Bird mortality on high-speed railways: lessons from two large contrasting species. [PDF]
Mata C +5 more
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The big impact of small change: Fresh estimates of English wheat market integration, 1693–1893
Abstract Using existing and new price data sets, we provide the first estimates of market integration across England over the entire 200 years of the industrial revolution. We document a significant, though not huge, integration improvement for markets furthest from London. Full integration was achieved by the 1830s. Our price data sets vary in quality
Liam Brunt, Edmund Cannon
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Numerical analysis and optimization of the impact of complex foundation pit construction on the deformation of adjacent subway structures. [PDF]
Sun J +5 more
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Abstract Financial history is plagued by a visibility trap. Using the Brussels Stock Exchange (1850–1913), we demonstrate that asset illiquidity introduced selection bias, which systematically inflated historical risk premia. Applying a latent return model, we argue that correcting for this illiquidity decreases the equity and corporate bond risk ...
Justin Case +2 more
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Polyurethane-Solidified Ballast Under Unconfined and Confined Conditions: Laboratory Load Testing and Mesoscopic Analysis. [PDF]
Chen W +5 more
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Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality: Evidence from industrializing Japan
Abstract This study investigates the health consequences of coal smoke during Japan's early industrialization. Using fixed‐effects models and a prefecture‐level panel dataset on actual coal consumption and infant mortality from 1899 to 1910, this study finds that higher coal consumption was positively associated with infant mortality.
Tatsuki Inoue
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Traffic safety at level crossings in the Czech Republic. [PDF]
Strohmandl J +5 more
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Free to choose: Bank capital in Britain, 1878–1939
Abstract Government regulation of the banking sector is pervasive, making it difficult to empirically analyse when banks would voluntarily choose to issue equity if there were no minimum requirements on capital adequacy. A unique historical setting occurred in the late nineteenth‐century United Kingdom when joint‐stock banks were free to choose their ...
Gareth Campbell +2 more
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SPR-DETR: DETR with Self-Supervised Learning and Position Relation Modeling for UAV-Based Catenary Support Component Detection in Electrified Railways. [PDF]
Liang T +5 more
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ABSTRACT Introduction Dental education involves continuous exposure to high‐frequency noise from clinical instruments, which may cause early outer hair cell damage even before professional practice begins. While noise‐induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a recognised occupational hazard among dentists, evidence regarding subclinical outer hair cell changes ...
Merve Yelken Kendirci +4 more
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