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Showing 1 to 20 of 30 for “"Shared-use"”.
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Optimal speed limit for shared-use roadways
… determine optimal speed limits on roadways because of the strong relationship among posted speed limit, crash frequency, and crash injury severity. A comprehensive literature review about the relationship among posted speed limit, crash frequency, and crash injury severity level was conducted. …
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Optimizing shared-use curbside spaces in connected transportation networks accounting for uncertainty
For the past two decades, shared-use mobility (SUM) has been changing the landscape of urban transportation. The efficient use of shared-use mobility services to promote the sustainability of a transportation system largely relies on the effective use of curbside spaces. As the use of shared-use …
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Characterization of the loading environment for shared-use railway superstructure in North America
… in need of further research are track components used in high speed passenger, heavy haul, and shared infrastructure applications. In North America, many design guidelines for these systems use historical wheel loads and design factors that may not necessarily be representative of those seen on …
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Linking Mining and Infrastructure Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Towards a Collaborative Framework for Sustainable Shared-Use of Rails and Ports Facilities for Minerals and Non-Minerals Activities
… utilised to evaluate and analyse the concept of shared- use of rail and port infrastructure. Chapter 3 investigates mining infrastructure related projects in Australia, specifically those located in Western Australia, New South Wales and Queensland. Chapter 4 explores mining infrastructure …
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Re-Imagining the Middle Landscape
… our myths surrounding the single family house, micro and macro community creation, density, sustainability (regarding the economics of the home and country, as well as our place in an ecosystem), emerging timber construction of tall buildings, and industrialized methods of building. <br …
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The Changing Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Transportation: A Case Study of the Rise of P3s in Denver, CO
… of the first study was to examine the recent use of P3s in the Denver Regional Transportation District's (RTD) FasTracks program, a 2004 voter-approved $4.7 billion transit expansion program. After a shortfall in funding, RTD partnered with several private consortia to enable the FasTracks …
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No Common Ground: Competing Worldviews at Mato Tipila
… analyzes a legal conflict (Bear Lodge Multiple Use Assn v Babbitt 2 F. Supp. 2d 1448) at Mato Tipila, a significant place for the Lakota (Sioux) community and with which they have a historical and longstanding relationship. Commercial and recreational rock-climbing enthusiasts who make use of it …
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Mad or Magnificent? Mothers Who Cycle With Their Children in The UK
… 11 and under) for utility journeys. This study uses social practice theory as its framework, in particular, the Shove et al. (2012) three element model is employed to show the different materials, meanings and competences used in the practice of mothers cycling with their children in the UK. A …
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Probabilistic risk assessment of railroad train adjacent track accidents
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2021-05-01
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Dostoyevsky And Wright On Becoming The Underground Man
… Who Lived Underground</em>, focusing on their shared use of the "Underground Man" archetype to critique philosophical and societal structures. Dostoyevsky's Underground Man embodies the contradictions of Determinism and Rational Egoism in 19th-century Russia, exposing the flaws of these …
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Operating System Management of Shared Caches on Multicore Processors
… that operating systems should manage the on-chip shared caches of multicore processors for the purposes of achieving performance gains. Consequently, this dissertation demonstrates how the operating system can profitably manage these shared caches. Two shared-cache management principles are …
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Lemur catta in the Region of Cap Sainte-Marie, Madagascar: Introduced cacti, xerophytic Didiereaceae-Euphorbia bush, and tombs
… and health assessments were the methods used to test hypotheses on the following themes: a) behavioral flexibility, b) ecology, health, and nutrition, c) the shared use of space with humans, and d) the utilization of nonnative species. Significant findings include: extremely large home …
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Radiation Shielding calculations using MCNPX transport code for cost optimization of the shielding material to be used at iThemba LABS.
… Accelerator Based Sciences (iThemba LABS), the shared use of the Separated Sector Cyclotron has reached the point where further advancement of the respective disciplines cannot be realised. The new facility is proposed to respond to the demands of these, specifically a phased development of …
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Moose and deer resource selection and co-occurrence in northeast Minnesota
… outliers suggest that the modeling approach used to develop that threshold may not have been appropriate. Here we tested, using data from the original study, whether alternative models, including linear models and negative binomial models would be less sensitive to outliers and could better …
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The Consequences of Non-Native Species Invasions on the Contemporary and Historic Trophic Ecology of Native Sport Fish in a Lake Michigan Embayment
… in nearshore fish communities. Here we use stable isotope analysis to characterize the contemporary fish community and historic walleye (<em>Sander vitreus</em>) population of Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc. We found species-specific differences in the δ<sup>15</sup>N and …
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Analysis of capacity pricing and allocation mechanisms in shared railway systems
In the last 15 years, the use of rail infrastructure by different train operating companies (shared railway system) has been proposed as a way to improve infrastructure utilization and to increase efficiency in the railway industry. Shared use requires coordination between the infrastructure …
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T Cell Intrinsic BCAP Links IL1R to the PI3K-mTOR Pathway and Regulates Pathogenic Th17 Differentiation
… signaling pathway in myeloid cells. Due to the shared use of TIR domains by TLR and IL1R signaling pathways, I hypothesized that BCAP would also be involved in signaling downstream of the IL1 family of receptors. The IL1 cytokine family has been shown to play a major role in T cell activation, …
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The Art of Burial in the Medieval Nile Valley: Christian and Islamic Interchange in Religious Funerary Contexts
… investigates one such instance of the shared use of objects between Christians and Muslims in distinct sacred contexts. Christian and Muslim burials shared deep similarities, including the use of burial shrouds and grave markers with almost identical iconographic and compositional …
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The context, purpose, and dissemination of legendary genealogies in northern England and Iceland c. 1120 – c. 1241
… between England and Scandinavia, as well as shared use of early medieval insular sources make them especially suitable for comparison. The Viking invasions and settlement in England had a significant impact on English culture, language and literature and changed attitudes to their own …
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Revitalizing Blacksburg
… College Avenue to Washington St. This section housed important landmarks like the Black House and the iconic Benny pizza place. The Farmer's Market, where locals sold fresh local produce twice a week, was also located here, along with popular social spots like Rivermill and Milk Parlor. To make …
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