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LTTP Data Analysis: Factors Affecting Pavement Roughness for the State of California [PDF]

, 2019
The contributions of pavement structure and features, rehabilitation techniques, climatic conditions, traffic levels, layer materials and properties, pavement distress, and other factors causing changes in pavement smoothness are not well documented.
KHANAL, Alisha, SOULIMAN, Mena, ZAVAGNA, Pedro Afonso   +2 more
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Universal Barriers and Facilitators to Systemic Hepatitis C Care: A Systems‐Informed Qualitative Process Evaluation

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Scaling up hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment for people who inject drugs (PWID) is essential to achieve HCV elimination. We report a retrospective systems‐informed qualitative process evaluation of HCV care across multiple community‐based settings in a region in Scotland, UK.
Gabriele Vojt, Lawrie Elliott, Hannah E. Family, Sharon J. Hutchinson, Matthew Hickman, John F. Dillon, Paul Flowers   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Performance of porous asphalt with nanosilica modified asphalt binder / Khairil Azman Masri [PDF]

, 2018
Porous asphalt (PA) is a flexible pavement layer with high interconnected air voids and constructed using open-graded aggregates. Due to high temperature environment and increased traffic volume in Malaysia, PA may have deficiencies particularly in ...
Masri, Khairil Azman
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A comparison of thermal drones and camera trap population estimates for Sitka black‐tailed deer in Alaska

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
One of the most difficult challenges for wildlife managers is reliably estimating wildlife populations. Camera traps combined with spatial capture–recapture (SCR) models are a popular tool for population estimation. They have limitations, however, including long data processing times.
Shannon P. Finnegan, Amael Hinojo, Sarah Monod, William A. Wall, Peter Olsen, Maximilian L. Allen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of combining gilsonite and vacuum tower bottoms in enhancing the properties of recycled binder with high RAB content

Case Studies in Construction Materials
The study aimed to enhance the fatigue, rheological, and cracking characteristics of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) binder (RAB) by employing a Gilsonite-modified soft binder (GMSB).
Amir Amini, Mohammad Taj Mir Riahi
doaj   +1 more source

Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Borgný Katrínardóttir, Bruce J. McAdam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multi-objective optimization of biomass filler-based asphalt mix manufacturing using response surface methodology

Discover Applied Sciences
Asphalt concrete design is an empirical process that often requires time-consuming, expensive laboratory testing. Optimizing mixture design is crucial to guarantee that asphalt concrete fulfills the required properties.
Solomon Oyebisi, Mohammed Alquraish, Monsuru Akinleye, Samuel Oladeji   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relative effect of food supplementation and natural resources on female red deer distribution in a Mediterranean ecosystem [PDF]

, 2016
Supplementary feeding is a widespread game management practice in several red deer (Cervus elaphus) populations, with important potential consequences on the biology of this species.
Barbosa, A. Márcia, Carranza, J., Préz-González, J., Torres-Porras, J.   +3 more
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Phenological responses to climate change: advancing mating and calving in wild and semi‐captive Caspian red deer

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Species respond to climate change through phenological and spatial shifts. Herbivorous mammals, in particular, are vulnerable due to their direct dependence on seasonal vegetation and the potential misalignment between their reproductive cycles and shifting food availability.
Farid Salmanpour, Zahra Shakoori, Frank van Langevelde, Bahram H. Kiabi, Roumina Sayahnia, Faraham Ahmadzadeh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Soil and microbial responses to wild ungulate trampling depend more on ecosystem type than trampling severity

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Physical trampling is a ubiquitous activity of walking vertebrates, but is poorly understood as a mechanism impacting biogeochemical cycling in soil. Lack of detailed knowledge of soil abiotic–biotic interactions underlying trampling effects, and the primary sources of ...
G. Adam Meyer, Shawn J. Leroux, Kathryn E. Hargan, Niels van Miltenburg   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source