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Highway Design and Safety Consequences: A Case Study of Interstate Highway Vertical Grades

Journal of Advanced Transportation, 2018
Vertical alignment, which includes vertical grades and lengths, is a critical aspect of highway design policy that influences safety. A full understanding of the effect of vertical grade and segment length on highway safety can help agencies to evaluate ...
Zongxin Tang, Sikai Chen, Jianchuan Cheng, Seyed Ali Ghahari, Samuel Labi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

EU Space Law and Earth's Boundaries: Integrating Environmental Impact Assessment and Corporate Due Diligence

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union's proposed Space Law aims to establish a unified approach for sustainable space activities across the EU. While the EU's satellite constellations contribute to sustainability efforts, they can also have negative environmental impacts.
Elena Cirkovic, Vitali Braun
wiley   +1 more source

Using EMS data to explore community-level factors associated with firearm violence in North Carolina

Injury Epidemiology
Background Firearm violence is a significant public health issue. However, it is unclear if there is an association between the Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) and the intent of both fatal and nonfatal firearm injuries, and if these associations are ...
Yuni Tang, Nandi L. Taylor, Lucas M. Neuroth, Kathleen A. Higgins, Anna E. Waller, Stephen W. Marshall, Katherine J. Harmon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Automated Identification, Warning, and Visualization of Vortex-Induced Vibration

Sensors
Vortex-induced vibration (VIV) is a kind of abnormal vibration which needs to be automatically identified and warned in real time to guarantee the operational safety of a bridge.
Min He, Peng Liang, Xing-Shun Lu, Yu-Hao Pan, Di Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrated Highway Safety Information System (HSIS) datasets by means of a Roadway Safety Data Integrator (RSDI) tool. [PDF]

Data Brief, 2020
Dadvar S, Lee YJ, Shin HS, Khodaparasti H.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unveiling Corruption's Influence on Insider Trading: US Insights

Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between state‐level political corruption and firm‐level insider trading in the United States. State corruption is proxied using Department of Justice court cases involving corrupt activities. The findings reveal a positive and statistically significant association between political corruption and insider ...
Ahmed Al‐Hadi, Baban Eulaiwi, Hidaya Al Lawati, Grantley Taylor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Temporal and geographical patterns of nitazene detections in drug samples and biospecimens in the United States, 2019–2024

Addiction, EarlyView.
Abstract Background and aims Nitazenes are a novel subclass of synthetic opioids that have been increasingly implicated in the United States (US) overdose crisis. Despite their growing presence in the illicit drug supply, national trends have not been systematically evaluated.
David T. Zhu, Nicole D. Fitzgerald, Joseph J. Palamar, Alex J. Krotulski   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Turkish mosques are staffed by state‐appointed imams and callers to prayer whose practices are regulated through a complex bureaucratic network operating on an internet‐based data‐management and communication infrastructure. A centralized mosque loudspeaker network enables the broadcast of calls to prayer and other Islamic recitations across ...
Hikmet Kocamaner
wiley   +1 more source

Local authorities' capacity to advance climate action in the food and farming sectors

Area, EarlyView.
Abstract The mitigation measures needed in the face of climate change require transformation in the production and consumption of food. This paper examines local authorities' role in driving practical transformation in the food and farming sectors at the local level, reflecting on the complexity of these sectors and the implications for the effective ...
Aimee Morse, Daniel Keech, Philippa Simmonds, Fahimeh Malekinezhad, Janet Dwyer, Benjamin Dent   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modeling and Analysis of Mixed Traffic Flow Considering Driver Stochasticity and CAV Connectivity Uncertainty

Sensors
As connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies are rapidly integrated into modern transportation systems, understanding the dynamics of mixed traffic flow involving both human-driven vehicles (HVs) and CAVs is becoming increasingly important ...
Qi Zeng, Siyuan Hao, Nale Zhao, Ruiche Liu   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source