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Evaluation of the Fighting Back Initiative [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
This case study describes an evaluation of a large-scale, multi-site effort to harness community-generated strategies to reduce the use and abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs.
Kay E. Sherwood
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An Anomalous Noise Events Detector for Dynamic Road Traffic Noise Mapping in Real-Life Urban and Suburban Environments

open access: yesSensors, 2017
One of the main aspects affecting the quality of life of people living in urban and suburban areas is their continued exposure to high Road Traffic Noise (RTN) levels.
Joan Claudi Socoró   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

DYNAMAP: A low-cost WASN for real-time road traffic noise mapping

open access: yes, 2021
Several studies have found that noise pollution is a real public health problem, causing severe effects on concentration, sleep and stress in population. The Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC and the CNOSSOS-EU framework are the main European instruments to address noise pollution, requiring Member States to publish noise maps and noise ...
Alías-Pujol, Francesc   +3 more
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Enhancing Audio Quality in Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks Using Distributed Signal Processing: A Case Study of an Industrial Zone in Iraq

open access: yesJournal of Engineering
This study aims to present a practical application for improving sound quality in wireless acoustic sensor networks (WASNs) deployed in the often noisy Iraqi environment, using distributed signal processing techniques.
Ammar A. Abbood
doaj   +1 more source

El lugar de la libertad en las sociedades nihilistas

open access: yesBrocar. Cuadernos de investigación histórica, 2009
Nihilism is considered by some present-day philosophers as the underlying problem of the twentieth century. Thinkers as Ortega y Gasset, Heidegger or Ernst Jünger test different philosophical proposals to define the essence of contemporany nihilism and ...
David Porcel Dieste
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FINDINGS ABOUT THE NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF MAMMALIAN MUSCLE SPINDLE SYSTEM

open access: yesMajallah-i Dānishgāh-i ̒Ulūm-i Pizishkī-i Bābul, 2007
The experiments were carried out on the muscle spindle (MS) that located onto the soleus muscle (SM) in the anaesthetized rats. After applying a mechanical slow stretch (SS) on the SM, the MS wasn influenced by this stimulant and it was in a slack ...
E Barghi, E Mikaniki
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Interview with Robert O\u27Brien, January 9, 2006

open access: yes, 2006
Robert O\u27Brien was interviewed on January 9, 2006 by Michael J. Birkner about his military service during World War II and his years as a student at Gettysburg College.
Birkner, Michael J., O\u27Brien, Robert
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Investigating an ‘institutional partnership’ collaborating to develop a funded project into a sustainable work-integration social enterprise (WISE) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper reports a research study that examined a partnership between a regional social enterprise development agency and a university as they collaborated to develop a work-integration social enterprise (WISE) in the UK.
Denny, Simon   +2 more
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Dose and application rate of fungicide to control leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) and yellow spot (Pyrenophora tritici repentis) of wheat

open access: yesSemina: Ciências Agrárias, 2015
The aim of this paper was to study the role of dose and rate of application, and the effect of concentration of fungicide in the spray solution resulted from the interaction of these factors, in the control of leaf rust and yellow spot of wheat.
Gustavo Migliorini de Oliveira   +6 more
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Table of Contents and Editorial Remarks [PDF]

open access: yes, 1989
Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents, Dedication: In Memory of Nancy Johnson , and Editorial Re(Mark)!: The Question of Voices by Jan ...

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