The Effect of Hand Reflexology Massage on Pain and Fatigue in Patients after Coronary Angiography: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial by Nahid Rejeh, Seyed Davood Tadrisi, Shahrooz Yazdani, Kiarash Saatchi, Mojtaba Vaismoradi

“…This study was conducted on 90 patients in an angiography department of a referral hospital in an urban area of Iran. The patients were randomly divided into two interventions (n = 45) and control (n = 45) groups. …”
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The effectiveness and choice of public pension scheme among Donglan county residents in China by Li Zhu, Zixuan Peng, Qucheng Deng, Xiumei Zhang

“…Our study also found that county residents who are rich, had higher education attainment and better understanding towards policies were more likely to participate in the PPSURR; insured residents with higher income and live in urban area were more likely to select a higher contribution level. …”
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Bacterial Composition, Community Structure, and Diversity in Apis nigrocincta Gut by Christian Apolinaris Lombogia, Max Tulung, Jimmy Posangi, Trina Ekawati Tallei

“…The adult worker was captured in an urban area in a dense settlement. In total, 83,018 reads were obtained, revealing six phyla from 749 bacterial operational taxonomic units (OTUs). …”
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Research on multi-objective hierarchical site selection coverage of fire station. by Junjie He, Xin Guan, Houjun Lu, Juntao Yang

“…To validate the effectiveness of the proposed model and algorithm, numerical experiments were performed, which took an urban area in China as an example. The solutions indicated that although retaining more of the original fire stations reduced the siting costs, most strategies tended to fail to cover higher values of fire risk, and the service coverage increases with the number of new fire stations. …”
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Ill, Itinerant, and Insured: The Top 20 Users of Emergency Departments in Baltimore City by Barbara Y. DiPietro, Dana Kindermann, Stephen M. Schenkel

“…The purpose of this study was to document the clinical and demographic characteristics of the 20 most frequent users of emergency departments (EDs) in one urban area. We reviewed administrative records from three EDs and two agencies providing services to homeless people in Baltimore City. …”
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Data mining and socio-spatial patterns of COVID-19: geo-prevention keys for tackling the pandemic by Olga De Cos Guerra, Valentín Castillo Salcines, David Cantarero Prieto

“…The case study is the Santander functional urban area (FUA), which is considered from a multi-scale perspective. …”
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Climatic Characteristics and Determination Method for Freezing Rain in China by Yue Zhou, Yanyu Yue, Zhengxu Gao, Yuehua Zhou

“…The freezing rain profiles of mountainous area and urban area in Southwest China are similar to each other, and the freezing rain in Central and East China shares the similar single-warm-layer profile. …”
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Reference Ranges for Serum Uric Acid among Healthy Assamese People by Madhumita Das, N. C. Borah, M. Ghose, N. Choudhury

“…There were 51% (n=754) males and 49% (n=716) females; 75.9% (n=1115) of them were from urban area and the rest 24.1% (n=355) were from the rural area. …”
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Determination of the caries risk in children under 5 years of age in schools of the northern of Quito, Ecuador by Alex Esteban Carrera, Francisco Carcelén Arce, Ana María Cabezas, María Fernanda Chavez Campuzano, María Jose Jarrin, Alessandro Dourado Loguercio, Ana del Carmen Armas Vega

“…Objective: Estimated the caries risk of children under 5 years of age in the urban area of the northern sector in Quito, Ecuador. …”
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Relationship Between Communication Skills and Classroom Management Skills of Elementary School Teachers by Beenish Abdul Khaliq, Dr Alina Raza, Dr Fouzia Ajmal

“…The study was conducted among female teachers of grades one to five in Rawalpindi's urban area, using a quantitative research design. A total of 93 teachers from government girls' elementary schools were selected through random sampling. …”
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Parameter Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of the Single-Layer Urban Canopy Model in the Megacity of Shanghai by Xiangyu Ao, Ning Zhang

“…In this paper, based on the offline SLUCM model driven by a whole-year surface flux observation data in the Shanghai central business district, a series of parameter sensitivity tests are carried out by using the one at a time (OAT) method, the relative importance and a set of optimized parameters of the SLUCM suitable for high-density urban area are established, and the improvement of simulation is evaluated. …”
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Wind Tunnel Measurement of Turbulent and Advective Scalar Fluxes: A Case Study on Intersection Ventilation by Libor Kukačka, Štĕpán Nosek, Radka Kellnerová, Klára Jurčáková, Zbyněk Jaňour

“…The objective of this study is to determine processes of pollution ventilation in the X-shaped street intersection in an idealized symmetric urban area for the changing approach flow direction. …”
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Dyslexia in Primary Schools’ Children: A Study to Explore Saudi Teachers’ Knowledge and Attitudes in the Jazan Region by Ebtihal Elameen Eltyeb, Gassem A. Gohal, Ali Ali Al-Makramani, Anisah Mohammed Humedi, Sahar Mohammed Shubayli, Shaden Abdu Thurwi, Shaden Ali Zaalah, Talal Mohammed Kariri, Aqilah Yajya Majhali, Ali Thayim Ghalibi, Manal Hassan Mujarribi

“…Results: In this study, 421 teachers were included; 75.1% were aged 30–49 years, 61.8% were female, and 78.4.3% lived in the urban area of Jazan. Regarding teaching experiences, 63.2% had more than 10 years of experience, and 84.3% worked in public schools. …”
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Water Quality Characteristics and Seasonal Changes in Wastewater Treatment in the Southern Hebei Region by Branch by Chao Qu, Weiyuan Cao, Kun Dong, Dunqiu Wang, Yi Yao

“…This study analyzed three years of data (2021–2024) from three wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), namely D, X, and T, in the main urban area of Handan, a typical city in the southern Hebei region, and investigated the influent characteristics and impact of temperature on these wastewater treatment facilities. …”
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The Coupling Coordination Evaluation of Sustainable Development between Urbanization, Housing Prices, and Affordable Housing in China by Lida Wang, Xian Rong, Lingling Mu

“…With many migrants flowing from rural to urban area, the change in the urban structure and the trend of the economic development has led to a rapid development of the real estate market. …”
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Vulnerabilidade socioambiental à inundação na área urbana de londrina – PR by Mirian Vizintim Fernandes Barros, Crislaine Mendes, Paulo Henrique Marques de Castro

“…This research presents a methodology to evaluate the social, infrastructural and environmental vulnerability to the risk of flooding in the urban area of Londrina (PR).The methodology for to calculate the vulnerability was adapted from Mendes (2013), using data from IBGE Census (2010) and the census tract as unit of analysis, because this is the smallest territorial unit with identifiable boundaries and appropriate size for research in population.For to calculate the Social Vulnerability and Infrastructure Index, 36 variables were selected, reclassified, resulting in 13 synthetic variables, distributed among six thematic indicators (education, income and age structure, sewage, rainwater drainage, housing conditions). …”
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Enhancing urban agriculture networks: A clustering and multicriteria decision-making approach to sustainability indicators and governance by Jiangwei Kong, Mengxi Gao, Hind Alofaysan, Dilafruz Fayziyeva, Zhi Liu

“…Patterns of environmental, social, and economic sustainability interact across several aspects of an urban area. Accelerated population increase necessitates improved resource management techniques that address the equilibrium of supply and demand in the food, energy, and water sectors while also considering social and economic development. …”
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Artificial neural network forecast application for fine particulate matter concentration using meteorological data by M. Memarianfard, A.M. Hatami, M. Memarianfard

“…Most parts of the urban areas are faced with the problem of floating fine particulate matter. …”
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A Living River” of Çanakkale Sarıçay Region Examination in the Scope by Zekeriye Gök, Alper Sağlık, Merve Temiz Topsakal

“…Urban areas are social areas that make it necessary for societies with different cultures to live together. …”
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The Potentials of Integration in the Historical Khan of Al-Exandria-Babylon by Shaker Fatima Sadiq, Musa Rashaa Malik

“…These indicators were applied according to a questionnaire system for architectural and conservation experts and another model for indicators for users of the urban area in Al Khan. The applied results of the study area showed that the integration of the Khan requires integration into its urban environment in addition to the integration of the building itself, as the Khan needs functional integration due to the lack of economic value of the Khan, and the urban environment needs spatial integration (visual and functional) due to the loss of most historical values and functions that would reintegrate the Khan with its urban surroundings and not harm its historical value.…”
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