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Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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Automated Transit Networks (ATN): A Review of the State of the Industry and Prospects for the Future, MTI Report 12-31 [PDF]
The concept of Automated Transit Networks (ATN) - in which fully automated vehicles on exclusive, grade-separated guideways provide on-demand, primarily non-stop, origin-to-destination service over an area network – has been around since the 1950s ...
Ellis, Sam +3 more
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Religio‐Governmental Infrastructures: Islam, Infrastructure, and Populist Mobilization in Turkey
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
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This study introduces a new metro train demand model that simultaneously captures both aggregate ridership from automated fare collection (AFC) data and disaggregate consideration propensities, using individual survey data from Chennai, India. This joint
Ganesh Ambi Ramakrishnan +3 more
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Design of traction system for serialized China standard metro train
Many problems appear as the rapid development of China urban rail transit, such as various vehicle systems, huge number of spare parts and low localization level, which make it be urgent to establish China standard as well as key system in rail transit ...
LIU Xiong
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Field Study of the Interior Noise and Vibration of a Metro Vehicle Running on a Viaduct: A Case Study in Guangzhou. [PDF]
Yan L +6 more
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Effective public transit is central to development. For the vast majority of developing city residents, public transit is the only practical means to access employment, education, and public services, especially when such services are beyond the viable ...
Wright, Lloyd
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Parallel Control of Auxiliary Inverters for Metro Vehicle
Although, extended power mode and cross power mode were put to use widely in subway auxiliary power system ,there were some problems such as big volume ,high noise level in these two mode. Furthermore ,it affected the travel experience seriously when the power system was switched to light load mode because of one of the auxiliary inverter failed.
YAN Zhiyong +3 more
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Welcome to the Anthropozine! DIY Booklets as an Alternative to the Peer‐Reviewed Publication
ABSTRACT Peer‐reviewed publications remain the most accepted form of knowledge production and distribution in academia today. But such formal publications are often deeply exclusionary, especially for undergraduate and early graduate students as well as scholars tackling highly stigmatized subjects.
Nicholas C. Kawa
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Optimization Measures for Land Occupation Scale of Fully Automatic Metro Vehicle Base
[Objective]The application of fully automatic operation (FAO) technology has led to a further increase in metro vehicle base land scale and in newly built FAO metro lines, as well as the FAO transformation of existing ordinary lines.
WEN Pengzhe +3 more
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