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The Evaluation of Composite Energy Absorbers for Use in UAM EVTOL Vehicle Impact Attenuation [PDF]
The demand for new personal air-taxi services is leading to the development of lightweight Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles with electric propulsion for the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry.
Hardy, Robin +2 more
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The Price Gap in Agriculture‐Based Greenhouse Gas Offset Markets
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Today, there is a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions (GHGNE). For economic well‐being, it is important to identify low‐cost means of net emission offsets. Agriculture and forestry have received considerable attention as a means of supplying emissions offsets, as they contribute nearly 20% of global emissions.
Jingyi W. Liu +2 more
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Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT China's diversified agricultural policies have effectively improved both the yield and environmental performance of the crop sector. Quantifying productivity trends and their drivers is key to formulating strategies for high‐quality and low‐carbon crop development.
Yang Liu +2 more
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Simulating Air Taxi Safety: NASA's Quadcopter in Ground Effect
, 2023 With the development of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles, in the near future people might be offered rides in air taxis across large cities. NASA supports the development of this revolutionary market in aviation by studying multiple new designs of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles for a variety of missions, ensuring they will operate ...
Ventura Diaz, Patricia +2 more
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.This article analyses a new wealth tax (the IGF) in Bolivia against the backdrop of the 2019 ousting of former president Evo Morales. In doing so, it engages calls for ‘a return to politics’ in anthropology by proposing the notion of a ‘fiscal grievance politics’ as animating elite opposition to the tax in lowland Santa Cruz department. I show that the
Charles Dolph
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Adaptive Airborne Separation to Enable UAM Autonomy in Mixed Airspace [PDF]
The excitement and promise generated by Urban Air Mobility (UAM) concepts have inspired both new entrants and large aerospace companies throughout the world to invest hundreds of millions in research and development of air vehicles, both piloted and ...
Cotton, William B.
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Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.In June 2023, the Laje River, located in the traditional territory of the Wari’ Indigenous people in Rondônia, Brazil, was declared a legal entity, an earth being, with rights, following the co‐ordinated action of an indigenous councillor and non‐indigenous activists.
Aparecida Vilaça
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Journal of Intelligent & Robotic SystemsAbstractThe Paris Olympics and Paralympics are scheduled to take place between 26 July and 8 September 2024, whereby electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft are anticipated to take to the skies to offer a new mobility solution to spectators of the Games.
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US State Policy Contexts and Mental Health Among Working‐Age Adults
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points States’ overarching policy contexts are a meaningful yet overlooked predictor of adults’ mental health, with more conservative contexts associated with worse mental health outcomes over a 30‐year period. Counterfactual analyses suggest that widespread policy shifts could meaningfully alter the national prevalence of mental distress ...
ILIYA GUTIN +4 more
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US State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses
The Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.Policy Points Changes in states’ policy contexts since the 1980s may help explain why mortality rates among working‐age adults have risen and become more unequal across geographic areas. Investigating this pressing issue requires a new, industry‐standard measure of those contexts.
JENNIFER KARAS MONTEZ +2 more
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