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3 Citations
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The Association between Replacement Drivers and Depressive Symptoms

  • Jongmin Lee,
  • Heejoo Park,
  • Juyeon Oh,
  • Juho Sim,
  • Chorom Lee,
  • Yangwook Kim,
  • Byungyoon Yun and
  • Jin-Ha Yoon

A replacement driver is a type of gig worker who provides driving services to the target point with the drunk driver’s own car. This study aimed to examine the association of replacement drivers (ref: paid workers) with depressive symptoms. Inf...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,142 Views
15 Pages

21 May 2021

Temporary Mediterranean wetlands are characterized by both intra and interannual variations in their environmental conditions. These inherent fluctuations in limnological features affect the seasonal variation in the structure and dynamics of the aqu...

  • Review
  • Open Access
59 Citations
9,812 Views
34 Pages

Replacement of Meat with Non-Meat Protein Sources: A Review of the Drivers and Inhibitors in Developed Countries

  • Marion R. Eckl,
  • Sander Biesbroek,
  • Pieter van’t Veer and
  • Johanna M. Geleijnse

14 October 2021

The overconsumption of meat has been charged with contributing to poor health and environmental degradation. Replacing meat with non-meat protein sources is one strategy advocated to reduce meat intake. This narrative review aims to identify the driv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
7,356 Views
16 Pages

Detecting and Attributing Drivers of Forest Disturbance in the Colombian Andes Using Landsat Time-Series

  • Paulo J. Murillo-Sandoval,
  • Thomas Hilker,
  • Meg A. Krawchuk and
  • Jamon Van Den Hoek

15 May 2018

The Colombian Andes foothills have seen an expansion of forest disturbance since the 1950s. While understanding the drivers of disturbance is important for quantifying the implications of land use change on regional biodiversity, methods for attribut...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,026 Views
15 Pages

Assessing Causes of Driver Job Dissatisfaction in the Flatbed Motor Carrier Industry

  • Ashley Wygal,
  • Douglas Voss,
  • Michael B. Hargis and
  • Scott Nadler

Trucking companies play a critical role in the U.S. economy but face many challenges. The trucking industry’s greatest challenge may be the persistent driver turnover problem. Trucking companies regularly report turnover rates exceeding 100%. Each dr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,538 Views
14 Pages

Prediction of Driver’s Attention Points Based on Attention Model

  • Shuanfeng Zhao,
  • Guodong Han,
  • Qingqing Zhao and
  • Pei Wei

6 February 2020

The current intelligent driving system does not consider the selective attention mechanism of drivers, and it cannot completely replace the drivers to extract effective road information. A Driver Visual Attention Network (DVAN), which is based on dee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,256 Views
26 Pages

14 October 2021

In order to further improve driving comfort, this paper takes the semi-vehicle active suspension as the research object. Furthermore, combined with a 5-DOF driver-seat model, a new 9-DOF driver seat-active suspension model is proposed. The adaptive K...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,722 Views
28 Pages

Previously, we estimated the net change in energy use from ridehail services in Austin Texas. This estimate was based, in part, on assumptions regarding the number of rides involving two pooled parties and the distance drivers commuted into their ser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,410 Views
17 Pages

17 December 2020

Autonomous vehicles (AV) increasingly allow drivers to engage in secondary tasks such as eating or working on a laptop and thus require easy and reliable interaction inputs to facilitate communication between the driver and the vehicle. However, driv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,658 Views
17 Pages

19 March 2022

Replacing conventional buses with electric buses is in line with the concept of sustainable development. However, electric buses have the disadvantages of short driving range and high purchase price. Many cities must implement a semi-electrification...

  • Article
  • Open Access
502 Views
27 Pages

6 January 2026

Despite its status as a heritage model, Suzhou’s Pingjiang Historic Block suffers from a significant “conservation deficit”. The current study quantifies this decay and identifies its socio-economic drivers through a field survey of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,771 Views
15 Pages

14 August 2022

The performance of commercially available retrofit LED tubes intended for the replacement of linear fluorescent lamps is measured and analyzed with respect to “real-world” installed electronic ballasts, as ascertained through field recove...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,226 Views
21 Pages

Slave devices in Ethernet-based fieldbus networks often require extensive reprogramming of applications and replacement of protocol stacks and Ethernet drivers whenever the fieldbus protocol needs to be changed. To address this challenge, we develop...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,748 Views
41 Pages

The literature regarding innovation drivers is usually based on variables taken from some theoretical approach and validated within a methodology. Some authors have included COVID-19 as a driver for innovations. In this paper, we address the pandemic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
7,287 Views
14 Pages

29 April 2019

A SiC MOSFET is a suitable replacement for a Si MOSFET due to its lower on-state resistance, faster switching speed, and higher breakdown voltage. However, due to the parasitic parameters and the low damping in the circuit, the turn-on overcurrent an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,195 Views
15 Pages

18 October 2019

Progress in the development of LED technologies has reached a state which justifies the replacement of lighting with traditional light sources, not only in new buildings but also in existing, older ones. One of such replacements was used as an exampl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,329 Views
14 Pages

24 January 2017

This paper presents a single-stage alternating current (AC)/direct current (DC) light-emitting diode (LED) tube lamp driver for energy-saving indoor lighting applications; this driver features power-factor corrections and soft switching, and also int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,058 Views
19 Pages

Drivers of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus Infections in the Inner-Alpine Valleys of Northwestern Italy

  • Guglielmo Lione,
  • Silvia Ongaro,
  • Simona Prencipe,
  • Marianna Giraudo and
  • Paolo Gonthier

22 April 2024

Fraxinus excelsior L. (ash) is a key forest tree species challenged by Hymenoscyphus fraxineus (T. Kowalski) Baral, Queloz, Hosoya, the causal agent of ash dieback. The goals of this study were (I) to assess the presence, spatial distribution, and in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,501 Views
18 Pages

28 February 2025

In open-air explosion experiments, the measured blast pressure characteristics often show high Coefficients of Variation (COV), causing reproducibility issues. Shock tubes can address this problem. They consist of a driver section, where the shock is...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,656 Views
10 Pages

1 December 2021

This paper aims to estimate the potential of electric vehicles (EVs) in Melbourne, Victoria, using the Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA) data. The investigation of whether EVs with different all-electric ranges (AERs) can rep...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,524 Views
21 Pages

Vehicle Recognition and Driving Information Detection with UAV Video Based on Improved YOLOv5-DeepSORT Algorithm

  • Binshuang Zheng,
  • Jing Zhou,
  • Zhengqiang Hong,
  • Junyao Tang and
  • Xiaoming Huang

28 April 2025

To investigate whether the skid resistance of the ramp meets the requirements of vehicle driving safety and stability, the simulation using the ideal driver model is inaccurate. Therefore, considering the driver’s driving habits, this paper pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,230 Views
14 Pages

Driver Attention Detection Based on Improved YOLOv5

  • Zhongzhou Wang,
  • Keming Yao and
  • Fuao Guo

30 May 2023

In response to negative impacts such as personal and property safety hazards caused by drivers being distracted while driving on the road, this article proposes a driver’s attention state-detection method based on the improved You Only Look Onc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
874 Views
14 Pages

Eyeing ID: Access to Identification as a Barrier to Banking and Other Social Determinants of Health

  • Katie Bonner,
  • Natalia Fana,
  • Sarah Lunney,
  • Sarah Campbell,
  • Deanna Merriam,
  • Cristian Estrella Almonte and
  • Sarah Gander

Personal identification (ID) is a prerequisite to many financial and social services; however, many vulnerable residents do not have ID and lack the resources to acquire it. To assess the impact of ID inaccessibility in a local context, a study was c...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,663 Views
47 Pages

Revisiting Circulating Extracellular Matrix Fragments as Disease Markers in Myelofibrosis and Related Neoplasms

  • Hans Carl Hasselbalch,
  • Peter Junker,
  • Vibe Skov,
  • Lasse Kjær,
  • Trine A. Knudsen,
  • Morten Kranker Larsen,
  • Morten Orebo Holmström,
  • Mads Hald Andersen,
  • Christina Jensen and
  • Nicholas Willumsen
  • + 1 author

29 August 2023

Philadelphia chromosome-negative chronic myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) arise due to acquired somatic driver mutations in stem cells and develop over 10–30 years from the earliest cancer stages (essential thrombocythemia, polycythemia vera...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,984 Views
17 Pages

16 November 2023

Riparian predatory arthropods represent one of the main trophic links between lotic and terrestrial ecosystems along riverine landscapes. The use of the trait-based approach promises to enhance our understanding of how these predatory communities int...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,013 Views
11 Pages

13 October 2021

The literature review highlighted the impacts of drivers’ behavior on passengers’ attitudes in the choice of seatbelt usage. However, limited studies have been done to determine those impacts. Studying the passengers’ seatbelt use is especially neede...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,226 Views
22 Pages

Soil Microbial and Nematode Community Response to the Field Application of Recycled Bio-Based Fertilisers in Irish Grassland

  • Anna Karpinska,
  • Demi Ryan,
  • Kieran Germaine,
  • David Dowling,
  • Patrick Forrestal and
  • Thomais Kakouli-Duarte

9 November 2021

Phosphorus (P) is an essential plant nutrient routinely applied to soils as an agricultural fertiliser, frequently in non-renewable, inorganic forms. Finite reserves and growing demand for agricultural phosphorus mean alternative P resources need to...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,871 Views
29 Pages

8 May 2025

Food packaging is critical to delaying food spoilage, maintaining food quality, reducing food waste, and ensuring food safety. However, the environmental problems associated with petroleum-based packaging materials have led to a search for sustainabl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,297 Views
11 Pages

The Usage of Alternative Materials to Optimize Bus Frame Structure

  • Tautvydas Pravilonis,
  • Edgar Sokolovskij,
  • Artūras Kilikevičius,
  • Jonas Matijošius and
  • Kristina Kilikevičienė

15 June 2020

The strength and stiffness of the frame is one of the key indicators of vehicle structures. Insufficient stiffness causes vibration and noise, and is also less comfortable for both the passengers and the driver. Symmetry is required between the stren...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,795 Views
20 Pages

24 November 2021

Trajectories of many rural landscapes in Latin America remain unsustainable. Options to support sustainable rural trajectories should be comprehensive and rooted in the interests of rural actors. We selected a municipality in a coffee-growing region...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
9,125 Views
52 Pages

Mapping Land Use Land Cover Transitions at Different Spatiotemporal Scales in West Africa

  • Beatrice Asenso Barnieh,
  • Li Jia,
  • Massimo Menenti,
  • Jie Zhou and
  • Yelong Zeng

16 October 2020

Post-classification change detection was applied to examine the nature of Land Use Land Cover (LULC) transitions in West Africa in three time intervals (1975–2000, 2000–2013, and 1975–2013). Detailed analyses at hotspots coupled wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,444 Views
20 Pages

A Study on Ergonomic Layout of Automotive Electronic Shift Buttons

  • Gwanghyuck Choi,
  • Hansol Kim,
  • Yihun Jeong,
  • Minseok Son and
  • Donghyun Beck

14 September 2022

Automotive gear shifters are among the most important control devices in driving tasks, and their user-centered design has a direct impact on the driving performance and safety. In recent years, shift-by-wire systems with electronic shift buttons hav...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,213 Views
23 Pages

19 October 2025

The adoption of robots in the construction phase can improve safety by replacing hazardous tasks and enhance productivity by automating repetitive work. Despite these advantages, adoption remains slow, constrained by economic, industrial, institution...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,598 Views
15 Pages

Application of Spectral Entropy in Haul Truck Joint Damage Detection

  • Paweł Stefaniak,
  • Wioletta Koperska,
  • Artur Skoczylas and
  • Maria Stachowiak

28 September 2022

Early detection of machine failures is often beneficial, both financially and in terms of worker safety. The article presents the problem of frequently damaged joints in haul trucks, which are a real threat to the health and life of drivers. It was d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
67 Citations
16,426 Views
21 Pages

Land-Use Change and Emerging Infectious Disease on an Island Continent

  • Rosemary A. McFarlane,
  • Adrian C. Sleigh and
  • Anthony J. McMichael

A more rigorous and nuanced understanding of land-use change (LUC) as a driver of emerging infectious disease (EID) is required. Here we examine post hunter-gatherer LUC as a driver of infectious disease in one biogeographical region with a compresse...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,622 Views
19 Pages

Macroscopic Traffic-Flow Modelling Based on Gap-Filling Behavior of Heterogeneous Traffic

  • Muhammad Umair Khan,
  • Salman Saeed,
  • Moncef L. Nehdi and
  • Rashid Rehan

9 May 2021

Traffic-flow modelling has been of prime interest to traffic engineers and planners since the mid-20th century. Most traffic-flow models were developed for the purpose of characterizing homogeneous traffic flow. Some of these models are extended to c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
597 Views
26 Pages

8 November 2025

Identifying the key drivers of plant community turnover under disturbance is essential for understanding ecological processes and informing conservation efforts. We investigated the Kangxi Grassland in the Yeyahu Wetland Nature Reserve, Beijing, usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,377 Views
35 Pages

How Can We Achieve Carbon Neutrality During Urban Expansion? An Empirical Study from Qionglai City, China

  • Xinmei Wang,
  • Dinghua Ou,
  • Chang Shu,
  • Yiliang Liu,
  • Zijia Yan,
  • Maocuo La and
  • Jianguo Xia

21 August 2025

While technologies like renewable energy and low-carbon transportation are known to mitigate carbon emissions from urban expansion, achieving carbon neutrality during this process remains a critical unresolved challenge. This issue is particularly pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,477 Views
12 Pages

13 July 2018

Population trends in rare alpine plant species in the high-mountain zone of the Ukrainian Carpathians are described with regard to the types of habitats where they occur. Populations of cold-adapted species confined to snowbeds, alpine screes, poorly...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,816 Views
15 Pages

What Is Behind Land Claims? Downsizing of a Conservation Area in Southeastern Ecuador

  • María Fernanda López Sandoval,
  • Andrés Gerique and
  • Perdita Pohle

26 August 2017

While an increase in the size and number of conservation areas is expected as part of global environmental commitments, at the same time, Protected Area Downgrading, Downsizing, and Degazettement, or PADDD, is becoming more frequent worldwide. This p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
11,791 Views
14 Pages

11 January 2020

As the fourth industrial revolution has been emerging, there are concerns of labor forces being replaced by technology, recent interest on the work-life balance, and the quality of employment has received attention. This study investigates the role o...

  • Commentary
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,158 Views
6 Pages

Breastfeeding: A Cornerstone of Healthy Sustainable Diets

  • Marian E. Davidove and
  • Joseph W. Dorsey

11 September 2019

On a global scale, the world faces impending food scarcity due to rapid population growth and the deleterious impact of climate breakdown on food production. In the absence of radical change, the most vulnerable and detrimentally affected could be th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,739 Views
18 Pages

Disassembly and Its Obstacles: Challenges Facing Remanufacturers of Lithium-Ion Traction Batteries

  • Gregor Ohnemüller,
  • Marie Beller,
  • Bernd Rosemann and
  • Frank Döpper

5 January 2025

Lithium-ion batteries are major drivers to decarbonize road traffic and electric power systems. With the rising number of electric vehicles comes an increasing number of lithium-ion batteries reaching their end of use. After their usage, several stra...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,918 Views
12 Pages

The Role of an Industrial Alkaline Wastewater in the Alkali Activation of Biomass Fly Ash

  • Catarina C. Novo,
  • Luciano Senff,
  • Maria P. Seabra,
  • Rui M. Novais and
  • João A. Labrincha

2 April 2022

Alkali-activated materials are generally considered a more sustainable alternative to Portland cement binders. This derives not only from the use of solid wastes as precursors, but also from the low temperatures required for their synthesis. However,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,068 Views
17 Pages

Sustainable Renewal of Underground Parking Space in the Scenario of Shared Autonomous Vehicles

  • Bing Xia,
  • Yitao Fang,
  • Haodi Shen,
  • Jinli Shen and
  • Shengzhang Pan

22 December 2021

Shared autonomous vehicles (SAVs) are a major development direction in international scientific and technological innovation. One of the most popular features of SAVs in the urban space is that they can significantly reduce the need for parking. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,805 Views
16 Pages

Beta Diversity Partitioning and Drivers of Variations in Fish Assemblages in a Headwater Stream: Lijiang River, China

  • Liangliang Huang,
  • Jian Huang,
  • Zhiqiang Wu,
  • Yuanmin Mo,
  • Qi Zou,
  • Erik Jeppesen and
  • Naicheng Wu

2 April 2019

Beta diversity partitioning has currently received much attention in research of fish assemblages. However, the main drivers, especially the contribution of spatial and hydrological variables for species composition and beta diversity of fish assembl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,474 Views
13 Pages

17 August 2022

This paper proposes a high-efficiency and dimmable current sink topology along with a design methodology for low node processes. The design methodology is demonstrated using a boost-based WLED driver application. In this work, the focus is on current...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,435 Views
16 Pages

Tree—Open Grassland Structure and Composition Drive Greenhouse Gas Exchange in Holm Oak Meadows of the Iberian Peninsula

  • Mercedes Ibañez,
  • María José Leiva,
  • Cristina Chocarro,
  • Salvador Aljazairi,
  • Àngela Ribas and
  • Maria-Teresa Sebastià

28 December 2020

Iberian holm oak meadows are savannah-like ecosystems that result from traditional silvo-pastoral practices. However, such traditional uses are declining, driving changes in the typical tree—open grassland structure of these systems. Yet, there...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
46,014 Views
15 Pages

Since the CMOS technology scaling has focused on improving digital circuit, the design of conventional analog circuits has become more and more difficult. To overcome this challenge, there have been a lot of efforts to replace conventional analog cir...

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