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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of effect of various collision conditions on safety of occupants in the event of level crossing accident

open access: yesNihon Kikai Gakkai ronbunshu, 2019
The crash safety structure of the railway vehicles is effective as one of the safety measures against the train crews and the passengers in the event of a collision accident. However there is no standard for crash safety in Japan.
Tomohiro OKINO   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

THE CONGO RAILWAY. [PDF]

open access: yesMinutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1899
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Trouet, L., Redgrave, G. R.
openaire   +2 more sources

Poseidon's Sanctuary at Samikon—The Discovery of an Ancient Temple Through an Integrated Geophysical and Geoarchaeological Survey Approach for Lagoonal and Swampy Environments

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Below the classical fortress of Samikon at the coast of the western Peloponnese, ancient writer Strabo mentioned a sanctuary of Poseidon which served as the centre of the religious association of the Triphylian cities. In this paper, we describe the discovery and investigation of a building structure by means of geophysical and ...
Dennis Wilken   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Polygonisation of railway wheels: a critical review

open access: yesRailway Engineering Science, 2020
Polygonisation is a common nonuniform wear phenomenon occurring in railway vehicle wheels and has a severe impact on the vehicle–track system, ride comfort, and lineside residents.
G. Tao   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Integrating Remote Sensing, Archaeological Survey and Geophysical Prospections for the Enhancement of Roman Doclea, Montenegro

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Roman city of Doclea is a key archaeological site of Montenegro, valued for its impressive remains and its role in the nation's cultural identity within European and the Mediterranean history. Doclea was the second‐largest city in the province of Roman Dalmatia, a municipium created in the first century ad and named after the Illyrian ...
Tatjana Koprivica   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

A two-step approach for selection of railway modernization projects based on analytic hierarchy process

open access: yesTransport, 2022
This paper presents a simulation of the Project Portfolio Management (PPM) model usage in evaluation and selection of modernization projects of Serbian Railways.
Rajko Ković, Miloš Milenković
doaj   +1 more source

Sound and vibration energy harvesting for railway applications: A review on linear and nonlinear techniques

open access: yes, 2021
Energy harvesting in the railway industry has great potential for many applications. Energy harvesters can provide electrical power for track-side, on-board, and infrastructure instruments, including health monitoring sensors, signaling, switches, and ...
A. Hosseinkhani   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Taxonomy of Predictive Maintenance as a Basis for Supra‐Regional Sustainability Monitoring—Literature Review

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The concept of predictive maintenance in advanced manufacturing systems is crucial from the point of view of resource efficiency in the era of high competitiveness forced by energy transformation in the digital economy. Against the backdrop of sustainability and the opportunities a data cooperative offers, the combination of predictive ...
Christian Schachtner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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