Investigating built environment and traffic flow impact on crash frequency in urban road networks - Xiao D, Ding H, Sze NN, Zheng N.
This study expl... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Modified two-fluid model of traffic flow - Gore N, Arkatkar S, Joshi G, Easa S.
Researchers widely use the two-fluid model (TFM) to evaluate the performance of urban networks. However, the TFM is deterministic and does not capture the stochastic relation between speed and density. The present study develops a modified two-fluid model ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
SHapley additive exPlanations for explaining artificial neural network based mode choice models - Koushik A, Manoj M, Nezamuddin N.
The black-box nature of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based transportation models continues to evade their practical application despite their formidable prediction abilities. The purpose of this study is to address the 'black-box' issue of ANN-based mod... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Horny tortoises and solar mysteries: what scientists can learn from a total eclipse – podcast
For most people seeing a total solar eclipse is a once in a lifetime experience. But for scientists it can be a fleeting chance to understand something deeper about their field of research. Madeleine Finlay meets solar scientist prof Huw Morgan, of Aberystwyth University, and Adam Hartstone-Rose, professor of biological sciences at NC State University, to find out what they hoped to learn from 8 April ’s four minutes of darkness.Find out more about how animals behave during a solar eclipseContinue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Madeleine Finlay, produced by Madeleine Finlay and Joshan Chana, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, the executive producer is Ellie Bury Tags: Science The sun Biology Physics Solar eclipses Animals World news Space Source Type: news
What the World Has Learned From Past Eclipses
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Clouds scudded over the small volcanic island of Principe, off the western coast of Africa, on the afternoon of May 29, 1919. Arthur Eddington, director of the Cambridge Observatory in the U.K., waited for the Sun to emerge. The remains of a morning thunderstorm could ruin everything.
The island was about to experience the rare and overwhelming sight of a total solar eclipse. For six minutes, the longest eclipse since 1416, the Moon would completely block the face of the Sun, pulling a curtain of darkness over a thin stripe of Earth. Eddington traveled into the eclipse p...
Source: TIME: Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Rebecca Boyle Tags: Uncategorized freelance Solar Eclipse 2024 Source Type: news
Efforts to support Palestinian scientists struggle with the realities of war
Mou’yed Issa Talab Ismail was thrilled when, last month, he received an offer to begin a doctoral program in medical physics at the University of Sherbrooke. “Canada is considered one of the best countries in the world in my field of scientific research,” he says. “This will open the way for me to complete my studies.”
One of several recently launched efforts to support scientists and technical students in war-torn Gaza helped match Ismail with the Canadian program. But throwing a lifeline to Palestinian scholars is proving difficult, and it’s unclear when Ismail will make it to Canada. He is currently sh...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Optimizing industrial transport with a connected automated vehicle demonstrator for assembly systems and end-of-line production - Curiel-Ramirez LA, Adlon T, Burggr äf P, Ramirez-Mendoza RA, Beyer M, Gert D.
In recent years, the automotive industry has witnessed significant progress in the development of automated driving technologies. The integration of advanced sensors and systems in vehicles has led to the emergence of various functionalities, such as drivi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Private submarine passenger contracts and liability investigation: exploring the "Titan" incident - Hou Y.
The private submarine industry has witnessed significant growth, offering unique opportunities for exploration and adventure. However, it faces distinctive challenges in the realms of private submersible passenger contracts, liability, safety standards, an... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Real-time crash prediction on express managed lanes of Interstate highway with anomaly detection learning - Yang S, Abdel-Aty M, Islam Z, Wang D.
To facilitate efficient transportation, I-4 Express is constructed separately from general use lanes in metropolitan area to improve mobility and reduce congestion. As this new infrastructure would undoubtedly change the traffic network, there is a need fo... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Real-time motorbike detection: AI on the edge perspective - Akhtar A, Ahmed R, Yousaf MH, Velastin SA.
Motorbikes are an integral part of transportation in emerging countries, but unfortunately, motorbike users are also one the most vulnerable road users (VRUs) and are engaged in a large number of yearly accidents. So, motorbike detection is very important ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Study on the deployment of bus lanes in small and medium-sized cities - Lv Y, Han S, Hong B, Li Y, Liu B.
Practicing the development concept of traffic priority and green travel, alleviating the current situation of traffic congestion, and improving the efficiency of public transportation travel is closely related to the traveling population. In this paper, by... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
UV-durable self-cleaning coatings for autonomous driving - Lu S, Zhao Y, Hellerman EAP.
This study focuses on hydrophobic coatings with self-cleaning performances and UV dura... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Validated numerical unrestrained occupant-seat crash scenarios for high-speed trains integrating experimental, computational, and inverse methods - Deng G, Xu T, Peng Y, Sun D, Hu Z, Deng M, Wang K, Simms C.
OBJECTIVE: Occupant impact safety is critical for train development. This paper proposes a systematic procedure for developing validated numerical occupant crash scenarios for high-speed trains by integrating experimental, computational, and inverse method... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Vehicle front-end geometry and in-depth pedestrian injury outcomes - Monfort SS, Hu W, Mueller BC.
OBJECTIVE: Large passenger vehicles have consistently demonstrated an outsized injury risk to pedestrians they strike, particularly those with tall, blunt front ends. However, the specific injuries suffered by pedestrians in these crashes as well as the me... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Accident severity analysis of traffic accident hot spot areas in Changsha City considering built environment - Yan R, Hu L, Li J, Lin N.
Examining the impacts of accident characteristics and differentiated built environment factors on accident severity at inherent accident hotspots within cities can help managers to adjust traffic control measures through urban planning and design, thereby ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 8, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
