Automatic flood barrier system: An approach for detection and control of storm water overflow during flood by M C Jayaprakash, Krishna Shastri C Sri, Ekaputra Rinaldi

“…Overflow of drainage water has become the common problem that one living in the cities usually face. To minimize the effect of drainage overflow and to alert the drainage overflow system, the paper proposes an automated mechanism. …”
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PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND AWARENESS FROM THE C6-1 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPLORATION IN KRONGNO, DAKNONG PROVINCE by Lê Xuân Hưng, La Thế Phúc, Phạm Thị Phương Thảo, Vũ Tiến Đức, Nguyễn Trung Minh

“…This paper presents the preliminary findings regarding the discovery of dwellings and stone tool processing of prehistoric people living around 6,000 – 4,000 years ago obtained from the investigation of 10 caves and the excavation of the C6-1 volcanic cave in Krongno in 2017. …”
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L’ancrage au quotidien dans les colonies populaires de la périphérie de Mexico : une approche par les pratiques et les ressources du quartier by Jean-François Valette

“…This notion examines the circulation of individuals and their families in the different spatial and temporal scales of the living space. The analysis of the connections between people and their neighborhood highlights the role of residential context as a place of resources. …”
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Editorial - Advancing African Women in Academia: Charting Modern Solutions by Grace Temiloluwa Agbede, Nereshnee Govender, Daisy Pillay

“…While several authors have revealed these gender gaps, it is valuable to understand the lived experiences of woman in academia on the African continent. …”
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Neural Network of Predictive Motor Timing in the Context of Gender Differences by Pavel Filip, Jan Lošák, Tomáš Kašpárek, Jiří Vaníček, Martin Bareš

“…Time perception is an essential part of our everyday lives, in both the prospective and the retrospective domains. …”
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Exploring the Role of Innovative Technologies in Smart Cities by Kagontle Selwe, Costa Hofisi

“…Smart cities emerged as a solution to simplify the lives of urban citizens by integrating Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) into daily operations and addressing the rapid urbanisation challenge. …”
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Génération automatique de maquettes de paysages grâce à l’open data by Maëlle Proust, Olivier Donzé, Kenzo Picenni, Anne Barrioz

“…Starting from the observation that the ground is not represented in urban planning, part of this work focused on how to make invisible living landscapes perceptible.…”
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Balance, Sensorimotor, and Cognitive Performance in Long-Year Expert Senior Ballroom Dancers by Jan-Christoph Kattenstroth, Tobias Kalisch, Izabela Kolankowska, Hubert R. Dinse

“…Physical fitness is considered a major factor contributing to the maintenance of independent living and everyday competence. In line with this notion, it has been shown that several years of amateur dancing experience can exert beneficial effects not only on balance and posture but also on tactile, motor, and cognitive functions in older people. …”
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MAS-Based Interaction Simulation within Asymmetric Information on Emergency Management of Urban Rainstorm Disaster by Qing Yang, Jinmei Wang, Xingxing Liu, Jiajia Xia

“…The frequent occurrence of urban waterlogging constantly affects resident living and urban construction. Improved adaptive prevention and control strategies are highly requested due to huge economic losses and casualties caused by flood and waterlogging in China. …”
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On Harvesting Energy from Tree Trunks for Environmental Monitoring by Cleonilson P. Souza, Fabrício B. S. Carvalho, Filype A. N. Silva, Hening A. Andrade, Nathália de V. Silva, Orlando Baiocchi, Ivan Müller

“…This work describes an experimental study on the possibilities of harvesting energy from tree trunks in order to power sensor nodes for environmental monitoring, particularly in wild forests. As the trunk of a living tree can be divided into isothermal subvolumes, which are generally referred to as annual rings, and the trunk is a good heat storage material, depending on the tree dimensions and its species, it can potentially offer different temperature gradients according to the tree trunk depths. …”
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Possible Mechanisms of Relations between the Thermal Neutrons Field and Biosphere by Anton V. Syroeshkin, Irina V. Tarabrina, Mariya A. Morozova, Alla V. Marukhlenko, Igor A. Zlatskiy, Mariya P. Makarova

“…This paper proposes some results concerning the interaction of living matter of different organization levels (prokaryotes and eukaryotes) with the flux of thermal neutrons. …”
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Understanding Jordanian Psychiatric Nurses’ Smoking Behaviors: A Grounded Theory Study by Khaldoun M. Aldiabat, Michael Clinton

“…Constant comparative analysis identified becoming a heavy smoker as a psychosocial process characterized by four sub-categories: normalization of smoking; living in ambiguity; experiencing workplace conflict; and, facing up to workplace stressors. …”
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The Initial Months of Antiretroviral Therapy and Its Influence on AGEs, HMGB1, and sRAGE Levels in Asymptomatic HIV-Infected Individuals by Karen Ingrid Tasca, Juliana Trindade Caleffi, Camila Renata Correa, Mariana Gatto, Caio Cavassan de Camargo, Monica Bannwart Mendes, Marjorie de Assis Golim, Mara Biasin, Lenice do Rosário de Souza

“…The development of the typical comorbidities of aging which currently affects people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) can be partially ascribed to the persistent immune activation and chronic inflammation characterizing these individuals. …”
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“An Endless Cycle of Worry and Hardship”: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Food Security of Somali Migrants and Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya by Zack Ahmed, Jonathan Crush, Bernard Owusu

“…Urban migrants and refugees in many parts of the Global South have been disproportionately hit by these measures, increasing the precarity of their living conditions and exacerbating the food insecurity of the migrants’ households. …”
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Effects of chromophore interaction in the spectroscopy of ketocyanine dyes with a central pyranone or pyridone fragment by Ludmila A. Shvedova, Alexander S. Tatikolov, Vladimir I. Sklyarenko, Zhanna A. Krasnaya

“…Flash photolysis experiments showed photoisomerization of the dyes with NMe bridging group to form long-lived isomeric form.…”
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Different Views about the Nature of Gender-Related Asymmetries in Tasks Based on Biological or Artefact Categories by Guido Gainotti, Francesca Ciaraffa, Maria Caterina Silveri, Camillo Marra

“…Contrary to the hypothesis, evaluation of the weight of different sources of knowledge in representing living and artefact categories was similar in males and females.…”
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Bioinspired materials for batteries: Structural design, challenges and future perspective by Wasif ur Rehman, Yanan Ma, Zahoor khan, Fatima Zahra Ait Laaskri, Jiawei Xu, Youlong Xu, Hamid Rehman, Umar Farooq, Ali Altalbe, Jian Li

“…Bioinspired materials (BIMs) have significantly impacted our daily lives by serving as essential energy sources. The main challenge for bio-inspired materials is to balance high energy storage, long-lasting performance, being environmentally friendly, and low cost, making them easy to produce at large scales. …”
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Founding and sustaining grassroots actions in superdiverse neighbourhoods facing socioeconomic challenges: narratives of emergent processes, actions and resources by Gabriella Elgenius, Jenny Phillimore

“…In short, actors base their work on lived experiences and a shared vision to mitigate inequalities not addressed by mainstream services. …”
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The influence of locus of control, responsibility and job knowledge on employees' organizational commitment at universitas Batam by Muhammad Tommy Arby Rumen, Chablullah Wibisono, Angelina Eleonora Rumengan

“…Locus of Control (LoC) is an individual's perception of the sources that control events in their lives, which are divided into two main categories: internal and external. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Cutaneous Melanoma and Second Primary Malignancies in a Dutch Hospital-Based Cohort of Cutaneous Melanoma Patients by Haike M. J. van der Velden, Michelle M. van Rossum, Willeke A. M. Blokx, Jan B. M. Boezeman, Marie-Jeanne P. Gerritsen

“…The increasing number of living cutaneous melanoma patients and the increased risk of developing a second primary tumour incited us to analyse the clinical characteristics of cutaneous melanoma and define the frequency, site, and type of second primary cancers in cutaneous melanoma patients. …”
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