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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
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
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Feasibility Study on MHEV Application for Motorbikes: Components Sizing, Strategy Optimization through Dynamic Programming and Analysis of Possible Benefits

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Reducing CO2 emissions is becoming a particularly important goal for motorcycle manufacturers. A fully electric transition still seems far away, given the difficulties in creating an electric motorcycle with an acceptable range and mass.
Valerio Mangeruga, Dario Cusati, Francesco Raimondi, Matteo Giacopini   +3 more
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Inter-industry wage differentials : How much does rent sharing matter ? [PDF]

This paper investigates inter-industry wage differentials in Belgium, taking advantage of access to a unique matched employer-employee data set covering all the years from 1999 to 2005.
François Ryckx, Ilan Tojerow, Philip Du Caju   +2 more
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Estimating the Carbon Footprint of External Beam Radiotherapy: Should This Be a Concern for LMICs?

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Purpose This study aims to estimate the carbon footprint associated with external beam radiotherapy in a low‐ and middle‐income country (LMIC) context, specifically at the Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI), and to evaluate whether sustainability should be a priority alongside treatment access in such radiation therapy settings.
Afua A. Yorke, Komakech Ignatius, John L. Schreiner, Tomas Kron   +3 more
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ELGO electric motorcycle: Design and analysis of trail-type electric motorcycle frame using finite element analysis

Journal of Engineering Researcher and Lecturer
The frame is an important part of the motorcycle as it carries the load of the passenger. Therefore, it is necessary to design a frame that can withstand the load and is lightweight. A lighter motorcycle will reduce the power required to ride it. This research aims to redesign the frame of a trail-type ELGO electric motorbike by considering a reduction
Muhammad Fatiy Elmoudi, Delima Yanti Sari, null Yufrizal   +2 more
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Intangible Investment in Japan: New Estimates and Contribution to Economic Growth [PDF]

The purpose of this paper is to measure intangible assets, to construct the capital stock of intangible assets, and to examine the contribution of intangible capital to economic growth in Japan. We follow the approach of Corrado, Hulten, and Sichel (2005,
Kentaro Mukai, Konomi Tonogi, Kyoji Fukao, Tsutomu Miyagawa, Yukio Shinoda   +4 more
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Engineering innovation and industrial development [PDF]

, 2012
Nigeria remains underdeveloped fifty two years after colonial rule exporting primary raw materials and depending on imports of everything including even the debasing second hand goods.
Oyawale, Fetus A
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Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Solar Fuel Adoption in Quebec, Canada: Evidence From a Discrete Choice Experiment

The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates consumer preferences for renewable fuels in Quebec, with a particular focus on a solar fuel produced through artificial photosynthesis. Using a discrete choice experiment (DCE) and both conditional logit (CL) and random parameters logit (RPL) models, we estimate marginal willingness to pay (MWTP) for key fuel attributes,
Kpanoga Kolombia
wiley   +1 more source

Eco-Driving planification profile for electric motorcycles

, 2022
Los perfiles de Eco-Driving son algoritmos capaces de utilizar información adicional para crear recomendaciones o limitaciones sobre las capacidades del conductor. Aumentan la autonomía del vehículo, pero actualmente su uso no está relacionado con la autonomía requerida por el conductor.
openaire   +2 more sources