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Privatisation and Franchising of British Train Operations: the decline and derailment of the Great North Eastern Railway [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
As a result of the 1993 Railways Act, the British railways industry was privatised which resulted in the separation of ownership and control of the railway infrastructure (track, signals and stations) from that of passenger train operations.
Li, CA, Stittle, J
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Hiding in Plain Sight: Rethinking the Size and Complexity of Iron Age Hillforts in NW Iberia Thanks to Aerial Archaeology and Geophysics

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper tackles one key limitation in the analysis of Iron Age communities in the Northwestern Iberian Peninsula: the limited exploration of areas beyond the fortified settlements known as castros (hillforts). The vast majority of archaeological studies have focused exclusively on the areas inside the walls of these settlements, which are ...
César Parcero‐Oubiña   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Wildlife mortality on roads and railways following highway mitigation

open access: yesEcosphere, 2019
Wildlife mortality caused by collisions with vehicles on roads is increasingly and effectively mitigated with exclusion fencing and crossing structures, but this solution potentially changes wildlife habitat use and distribution to increase the risk of ...
P. Gilhooly   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Archaeological Damage Assessment in Conflict Zones: Integrating Satellite Imagery and Ground Surveys in Daraa, Syria

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Satellite remote sensing is among the most significant modern methodologies supporting field archaeology. In addition to its efficiency in identifying archaeological sites, remote sensing offers a safe and cost‐effective approach in conflict zones.
Amal Al Kassem   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The project of state transforma- tions by M.M. Speransky

open access: yesВестник Майкопского государственного технологического университета
The relevance of the research lies in the analysis of the transformation project of one of the outstanding reformers of the days of Alexander I, whose ideas were not duly appreciated, but could prevent serious upheavals in Russia during subsequent reigns.
M. A. Aleksenko   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

NEW APPROACH TOWARDS THE INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR STATUS IN PATIENTS WITH ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

open access: yesРоссийский кардиологический журнал, 2014
Aim. To assess the potential of the integral assessment of cardiovascular system status in patients with arterial hypertension (AH), based on the evaluation of the parameters of microcirculation (non-invasive digital capillaroscopy) and  macrocirculation
Yu. I. Gurfinkel   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis and comparison of Scalextric, SCX, and Carrera Digital slot car systems: A mechatronic engineering design case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Digital slot cars operate by transmitting both power and data over a single pair of wires much like DCC-controlled model railways and some home automation systems.
Bradley, Neil   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Monitoring and early warning method for a rockfall along railways based on vibration signal characteristics

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2019
Rockfall disasters occur frequently in mountainous areas of western China, and the rockfall disasters along a railway line will seriously affect the safety and normal operation of railways, causing great economic and property losses.
Yan Yan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Learning to explain environmental crises: A dialogic analysis of teacher professional learning between Chile and the United States

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Many studies and initiatives are animated by the potential for science education to intervene in the climate crisis and crises of environmental degradation and disinformation. For science teachers to learn to address these issues in their classes, their teaching must expand beyond scientific facts and face controversial social aspects. Dealing
Valeria M. Cabello   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Subgrade geology beneath railways in Manchester [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
It is not sufficient to identify fine-grained soils, only, as locations for potential subgrade problems as could be done using a traditional 2D geological map.
Freeborough, K.   +5 more
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