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Bridging the Divide Between Agricultural Economics and the Sustainability Sciences

Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is based on several decades of experience engaging in interdisciplinary research and teaching involving agronomists, climate scientists, ecologists, hydrologists and geographers, focused on ensuring the long run sustainability of local and global food systems.
Thomas W. Hertel
wiley   +1 more source

Microstructural Evolution of Pearlitic Wheel Steel Under Thermal-Mechanical Fatigue. [PDF]

Materials (Basel)
Fan M, Fu Y, Li G, Li X, Zhao S, Li Z, Zhang G, Zhang C.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Network Structure and the Efficiency Gains from Mergers: Evidence from U.S. Freight Railroads

The RAND Journal of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The trade‐off between market power and efficiency gains is central to antitrust analyses of mergers, but empirical evidence quantifying efficiencies remains limited. Using transaction‐level data from U.S. freight railroads (1985–2005), this article quantifies merger‐induced cost efficiencies, driven mainly by eliminating inter‐railroad ...
Yanyou Chen
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Smart Railway Infrastructure Predictive and Optimised Maintenance Through Digital Twin (DT) System. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Kazemi MJ, Rashidi M, Kang WH, Siahkouhi M.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Global Union Federations and Human Rights Due Diligence: Strategic Repertoires in a Shifting Legal Terrain

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the strategic engagement of global union federations (GUFs) with emerging human rights due diligence (HRDD) legislation as a mechanism of transnational labour governance. Drawing on a multimethod qualitative design—including legal and document analysis and interviews with union officials—the study identifies six ...
Ingrid Landau, Shelley Marshall, Hila Shamir   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep learning-based high-speed railway communication systems. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ha DV, Chien TV, Ngo HQ.
europepmc   +1 more source

Dilemmas of Civilian Participation in Military Deterrence and Defence: Legal and Ethical Dimensions

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can civilians participate in deterrence and defence in ways that do not jeopardize their immunity from deliberate attack? The principle of civilian immunity from deliberate attack in war is a core element of contemporary international humanitarian law (IHL). Uniformed combatants and others who take up arms pose a threat may be liable to be
Neta C. Crawford
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the impact of human error factors on railway accident severity: Evidence from accident investigation reports in Korea. [PDF]

PLoS One
Kim C, Lee J.
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging the Late Antique Gap in Northwest Arabia: New Archaeological Evidence on the Occupation of Wādī al‐Qurā (al‐ʿUlā [AlUla], Saudi Arabia) Between the Third and Seventh Centuries CE

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2019, the Dadan Archaeological Project (CNRS/RCU/AFALULA) identified a Late Antique village 1 km south of ancient Dadan in the al‐ʿUlā valley (northwest Saudi Arabia). Three excavation seasons at this site (2021–2023) have uncovered a massive building constructed in the late third or early fourth cent.
Jérôme Rohmer, Abdulrahman Alsuhaibani, Charlène Bouchaud, Elora Chambraud, Vladimir Dabrowski, Hatem Djerbi, Fabien Lesguer, Hervé Monchot, Paul Picavet, Louise Purdue, Bertrand Riba, Shadi Shabo   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

An open-source low-power wheel detector node for urban rail monitoring. [PDF]

HardwareX
Erdi E, Sarioglu E, Gurses BO, Baltaci A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source