A serosurvey study of hand, foot and mouth disease in healthy children aged 6 to 71 months old in West Bandung and Bandung Region, Indonesia by Rodman Tarigan Girsang, Kusnandi Rusmil, Eddy Fadlyana, Budi Setiabudiawan, Riyadi Adrizain, Rizky Perdana Mulyadi, Arief Budiman, Rona Kania Utami, Behesti Zahra Mardiah, Muhammad Gilang Dwi Putra, Frizka Primadewi Fulendry, Dinda Tiaraningrum Nashsyah, Hadyana Sukandar

“…Results In total, 596 subjects (99.3%) were positive for the seroprevalence of EV71 IgG in rural and urban areas. Child age, sex, nutritional status, height/age, immunisation status, parental income, and father’s and mother’s educations were not statistically related in rural and urban areas (p > 0.05) because the rate of IgG EV71 seropositivity was very high. …”
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Comparison of 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk in metropolitan and rural areas of South of Iran by Mohammad Javad Zibaeenezhad, Mehrab Sayadi, Hossein Pourmontaseri, Davood Khalili, Mojtaba Farjam, Ehsan Bahramail, Nader Parsa, Azizallah Dehghan, Seyyed Saeed Mohammadi, Iman Razeghian-Jahromi, Hamed Bazrafshan drissi, Matin Sepehrinia

“…After adjustment for all confounders, living in the urban areas seemed to be associated with higher atherosclerotic CVD risk (β = 0.78, 95%CI: [0.69–1.05]), which was consistent across both sexes. …”
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Les liens entre la société, la nature et la technique durant les derniers 200 ans : analyse dans deux vallées françaises by Julien Gargani, Gwenaël Jouannic

“…Surprisingly the strong interaction between our environment and our societies occurred whereas nature was becoming invisible in the urbanized areas.…”
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Urban-Rural Dimension of Falls and Associated Risk Factors among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in West Java, Indonesia by Susiana Nugraha, Sabarinah Prasetyo, Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Tri Budi W. Rahardjo

“…The proportional sampling method was used to identify the rural and urban areas in West Java Prefecture; meanwhile, the incidence of fall in the last 12 months was selected as the outcome variable. …”
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Beyond averages: dissecting urban-rural disparities in skilled antenatal care utilization in Bangladesh - a conway-maxwell-poisson regression analysis by Md. Muddasir Hossain Akib, Farzana Afroz, Bikash Pal

“…The analysis revealed that covariates have significantly different effects on SANC visits in rural areas compared to urban areas. For instance, women aged 35 and above in rural settings exhibited a 37% higher incidence rate of SANC visits (IRR = 1.37) compared to those under 20. …”
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Review of the Urban Carbon Flux and Energy Balance Based on the Eddy Covariance Technique by Yuxuan Li, Xinli Cai, Mingjun Li, Zhen Jiang, Feifei Tang, Shaojie Zhang, Taotao Shui, Shuguang Zhu

“…The results show that carbon emissions in urban areas are highly cyclical and vary greatly at different times and seasons. …”
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The Impact of Urbanization on Lives of People in Uganda: A Case Study of Kampala City. by Byonanebye, Bright

“…The inflow of new residents to urban areas results in the need for more buildings and infrastructures, new institutions, and often, new ways of life. …”
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How vulnerable are road networks to shocks? An analysis through accessibility indicators by Angela Stefania Bergantino, Gianmarco Troiani, Tahseen Bashir, Francesca Pagliara

“…The output of the methodology consists of vulnerability maps, which show the most affected urban areas, and a ranking of the most important roads, obtained through the link importance index. …”
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Survey of Dermatophytes in Stray Cats with and without Skin Lesions in Northern Italy by Daniela Proverbio, Roberta Perego, Eva Spada, Giada Bagnagatti de Giorgi, Alessandra Della Pepa, Elisabetta Ferro

“…The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of dermatophytes in stray cats with and without clinical lesions from different colonies in rural and urban areas of Milan and surroundings in northern Italy. …”
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Modelling of the Annual Mean Urban Heat Island Pattern for Planning of Representative Urban Climate Station Network by János Unger, Stevan Savić, Tamás Gál

“…This method was based on datasets from urban areas of Szeged and Debrecen (Hungary). The urban study area in Novi Sad (60 km2) was established as a grid network of 240 cells (0.5 km ×0.5 km). …”
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The Role of Soil Management in Minimizing Water and Nutrient Losses from the Urban Landscape by George Hochmuth, Laurie Trenholm, Esen Momol, Don Rainey, Claire Lewis, Brian Niemann

“…Homeowners in urban areas often overcompensate for poor planting conditions by applying inappropriate amounts of fertilizer and water. …”
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URBANIZATION, MIGRATION, AND HUMAN SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA by Damian Kehinde Adesegha, Adeshina Iyanuoluwa Omotayo

“… Urbanization refers to the gradual increase in the proportion of a population living in urban areas, and the corresponding decline in rural areas. …”
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The Role of Soil Management in Minimizing Water and Nutrient Losses from the Urban Landscape by George Hochmuth, Laurie Trenholm, Esen Momol, Don Rainey, Claire Lewis, Brian Niemann

“…Homeowners in urban areas often overcompensate for poor planting conditions by applying inappropriate amounts of fertilizer and water. …”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…This implies that urban areas, despite their different characteristics compared to natural ecosystems, still play a meaningful role in carbon sink. …”
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A Study on Community Unit Scale Construction in China Under the Orientation of Green Production by Rui Zhang, Qingjian Zeng, Yanhang Lv, Huanjie Liu, Lixian Shi, Yukun Zhang

“…The newly developed community scale has the potential to improve the efficiency of resource allocation and support the transition from functional adjustment to structural adjustment in urban areas. Furthermore, the scale definition method and principle can be extended and applied to other large- and medium-sized urban areas globally.…”
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Adaptation of Public Spaces to Climate Change Case Study of Lodz by BOCHENEK Anna, KLEMM Katarzyna, STEFAŃSKA Magdalena

“…Climate change is nowadays one of the most important problems that affects urban areas, where over half of the population lives. …”
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Maximum ozone concentrations in the southwestern US and Texas: implications of the growing predominance of the background contribution by D. D. Parrish, I. C. Faloona, I. C. Faloona, R. G. Derwent

“…By 2021, the trend in maximum ODVs in two of the more highly populated eastern urban areas (i.e., New York City and Atlanta) had decreased to the point that they were smaller than those in significantly less populated southwestern US urban areas and nearly as small as ODVs recorded at isolated rural southwestern US sites. …”
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Differences in the city and village in terms of power consumption(case study: poldokhtar city) by Alireza Rahimi, Nader Nazemi, jamaleddin honarvar

“…The results showed that there is a significant difference between the factors and indicators affecting power saving in rural and urban areas. The individual agent and the factor of behavior management and purchasing, while the factor is the most important factor in saving households in rural areas, primarily influence power saving in urban areas.…”
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Comment les politiques d’urbanisation se traduisent-elles dans le paysage urbain : une approche par les métriques spatiales by Nathalie Long, Thomas Leveiller

“…This case study is based on computation of spatial metrics allowing a characterization of urban landscapes (irregularity and fragmented shapes, compactness or density of urban areas). This analyse reveals different urban landscapes between these territories, at the town scale and at the district scale. …”
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Investigation of improvements to city areas of importance to the implementation of clean water by Feby Milanie

“…In the context of improving urban areas through clean water services, the provision and distribution of clean water systems are the primary focus of this research. …”
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