Governments will have a key role in establishing the policy environment needed to optimise social outcomes associated with evolution of autonomous vehicles (AVs). However, little is known about extent which general public would support diverse range policies that could be implemented across human transport and product delivery AV applications. To address this deficit, aim present study was explore for policies. In total, 1078 adult Australians completed an online survey assessed...

Food deliveries to consumers using autonomous vehicles are forecast become commonplace in Australia and globally. The aims of this study were (i) explore the anticipated nature AV food delivery services (ii) identify available policy options optimise positive outcomes minimise any negative consequences for health well-being. In total, 36 interviews conducted with 40 expert stakeholders across a range relevant sectors including transport, urban planning, telecommunications. Interviewees...

(1) Background: The emergence of autonomous vehicles (AVs) is likely to have substantial implications for walking behaviours due the availability new transport options and altered physical environments within cities. aim this exploratory study was identify AV-related factors that could affect at population level strategies ameliorate any negative effects. (2) Methods: A total 46 Australian expert stakeholders were interviewed about their perceptions potential impacts AVs on behaviours....

Abstract Introduction The emergence of autonomous vehicles (AV) heralds new methods alcohol delivery that are likely to have substantial implications for home drinking. aim this study was explore the factors potential hasten or restrict widescale increases in availability resulting from AVs. Methods Thirty‐six interviews were conducted with 44 stakeholders across diverse sectors. Interviewees discussed their perceptions how AVs will evolve and access. interview transcripts analysed develop a...

BackgroundMultiple Sclerosis (MS) pathology is likely to disrupt central auditory pathways, thereby affecting an individual's ability discriminate speech from noise. Despite the importance of discrimination in daily communication, it's characterization context MS remains limited. This cross-sectional study evaluated under "real world" conditions where sentences were presented ecologically valid multi-talker or broadband noise at several signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs).MethodsPre-recorded...

(1) Background: The automation of transport systems is well underway; however, it unclear how this will affect people’s mobility choices. Changes in these choices have implications for health and the sustainability efficiency systems, making important to understand advent autonomous vehicles might behaviors. aim present study was address knowledge gap Australian context. (2) Methods: Respondents reported their demographic information, current behaviors, perceived importance transport-related...

Rapid technological change will affect how people access harmful products. For example, automated delivery services are forecast to provide fast and affordable product options for those purchasing alcohol. Information about the potential impacts of such innovations on alcohol purchase consumption behaviors is lacking. The aim this study was explore consumers may respond future scenarios where available via a range autonomous options.In two-stage process, qualitative individual interviews (n...

The most complex interactions between human beings occur through speech, and often in the presence of background noise. Understanding speech noisy environments requires integrity highly integrated widespread auditory networks likely to be impacted by multiple sclerosis (MS) related neurogenic injury. Despite impact communication has on a person's ability navigate world, build relationships, maintain employability; studies speech-in-noise (SiN) perception people with MS (pwMS) have been...

Innovations in food home delivery systems have seen rapid growth the consumption of prepared outside home. Such is often higher negative nutrients than home-prepared food. Technological advancements transport sector are set to amplify availability services via introduction autonomous (driverless) vehicles. Very little known about how consumers likely react this change, and relevant regulatory frameworks lacking. To address evidence gap inform policy emerging domain, aim present study was...

Associations between place and population health are of interest to researchers policymakers. The objective this paper is explore, summarise compare content across contemporary Australian geo-referenced survey data sets. A search for recent (2015 or later) surveys from within Australia containing geographic information participants was conducted. Survey response frames were analysed categorised based on demographic, risk factor disease-related characteristics. Analysis using interactive...

Drone delivery services are set to increase unhealthy food and alcohol accessibility. The aim of this study was evaluate public receptiveness various options for regulating drone beverage deliveries identify sociodemographic differences in receptiveness.

Technological innovations in the online food delivery sector include use of autonomous vehicles. The aim present study was to investigate consumers' intentions these services once they are widely available and their motivations for using them access unhealthy food.

There is a need for reliable and objective measures of early mild symptomology in multiple sclerosis (MS), as deficits can be subtle difficult to quantify objectively patients without overt physical deficits. We hypothesized that speech-in-noise (SiN) task would sensitive demyelinating effects on precise neural timing diffuse higher-level networks required speech intelligibility, therefore useful tool monitoring sensory cognitive changes MS. The this study was develop SiN clinical use...

Analysis of overhead imagery using computer vision is a problem that has received considerable attention in academic literature. Most techniques operate this space are both highly specialised and require expensive manual annotation large datasets. These problems addressed here through the development more generic framework, incorporating advances representation learning which allows for flexibility analysing new categories with limited labeled data. First, robust an unlabeled aerial dataset...

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to is under consideration at Other. ESSOAr a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more about preprints preprintOpen AccessYou are viewing the latest version by default [v2]Isolating impacts of urban form fabric from geography on heat human thermal...

Earth and Space Science Open Archive This preprint has been submitted to is under consideration at Other. ESSOAr a venue for early communication or feedback before peer review. Data may be preliminary.Learn more about preprints preprintOpen AccessYou are viewing an older version [v1]Go new versionIsolating the impacts of urban form fabric from geography in assessing heat mitigation...

People with multiple sclerosis (pwMS) frequently present deficits in binaural processing used for sound localization. This study examined spatial release from speech-on-speech masking pwMS, which involves and additional higher level mechanisms underlying streaming, such as attention. 26 pwMS mild severity (Expanded Disability Status Scale score <3) 20 age-matched controls listened via headphones to pre-recorded sentences a standard list presented simultaneously eight-talker babble. Virtual...

ABSTRACT Background Given that the majority of world’s population live in cities, it is essential to global health efforts we design them ways both reduce non-communicable diseases (NCDs) risk and facilitate adoption maintenance healthy lifestyles. Current approaches tend focus on relationship between urban design-related factors affect at local or neighbourhood level but few studies have explored this within across entire nor causal pathways urban-designed related NCDs. The aim research...

Delhi’s transport produces some of the worst air quality in world, congestion which grinds city to a halt, and security concerns for females worrisome enough warrant constant media attention. Crafting policies address these issues is imperative. It has been shown that choices are based upon measurable latent sociological-emotive factors; useful model examining Dittmar’s choice model. Gauging effects aspects on decisions, however, further complicated when sectoral ‘disruption’ such as...