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Assessment of energy and emissions saving solutions in urban rail-based transport systems [PDF]

, 2019
Global warming and climate change are indisputable theories. Since the Industrial Revolution, the mean temperature of the planet has increased by 1°C. Now, temperatures are approaching a higher stage of +1.5°C and the attention is on both CO2 emissions
Davoudi Zavareh, Mohammad Hassan, Ricci, Stefano   +1 more
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Discovering the Familiar: Exploring Everyday Practice in the Design of Tools and Artefacts

International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.
Abstract The design of everyday objects and artefacts, tools and technologies can prove particularly challenging for design. Their very pervasiveness, ease of application and seeming simplicity can mask the complex array of human practice, knowledge and skills that enables their use posing serious implications for critical design research and practice.
Christian Heath, Jason Cleverly
wiley   +1 more source

ROLLING NOISE SIMULATION OF A RAILWAY VEHICLE [PDF]

, 2013
Rolling noise of the railway vehicles is occurred by the wheel/rail vibration excited bythe rolling surfaces roughness. This paper presents an acoustic model able to predict the rollingnoise level of a railway vehicle.
Traian MAZILU
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Corporate Sponsoring of the Council Presidency: A Research Agenda

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Member states holding the Council Presidency routinely seek corporate sponsors. Typically, these sponsors offer free or discounted goods and services, such as food, beverages, cell phones, software or a car fleet in exchange for being labelled an official partner or sponsor of the Presidency.
Gijs Jan Brandsma, Reinout van der Veer
wiley   +1 more source

Review of Active Noise Control Technology of Railway Vehicle

机车电传动, 2018
Interior noise of railway vehicle especially high-speed train increases with vehicle’s speed increasing. Compared with passive noise control such as sound insulation and absorption, active noise control (ANC) has many advantages such as lightweight and ...
LUO Zhuhui, LI Tao, HE Caichun, ZHANG Yaxin, ZHOU Xisheng, LI Zhuang   +5 more
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Monitoring track irregularities using multi-source on-board measurement data

Railway Engineering Science
Accurate monitoring of track irregularities is very helpful to improving the vehicle operation quality and to formulating appropriate track maintenance strategies.
Qinglin Xie, Fei Peng, Gongquan Tao, Yu Ren, Fangbo Liu, Jizhong Yang, Zefeng Wen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rail Privatisation: The Practice – An Analysis of Seven Case Studies [PDF]

, 1994
After a brief description of the proposals for rail privatisation in Great Britain, this paper contrasts these with the proposals and experience in other countries around the world.
Nash, C.A., Preston, J.M., Shires, J.D., Wardman, M.   +3 more
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The Agencies of the European Union: A Glimmer of Hope for Enlargement?

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In recent years, the process of EU enlargement has become increasingly difficult. The longer the process drags on and the less likely accession appears, the more the candidate states are discouraged and the less influential the EU becomes. A different approach to integration must therefore be used.
Matis Poussardin
wiley   +1 more source

More Competition, Better Products: Evidence From Tariff Cuts

Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how increased competition affects product and process innovation. I combine plausibly exogenous variation in foreign competition induced by large tariff cuts with a difference‐in‐differences strategy and find that firms increase their product patenting in response to increased foreign competition, but, on average, foreign
Colin Davison
wiley   +1 more source

Field Theory and Colonialism: Indirect Colonial Situation as a Social Field in Egypt (1882–1922)

Sociology Lens, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper argues that Egypt under British rule (1882–1922) constituted a field of power in which the local state of Egypt and the British administration competed to dominate three key subfields to ensure control over a contested territory: the modern courts system, policing, and agricultural production.
Mehdi Hoseini
wiley   +1 more source