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Roadway Safety Institute News (Spring 2015, vol. 2, no. 2)

, 2015
Articles include: Research explores collision-warning system for bike riders; Technology holds promise for safer freeway merging; Researcher Spotlight: Stephen Burks; Researcher Spotlight: Greg Lindsey; Institute reaches out to future engineers; Zitzow ...
Roadway Safety Institute (RSI)
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Terrestrial Isopods as Biotic Generators of Microplastics Following Chronic Exposure to Weathered Low‐Density Polyethylene

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Terrestrial detritivores such as isopods and springtails play a vital role in cycling nutrients through soil ecosystems. Microplastics (MPs, < 5 mm) are increasingly recognized as contaminants of terrestrial soils, yet little is known about whether soil invertebrates themselves are impacted by consuming these plastics or if they can generate ...
Christopher Musgrave, Ryan S. Prosser
wiley   +1 more source

Roadway Safety Institute News (Fall 2016, vol. 3, no. 4)

, 2016
Articles include: Warning system aims to save lives in highway work zones; Creating rural road safety strategies that go beyond crash history; New model targets train derailments; RSI researchers receive NSF grant; Institute celebrates grand opening of ...
Roadway Safety Institute (RSI)
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Differences in mammal community response to highway construction across different levels of human land use

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Worldwide, transportation agencies have been involved in road mitigation efforts to reduce road mortality and promote connectivity of endangered species. Baseline data on how mammals respond to highway construction, however, are rarely collected in road mitigation and monitoring studies, including in the USA.
Thomas J. Yamashita, Jason V. Lombardi, Zachary M. Wardle, Michael E. Tewes, John H. Young   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interdisciplinary Theorizing I Tell You Folks, It's Harder Than It Looks

British Journal of Management, EarlyView.
Abstract Calls for interdisciplinary scholarship are ubiquitous, but what that means and why/how it is done are more often assumed than explained. Clarifying what it takes to theorize across disciplines, why it is important and how to set the conditions for success is the point of this essay.
Matthew A. Cronin
wiley   +1 more source

Roadway Safety Institute News (Fall 2014, vol. 1, no. 3)

, 2014
Articles include: Predicting railroad crossing crashes; Research looks for new ways to prevent wrong-way driving crashes; Researcher spotlight: Ray Benekohal; Researcher spotlight: Kathy Quick; Institute researchers highlight safety work; Upcoming ...
Roadway Safety Institute (RSI)
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TAXI, CHILLI AND MOBILE PARTY BRANCH: Reterritorialization of Migrants in Urban Villages, Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of ...
Xinrui Gao, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han
wiley   +1 more source

Surrounding rock control technology of crossing abandoned roadway intersection of compound mining area

Meikuang Anquan
Taking the surrounding rock control of the abandoned roadway under the geological conditions of the compound area of Yuchang Coal Mine as the engineering background, aiming at the problem of difficulty in breaking and supporting the surrounding rock in ...
Jianguang LYU, Huiyou ZHANG, Wei GU, Dalong XU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Roadway reference system users' manual (a.k.a. the reference post system made simple) [PDF]

Modern roadway management requires information. The Roadway Reference System (RRS) is a means by which data can be associated to a specific location and retrieved in reference to that location.
Indiana. Division of Roadway Management
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti, Deljana Iossifova, Alexandros Gasparatos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source