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Bicycle Urbanism, Blog 3 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Student blog posts from the Great VCU Bike Race ...
Cortes, Alexander
core   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bicycling Phase Recognition for Lower Limb Amputees Using Support Vector Machine Optimized by Particle Swarm Optimization

open access: yesSensors, 2020
A novel method for recognizing the phases in bicycling of lower limb amputees using support vector machine (SVM) optimized by particle swarm optimization (PSO) is proposed in this paper.
Xinxin Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Examination of Women\u27s Representation and Participation in Bicycle Advisory Committees in California, Research Report WP 11-03 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the United States, women bicycle at significantly lower rates than men. One method of remedying this disparity is to ensure that women are engaged in bicycle planning and policy making through, for example, participation in bicycle advisory committees
Deluca, Cathy, Nixon, Hilary
core   +1 more source

Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Physics of Bicycling [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Faculty reflection on VCU Great Bike Race Book course. Course Description: The science of bicycling will be explored by measuring and observing key physical principles of the ...
Bishop, Marilyn F., Duraisamy, Muruges
core   +1 more source

REWW‐ARM—Remote Wire‐Driven Mobile Robot: Design, Control, and Experimental Validation

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
The Remote Wire‐Driven robot “REWW‐ARM” demonstrates a new concept of remote actuation that separates electronics from harsh environments while retaining closed‐loop control. Combining tendon‐sheath mechanisms with decoupled joints, it achieves efficient power transmission and autonomous locomotion, manipulation, and underwater operation, suggesting ...
Takahiro Hattori   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safe Routes to School Improves the Built Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
This report focuses on case studies describing how ten states (California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia) are awarding their SRTS federal funds to support improved infrastructure such
Robert Ping
core  

Anomeric Amides: Valuable Reagents in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie International Edition, EarlyView.
Enabling late‐stage transformations and skeletal editing, anomeric amides have recently emerged as powerful synthetic tools. Due to their unique properties, anomeric amides have been employed in reactions ranging from amination to halogenation. This minireview provides an overview of recent progress in using anomeric amides across a variety of ...
Arushi Garg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Implications of Sense of Control over Bicycling : Design of a Physical Stamina-Aware Bike [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Bicycling has become a mainstream activity among the environmental aware generation. Bicycling communities have gradually shown interests in quantitative data of the bicycling experiences such as road roughness, inclination, pollution, etc.
Chen, Li-Chieh   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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