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2021-11-01

Mona Ahmadi Rad, Lianne M. Lefsrud, Michael Hendry, Daniel Blais

Cab warning systems and train control technologies provide alarms to inform train operators of dangerous situations and enforce speed and movement restrictions to avoid or mitigate negative consequences. While these systems can enhance safety as the last resort of safety control, they may have...

2021-11-01

Mona Ahmadi Rad, Lianne M. Lefsrud, Michael Hendry

Accident analysis methods are used to determine the factors and their interrelationships that contributed to an accident. Various methods, including Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Human Factors Analysis and Classification System (HFACS), and Systems Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP),...

2021-10-01

Noels, Kimberly A.

Since the early 2000s, almost 300 SDT-relevant empirical journal articles and approximately the same number of dissertations have been published, with at least half appearing in the last five years. A review of the studies published in peer-reviewed journals (see Table 1) shows that half of...

2021-11-30

Pawan Kumar

The surging demand for energy and staggering pollutants in the environment have geared the scientific community to explore sustainable pathways that are economically feasible and environmentally compelling. In this context, harnessing solar energy using semiconductor materials to generate charge...

2021-01-01

Mojtaba Sharifia, Amir Zakerimanesh, Javad K. Mehr, Ali Torabi, Vivian K. Mushahwar, Mahdi Tavakoli

In this survey, various concepts and methodologies developed over the past two decades for varying and learning the impedance or admittance of robotic systems that physically interact with humans are explored. For this purpose, the assumptions and mathematical formulations for online adjustment...

2021-08-16

Jiu Wang, Pawan Kumar, Heng Zhao, Md Golam Kibria and Jinguang Hu

Photoreforming of biomass to value-added chemicals and fuels is a chemical approach to extract photosynthetically-trapped energy in complex biomolecules which otherwise disintegrate naturally in the environment. Designing precise photocatalytic materials that can selectively break the sturdy,...

2020-04-01

West, Karen R.

Exploring ways of coming to know, are demonstrated through a Wholistic exploratory analysis of literature of ways of Indigenous knowledge can be brought into students learning through curricula, pedagogy and also through activities in the classroom. This analysis it supports understandings that...

2020-03-01

Lowe, Arizona

This discussion is an overview of the Albertan economy in 2019 with suggestions to eliminate fossil fuels from the equation. With the current state of the climate, shifting towards sustainable energy will be integral in prolonging the success of our species. The Albertan economy is based heavily...

2020-05-27

Omid Hajihassani

Recently, graphical processing units (GPUs) have found a prominent role in general-purpose applications. Specifically, in parallel processing applications where a considerable number of tasks should be processed while meeting specific design constraints. One of the most interesting subjects in...

2020-12-11

Malgarin, Carolina M., MacPhee, Daniel J., Harding, John C. S.

PRRSV infection in third-trimester pregnant sows can lead to fetal death and abortions, although the mechanisms triggering these effects are not well understood. Since resistant and susceptible fetuses can coexist in the same litter, we propose that there may be differential mechanisms used by...