Environmental Reviews and Case Studies: The Road to Zero Waste: A Study of the Seattle Green Fee on Disposable Bags

2010 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maggie Murdoch
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Zero Waste ◽  
The Road

An analytical framework of “zero waste construction site”: Two case studies of Shenzhen, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 121 ◽  
pp. 343-353
Author(s):  
Weisheng Lu ◽  
Zhikang Bao ◽  
Wendy M.W. Lee ◽  
Bin Chi ◽  
Jiayuan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Construction Site ◽  
Zero Waste

scholarly journals Mid-level generalizations of generative linguistics: Experimental robustness, cognitive underpinnings and the interdisciplinarity paradox

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-374
Author(s):  
Evelina Leivada
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Universal Grammar ◽  
Generative Syntax ◽  
Generative Linguistics ◽  
The Road ◽  
Rigorous Testing ◽  
Rule Out

Abstract This work examines the nature of the so-called “mid-level generalizations of generative linguistics” (MLGs). In 2015, Generative Syntax in the 21st Century: The Road Ahead was organized. One of the consensus points that emerged related to the need for establishing a canon, the absence of which was argued to be a major challenge for the field, raising issues of interdisciplinarity and interaction. Addressing this challenge, one of the outcomes of this conference was a list of MLGs. These refer to results that are well established and uncontroversially accepted. The aim of the present work is to embed some MLGs into a broader perspective. I take the Cinque hierarchies for adverbs and adjectives and the Final-over-Final Constraint as case studies in order to determine their experimental robustness. It is showed that at least some MLGs face problems of inadequacy when tapped into through rigorous testing, because they rule out data that are actually attested. I then discuss the nature of some MLGs and show that in their watered-down versions, they do hold and can be derived from general cognitive/computational biases. This voids the need to cast them as language-specific principles, in line with the Chomskyan urge to approach Universal Grammar from below.

scholarly journals ADVERSITY ENCOUNTERED ON THE ROAD TO GENDER DIVERSITY – WOMEN AND MEN IN HIGH BUSINESS POSITIONS AND IN SCIENTIFIC DOMAINS

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Academic Journal ◽  
The Road ◽  
Gender Balance ◽  
Diversity And Inclusion ◽  
Broad Variety ◽  
On The Road

The idea for this Special Issue actually originated during a conference devoted to gender equality in business settings: “It’s complicated. Gender balance in leadership” organized in 2018 by Diversity Hub, an organization focused on Diversity and Inclusion. Inspired by Professor Katarzyna Leszczyńska (AGH University of Science and Technology) and supported by Dr Tomasz Dąbrowski (Diversity Hub) the idea of an entire issue of an academic journal devoted to research and case studies on gender equality in science and business came to life. We opened the journal to sociologists, psychologists, cultural studies researchers, anthropologists, journalists and practitioners to share with us their work in this area. We received a broad variety of articles that tackled the notion from different perspectives and chose five articles that in our opinion provide the most interesting and professional contribution to the topic of gender representation in STEM and high business positions.

scholarly journals Evaluating the Road-Bioretention Strip System from a Hydraulic Perspective—Case Studies

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoning Li ◽  
Xing Fang ◽  
Yongwei Gong ◽  
Junqi Li ◽  
Jianlong Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Overland Flow ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Soil Infiltration ◽  
Rainfall Events ◽  
Safety Hazard ◽  
The Road ◽  
Total Runoff ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Infiltration Parameters

The two-dimensional overland flow simulation program, FullSWOF_2D, was revised to include submodules of determining infiltration by zones (Z) and grate-inlet (G) drainage from a 2D surface to a 1D pipe flow. The updated program, FullSWOF-ZG, was used to evaluate the performance of a road-bioretention strip (RBS) system and explore/understand key parameters of continuous RBS design. The program was validated using eight pervious surfaces under simulated rainfall events and tested with 20 experimental cases of a locally depressed curb inlet. The mean difference of simulated interception efficiencies (36.6%–86.0%) and observed interception efficiencies (34.8%–84.0%) of the curb inlet was 3.5%, which proves the program predicts the curb-inlet interception efficiency accurately. The 20 road-only and 20 RBS modeling cases were designed and modeled using the FullSWOF-ZG program. These case studies have different road lengths, curb inlet lengths, longitudinal slopes, cross slopes, bioretention-overflow inlet heights, and bioretention soil infiltration parameters. Only 34.6%–48.4% of the total runoff volume is intercepted by the RBS’s curb inlet under heavy rainfall (250 mm/h) and the remaining part of the runoff flows downstream along the road, which may cause local inundation and become a safety hazard. The curb inlet becomes the bottleneck of the RBS system that could impede the runoff flowing into the bioretention strip for detention and infiltration to improve the stormwater quality.

scholarly journals RAPID INSPECTION OF PAVEMENT MARKINGS USING MOBILE LIDAR POINT CLOUDS

2016 ◽  
Vol XLI-B1 ◽  
pp. 717-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haocheng Zhang ◽  
Jonathan Li ◽  
Ming Cheng ◽  
Cheng Wang
Keyword(s):  
Decision Tree ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Region Growing ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Point Clouds ◽  
Road Surface ◽  
Pavement Markings ◽  
The Road ◽  
Pavement Marking ◽  
Corrected Intensity

This study aims at building a robust semi-automated pavement marking extraction workflow based on the use of mobile LiDAR point clouds. The proposed workflow consists of three components: preprocessing, extraction, and classification. In preprocessing, the mobile LiDAR point clouds are converted into the radiometrically corrected intensity imagery of the road surface. Then the pavement markings are automatically extracted with the intensity using a set of algorithms, including Otsu’s thresholding, neighbor-counting filtering, and region growing. Finally, the extracted pavement markings are classified with the geometric parameters using a manually defined decision tree. Case studies are conducted using the mobile LiDAR dataset acquired in Xiamen (Fujian, China) with different road environments by the RIEGL VMX-450 system. The results demonstrated that the proposed workflow and our software tool can achieve 93% in completeness, 95% in correctness, and 94% in F-score when using Xiamen dataset.

scholarly journals KONSEP PERANCANGAN FASAD BANGUNAN BERDASARKAN KARAKTER FASAD BANGUNAN DALEM DI JALAN MONDORAKAN KOTAGEDE, YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Augustinus Madyana Putra ◽  
Andi Prasetiyo Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Important Thing ◽  
The Road ◽  
Building Facades ◽  
The City

Abstract: The uniqueness of an area is a soul place that will distinguish a location from another location. The historic Kotagede area of Yogyakarta is divided into four road sections, and one of the road sections is the Mondorakan Road. The building on Mondorakan Road originally consisted of a series of palace buildings with a very distinctive facade appearance with three types of building facades. After the earthquake that occurred in 2006, many buildings in this area were destroyed and renovated but did not adjust to the appearance of the original facade, so the uniqueness of the city became blurred. Through this research, it is expected to be able to identify and provide solutions to these conditions. The methods applied are case studies and observations in the field, then analyzed based on previous findings regarding three types of facade displays. The results of the analysis produce outcomes in the form of guidelines in the design process that are expected to be able to maintain the characteristics of an area. Facade reading is an important thing to keep because it can help preserve the soul of a place in this part of the road.Keyword: palace buildings, facade, the soul of a placeAbstrak: Keunikan sebuah kawasan merupakan sebuah jiwa tempat yang akan membedakan suatu lokasi dengan lokasi lain. Kawasan bersejarah Kotagede Yogyakarta terbagi menjadi 4 penggal jalan, dan salah satu penggal jalan tersebut yaitu Jalan Mondorakan. Bangunan di Jalan Mondorakan pada mulanya terdiri dari jajaran bangunan dalem dengan tampilan fasad yang sangat khas dengan tiga tipe fasad bangunan. Pasca gempa yang terjadi tahun 2006, banyak bangunan di area ini yang hancur dan direnovasi namun tidak menyesuaikan dengan tampilan fasad semula, sehingga keunikan kawasan menjadi kabur. Melalui penelitian ini diharapkan mampu mengidentifikasi dan memberi solusi mengenai kondisi tersebut. Metode yang diterapkan yaitu studi kasus dan observasi di lapangan, kemudian dianalisis berdasar temuan sebelumnya mengenai 3 tipe tampilan fasad. Hasil analisis menghasilkan temuan berupa panduan dalam proses perancangan yang diharapkan mampu mempertahankan ciri khas suatu kawasan. Keterbacaan fasad ini menjadi hal penting untuk tetap dipertahankan karena dapat membantu adanya jiwa tempat di penggal jalan ini.Kata Kunci: bangunan dalem, fasad, jiwa tempat

scholarly journals Time Series Analysis for Assessing and Forecasting of Road Traffic Accidents - Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Road Traffic Accidents ◽  
The Road ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Serious Injuries

Road traffic accident is one of the main causes of injuries and fatalities worldwide, serious injuries and mortality in road collisions being a public health problem. The paper gives a overview of time series modeling and forecasting with application in road traffic injuries monitoring. After presenting of the main models and the methodological issues used in Box-Jenkins approach, the paper discusses two case studies, using a multiplicative SARIMA model and an intervention model, for a time series representing the number of mortal traffic accidents in USA, and the road traffic accidents with death and serious injuries in the UK, before and after the imposition of the Arabian embargo in November 1973.

Remapping the European Road

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Gott
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
French Language ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
The Road ◽  
On The Road

This chapter assessesfive contemporary films from three different nations that respond to the Europeanization of economies and identity formulations with a particular eye on how the passages through diverse landscapes are filmed: Le Grand Voyage, Rendez-vous à Kiruna (Anna Novion, 2012, France), St. Jacques… la Mecque (Colline Serreau, 2005, France), Torpedo (Matthieu Donck, 2012, Belgium/France) and La Vraie vie est ailleurs (Frédéric Choffat, 2006, Switzerland). The case studies are used to examine the primary motivations for being on the road in French-language Europe (and Europe in general) and the ways in which the various modes of transit involved are represented and how the techniques and practicalities affect the issue of representation. Each film under consideration seeks to outline the new ‘soft borders’ of Europe by crossing a variety of national, regional and social boundaries.

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