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Impacts of coal smoke on infant mortality: Evidence from industrializing Japan

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Free to choose: Bank capital in Britain, 1878–1939

The Economic History Review, EarlyView.
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, Lyndon Moore, John D. Turner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhanced vertical railway track quality index with dynamic responses from moving trains. [PDF]

Heliyon
Unsiwilai S, Phusakulkajorn W, Shen C, Zoeteman A, Dollevoet R, Núñez A, Li Z.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Early Outer Hair Cell Dysfunction Associated With Educational Noise Exposure in Dental Students: Implications for Hearing Conservation in Dental Education

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
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, Mehtap Ungor, Handan Turan Dizdar, Ahmet Faruk Erturk, Ilknur Ozcan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Behavior of turnout sleepers in a large-scale ballast box test. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Grohs G, Pircher P, Quirchmair M, Loy H, Six K, Pospischil F.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The aesthetic sublime of megaproject structures: A framework and a research agenda

European Management Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The physical structures of megaprojects—such as mega‐canals, metros, railway lines, bridges, tunnels, and iconic opera houses—hold a profound capacity to generate aesthetic experiences with enduring societal impact. Yet, research on megaprojects has predominantly focused on functionality and economic rationale with aesthetics being pushed to ...
Federica De Molli, Alfons van Marrewijk, Arne Carlsen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety inspections of railway-road level crossings

, 2009
Kallberg, Veli-Pekka, Seise, Antti, Ahonen, Tapio, Öörni, Risto   +3 more
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Research Progress of Event Intelligent Perception Based on DAS. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Wu D, Liang QQ, Hu BX, Zhang ZT, Wang XF, Jiang JJ, Yi GW, Zeng HY, Hu JY, Yu Y, Zhang ZR.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Review of the 2020 Statewide Suitability Survey of ASR and AR for Texas Aquifers

Groundwater, EarlyView.
Since publication in 2020, the Statewide Survey of Aquifer Suitability for Aquifer Storage and Recovery Projects or Aquifer Recharge Projects interactive map experience and method have inspired researchers, water providers, and policymakers to explore the potential of aquifer storage and recovery and aquifer recharge in Texas.
Andrea D. Croskrey, James A. Golab, Azzah S. AlKurdi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Automatic Switching of Electric Locomotive Power in Railway Neutral Sections Using Image Processing. [PDF]

J Imaging
Mcineka CT, Pillay N, Moorgas K, Maharaj S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source