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More Tickets, Fewer Accidents: How Cash-Strapped Towns Make for Safer Roads [PDF]

open access: yes
Traffic accidents are one of the leading causes of injury and death in the U.S. The role of traffic law enforcement in the reduction of accidents has been studied by relatively few papers and with mixed results that may be due to a simultaneity problem ...
Makowsky, Michael, Thomas, Stratmann
core   +1 more source

Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study of Snow Accumulation on a High-Speed Train’s Bogies Based on the Discrete Phase Model

open access: yesJournal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2017
During winters, the high-speed train travels in the northern of China is struck by to the snow, ice and coldness, massive snow accumulating on the bogies.
F. Xie   +6 more
doaj  

Internet of Things‐Based Framework Application at a University Campus Scale: Linking Smart Monitoring Systems and Stormwater Management

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Discovery, EarlyView.
This study presents an Internet of Things‐based stormwater monitoring framework piloted at the University of Maryland campus to support Municipal Separate Stormwater Sewer System compliance and adaptive planning. Developed with key campus stakeholders, the framework integrates real‐time sensor deployment, data‐informed insights on runoff and water ...
Qianyao Si   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperative Merging in Mixed Traffic Based on Strategic Influence of Connected Automated Vehicles on Human‐Driven Vehicle Behavior

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study proposes an optimization‐based cooperative merging strategy for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in mixed traffic. By leveraging the strategic influence of CAVs on human‐driven vehicles (HDVs), the method reduces uncertainties in HDV behavior and improves traffic flow, achieving up to 31% reduction in average travel time delay ...
Kyunghwan Choi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Traffic Safety Improvement via Optimizing Light Environment in Highway Tunnels. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Su B, Hu J, Zeng J, Wang R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Cloud‐Based Control System with Sensing and Actuating Textile‐Based IoT Gloves for Telerehabilitation Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Using cloud computing technology, a telerehabilitation application allows patients to perform exercises remotely. Sensor data from a textile‐based IoT glove is processed in the cloud and transmitted as exercise commands to an actuating T‐IoT glove worn by patients.
Kadir Ozlem   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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