Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on urban mobility: Empirical evidence from the city of Santander (Spain)

A Aloi, B Alonso, J Benavente, R Cordera, E Echániz… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article analyses the impact that the confinement measures or quarantine imposed in
Spain on 15 March 2020 had on urban mobility in the northern city of Santander. Data have …

Best–worst method for modelling mobility choice after COVID-19: evidence from Italy

S Moslem, T Campisi, A Szmelter-Jarosz, S Duleba… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
All countries have suffered from the COVID-19 crisis; the pandemic has adversely impacted
all sectors. In this study, we examine the transport sector with a specific focus on the problem …

Machine learning approach using MLP and SVM algorithms for the fault prediction of a centrifugal pump in the oil and gas industry

PF Orrù, A Zoccheddu, L Sassu, C Mattia, R Cozza… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The demand for cost-effective, reliable and safe machinery operation requires accurate fault
detection and classification to achieve an efficient maintenance strategy and increase …

Green supply chain decisions considering consumers' low-carbon awareness under different government subsidies

C Su, X Liu, W Du - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study examined how to arrange the generation and pricing of supply chain members in
the case of consumer green preference with different government subsidies. The green …

Experimental determination of the manson− coffin curves for an original unconventional vehicle frame

M Sága, M Blatnický, M Vaško, J Dižo, P Kopas… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
This article is divided into two parts—in the first part, authors inform about their testing device
that enables the acquisition of results from uniaxial and multiaxial fatigue tests (the bending …

Evaluating cyclists' route preferences with respect to infrastructure

M Hardinghaus, P Papantoniou - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Providing a sufficiently appropriate route environment is crucial to ensuring fair and safe
biking, thus encouraging cycling as a sustainable mode of transport. At the same time, better …

A sustainable transport competitiveness analysis of the China railway express in the context of the Belt and Road Initiative

S Li, M Lang, X Yu, M Zhang, M Jiang, S Tsai… - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The implementation of China's Belt and Road Initiative macro strategy has promoted
exchanges and cooperation between China and Europe and countries along the route. The …

Evaluating the performance of public transit systems: A case study of eleven cities in China

D Yao, L Xu, J Li - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a super-efficiency network data envelopment analysis (SE-NDEA)
model for 11 cities in China. The model focuses on measuring the performance of public …

Predictive Maintenance of Produced Water Re-injection Pump Failure in the Field of Oil and Gas: A Review

MAK Azrag, SK Khatir, JM Zain… - … Conference on the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Water production in an oil and gas flow station normally increases as fields mature and two
main ways exist to deal with produced waste water depending on the pump situation. One is …

Exploring public–private partnership scheme in operation and maintenance stage of railway project

HZ Rahman, P Miraj, A Andreas - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Public–private partnership (PPP) has been extensively used in many sectors worldwide to
provide alternative funding for public infrastructure. However, limited evidence found that …