In the area of safety-oriented driver assistance systems there is a trend to increase the accident mitigation capabilities by adding or strengthening autonomous system reactions. However, this also increases the potential for involuntary accidents in the case of malfunction. Due to product liability regulations these high risk functions require an increased development effort as well as more re...

In this paper, a simplified control algorithm based on unit vector template generation (UVTG) is proposed for a stardelta supported three-phase four-wire (3P-4W) unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) topology for the improvement of different power quality problems. Different topologies reported in literature for 3P-4W UPQC use active compensation for the mitigation of source neutral current ...

Agriculture is considered one of the main nitrogen (N) pollution sources through the diffuse emissions of ammonia (NH3) and nitrous oxide (N2O) to the atmosphere and nitrate (NO3) to water bodies. The risk is particularly high in horticultural production systems (HPS), where the use of water and fertilizers is intensive and concentrated in space and time, and more specifically, in the case of v...

We study supply chain risk mitigations by incorporating expedited shipping. The firm we consider can source from two suppliers—one is unreliable while the other is perfectly reliable but more expensive. It intends to mitigate the potential risks caused by random disruptions at the unreliable supplier by adapting its risk mitigation policy based on the supplier’s disruption factors, such as the ...

Reducing emissions from agriculture, forestry, and other land uses is considered an essential ingredient of an effective strategy to mitigate global warming. Required changes in land use and forestry, however, often imply foregoing returns from locally more attractive resource use strategies. We assess and compare the prospects of mitigating climate change through emission reductions from fores...

A case study of Denver, Colorado explores the roles of three social actors-individual users, infrastructure designer-operators, and policy actors-in near-term greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in U.S. cities. Energy efficiency, renewable energy, urban design, price- and behavioral-feedback strategies are evaluated across buildings-facilities, transportation, and materials/waste sectors in cities,...

Human and tiger conflict (HTC) has become one of the main drivers' factor decline population Sumatran (Panthera tigris sumatrae). The Leuser Ecosystem is an important landscape for habitat covering13 districts in Aceh Province 4 North Sumatra. purpose this study was to analyse HTC mitigation strategy based on internal external factors at Leuser. location chosen by purposive sampling two potenti...

Limited stockpiles of vaccine and antiviral drugs and other resources pose a formidable healthcare delivery challenge for an impending human-to-human transmittable influenza pandemic. The existing preparedness plans by the Center for Disease Control and Health and Human Services strongly underscore the need for efficient mitigation strategies. Such a strategy entails decisions for early respons...