, Immortality and the Chronotope in Madeline Miller’s Circe
Gender Studies, 2019 This article explores Madeline Miller’s Circe from the perspective of Bakhtin’s concept of the chronotope, the inseparability of space and time in fiction.
Macmillan Catherine
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DSRC – NEW PRINCIPLES AND IMPLEMENTATIONS IN ITS ROMANIA [PDF]
Cities around the world are suffering from severe traffic congestion resulting in economic losses via delayed time, fuel consumption, traffic accidents, air pollution and traffic noise.
Angel CORMOS +2 more
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