Although there have been several studies examining emissions of criteria pollutants from in-use alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs), little is known about emissions of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) from these vehicles. This paper explores HAP tailpipe emissions from a variety of AFVs operating in the federal government fleet and compares these emissions to emissions from identical vehicles opera...

Electric vehicles are considered the automobile technology in the future. However, consumers are not willing to purchase electric vehicles in China. Thus, it is necessary to analyze key factors influencing the willingness to purchase electric vehicles. This paper applies the chi-square test and a binary logistic regression model based on the questionnaires of 1057 Chinese online consumers. The ...

Abstract Glutamine transporters transport different amino acids for cell growth and metabolism. In tumor cells, glutamine are often highly expressed play a crucial role in their growth. By inhibiting the acid of these transporters, cancer cells can be inhibited. recent years, more attention has been paid to study transporter. this article, differences between ASC system transporter 2 (ASCT2), L...

Three trends have shown significant impact in recent years: (1) The Internet of Things (Wortmann and Flüchter 2015) has become an enabler for a connected world full of smart objects equipped with sensors and supplies enormous and still rising amounts of (2) Big Data (Schönberger and Cukier 2013), which can be analyzed and then turned into business value in various areas, including (3) the Quant...

Abstract L-type amino acid transporter 2 (LAT2) is a Na + -independent neutral transporter, whose function regulation system remains unclarified. Since protein kinase C (PKC) known to regulate the functions of various transporters, we investigated whether human LAT2 (hLAT2) regulated by PKC. In mouse proximal tubule S2 cells, hLAT2 transport activity was upregulated PKC activation. However, fou...

OBJECTIVE To examine parental decisions about vehicles driven by teenagers and parental knowledge of vehicle safety. METHODS About 300 parents were interviewed during spring 2006 in Minnesota, North Carolina, and Rhode Island while teenagers took their first on-road driving tests. RESULTS Fewer than half of parents surveyed said teenagers would be the primary drivers of the chosen vehicles....

There are numerous exciting benefits of autonomous vehicles, which are very much at the frontier of development of vehicular technology. The level of cyber security provided by autonomous vehicles is, however, less well understood. Cyberattacks against autonomous vehicles could have grave implications for safety, privacy, reputation of manufacturers, and public perception. We examine the threat...

end of life vehicles, cause serious environmental impact owing to present end of life treatment practice and abandonment in the nature. the enormous volume of vehicle waste and accompanying environmental impacts encourage seeking an environmentally effective policy solution to control the problem of end- of – life vehicle. this research attempt to explore and discuss the determinant factors, wh...

A review is given on the use of neural networks for mobile robots and autonomous vehicles. The paper focuses on neural methods for navigation, making a distinction between sensor-based`reactive' navigation and planned navigation methods.