Essays about: "California"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 162 essays containing the word California.

1. 21. Validation of WUI-NITY compared to real-world data

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Author : Jonatan Edenvik; [2022]
   Keywords : Wildland urban interface; Wildfires; Community evacuation; Real-world simulation; WUI-NITY; PeMS; Pedestrian simulation; Traffic simulation; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis compares the wildfire evacuation simulation programme, WUI-NITY, against real-world data by analysing and comparing three wildfire events of the past. The wildfire events were all limited to be within the state of California and was further analysed based on the available quality of data derived of the chosen database. READ MORE

3. 22. Testing macroscopic traffic evacuation models for wildland-urban interface fires

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

   Author : Adam Ardinge; [2021]
   Keywords : WUI-NITY; WUI; V V; traffic evacuation; WUI fire evacuation; simulation model; verification testing; validation testing; Kincade; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : This thesis presents the verification and validation testing performed on the evacuation simulation platform WUI-NITY which has the aim of being a simulation tool for the integration of different layers, such as pedestrian, traffic and wildfire with evolving dynamic interactions. The present thesis aims at applying a set of verification tests and validation testing suitable for WUI-NITY with a focus on the traffic component. READ MORE

4. 23. Evaluation of tomographic methods for limestone characterization : Using synchrotron-based X-ray tomography to determine porosity, internal structure and internal distributions in limestone

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : Albert Askengren; [2021]
   Keywords : Limestone; X-ray tomography; Synchrotron; XRT; Synchrotron-based XRT;

   Abstract : Limestone is a raw material in the cement and quicklime industry and knowledge about limestone characteristics can help improve and optimize production processes. In the end this can lead to a reduction in CO2 emissions from the industry. In this project X-ray tomography (XRT) was used to examine limestone samples. READ MORE

5. 24. Bootleggers and Baptists in American Fuel Economy Regulation – A qualitative content analysis of American automakers’ attitudes towards CAFE-standards

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Philip Rehnberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards; CAFE-standards; fuel economy regulation; bootleggers and Baptists; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The thesis aims to explain the American automaker’s drastic shift in opinion regarding Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE)-standards. After years of lobbying for weaker standards, the automakers suddenly dropped their support for President Trump’s deregulatory attempts and sided with California, the state Trump had an ongoing legal fight with over fuel economy regulation. READ MORE

6. 25. Antibiotic resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from dairy camels in Kenya

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Emelie Lejon Flodin; [2021]
   Keywords : GBS; Camelus dromedarius; tetracycline resistance; mastitis; milk; pastoralist;

   Abstract : Camels (Camelus dromedarius) are the most valuable livestock species in the arid and semi-arid lands in the Horn of Africa where the majority of the human population adopts a pastoralist lifestyle with extensive animal husbandry. Camels provide an important food source, milk, which is considered to be the most important commodity, and a source of income for the pastoralists. READ MORE