Emission Performance of a Diesel Engine Fuelled with Petrol Diesel, Green Diesel, and Waste Cooking Oil Blends by O. Chiavola, E. Recco

“…The purpose of this paper is to conduct an experimental research on the impact of mixing ratio of biodiesel from waste cooking oil and an innovative diesel fuel (in which a renewable component is contained) on the emissions of an up-to-date light and compact small engine that has a leading role in city cars and urban vehicles. Two blends’ mixing ratios (20% and 40% by volume) were tested and the results were compared to those obtained when the engine was operated with low sulfur diesel (ULSD) and ULSD blended with 15% by volume of renewable diesel. …”
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Driving: A Canadian Thoracic Society and Canadian Sleep Society Position Paper by Najib Ayas, Robert Skomro, Adam Blackman, Kristen Curren, Michael Fitzpatrick, John Fleetham, Charles George, Tom Hakemi, Patrick Hanly, Christopher Li, Debra Morrison, Frédéric Series

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Shear Parameters of Rammed Earth Material: Results from Different Approaches by R. El-Nabouch, Q.-B. Bui, P. Perrotin, O. Plé

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Varicella Zoster Reactivation Following mRNA Vaccination: Two Case Reports and a Review of Cutaneous Adverse Events of COVID-19 Vaccines by Milissa Makhlouf, Jennifer Akl, Alfred Ammoury

“…These two cases are of an 80-year-old female patient with multiple comorbidities and a previously healthy 57-year-old male patient who experienced varicella zoster reactivation post-COVID-19 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer, New York City, New York, USA) following the first and second dose…”
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Retour sur les sociétés de montagne au Maghreb :fuqahā’ et soufis du Bilād Ghumāra (XIe-XVIIe siècles) à l’épreuve des réformes de la pratique religieuse by Mohamed Mezzine, Jacques/Jawhar Vignet-Zunz

“…These names bring us back to a time when the Ghmara country, as it was called at the time, was a cultural center that rivaled the city of Fez. Ibn Mashīsh and his disciple al-Shādhilī, both initiators of the famous ṭarīqa shādhiliyya, started from this mountain a religious reform movement that had a tremendous following among mountain populations, such as those of the throughout Morocco. …”
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Simulation and Optimization of One Live Pig Low-Carbon Industry Chain Using SD-RCCM by Jiuping Xu, Jie Yan, Liming Yao

“…Leshan, a world natural and cultural heritage area in China, was selected as a typical city to analyze the low-carbon pig industry. Three different programs based on distribution ratios were selected to study this industry. …”
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To speak about me is to speak about all of us: Memories and emotions among Afro-Argentine activists by Paola Monkevicius

“…The data were obtained from fieldwork conducted since 2011 in the area of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, both in associative and state spaces that were mainly used for commemorative purposes. …”
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Assessment of national urban planning standards in structure plan preparation: a study of major urban centers in Oromia National Regional State, Ethiopia by Degu Bekele Nigatu

“…Based on their sizes, rapid growth and their proximity to the capital city of the country, Adama, Asella, Bishoftu, Jimma, Nekemete, Shahamene, and Woliso are selected. …”
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Operation and Control of an Active Power Collector for Roadside Feeding Electric Road System by Saleh A. Ali, Volker Pickert, Mohammed A. Alharbi, Handong Li, Haris Patsios

“…An intelligent motorway system for EVs called tracked electric vehicle (TEV) was proposed to incorporate the latest technologies of dynamic road charging, autonomous driving, and smart city data into transport infrastructure. This paper presents the operation and control of an active bipolar power collection unit (PCU) for the TEV system. …”
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Bnaslawa environmental parameters planning modelling by Shuokr Qarani Aziz

“…Naturally, the environment of Bnaslawa district (Dashti Hawler) in Erbil City-Iraqi Kurdistan region is affected by the global environmental changes. …”
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Employment status and women's fertility: Do working women have fewer children? by Yulmardi Yulmardi, Erfit Erfit, Putra Dios Nugraha

“… This study aims to analyze the differences in fertility between employed and unemployed women in Jambi City and identify the socio-economic factors influencing the number of children they have. …”
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Evaluation of Geotourism for Gonabad Qasabeh Qanat: Potentials and capabilities by Abolfazl Jamshidipour

“…This locality requires the attention of city and country officials and managers to improve access and increase advertising levels. …”
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Modeling for Micro Traffic Flow with the Consideration of Lateral Vehicle’s Influence by Da-wei Liu, Zhong-ke Shi, Wen-Huan Ai

“…New cooperative car-following models are verified by the traffic flow data collected in Xi’an city. It is shown that compared with the optimal velocity model, the simulation result of the second cooperative model, respectively, gets 62.89% unbiased variance reduction, 66.39% maximum absolute error reduction, and 33.4% minimum absolute error reduction. …”
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Multimodal Image Translation Algorithm Based on Singular Squeeze-and-Excitation Network by Hangyao Tu, Zheng Wang, Yanwei Zhao

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Clinical observations of patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer living in the Tambov region by P. G. Berezin, V. V. Milovanov, A. A. Ivannikov, V. A. Kuleshkov, K. M. Nyushko

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Les agglomérations de Nyon, Lausanne et Yverdon (Suisse) : trois exemples de l’ouest du plateau suisse entre Antiquité tardive et haut Moyen Âge by Clément Hervé

“…However new discoveries enable us to precise the range of this Late-Antiquity city.…”
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Des tortues exotiques en ville : évaluation, perceptions et propositions de gestion à Strasbourg, France by Véronique Philippot, Sandrine Glatron, Adine Hector, Yves Meinard, Jean-Yves Georges

“…More broadly, the relationship between city dwellers and the Nature or even Otherness is questions by these exotical turtles in our urban green parcs.…”
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A parallel spatiotemporal deep learning network for highway traffic flow forecasting by Dongxiao Han, Juan Chen, Jian Sun

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Le bien culturel de Tombouctou, une patrimonialisation discutée ? Conditions locales de réception de la notion de patrimoine de type UNESCO by Traoré Hadizatou

“…Can we talk of a breakdown in the way we understand cultural heritage, when the ancient manuscripts for which the city was once known remain quite unknown? Has Timbuktu been a victim of its own fame? …”
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Pengaruh Background factor Terhadap Pembentukan Niat Berwirausaha: Theory Planned Behavior by Fernando Saragih

“…The high level of unemployment is a problem faced by various regions, including in NTT, precisely in the City of Kupang. The magnitude of the problem and the impact of unemployment is one of the urgency of research, where increasing entrepreneurial intentions is the right solution. …”
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