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Small Community Businesses in Slums: A Perspective on Kenyan Slum Networks

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on networks, the relational dimensions and structures cocreated by small community businesses and cooperative societies through everyday entrepreneurship in slum neighborhoods remain undertheorized. Drawing upon 1166 small community businesses, we conceptualize the relational dimensions and structures underlying ...
Amon Simba, Yun He, Preethi Misha, Yan Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Empowering and conquering infirmity of visually impaired using AI‐technology equipped with object detection and real‐time voice feedback system in healthcare application

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract The Internet of Things is emerging as a crucial technology in aiding humans and making their lives easier. Among the human population, a large percentage of people suffer from disabilities resulting in challenges in everyday life particularly people with visual disabilities.
Hania Tarik, Shahzad Hassan, Rizwan Ali Naqvi, Saddaf Rubab, Usman Tariq, Monia Hamdi, Hela Elmannai, Ye Jin Kim, Jae‐Hyuk Cha   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Gendered Motorcycle: Representations in Society, Media and Popular Culture [PDF]

, 2018
What happens to gender at 120mph? Are Harley-Davidsons more masculine than Yamahas? The Gendered Motorcycle answers such questions through a critical examination of motorcycles in film, advertising and television.
Miyake, E
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Outlaw motorcycle gangs: A theoretical perspective

, 2015
Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs are increasingly seen as a threat to communities around the world. They are a visible threat as a recognizable symbol of deviance and violence. This book discusses the social context within which Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and groups
Lauchs, Mark, Lauchs, M, Bell, P, Bain, A, Bell, Peter, Bain, Andy, Bain, Andrew, Mark Lauchs, Peter Bell, Andy Bain   +9 more
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Domain‐adapted driving scene understanding with uncertainty‐aware and diversified generative adversarial networks

CAAI Transactions on Intelligence Technology, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Autonomous vehicles are required to operate in an uncertain environment. Recent advances in computational intelligence techniques make it possible to understand driving scenes in various environments by using a semantic segmentation neural network, which assigns a class label to each pixel.
Yining Hua, Jie Sui, Hui Fang, Chuan Hu, Dewei Yi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond Reality Avoidance: Unraveling the Paradox of Escapism Through Self‐Monitoring and Autonomy Mechanisms for Consumers' Life Satisfaction

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa, Flávio Santino Bizarrias, Thelma Valéria Rocha, Larissa Luz Raposo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hans Johnsen : automobile, motorcycle and bicycle accessories ...

, 1915
A price list of motorcycles and bicycles at Hans Johnsen Automobile, Motorcycle and Bicycle accessories.Full catalog title: Hans Johnsen : automobile, motorcycle and bicycle accessories : southwestern distributor for Miami Cycle & Mfg.
Johnsen, Hans.
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Vibration Attenuation of Cantilever Beam Using Electromagnetic Delayed Feedback

International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a combined analytical and numerical investigation of a single‐input single‐output delayed feedback controller designed to suppress vibrations in a cantilever beam actuated by an electromagnet positioned beneath its free end. An analytical model was developed using the linearized equation of motion for a transversely excited
Mohammad Alabdullah, Khaled Alhazza
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing the differences in bicycle theft and motorcycle theft: spatial patterns and contributing factors

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
There exists abundant literature on vehicle theft, but only a few studies focused on bicycle theft and motorcycle theft. This study aims to reveal and explain differences in spatial distributions of bicycle theft and motorcycle theft in ZG city, China ...
Lin Liu, Heng Liu, Dongping Long, Xinhua Huang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Leveraging Public Transit for Robotic Deliveries: A Column Generation Approach

Naval Research Logistics (NRL), EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are small, electric, wheeled vehicles that operate at pedestrian speeds. In the last‐mile delivery service considered in this study, a fleet of AMRs is deployed across multiple recharging depots within a service area, from which they depart to perform point‐to‐point deliveries. We consider an operational setting
Yishay Shapira, Mor Kaspi
wiley   +1 more source