The aim of this study is decomposition of the changes in energy consumption with emphasizing the structural changes in Iran during 2001-2011 using Input- Output Structural Decomposition Analysis (I_O SDA). Structural changes in this study represent the changes in structure of intermediate input in sectors and also changes in structure of final demand categories. Structural changes in intermedia...

Objective: We assessed the driving skills of novice traditionally trained, novice earlytrained, and experienced drivers to evaluate whether supervised early training could improve young drivers’ skills. Background: The overall representation of young male drivers in car crashes is a recurrent problem in developed countries. To prevent this overrepresentation, France institutes an early driver t...

Reconciling competing desires to build urban models that can be simple and complicated is something of a grand challenge for urban simulation. It also prompts difficulties in many urban policy situations, such as urban sprawl, where simple, actionable ideas may need to be considered in the context of the messily complex and complicated urban processes and phenomena that work within cities. In t...

urban expansion and agriculture intensification are relevant drivers in land degradation (ld)processes in europe due to net loss of land, soil sealing, landscape fragmentation and other negative effects on the environment. this paper explores changes (or “trajectories” of change) in land use and cover (lulc) and their relationship with the consumption of soils in emilia-romagna (northern italy)...

Abstract Although tremendous achievements have been made toward inertial confinement fusion, laser plasma instabilities (LPIs) remain to be an inevitable problem for current drive schemes. To mitigate these instabilities, significant efforts paid produce high-power broadband ultraviolet lasers. However, no practical scheme has demonstrated up now efficient triple-frequency conversion of laser. ...

Improving safety among young drivers depends partly on a full understanding of the experiences and needs of those young people. Driving practices and experiences may vary significantly between rural, suburban and urban youth, but these differences have been little explored. The availability of public transportation, travel distances, demographic differences and other factors could lead to varia...