There are significant differences in the utilization efficiency of parking spaces in different spatial locations within the complex parking lots, which reduces the utilization efficiency of parking resources. For the above problem, a parking spaces s...
The signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) of ultrasonic imaging and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) applications can be greatly improved by driving each piezoelectric transducer (single or in array) with tuned HV capacitive-discharge drivers. These can deliv...
Driver fatigue is a critical factor contributing to traffic accidents. Therefore, real-time and accurate recognition of driver fatigue states holds significant importance. This paper proposes a novel driver fatigue detection method based on electroen...
As the world’s most populous and geographically diverse continent, active fire occurrence in Asia exhibits pronounced spatiotemporal heterogeneity, driven by climactic and anthropogenic factors. However, systematic analyses of Asian fire occurr...
Solar lentigines, commonly caused by prolonged ultraviolet exposure, raise the risk of skin disorders and remain challenging to manage due to their complex mechanisms. Understanding the molecular mechanisms driving the progression of solar lentigines...
Heavy vehicles exiting (or entering) a tunnel at high speed under a strong crosswind is a particularly critical condition since the aerodynamic load changes drastically, greatly affecting the lateral stability of the vehicle. Often, active control sy...
Dynamic Message Signs (DMSs) play a critical role in conveying real-time traffic information to drivers; however, their effectiveness heavily relies on how messages are structured and displayed, particularly regarding phasing duration and content len...
Under the dual pressures of global climate change and China’s “carbon peak and carbon neutrality” targets, traditional urban development models are insufficient to support sustainable transitions. Smart cities (SCs) have emerged as...
Research on Land Use and Land Cover (LULC) dynamics, and an understanding of the drivers responsible for these changes, are very crucial for modelling future LULC changes and the formulation of sustainable and robust land-management strategies and po...
EEG-based driver fatigue detection faces three signal-level challenges: inter-subject spectral variability, coupled frequency–spatial–temporal dynamics that existing methods process independently, and dependence on a single labeling schem...
Vegetation change in cryosphere-affected mountain basins reflects interacting climate and human pressures but their relative influence remains uncertain in the Upper Indus Basin. The novelty of this study is the integration of satellite vegetation, c...
Droughts in the Yellow River Basin (YRB), a typical large river in arid to semiarid regions, have been studied extensively. However, the details of the dynamic drivers of meteorological droughts, such as precipitation (P), reference evapotranspiratio...
The upper Yellow River Basin (UYRB) is an important water source and conservation area. As well as a warming climate, the region has experienced long-term human interventions, such as grazing, farming and reservoir construction, since the mid-1980s....
As educational tools continue to evolve technologically, game-based learning (GBL) has emerged for its ability to improve specific learning outcomes such as motivation, engagement, and knowledge acquisition and retention. Despite recent advances with...
African swine fever remains an important pig disease globally in view of its rapid spread, economic impacts and food implications, with no option of vaccination or treatment. The Southern Highlands zone of Tanzania, an important pig-producing hub in...
Drivers collect information of road and traffic conditions through a visual search while driving to avoid any potential hazards they perceive. Novice drivers with lack of driving experience may be involved in a car accident as they misjudge the infor...
Improving the performance of the operations of ride-hailing platforms (RHPs) by adequately considering drivers’ switching behaviors is becoming crucial for their profitability and sustainability. This study explores how to optimize the operatio...
This article presents results from modelling spot oil prices by Dynamic Model Averaging (DMA). First, based on a literature review and availability of data, the following oil price drivers have been selected: stock prices indices, stock prices volati...
Road horizontal curves, which significantly influence drivers’ visual search behavior and are closely linked to traffic safety, also constitute a crucial factor in sustainable road traffic development. This paper uses simulation driving experim...
Understanding the dynamics and spatial distribution of gases in the subterranean atmospheres is essential to increase the reliability of carbon balances in karst ecosystems or the paleoclimate reconstructions based on cave deposits. This scientific i...
Sub-hourly heavy precipitation events (SHHPs) associated with regional low-pressure (RegL) systems in Portugal are a natural hazard that may have significant socioeconomic implications, namely in agriculture. Therefore, in this paper, their dynamic a...
This article considers the estimation of Approximate Dynamic Factor Models with homoscedastic, cross-sectionally correlated errors for incomplete panel data. In contrast to existing estimation approaches, the presented estimation method comprises two...
To promote sustainable development in urban environments, minimising the reflected light pollution from glass curtain walls is critical. This study investigates numerical evaluation methods for assessing the impact of curtain wall-reflected light on...
Personal mobility vehicles (PMVs) are compact and lightweight compared to automobiles; hence, human dynamic behavior affects a vehicle’s postural stability. In this study, the dynamic behaviors of drivers of inverted pendulum vehicles (IPV) und...
Increasing traffic volumes in cities leads to common traffic congestions building up, especially during peak hours. To protect city dwellers from excessive fuel exhaust and traffic noise and to prevent drivers from time loss due to overloaded routes,...
Water resources carrying capacity (WRCC) includes the relationships between water resources utilizations and economic development, social demand, and ecological protection. Most previous studies lack WRCC analyses of regions experiencing economic dev...
As an important indicator of urban development capacity, vitality can be affected by the human perception of street views, which is a dynamic sensory process that can differ greatly according to different transportation modes, due to their different...
Dynamic capabilities and sustainability practices have become the center of attention for companies globally, but there is still a debate on how organizations can successfully develop dynamic capabilities and achieve sustainability for competitive ad...
This study investigated the spatiotemporal variation of vegetation growth and the influence of climatic drivers from 1982 to 2011 across China using datasets from the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and climatic drivers. Long term trend...
Buck converter power interfaces are commonly used as local voltage regulation units in compact actuator-driven microsystems, where the regulated voltage needs to remain stable under input, load, and circuit-level disturbances. In practical control lo...
This study examines the dynamics of land use and land cover change (LULCC) in the Gargano area (Southern Italy) to reveal crucial insights into the socio-economic and environmental impacts on its unique natural and cultural resources. This analysis w...
Climate change and altered hydrological regimes are restructuring wetland habitats globally, triggering cascading effects on colonial waterbirds. This study investigates how environmental drivers, including thermal anomalies, water-level fluctuations...
A key research area in autonomous driving is how to model the driver’s decision-making behavior, due to the fact it is significant for a self-driving vehicles considering their traffic safety and efficiency. However, the uncertain characteristi...
Driver fatigue can be further categorized into passive fatigue and active fatigue based on the task-induced fatigue perspective, with its categorization necessary from a theoretical basis and practical needs. Passive fatigue is caused by mental under...
Although the four-wheel steering system expands the flexibility of vehicle control, it also brings the problem of difficult coordination between driver comfort and vehicle stability. To this end, this paper proposes robust coordinated control for a f...
As carbon intensity (CI) can better reflect the coordinated relationship between carbon emissions and economic growth, the related research has gradually increased in recent years. To better explore the influence of production technology and spatial...
Driving simulators have become essential tools for accelerating the development of advanced driver assistance systems (ADASs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs) by enabling safe, repeatable, flexible, and cost-effective experimentation across increasing l...
The transition toward sustainable power systems requires load forecasting methods that can support renewable integration under increasing uncertainty. However, many deep learning models mix historical load, temporal priors, and external drivers in bl...
This paper examines how logistics performance conditions the relationship between trade openness, economic growth and per capita CO2 emissions in Mediterranean economies. Using an unbalanced panel of 20 countries over the period 2007–2022, we c...
This study presents the development of an ontology-based customisation management system (Onto-CMS) for driver–vehicle interfaces (DVIs) in highly automated vehicles (HAVs). The objective of the proposed system is to enhance safety, minimise th...
Speed limits are widely used in transition zones between rural and urban areas, where road and environmental conditions change and drivers are expected to reduce their speed. These locations often generate particularly complex driver behaviour in res...
The article describes the application of a vehicle simulation model to assess the driving hazards that arise due to changes in the tyre–road adhesion during a lane change. An experimentally verified vehicle dynamics model was used. The typical...
The rapid advancement and adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) necessitate innovative solutions to address integration challenges in modern charging infrastructure. Dynamic wireless charging (DWC) is an innovative solution for powering electric vehicl...
This paper comprehensively reviews several techniques that address the static and dynamic voltage balancing of series-connected MOSFETs. The effectiveness of these techniques was validated through simulations and experiments. Dynamic voltage-balancin...
The selection of an appropriate method for modeling vehicle dynamics heavily depends on the application. Due to the absence of human intervention, the demand for an accurate and real-time model of vehicle dynamics for intelligent control increases fo...
Sustainable tourism can be the motivation to manage resources to satisfy environmental, social and economic needs through cultural integrity, biological diversity, ecological processes, social and economic equity, and general enrichment. Based on a s...
Despite substantial growth in eco-innovation (EI) research, most studies rely on cross-sectional data, limiting understanding of the temporal dynamics of EI and its determinants under varying macroeconomic conditions. This study addresses this gap by...
Understanding the elevation-dependent response of mountain snow cover to climate change requires transcending statistical correlations to reveal the underlying physical mechanisms. This study investigates these mechanisms in the Upper Yarkand River B...
Understanding the effects of human modification on ecosystem services is critical for effectively managing multiple services and achieving long-term sustainability. The historical dynamics of ecosystem services are important for detecting the impacts...
Terrestrial ecosystems in Hunan Province have undergone marked yet spatially heterogeneous vegetation changes under concurrent climate change and intensifying human activities. The aim of this study is to resolve how vegetation responses vary among l...
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