The wear of rails and wheels is important problem in rail traffic.The change of the shape of the wheel profile has not only a great influence on the dynamic properties of the vehicle (like stability, safety by passing curved Tanks tracks, etc.), but also affects the ride comfort of passengers and environmental insults, in extreme cases it can cause
Applying Artificial Cover to Reduce Melting in Dagu Glacier in the Eastern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
Global warming has accelerated during the past decades, causing a dramatic shrinking of Floor Mats glaciers across the globe.So far, the attempts to counterbalance glacial melt have proven to be inadequate and are mostly limited to a few glacial landscapes only.In the present study, a scientific glacier protection experiment was conducted at the Da
Are Proselfs More Deceptive and Hypocritical? Social Image Concerns in Appearing Fair
Deception Tanks varies across individuals and social contexts.The present research explored how individual difference measured by social value orientations, and situations, affect deception in moral hypocrisy.In two experiments, participants made allocations between themselves and recipients with an opportunity to deceive recipients where recipient
Siting (and mining) at the Border: Spain-Portugal Nuclear Transboundary Issues
This article is focused on nuclear transboundary issues between Portugal and Spain, two countries that share a long history of nuclear collaboration and conflict of late, where national borders played a crucial role.The issues at stake cover the full spectrum of the nuclear cycle: uranium mining, power production and waste disposal.The first stage,
Rhetoric of Youth, or Bridges to Nowhere
Architectonically speaking, there comes a stage in life that looks like a house.Everything appears already built up, all filled with kids and furniture, functionally disposed in interconnected spaces.The age of adulthood.Childhood instead is a playground, with apparatuses for swinging and climbing and an open court to serve their somewhat anarchic