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Park‐and‐multi‐loop with autonomous delivery robots in last‐mile logistics
International Transactions in Operational Research, EarlyView.Abstract This paper deals with the park‐and‐multi‐loop routing problem, in the context of last‐mile logistics, in which a fleet of traditional vehicles equipped with several autonomous delivery robots leaves from a depot to service a set of customer requests.
Tommaso Adamo +4 more
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Satire and Silence Under Authoritarian Rule: Cotton and Pesticide Perceptions in Tajikistan
Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the past 70 years, agricultural chemicals have become a mainstay of cotton farming in Central Asia. This growing reliance on agrochemicals has not remained uncontested. This article analyses the politics of pesticides in Soviet and post‐Soviet Tajikistan by examining how, and to what extent, pesticides have featured in graphic satire, an ...
Irna Hofman, Flora Roberts
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Carbohydrate- and conformation-dependent cargo capture for ER-exit [PDF]
, 2005 Some secretory proteins leave the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by a receptor-mediated cargo capture mechanism, but the signals required for the cargo-receptor interaction are largely unknown.
Appenzeller-Herzog, C. +5 more
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, 2010 This is one of hundreds of 60-second radio spots created by the Center for East Asian Studies (CEAS) for Kansas Public Radio (KPR). The purpose of this outreach program is to introduce the people of Kansas to the culture and current issues of East Asia ...
Hacker, Randi
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Barriers to fuel cell cargo bike adoption in urban logistics: a multi-level transition analysis
Frontiers in Sustainable CitiesEuropean municipalities are increasingly pivotal in advancing sustainable urban freight systems. This paper examines the potential of Fuel Cell Cargo Pedelecs (FCCPs) as innovative alternatives to diesel and battery-powered logistics vehicles.
Lara Damer +2 more
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Sociology Lens, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines how media usage trends of Roma people intersect with urban peripherality and structural inequalities. The study designed as a two‐stage comparative ethnographic field study and conducted in 2016 and 2025 on a Roma community living in Izmir Province of Türkiye, focuses on the ongoing deprivations of the Roma population in ...
Mehmet Işık, Şakir Eşitti
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Potential Austrian user groups for new cargo bike services
European Transport Research ReviewDespite being a niche market, cargo bikes have significant potential to revolutionize urban mobility. Nevertheless, their adoption for personal use remains limited, with usage patterns concentrated among highly educated urban men aged 30–45 in German ...
Aurelia Kammerhofer +3 more
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Where Do E-Cargo Bikes Go? Analysis of Domestic E-Cargo Bike GPS Traces in UK Suburbs
E-cargo bikes are niche mode amongst domestic users, with strong potential to reduce car dependence, particularly in suburban areas where usage is growing. However, there is a lack of research on both domestic e-cargo bike use and suburban use. Policy makers lack basic metrics for average speed, trip distance, as well as more detailed analysis of ...
Ian Philips, Caroline Tait
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Journal of Product Innovation Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Academic Abstract Innovations designed to address grand challenges within the social innovation sector can have unintended consequences, particularly where organizations pursue triple‐bottom‐line objectives under resource constraints. Yet research on coupling responsible innovation (RI) and sustainable business model innovation (SBMI) largely ...
Matthew Snell +2 more
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Word Predictability as a Measure of Second Language Proficiency
Language Learning, EarlyView.Abstract This study introduces predictabilityBERT, a novel metric for assessing second language (L2) proficiency based on the predictability of word choices in learner language production. Using BERT (Devlin et al., 2019), we calculated the conditional probability of each word in a text given its surrounding context.
Langdon Holmes +3 more
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