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  • Open Access
2,185 Views
20 Pages

25 November 2024

This paper hypothesizes that knowledge sharing and collaboration among procurers can positively impact markets for circular products and services. To test this hypothesis, this paper evaluates an urban-scale experiment conducted in the Amsterdam Metr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,258 Views
22 Pages

Low-Altitude Sensing of Urban Atmospheric Turbulence with UAV

  • Alexander Shelekhov,
  • Alexey Afanasiev,
  • Evgeniya Shelekhova,
  • Alexey Kobzev,
  • Alexey Tel’minov,
  • Alexander Molchunov and
  • Olga Poplevina

27 February 2022

The capabilities of a quadcopter in the hover mode for low-altitude sensing of atmospheric turbulence with high spatial resolution in urban areas characterized by complex orography are investigated. The studies were carried out in different seasons (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,107 Views
15 Pages

9 April 2025

Based on Antonovsky’s theory, we explored the importance of adolescent sense of coherence (SOC) in coping with stress and how it was affected by the pandemic. Using longitudinal data from junior and senior high school students in urban areas in Japan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
540 Views
26 Pages

25 October 2025

Suspended monorail systems are increasingly adopted in urban rail transit due to their small land requirements and environmental benefits. However, welded details in track beams are prone to fatigue cracking under repeated service loads, posing risks...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,248 Views
34 Pages

15 February 2024

For better small-radius curve negotiation performance, the independently rotating wheelset has the potential to be equipped in urban rail transit. As a crucial part of the running gear, its dynamic characteristics directly affect the railway vehicle&...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,162 Views
10 Pages

29 October 2023

Prenatal malnutrition may increase the risk of depressive symptoms in adulthood. This study investigated the association between prenatal exposure to malnutrition with risk of depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults using the Chinese Grea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,002 Views
17 Pages

17 October 2025

Utility tunnels concentrate various important urban engineering pipelines within a shared underground space, which poses significant fire risks, particularly from cable fires. In this study, a full-scale fire experiment was conducted to investigate t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,765 Views
19 Pages

London Street Noises: A Ground-Breaking Field Recording Campaign from 1928

  • John L. Drever,
  • Aysegul Yildirim and
  • Mattia Cobianchi

18 February 2021

In a leading article by Sir Percival Philips in the UK popular newspaper, the Daily Mail, July 16, 1928, came the following headlines: “Millions Lost by Noise – Cities’ Worst Plague – Menace to Nerves and Health – What is Being Done to Stop it”. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
447 Views
21 Pages

11 October 2025

This study adopts a systems perspective to examine the persistent effects of China’s One-Child Policy (OCP) on the subjective well-being of older adults, emphasizing structural persistence, reinforcing feedback, and path-dependent lock-in in co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,804 Views
22 Pages

11 October 2022

SLAM (simultaneous localization and mapping) technology has recently shown considerable forward progress; however, most of the mainstream SLAM technologies are currently based on laser- and vision-based fusion strategies. However, there are problems...