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• Physical condition of black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus) in relation to road disturbance

  Authors:D.S. Proppe, K.A. Byers, C.B. Sturdy, and C.C. St. ClairFrom:Canadian Journal of Zoology (Vol. 91, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 20133,915 words Report 1470LRoads and their associated low-frequency noise have been linked with a reduction in abundance and density for many songbird species. However, a handful of species remain equally abundant in roadside habitats and...

• Improving traffic noise simulations using space syntax: preliminary results from two roadway systems/ Primjena prostorne sintakse radi poboljsanja simulacija buke: preliminarni rezultati iz dvaju cestovnih sustava

  Authors:Angel M. Dzhambov, Donka D. Dimitrova, and Tanya H. TurnovskaFrom:Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Vol. 65, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20145,824 words Report 1430LNoise pollution is one of the four major pollutions in the world. In order to implement adequate strategies for noise control, assessment of traffic-generated noise is essential in city planning and management. The aim...

• Long-Term Exposure to Transportation Noise and Risk of Incident Stroke: A Pooled Study of Nine Scandinavian Cohorts.

  Authors:Nina Roswall, Andrei Pyko, Mikael Ogren, Anna Oudin, Annika Rosengren, Anton Lager, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 129, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20217,424 words Report 1480LBackground: Transportation noise is increasingly acknowledged as a cardiovascular risk factor, but the evidence base for an association with stroke is sparse. Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between...

• 2D and 3D mapping of traffic induced noise near major roads passing through densely populated residential area of South Delhi, India.

  Authors:Pervez Alam, Kafeel Ahmad, Afzal Husain Khan, Nadeem A. Khan, and Mohammad Hadi DehghaniFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 3) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 24, 20214,862 words Report 1460LNoise monitoring and mapping is the critical processes to ensure that the noise level does not reach the harmful levels and provides noise exposure level details. 2-D and 3-D noise mapping has been carried out at...

• Associations between nighttime traffic noise and sleep: the finnish public sector study

  Authors:Jaana I. Halonen, Jussi Vahtera, Stephen Stansfeld, Tarja Yli-Tuomi, Paula Salo, Jaana Pentti, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 120, Issue 10) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20125,679 words Report 1470LBACKGROUND: Associations between traffic noise and sleep problems have been detected in experimental studies, but population-level evidence is scarce. OBJECTIVES: We studied the relationship between the levels of...

• Pavement noise investigation on North Carolina highways: an on-board sound intensity approach

  Authors:George Wang, Gregory Smith, and Richard ShoresFrom:Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (Vol. 39, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20125,451 words Report 1330LThis paper presents the findings on tire-pavement noise on various types of pavements by using an on-board sound intensity (OBSI) method. Mitigation of traffic noise has become an increasingly important consideration...

• Reduction of traffic and tire/pavement noise: 1st year results of the Arizona Quiet Pavement Program--site III

  Authors:J.A. Reyff and P. DonavanFrom:The Shock and Vibration Digest (Vol. 38, Issue 3)

  May-June 2006149 words Brief article 1120LReyff, J.A., and P. Donavan. Reduction of traffic and tire/ pavement noise: 1st year results of the Arizona Quiet Pavement Program--Site III. Proceedings of NOISE-CON 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States:...

• Infant wheezing linked to stop-and-go traffic proximity

  Author:Michele G. SullivanFrom:Family Practice News (Vol. 35, Issue 20)

  Oct. 15, 2005264 words Brief article Infants who live near roads with lots of stop-and-go bus and truck traffic are significantly more likely to develop wheezing than those who live near steady traffic or those who aren't exposed to much traffic, Patrick...

• Investigation and evaluation of speed table influence on traffic noise propagation in residential area/Greiti mazinanciu kalneliu itakos triuksmo sklidimui gyvenamajame rajone tyrimai ir vertinimas

  Authors:Tomas Astrauskas and Raimondas GrubliauskasFrom:Science - Future of Lithuania (Vol. 8, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20162,923 words Report 1380LSpeed table is an artificial road (street) surface irregularity, which is used to reduce speed of road traffic or maintain allowed speed limit in road (street) section. These measures are used to reduce risk for...

• The environmental evaluation analysis of traffic noise pollution level in region 6, Tehran, Iran

  Authors:Mir Mehrdad Mirsanjari and Parisa ZorufchinFrom:Advances in Environmental BiologyPeer-Reviewed

  Oct. 20122,262 words Report 1380LTraffic noise is a major environmental source of pollution in the whole planet, both in developed and in developing nations. The study being reported here has been carried out on one of the most busy and crowded highway...

• Long-term air pollution and traffic noise exposures and mild cognitive impairment in older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall study

  Authors:Lilian Tzivian, Martha Diugaj, Angela Winkler, Gudrun Weinmayr, Frauke Hennig, Kateryna B. Fuks, et al.From:Environmental Health Perspectives (Vol. 124, Issue 9) Peer-Reviewed

  Sept. 20167,204 words Report 1530LBackground: Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) describes the intermediate state between normal cognitive aging and dementia. Adverse effects of air pollution (AP) on cognitive functions have been proposed, but...

• A different route to health: implications of transport policies

  Author:Carlos DoraFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 318, Issue 7199) Peer-Reviewed

  June 19, 19993,167 words Article Transportation can significantly affect the public health. Airborne particulate emission from motor vehicles increase the symptoms of asthma and increase respiratory symptoms generally. Automobiles are primarily...

• Source/path contribution analysis of automotive airborne sources

  Authors:M. Batel and J. HaldFrom:The Shock and Vibration Digest (Vol. 38, Issue 4)

  July 2006111 words Brief article 1260L06-0983 Batel, M., and J. Hald. Source/path contribution analysis of automotive airborne sources. Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Modal Analysis Noise and Vibration Engineering, Leuven, Belgium:...

• Exposure-response relationship between traffic noise and the risk of stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis/Odnos izmedu izlozenosti prometnoj buci i rizika od mozdanog udara: sustavni pregled s metaanalizom

  Authors:Angel M. Dzhambov and Donka D. DimitrovaFrom:Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology (Vol. 67, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20166,808 words Report 1310LTraffic noise is an established risk factor for some cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and ischaemic heart disease, but the evidence regarding stroke is still limited. In this study we aimed to systematically...

• The study of vehicle traffic noise/Automobiliu keliamo triuksmo tyrimai

  Authors:Rolandas Blazys, Giedrius Garbincius, Zivile Dabuzinskaite, and Irmantas GedzeviciusFrom:Science - Future of Lithuania (Vol. 1, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  November-December 20091,251 words Report The paper presents a description of traffic noise and its analysis. The harmful effect of noise on people's health and the comfort of life is considered. The major legal documents, regulating road traffic noise level...

• Quiet and durable pavements: findings from an Ontario study

  Authors:M. Alauddin Ahammed, Susan L. Tighe, and Tom KlementFrom:Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (Vol. 37, Issue 8) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 20107,953 words Report Traffic noise is a growing problem throughout the world. Noise barriers, traditionally used for reducing noise exposure, are expensive and inefficient in some cases. Pavement surface characteristics play a key role in...

• Traffic noise increases the risk of heart attack in men

  From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 19, Issue 25) Peer-Reviewed

  Mar. 2, 2005157 words Brief article Chronic exposure to high levels of traffic noise increases the risk for cardiovascular diseases in men but not in women. The biological plausibility for noise stress-related cardiovascular response is well...

• Noise utilization as an approach for reducing energy consumption in street lighting

  Authors:Yasser A. Farghaly, Fahd Abdel Aziz Hemeida, and Sahar SalahFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 11, 20196,487 words Report 1660LNoise is considered as one of the challenging problems in big cities. However, this noise could be utilized in producing energy especially in dense urban areas. Sound as a form of mechanical energy, it can be converted...

• Road traffic noise and psychiatric disorder: prospective findings from the Caerphilly study

  Authors:Stephen Stansfield, John Gallacher, Wolfgang Babisch, and Martin ShipleyFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 313, Issue 7052) Peer-Reviewed

  Aug. 3, 1996946 words Article Although environmental noise causes annoyance, there is little evidence from studies of psychological symptoms, psychotropic drug use, mental hospital admissions, and community studies that it causes psychiatric...

• Influence of pavement surface noise: the Korea Highway Corporation test road

  Authors:Sungho Mun, Dae Seung Cho, and Tae Muk ChoiFrom:Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering (Vol. 34, Issue 7) Peer-Reviewed

  July 20073,672 words Report 1420LAbstract: Because of a significant increase in the number of vehicles using national highway networks that link major urban centers, road traffic noise--with its harmful impact on the environment--has become a major...