理工专业通用学术英语 应用篇 Level 4PDF电子书下载

Unit 1 Proposals 1

Text Ⅰ A Proposal to Implement a Monitoring and Control System into Virginia Tech's Solar House 7

Text Ⅱ Development and Validation of a Dynamic Hyperpath Finding Algorithm for Traffic Network Uncertainties 24

Text Ⅲ A Proposal for Frog Island Community Garden 37

Unit 2 Technical Reports 51

Text Ⅰ Results of Aluminum Toughness Testing 53

Text Ⅱ Assessment of Candidate Michigan Aggregate 60

Text Ⅲ Investigation of Mechanical Properties of Borided Nickel 201 Alloy 74

Unit 3 Research Articles 85

Text Ⅰ Water Quality Impairments and Management Initiatives for the West Branch of the Elizabeth River 86

Text Ⅱ Evaluating the Effects of Bus Design on Passenger Flow：Is Agent-Based Simulation a Feasible Approach？ 95

Text Ⅲ Economic Costs and Environmental Impacts ofAlternative Fuel Vehicle Fleets in Local Government 113

Unit 4 Literature Reviews 130

Text Ⅰ Visual Characteristics of Roads：A Literature Review of People's Perception and Norwegian Design Practice 131

Text Ⅱ An Intermodal Freight Transport System for Optimal Supply Chain Logistics 145

Text Ⅲ A Review of Different Strategies for HVAC Energy Saving 153

Unit 5 Research Article Introductions 178

Text Ⅰ Energy Consumption and Cost-Benefit Analysis of Hybrid and Electric City Buses 182

Text Ⅱ A Comparative Study of Equivalent Circuit Models for Li-ion Batteries 185

Text Ⅲ Culture Related to Road Traffic Safety：A Comparison of Eight Countries Using Two Conceptualizations of Culture 192

Unit 6 Research Methods 219

Text Ⅰ Estimation of State of Charge of a Lithium-Ion Battery Pack for Electric Vehicles Using an Adaptive Luenberger Observer 226

Text Ⅱ Cohort Study on the Effects of Everyday Life RF-EMF Exposure on Non-Specific Symptoms and Tinnitus 233

Text Ⅲ Academic Literacy Socialization of First Year Doctoral Students in US：A Micro-Ethnographic Perspective 239

Unit 7 Results and Discussions 262

Text Ⅰ Charging Infrastructure Planning for Promoting Battery Electric Vehicles：An Activity-Based Approach Using Multiday Travel Data 263

Text Ⅱ A Parametric Duration Model of the Reaction Times of Drivers Distracted by Mobile Phone Conversations 269

Text Ⅲ Sleep Hygiene Practices of Good and Poor Sleepers in the United States：An Internet-Based Study 278

Unit 8 Research Article Conclusions 302

Text Ⅰ Driver Inattention：Drivers'Perception of Risks and Compensating Behaviours 302

Text Ⅱ Arsenic in North Carolina：Public Health Implications 321

Text Ⅲ In Search of Commonalities：Some Linguistic and Rhetorical Features of Business Reports as a Genre 336

Unit 9 Academic Abstracts 344

Text Ⅰ Volunteerism：A Pathway to Personal Healing and Community Engagement 349

Text Ⅱ Exploring the Molecular Responses ofArabidopsis in Hypobaric Environments：Identifying Possible Targets for Genetic Engineering 366

Text Ⅲ A New Approach to In-Vehicle Navigation System Development 369

References 387

Listening Materials Websites 389

致谢 392