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Impact of wheel shape on the vertical damage of cast crossing panels in turnouts [PDF]

, 2015
Impact forces generated in the load transfer area of railway crossing panels lead to a range of degradation modes from wear and fatigue of the contacting materials, fatigue of supporting components to ballast/subgrade deterioration.
Grossoni, Ilaria, Neves, Sérgio, University of Huddersfield, Bezin, Yann   +3 more
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Broad Skills, Smaller Footprints? Generalist CEOs and Firm Biodiversity Exposure

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine whether CEO generalist skills predict firm‐level biodiversity risk exposure, an emerging strategic and financial concern. Using the biodiversity indicator developed based on textual analysis and the General Ability Index, we find that firms led by generalist CEOs are associated with significantly lower disclosed biodiversity risk ...
Hafiz Hoque, Saadia Irfan, Linh Thi Tue Tran   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

INEQUALITIES RESEARCH OF THE TRACK AT THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Nauka ta progres transportu, 2015
Purpose. The intersection of highways and railways in one level – railway crossing, is a zone of increased danger for rail and road transport. Nearly half of all crossings are available on the main directions of passenger transportation.
M. B. Kurhan, D. M. Kurhan, O. F. Luzhytskyi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Motorist behaviour at railway level crossings : the present context in Australia [PDF]

, 2008
Railway level crossing collisions in Australia are a major cause of concern for both rail and road authorities. Despite the fact that the number of railway crash fatalities in Australia has fallen in recent years, level crossing collisions constitute a ...
Wallace, Angela M.
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A human factors investigation into the unavailability of active warnings at railway level crossings

, 2012
This paper discusses human factors issues of low cost railway level crossings in Australia. Several issues are discussed in this paper including safety at passive level railway crossings, human factors considerations associated with unavailability of a ...
Christian Wullems, Matthew Gildersleeve, Gildersleeve, Matthew, Wullems, Christian   +3 more
core   +1 more source

New Insights Into the Three‐Dimensional Mechanics of the Flagellar Beat Cycle

Cytoskeleton, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Advances in imaging at the molecular scale have provided greater detail concerning the three‐dimensional structure of the ciliary/flagellar axoneme. Additionally, it has recently been confirmed that electrostatic forces regulate the dynein‐tubulin interaction at the microtubule binding domain (MTBD) of dynein, and at the junction of the nexin ...
Charles B. Lindemann
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Tax Avoidance in Europe: Evidence From the Anti‐Tax Avoidance Directives

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and corporate tax avoidance (CTA) in the European Union, exploiting institutional variation arising from CSR disclosure regimes and the introduction of the Anti‐Tax Avoidance Directives (ATAD).
Alessandro Migliavacca
wiley   +1 more source

Development of an unsupervised 3D LiDAR-based methodology for automated safety monitoring of railway facilities

International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology
Railway safety (e.g., at grade crossings, platforms, or rail tracks) is a primary concern for transportation authorities. Unfortunately, preventable railway collisions claim the lives of hundreds annually, often involving individuals crossing illegally ...
Ehsan Nateghinia, Luis F. Miranda-Moreno
doaj   +1 more source

Application of pneumatic tubes to evaluate driver behavior and interventions at low traffic railway level crossings [PDF]

, 2017
The recent development of new technologies has attracted the interest of the rail industry as a way to increase driver awareness at railway level crossings by providing new ways to display information to drivers as they approach crossings.
Larue, Gregoire S., Wullems, Christian
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Abnormal Sustainability Reporting Tone and the Value Relevance of Accounting Fundamentals

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates whether and how abnormal sustainability reporting tone is associated with the firm's market value and conditions the value relevance of accounting fundamentals. Building on impression‐management theory, the value relevance literature, and recent advances in textual analysis, we focus on the discretionary component of ...
Alessandra Allini, Alessandro Corrado, Luca Ferri, Annamaria Zampella   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source