We investigated how listeners of two unrelated languages, Korean and Dutch, process phonologically viable and nonviable consonants spoken in Dutch and American English. To Korean listeners, released final stops are nonviable because word-final stops in Korean are never released in words spoken in isolation, but to Dutch listeners, unreleased word-final stops are nonviable because word-final sto...

Traditional public transport is evolving towards more flexible services and operation modes in order to better serve the needs of the population, capture additional demand, and increase its profitability. The transportation system that we study integrates traditional bus transportation and on-demand services. Demand-responsive lines provide a classical, scheduled, transportation service among a...