The (Country) Road Not Often Taken

2021 ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Christy Simpson ◽  
Fiona McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Country Road

Forest path condition monitoring based on crowd-based trajectory data analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Francisco Arcas-Tunez ◽  
Fernando Terroso-Saenz
Keyword(s):  
Information Acquisition ◽  
Road Network ◽  
Road Networks ◽  
Trajectory Data ◽  
Country Road ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Path Condition ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
The City

The development of Road Information Acquisition Systems (RIASs) based on the Mobile Crowdsensing (MCS) paradigm has been widely studied for the last years. In that sense, most of the existing MCS-based RIASs focus on urban road networks and assume a car-based scenario. However, there exist a scarcity of approaches that pay attention to rural and country road networks. In that sense, forest paths are used for a wide range of recreational and sport activities by many different people and they can be also affected by different problems or obstacles blocking them. As a result, this work introduces SAMARITAN, a framework for rural-road network monitoring based on MCS. SAMARITAN analyzes the spatio-temporal trajectories from cyclists extracted from the fitness application Strava so as to uncover potential obstacles in a target road network. The framework has been evaluated in a real-world network of forest paths in the city of Cieza (Spain) showing quite promising results.

scholarly journals EVALUATING THE TRIGGERING FACTORS OF THE ROCK FALLS OF 16TH AND 21ST DECEMBER 2009 IN NEA FOKEA, CHALKIDIKI, NORTHERN GREECE

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 1131
Author(s):  
B. Christaras ◽  
G. Syrides ◽  
G. Papathanassiou ◽  
A. Chatzipetros ◽  
T. Mavromatis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Setting ◽  
Slope Instability ◽  
Rock Falls ◽  
Northern Greece ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
The Road ◽  
Triggering Factors ◽  
Country Road ◽  
Asphalt Road

This paper aims to present the characteristics of the rock falls generated on the 16th and 21st of December 2009 at the Nea Moudania – Kassandria country road in Kassandra Peninsula, Chalkidiki, Greece. Both of those events induced damages to the asphalt road and forced the local authorities to close the road to traffic until the construction of protective measures. In order to evaluate the rock fall hazard and analyze the slope instability in the area, the present study focuses on three main triggering factors: rainfall, stratigraphy and tectonic setting.

Girl Meets Woman’s Ghost on Country Road

2018 ◽  
pp. 307-308
Author(s):  
Guđný Ólafsson Tómasson
Keyword(s):  
Country Road

scholarly journals Analysis of the Influence of Suspension Actuator Limitations on Ride Comfort in Passenger Cars Using Model Predictive Control

Actuators ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erik Enders ◽  
Georg Burkhard ◽  
Nathan Munzinger
Keyword(s):  
Model Predictive Control ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Ride Comfort ◽  
Rate Of Change ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Passenger Cars ◽  
Wheel Load ◽  
Country Road ◽  
Necessary Constraints ◽  
Vehicle Dynamics Control

Active suspension systems help to deliver superior ride comfort and can be used to resolve the objective conflict between ride comfort and road-holding. Currently, there exists no method for analyzing the influence of actuator limitations, such as maximum force and maximum rate of change, on the achievable ride comfort. This research paper presents a method that is capable of doing this. It uses model predictive control to eliminate the influence of feedback controller performance and to integrate both actuator limitations and necessary constraints on dynamic wheel-load variation and suspension travel. Various scenarios are simulated, such as driving over a speed bump and inner city driving, as well as driving on a country road and motorway driving, using a state-of-the-art quarter-car model, parameterized for a luxury class vehicle. It is analyzed how comfort, or in one scenario road-holding, can be improved with consideration for the actuator limitations. The results indicate that actuator rate limitation has a strong influence on vertical vehicle dynamics control system performance, and that relatively small maximum forces of around 1000 to 2000 N are sufficient to successfully reject disturbances from road irregularities, provided the actuator is capable of supplying the forces at a sufficiently high rate of change.

Autonomous Overtaking Assistant for Country Road Scenarios

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fisnik Sulejmani ◽  
Florian Reiterer ◽  
Amin Assadi ◽  
Luigi del Re
Keyword(s):  
Country Road

scholarly journals WHAT’S IN IT? AN IN-DEPTH DESCRIPTION OF THE INDIAN COUNTRY ROAD MAP

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S366-S366
Author(s):  
Heidi Holt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
The Road ◽  
Road Map ◽  
Tribal Communities ◽  
Indian Country ◽  
Country Road ◽  
Tribal Health ◽  
Knowledge And Practice

Abstract As tribal health and aging leaders become concerned about the growing problem of dementia, they can build on strengths in their cultures and traditions, which provide unique opportunities to improve the lives of older adults living with dementia, their families, and their communities. To offer a tool for tribal leaders, CDC, together with key partners, created The Healthy Brain Initiative: The Road Map for Indian Country. Designed to support discussion about dementia and caregiving within tribal communities, this Road Map encourages a public health approach as part of a holistic response. During this presentation, an in-depth review of the themes that shaped this Road Map will be provides, gaps in knowledge and practice will be described, and explain the 8 recommended actions in the Road Map. Discussion will wrap up with recommended actions for moving forward, as well as CDC’s plans for supporting implementation of the Road Map.

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