This paper introduces a special issue of the Journal Transport Problems on group research projects developed 711719541028 within the RailNewcastle summer school organised and held in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England.The participants (both educators and students) worked together in multinational and multidisciplinary groups to produce researc
Infective endocarditis is a disease caused by colonization and proliferation of infectious agents on the endothelial surface of the heart.Its clinical presentation is variable, depending upon conditions of the patient, such as immunosuppression, presence of prosthetic material, intravenous drug use, and the etiologic agent.Diagnosis is usually esta
Animals require strategies for coping with periods when food is scarce.Such 3282770148763 strategies include storing fat as a buffer, and defending the rate of energy intake by changing foraging behaviour when food becomes difficult to obtain.Storage and behavioural defence may constitute alternative strategies for solving the same problem.We would
NB-Fi (Narrow Band Fidelity) is a promising protocol for low-power wide-area networks.NB-Fi networks use license-exempt Industrial, Scientific, and 3282770148763 Medical (ISM) bands and, thus, NB-Fi devices can work in two modes: with and without Listen Before Talk (LBT).This paper compares these modes with different implementations of LBT in terms