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Factors influencing walking distance to the preferred public transport stop in selected urban centres of Czechia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
One of the ways of improving the attractiveness of public transport is to bring it closer to its potential users. A long walking distance from a stop is often one of the critical factors limiting its more frequent and extensive use.
Burian, Jaroslav   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Recent Advances of Slip Sensors for Smart Robotics

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in robotic slip sensors across mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, magnetic, and acoustic mechanisms, offering a comprehensive reference for the selection of slip sensors in robotic applications. In addition, current challenges and emerging trends are identified to advance the development of robust, adaptive,
Xingyu Zhang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal Actuation and Environment Adaptive Strategies of Bio‐Inspired Micro/Nanorobots in Precision Medicine

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
An introduction for multidrive and environment‐adaptive micro/nanorobotics: design and fabrication strategies, intelligent actuation, and their applications. Various intelligent actuation approaches—magnetic, acoustic, optical, chemical, and biological—can be synergistically designed to enhance flexibility and adaptive behavior for precision medicine ...
Aiqing Ma   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Longitudinal Analysis of Cars, Transit, and Employment Outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Access to cars and transit can influence individuals’ ability to reach opportunities such as jobs, health care, and other important activities. While access to cars and public transit varies considerably across time, space, and across populations, most ...
Klein, Nicholas J., Smart, Michael J.
core   +1 more source

Bicycle and car share schemes as inclusive modes of travel? A socio-spatial analysis in Glasgow [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Public bicycle and car sharing schemes have proliferated in recent years and are increasingly part of the urban transport landscape. Shared transport options have the potential to support social inclusion by improving accessibility: these initiatives ...
Clark, Julie, Curl, Angela
core   +1 more source

Factors Driving Battery and Solar Purchase Decision of Residents: a Behavioural Choice Experiment Using a Hybrid Discrete Choice and Latent Variable Model

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
This article explores what drives households to adopt solar PV and battery systems in South East Queensland. Using hybrid discrete choice experiments, it reveals distinct adopter profiles and highlights cost, system size, and energy independence as key motivators.
Mohammad Alipour   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Socioeconomic Characteristics, Urban Built Environment and Household Car Ownership in a Rapidly Growing City: Evidence from Zhongshan, China

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2018
Growth in car ownership has significant impacts on the use of urban space and management of urban environments, especially in rapidly developing countries such as China.
Yi Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic development and changes in car ownership patterns. [PDF]

open access: yes
The contributions of this paper are twofold: On the one hand, the paper analyses the factors determining the growth in car ownership in Spain over the last two decades, and, on the other, the paper provides empirical evidence for a controversial ...
Anna Matas, Josep Lluís Raymond
core  

Shifting Into Gear: A Comprehensive Guide to Creating a Car Ownership Program [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Offers detailed strategies for organizations pursuing car ownership programs to help low-income residents obtain vehicles for employment access and family economic ...
Carolyn Hayden, Sue Wong, Tam Ma
core  

Challenges and Future Directions in Assessing the Quality and Completeness of Advanced Materials Safety Data for Re‐Usability: A Position Paper From the Nanosafety Community

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Nanosafety data provide a guiding example for establishing best practices in data management, aligning with FAIR principles and quality criteria. This review explores existing quality assessment approaches for reliability, relevance, and completeness, emphasizing the need for harmonization and adaptation to nanomaterials and advanced materials. The aim
Verónica I. Dumit   +43 more
wiley   +1 more source

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