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  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,824 Views
13 Pages

Racing in Kart Dromes: Laboratory and Site Assessment of Noise Levels from Competition and Rental Karts

  • Antonella Bevilacqua,
  • Gino Iannace,
  • Luis Gomez-Agustina and
  • Amelia Trematerra

17 December 2024

Kart racing is one of the hobbies that people get passionate about from a young age. Kart dromes are commonly built in suburban or rural areas, generally surrounded by industrial zones and sporadic residential buildings. The circuits are primarily ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vibration and Noise (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,217 Views
15 Pages

Background/Objectives: Competitive karting places high physiological and cognitive demands on drivers. This field study investigated the acute effects of racing on heart rate variability (HRV), perceived fatigue and neuromuscular function, and cognit...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry: 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,429 Views
17 Pages

30 January 2021

Tree growth depends on many factors such as microsite conditions, vitality, and variations in climate and genetics. It is generally accepted that higher growth indicates both an economic benefit and better vitality of any tree. Here we use a modified...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
680 Views
31 Pages

31 May 2026

Objectives: Karting imposes high neuromuscular demands on the forearm during dynamic steering, gripping and braking. This study examined whether a single high-velocity, low-amplitude (HVLA) manipulation of the elbow acutely modified surface EMG_RMS a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sports Injuries: Emerging Trends in Risk Mitigation, Management and Recovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
945 Views
51 Pages

Analysis of Energy Consumption of an Electric Vehicle Prototype with MATLAB/Simulink for Battery Sizing

  • Romel Carrera,
  • Leonidas Quiroz,
  • Xavier Arias,
  • Vanessa Gavilánez,
  • Danilo Zambrano and
  • José Quiroz

An integrated model is presented to estimate the energy consumption of a Formula SAE–type electric vehicle by combining MATLAB/Simulink simulations with real operational data from the Cotopaxi kart circuit. The implemented subsystem incorporate...

(This article belongs to the Section Storage Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,251 Views
13 Pages

4 June 2021

Large wild herbivores are important and natural components of forest ecosystems, but through their browsing activities have the potential to influence the structure and composition of forest communities, thus timber production and ecosystem dynamics....

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Ecology and Management)