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Enabling Sustainability in Local Food Supply Chains: A Life Cycle Assessment‐Based Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to escalating environmental and food security challenges, this study explores how Local Food Systems (LFS) and Short Food Supply Chains (SFSCs) can be redesigned to support sustainability goals. Drawing on a case study of a microalgae‐based food producer, the research applies a Resource Nexus Approach combined with Life Cycle ...
Ravi Shankar Audichya, Juliane Dziumla, Magdalena Marczewska, Daniel Karthe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PRECARIZED AGEING‐IN‐PERIFERIA: Low‐Income Older Adults in a Transforming Neighbourhood

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we investigate how intersecting forms of precarity shape the everyday practices of ageing‐in‐place developed by low‐income older adults in Via Milano, a historically segregated yet rapidly transforming neighbourhood in Brescia, northern Italy. We draw on qualitative and ethnographic research to examine how diverse urban changes—
Marco Alioni, Barbara Badiani
wiley   +1 more source

Sunday Drivers, or Too Fast and Too Furious?

Findings, 2019
The recent influx of electric scooters (e-scooters) has left cities scrambling to answer how to best to regulate them. To help inform policymaking, we studied e-scooter riding behavior through observations of speed and rider distractions.
Juan Francisco (Frank) Arellano, Kevin Fang   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

TAXI, CHILLI AND MOBILE PARTY BRANCH: Reterritorialization of Migrants in Urban Villages, Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of ...
Xinrui Gao, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han
wiley   +1 more source

THE VERTICAL STIFFNESS OF E-SCOOTER TIRES

Latin American Applied Research - An international journal
E-scooter sharing systems have a great international expansion. There is no publication that refers to the wheels used in e-scooters. In this work, these stiffness curves for wheels currently used in e-scooters were obtained experimentally. Average stiffness values from 0.9 E5 N/m to 3.6 E5 N/m has been obtained.
Cano Moreno, Juan David, Arenas Reina, José Manuel, Islán Marcos, Manuel Enrique, D'Amato, Roberto, Blaya Haro, Fernando   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Parental Risk Tolerance During Play and Traumatic Dental Injuries in Children: A Case–Control Study

Dental Traumatology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background/Aim To examine the association between parental risk tolerance during play and traumatic dental injuries in children. Material and Methods This observational case–control study was conducted at a university paediatric dentistry clinic in Türkiye and included 128 children (73 boys and 55 girls) aged 2–13 years and their parents ...
Burcin Avci, Husniye Tugce Zelcek, Mervan Onur   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

E-scooter Vibration Impact on Driver Comfort and Health

Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, 2021
Background Micro-mobility provides a solution for last mile problem and e-scooter sharing systems are one of the most heavily adopted micro-mobility services. The increasing usages of e-scooters make it necessary to analyze the possible effects of the vibrations transmitted to the drivers.
Cano Moreno, Juan David, Islán Marcos, Manuel Enrique, Blaya Haro, Fernando, D’Amato, Roberto, Juanes, Juan A., Soriano Heras, Enrique   +5 more
openaire   +3 more sources

HELMET (HEaLth iMpact of E-bikes and e-scooTers) study: Data collection methods and information gathered for the evaluation of the introduction of share-hire schemes [version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]

NIHR Open Research
Background This study aimed to collect and summarise information on e-bike and e-scooter use in areas with and without e-bike (EB) and e-bike plus e-scooter (EB+ES) combined share-hire schemes.
James Garbutt, Miranda EG Armstrong, Ben Spencer, Tim Jones, Sabina Sanghera, Ian Philips, Rayne Roberts, Lesley Welch, Ruth Salway, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perspectives and Experiences of Dentists on the Provision of Oral Healthcare to Frail Older Adults in General Dental Practices

Gerodontology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Population ageing has increased the number of frail older adults living independently and retaining their natural dentition. To support oral healthcare professionals in caring for this patient group, the Royal Dutch Dental Association published the practice guideline Care for Frail Older Adults in the Dental Practice.
Ellen Dekkers, Brigitte Amelia Francisca Maria van Dam, Joost Cornelis Lambertus den Boer, Dagmar Else Slot, Jan Josef Mathieu Bruers   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pedestrians and E-Scooters: An Initial Look at E-Scooter Parking and Perceptions by Riders and Non-Riders [PDF]

Sustainability, 2019
Since 2018, pedestrians in many U.S. cities have been sharing sidewalk space with dockless shared e-scooters. The introduction of e-scooters has received pushback from pedestrians. Complaints reported in the media include e-scooters blocking walkways and sidewalks when parked illegally as well as safety concerns from pedestrians who do not feel safe ...
Owain James, J Swiderski, John Hicks, Denis Teoman, Ralph Buehler   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources