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Condition Monitoring of the Dampers in the Railway Vehicle Suspension Based on the Vibrations Response Analysis of the Bogie. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel), 2022 Dumitriu M.
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ON THE INSTABILITY OF THE RAILWAY VEHICLES
Fiabilitate şi Durabilitate, 2011 The railway vehicles have two sources of instability. The most common is the hunting induced by the reversed conic shape of the rolling surfaces of the wheels. The other one is related by the anomalous Doppler effect that can occurs when the train velocity exceeds the phase velocity of the waves induced in the track structure.
Traian MAZILU, Mădălina DUMITRIU
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Lobbying and Political Risk Disclosure: Do Socially Responsible Firms Voluntarily Disclose More?
British Journal of Management, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on theories of strategic communication, legitimacy, impression management and moral capital, this study investigates whether firms use political risk disclosure to offset negative perceptions associated with corporate lobbying. Using a sample of 10,120 observations from 1362 US firms between 2002 and 2018, we find that firms with ...
Maretno A. Harjoto +4 more
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‘Reinventing’ the Beach? Lessons from a Local Development Plan in the French Riviera
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Coastal squeeze is now so tangible both globally and locally that the focus of scientific debate has expanded from the erosion of beaches to the risk of their disappearance. In this context, it is crucial to explore local development plans that aim to preserve the long‐term existence of a beach.
Isabelle Bruno, Grégory Salle
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Sustainable Tourism and Projectification: Evidence from South‐Eastern Italy
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how public policy can be used to promote local tourism and steer it towards sustainability. It uses the municipality of Lecce—a medium‐sized city in south‐eastern Italy—and the broader Salento region as a critical case study, drawing on descriptive statistics, administrative data on local policy projects promoting culture
Lorenzo Mascioli
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History, EarlyView.Abstract During the 1960s, Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) embraced Chinese overtures for a commercial opening as consistent with its anti‐imperialist posture, thereby foreshadowing the diplomatic opening to China in 1972. Yet this professed ideological pluralism was eclipsed by an underlying allegiance to the United States' anti ...
YIXIN TIAN
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The steerability of railway vehicles
Transport Problems, 2007 The term steerability is widely used in the motion theory of wheel andtrack-laying machines, water and air vehicles, spacecraft. Steerability is a property of a transport machine to submit to the managing influence. Steerability of the machine is defined by its reaction to managing influence on the part of managing in the form ofchanging travelling ...
Viktor TKACHENKO, Svetlana SAPRONOVA
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The European Union's proposed Space Law aims to establish a unified approach for sustainable space activities across the EU. While the EU's satellite constellations contribute to sustainability efforts, they can also have negative environmental impacts.
Elena Cirkovic, Vitali Braun
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China's Strategic Approach to Tech Diplomacy in a Time of Global Uncertainty
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In the wake of U.S.‐China technological competition and the COVID‐19 pandemic, “tech diplomacy” has gained prominence in Chinese political and academic discourse. This concept is often ideologically framed to critique Western hegemonic narratives perceived as hindering China's technological advancement.
Zhao Alexandre Huang, Xiang Meng
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