Along the Common Road One Cattail

Assessment of Mass Movement Hazard Zonation using the Japan Road Institute Method along the Chendar-Shahrak Road, Taleghan, Iran

One of the most important  natural hazards which threatens  the roads in mountainous regions are hillslope instabilities. This phenomenon is more frequent while  the roads are under construction.  Indentification of dangerous and susceptible areas to mass movement is especially important in order to implement some measures to control these natural phenomena.In this study mass movement hazard zo...

Methane: signs of progress along the road.

Analyses of air bubbles within ice cores suggest that the concentration of atmospheric methane remained fairly steady from 1500 BC to 1700 AD. However, with the dawn of the Industrial Revolution atmospheric methane concentrations began to increase. Recent findings of Simpson et al. (2006) have shown that the growth in the concentration of tropospheric methane has leveled off based on air sampli...

Olfaction: Chemical Signposts along the Silk Road

A recent study on the reception of olfactory cues by silkworm larvae illustrates how the convergence of genomic, physiological and ecological data promises to shed light on the origins and evolution of chemically mediated interactions between plants and insects.

Cycle helmets: 25 years along the road

The petrol station – a hot spot along the road

The increased travelling of today makes nodes along travelling routes more and more important. This is very much the case of petrol stations. They constitute important nodes in the road network, filling up thirsty fuel tanks and hungry stomachs, guiding road users and providing vehicle-services. In this thesis the role of the petrol station for road users was investigated in order to find out i...