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Planning for cycling in local government: Insights from national surveys in Australia and New Zealand

Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2022
Despite a broad consensus that cycling can address a range of transportation issues, many countries have struggled to institute measures to increase cycling participation. Even for cities that have achieved marked progress, there remains a gap in making
Courtney Babb, Sam McLeod, Conor Noone
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Exploring personalized fashion design process using an emotional data visualization method

Fashion and Textiles, 2022
In recent years, rapid economic growth and a rising personal income have increased the demand for personalized services. To address this demand, the fashion industry and academia are increasingly analyzing and developing methods to provide personalized ...
Na Ma, Jieun Kim, Jee Hyun Lee
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Water Mist Fire Suppression Systems for Building and Industrial Applications: Issues and Challenges

Fire, 2023
Interest in water mist fire suppression has increased within the fire protection industry due to its ability to control the spread and development of fire without using environmentally damaging agents.
Kyle Farrell, Md Kamrul Hassan, Md Delwar Hossain, Bulbul Ahmed, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Grahame Douglas, Swapan Saha   +6 more
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Advanced Wireless Sensors Used to Monitor the Impact of Environment Design on Human Physiology

Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2019
This article describes modern wireless sensor devices and their application in the measurements of the human physiology. We used our own advanced ECG Holter device and EEG helmet to record the heart and brain activity impacted by different environments ...
Erik Vavrinsky, Veronika Kotradyova, Helena Svobodova, Martin Kopani, Martin Donoval, Samuel Sedlak, Jan Subjak, Tomas Zavodnik   +7 more
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Fire Incidents, Trends, and Risk Mitigation Framework of Electrical Vehicle Cars in Australia

Fire, 2023
Electric Vehicles (EVs) offer a promising solution to reduce the environmental impact compared to internal combustion engine vehicles. However, EV adoption in Australia has been hindered by concerns over fire safety.
Md Kamrul Hassan, Nazra Hameed, Md Delwar Hossain, Md Rayhan Hasnat, Grahame Douglas, Sameera Pathirana, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Swapan Saha   +7 more
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Numerical Investigations on the Influencing Factors of Rapid Fire Spread of Flammable Cladding in a High-Rise Building

Fire, 2022
This paper investigates aluminium composite panels (ACPs) to understand the fire behaviour of combustible cladding systems under different fire scenarios.
Md Kamrul Hassan, Md Delwar Hossain, Michael Gilvonio, Payam Rahnamayiezekavat, Grahame Douglas, Sameera Pathirana, Swapan Saha   +6 more
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Extending Design Environments to Software Architecture Design [PDF]

Automated Software Engineering, 1998
Domain-oriented design environments are cooperative problem-solving systems that support designers in complex design tasks. We present the facilities and architecture of Argo, a domain-oriented design environment for software architecture. Argo's architecture is motivated by the desire to achieve reuse and extensibility of the design environment.
J.E. Robbins, D.M. Hilbert, D.F. Redmiles   +2 more
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Associations between Driving Status, Frequency of Transport use after Driving Cessation, and Social Frailty among Middle-Aged and Older Adults [PDF]

Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research
Background The use of transport other than cars is a modifiable factor in the association between driving cessation and social frailty. Clarifying this relationship may serve as a new preventive measure against social frailty among current non-drivers ...
Tatsuya Fukuei, Shoma Akaida, Yoshiaki Taniguchi, Daijo Shiratsuchi, Yuto Kiuchi, Mana Tateishi, Yukari Aishita, Ryota Kuratsu, Hyuma Makizako   +8 more
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Technical Energy Assessment and Sizing of a Second Life Battery Energy Storage System for a Residential Building Equipped with EV Charging Station

Applied Sciences, 2022
This study investigates the design and sizing of the second life battery energy storage system applied to a residential building with an EV charging station.
Farhad Salek, Shahaboddin Resalati, Denise Morrey, Paul Henshall, Aydin Azizi   +4 more
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Design For Environment [PDF]

MRS Bulletin, 1991
Design for the Environment (DFE) is an emerging concept which addresses reducing the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire lifecycle, from design and manufacture through use and end of life. AT&T is currently establishing capabilities for realizing environmentally sound, or “green,” products.
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