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Empowering and conquering infirmity of visually impaired using AI‐technology equipped with object detection and real‐time voice feedback system in healthcare application

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik, Shahzad Hassan, Rizwan Ali Naqvi, Saddaf Rubab, Usman Tariq, Monia Hamdi, Hela Elmannai, Ye Jin Kim, Jae‐Hyuk Cha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Critical assessment of emissions, costs, and time for last-mile goods delivery by drones versus trucks

Scientific Reports, 2023
Electric drones as an autonomous mode of transport are scaling up to transform last-mile goods delivery, raising an urgent need for assessing impacts of drone transport from a systems perspective.
Aishwarya Raghunatha, Emma Lindkvist, Patrik Thollander, Erika Hansson, Greta Jonsson   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reliability Analysis of Bridges for Autonomous Truck Platoons

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2022
Autonomous truck platoon (ATP) deployment on road networks has recently attracted significant interest for its potential economic and environmental benefits. However, the impact of platooning on bridges is a concern because of the differences in their live load characteristics compared with those in the existing bridge design specifications.
Sikandar Sajid, Luc Chouinard, Frederic Legeron, Todd Ude, Eddie He, Jack Ajrab   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Debunking the Myth: A Dive Into the Role of Relational Capital in Sustainable Food Production Systems

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The shift towards sustainable food production is essential to address the urgent dual challenges of climate change and population growth, with agricultural cooperatives playing a vital role in this transformation. However, many cooperatives struggle to deliver the expected value to their members.
Ismail Badraoui, Tarik Saikouk, Nejib Fattam, Ahmed Hamdi, Vikas Kumar   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Domain‐adapted driving scene understanding with uncertainty‐aware and diversified generative adversarial networks

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Autonomous vehicles are required to operate in an uncertain environment. Recent advances in computational intelligence techniques make it possible to understand driving scenes in various environments by using a semantic segmentation neural network, which assigns a class label to each pixel.
Yining Hua, Jie Sui, Hui Fang, Chuan Hu, Dewei Yi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Synthesis of Best Practice for Increasing Protection and Visibility of Highway Maintenance Vehicles, CTRE Final Report Iowa DOT Project TR-475, August 2002 [PDF]

, 2002
The purpose of this research project is to study current practices in enhancing visibility and protection of highway maintenance vehicles involved in moving operations such as snow removal and shoulder operations, crack sealing, and pothole patching ...

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Communication of Business‐Nonprofit Collaborations and Environmental Legitimacy: Exploratory Insights From Italian Firms

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni, Daniel Lundgaard, Maria Alejandra Torres‐Cuello, Steen Vallentin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Can Autonomous Truck Systems Transform North Dakota’s Agricultural Supply Chain Industry?

Future Transportation
The swift advancements in autonomous vehicle systems have facilitated their implementation across various industries, including agriculture. However, studies primarily focus on passenger vehicles, with fewer examining autonomous trucks.
Emmanuel Anu Thompson, Jeremy Mattson, Pan Lu, Evans Tetteh Akoto, Solomon Boadu, Herman Benjamin Atuobi, Kwabena Dadson, Denver Tolliver   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Autonomous and Operator-Assisted Electric Rope Shovel Performance Study

Mining, 2022
Automation has been changing the mining industry for the past two decades. Material handling is a critical task in a mining operation, and truck-shovel handling systems are the primary method for surface mining. Mines have deployed autonomous trucks, and
Ali Yaghini, Robert Hall, Derek Apel
doaj   +1 more source

Current Trends and Future Research in Management Control for Sustainability in Retail

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The growing emphasis on sustainability in the retail sector, driven by regulatory frameworks, market trends and consumer demand, has placed management control at the forefront of facilitating sustainability practices. Despite increasing academic interest in this area, the literature is fragmented and provides limited sector‐specific insight ...
Miguel Gil, Mart Ots, Timur Uman
wiley   +1 more source