Academic Articles & Research Papers

A Probabilistic Fatigue Strength Assessment in AlSi-Cast Material by a Layer-Based Approach

An advanced lightweight design in cast aluminium alloys features complexly shaped geometries with strongly varying local casting process conditions. This affects the local microstructure in terms of porosity grade and secondary dendrite arm...

Network Analysis and Political Science

Political science is fascinated with networks. This fascination builds on networks' descriptive appeal, and descriptions of networks play a prominent role in recent forays into network analysis. For some time, quantitative research has incl...

Cohort profile: the Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research - a prospective cohort study on cognition

The Taiwan Initiative for Geriatric Epidemiological Research (TIGER) was founded in 2011 to elucidate the interrelationships among various predictors of global and domain-specific cognitive impairment, with the aim of identifying older adul...

Charlson comorbidity index has no incremental value for mortality risk prediction in nursing home residents with COVID-19 disease

Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, nursing home (NH) residents faced the highest risk of severe COVID-19 disease and mortality. Due to their frailty status, comorbidity burden can serve as a useful predictive indicator of vul...

Correlation between frailty and reduction in cortical thickness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Physical inactivity and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to frailty and poor prognoses. However, little is known regarding the association between frailty and the human bra...

The Challenge of Cultural Gerontology

Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider...

Editorial

Dear Authors and Readers,The closing issue of “Zeszyty Teoretyczne Rachunkowości” (ZTR, “The Theoretical Journal of Accounting”) for 2025, vol. 49, number 4, once again provides an engaging and multidimensional review of contemporary resear...

Global supply chains and China’s textile cross-border trade: case study of Jiangsu province

As one of the world's largest producers and exporters of textiles and clothing, China plays a key role in the reconstruction of the global supply chain and in the changes in the international trade situation. China's textile industry, as a ...

A Simplified Settlement Calculation Method for Stiffened Deep Cement Mixing Pile Composite Foundation Under Embankment

The stiffened deep cement mixing (SDCM) pile utilizes the advantages of the concrete pile and DCM column, and it has been widely used in construction and transportation projects. Nevertheless, the research on the theory of settlement analys...

Radio communication-based method for analysis of train driving in an ERTMS signaling environment

Abstract Background ERTMS is an important project improving cross-border interoperability throughout Europe by a single rail signaling standard. One advantage following this development is a standardized radio signaling, which can be tracke...

An integrated model for train rescheduling and station track assignment

Abstract Both train rescheduling and station track assignment have become hot topics in recent years. It is fundamentally important to do the rescheduling and track assignment work at the same time to avoid the feasibility risk of the re‐sc...

Evaluation Index System Construction for Track Structure Health Status Based on Urban Rail Comprehensive Inspection Vehicles

[Objective] It is aimed to construct an evaluation index system for urban rail transit （URT） track structure health status based on comprehensive inspection vehicles， carrying out scientific evaluation of urban rail transit track structure ...

Unsteady Aerodynamic Characteristics of a High-Speed Train Induced by the Sudden Change of Windbreak Wall Structure: A Case Study of the Xinjiang Railway

Under strong winds, the effect of sudden windbreak transition (WT) on high-speed trains is severe, leading to a deterioration of train aerodynamics and sudden yawing motion of the car body. To address these problems, based on a high-speed t...

Editorial: introduction to group research projects developed within an intensive programme in railway and logistics

This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal Transport Problems on group research projects developed within the RailNewcastle summer school organised and held in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. The participants (both educat...

ECONOMIC AND LEGAL GROUNDS FOR INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Purpose. In Ukraine, as in many countries of the world, transport is one of the most fundamental sectors of the national economy, important part of the industrial and social spheres. But in the conditions of industry reforming there are pro...

An improved Harris corner detection method for honeycomb structures

Structural defects and cell irregularity significantly impact the performance and safety of honeycomb structures. Thus, various image processing techniques have been employed to evaluate the cell shape and detect structural defects within t...

Recent Developments in Railway Track and Transportation Engineering

Transportation Engineering: Introduction to Planning, Design, and Operations

This important text and reference reflects the recent dramatic growth in the field of transportation engineering and serves as a comprehensive introduction to both the theoretical and practical aspects of the field. It covers the six major ...

Sustainable Solutions for Railways and Transportation Engineering

American Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering

American Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering (AJTTE) is an international refereed journal dedicated to the latest advancement of transportation technologies and engineering. The goal of this journal is to keep a record of the ...