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Epidemiological research on stress caused by road traffic noise and its effects on health1 – Results for hypertension
... for road traffic noise in the apartment has not shown any connection with the number of medical hypertension ...disturbance by road traffic noise during the daytime and psychic disturbances - not ...
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Impact radiologique liés au transport de matières radioactives par route en Espagne / Radiological impact associated with the transport by road of radioactive material in Spain
... received by the most exposed individual, who will be the driver or passenger of a private vehicle coinciding on route with the radioactive material transport vehicle and overtaking the latter on three occasions ...
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PREDICTION OF EXCESS ATTENUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE BY DETACHED HOUSES
... affected by road traffic noise, and the countermeasure to road traffic noise must be solved ...evaluated by obtaining numbers and rates of the buildings at which noise levels exceed ...
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GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR EVALUATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE ALONG THE ROAD
... affected by road traffic noise and prompt measures to noise should be ...evaluated by the equivalent continuous A-weighted sound pressure level (L Aeq ), and especially for areas facing roads, ...
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DEVELOPMENTS IN ROAD TRANSPORT NOISE AND APPROPRIATE MEANS OF PROTECTION
... way road-traffic noise is taken into account by French public authorities, Europe has nonetheless played the role of precursor on several ...Firstly, by instituting an initial law in 1970 on the ...
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COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC NOISE IN LIVING ENVIRONMENTS
... to road traffic noise, and 15 areas in the vicinity of noise areas (control areas) but free from road traffic ...evaluated by Road traffic noise dissatisfaction included in ...
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TítuloA methodology for assessing the impact of the use of road salt on groundwater resources in a mountain environment (Serra da Estrela, Central Portugal)
... affected by NaCl is represented by the Covão do Boi and Saibreira springs (HCO 3 - Ca and Na-Cl facies, respectively, with low Na and Cl contents) whereas the composi- tion of the polluted water is ...
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Research results on socio-environmental damages due to electricity and transport
... The methodology is sometimes criticised by pointing at the – large – uncertainties involved. But before discussing these, one has to distinguish these uncertainties from deviations of current results compared to ...
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THE EFFECT OF RAILS CROSSING STREETS ON THE NOISE RATING LEVEL FROM ROAD TRAFFIC
... For the calculation model it is possible to describe source 2 as a point source which radiates only in quarter sphere because of the screening effects of the ground and the car body. This model also explains the lower ...
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Interregional trade changes in Spain caused by the introduction of a road fee charge for heavy goods vehicles
... efficiency by considering welfare measures, other assessments of transport policies considering economic impacts have also been ...of road tolling in macroeconomic variables such as the GDP at national ...
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Predictors of whole body vibration exposure in motorcycle riders
... Multifactor experimental design has been proven useful to analyse the main effects of factors such as motorcycle age, engine size, road type and driver weight on EAV. Experiments conducted in Medellin have been ...
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STATISTICAL LEARNING METHODS APPLIED TO ROAD PAVEMENT CLASSIFICATION
... of road surface characteristics on vehicle and traffic noise is designated by Close-Proximity (CPX) method, as described in the ISO 11819-2 ...surface by means of at least two microphones in a ...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF SOUNDSCAPE RESEARCH FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NOISE ANNOYANCE AT THE LEVEL OF THE COMMUNITY
... Measurement issues: Pesonen (2000) summarized the significant seasonal variations in soundscapes observed in cold climates. The reasons include emission pattern, life style and activity pattern and excess attenuation ...
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Natural computing for vehicular networks
... Chapter 2. Vehicular Networks: Opportunities and Research Challenges 21 • Security and privacy: In VANET safety applications, drivers may take life-critical deci- sions and actions based on the information received from ...
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Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War Dell
... The government’s resource allocation problem is a Stackelberg network game with a large number of Nash followers (Ba¸s and Srikant, 2002; Stackelberg, 1952). In the first stage, the government allocates police ...
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Framework for 3D Point Cloud Modelling Aimed at Road Sight Distance Estimations
... Increasing highway speeds and changes in roadside features make road conditions dynamic. These facts stress the need to efficiently ensure sight distance values provided during the design stage. These and other ...
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Optimization of cold mixtures with emulsion and high rap content
... For the production of samples, the gyratory compactor and the Marshall hammer are the most commonly used devices. The use of the gyratory compactor for this type of material has been increasing over the last years. The ...
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Vehicle-induced force on pedestrians
... generated by the vehicle motion and for the dependence with time of the force generated on the pedestrian, simple but able to explain the main characteristics of the ...
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Implementation of safety based incentives in Public Private Partnerships (PPPs): an empirical analysis for the case of Spain
... Few studies have analyzed the effect of heterogeneous flows, and specifically the effect that the presence of heavy good vehicles (HGVs) in the traffic flow has on accidents. Hiselius (2004) analyzed the relationship ...
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Do Public Private Partnerships improve road safety?
... explicit road safety ...to road safety indicators in such a way that the concessionaire is allow to set higher tolls if the safety ratios are ...PPP road contracts include some interesting ...
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