Prevalence and risk factors of the most common multimorbidity among Canadian adults. by Obed Mortey, Gerald Mugford, Kris Aubrey-Bassler, Hensley H Mariathas, Ugochukwu Odimba, Zhiwei Gao

“…Also, residents in other urban centres had significantly lower odds than those in urban core. …”
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Effects of Antisense Oligonucleotides against C-Reactive Protein on the Development of Atherosclerosis in WHHL Rabbits by Qi Yu, Zhengcao Liu, Ahmed Bilal Waqar, Bo Ning, Xianghong Yang, Masashi Shiomi, Mark J. Graham, Rosanne M. Crooke, Enqi Liu, Sijun Dong, Jianglin Fan

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Revealing the differences in bicycle theft and motorcycle theft: spatial patterns and contributing factors by Lin Liu, Heng Liu, Dongping Long, Xinhua Huang

“…These findings provide a scientific basis for effective crime prevention and urban governance. A uniform strategy would not be able to prevent and reduce both bicycle thefts and motorcycle thefts. …”
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Alternative futures of food consumption in Tehran metropolis by Farshid Azizkhani, Mohammad Rahim Eivazi, Majid mokhtarianpour, Muhammad Reza Esmaili Givi

“…Geographical studies on food categorized in five scales; global and transnational, national and regional, urban, rural and agricultural, domestic scales of food consumption and the individual as a consumer. …”
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Diversity and Distribution of Avifauna in the Northeast of Addis Ababa, Central Ethiopia by Tamenut Desalegn, Belayneh Abebe

“…Therefore, city planners must consider conserving urban bird species’ habitats and feeding sites.…”
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Measuring the condition of Tehran Metropolitan based on Ubiquitous city indicators by Haniyeh Asadzadeh, Afshar Hatami, Farzaneh Sasanpour

“…According to a new urban paradigm using new innovative systems like crating ubiquitous city with smart convergent systems is a way to solve urban problems. …”
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Falling sex ratios and emerging evidence of sex-selective abortion in Nepal: evidence from nationally representative survey data by Mahesh Puri, Melanie Dawn Frost, Peter Richard Andrew Hinde

“…After legalisation, it dropped most among educated and richer women, especially in urban areas. Just 325 girls were born for every 1000 boys among the richest urban women.Conclusions The fall in CSRs witnessed post-legalisation indicates that sex-selective abortion is becoming more common. …”
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Epidemiological analysis of mental health morbidity in Tamil Nadu by Damodharan Dinakaran, Arpitha Krishna, Aravind Raj Elangovan, Senthil Amudhan, Selvi Muthuswamy, Chellamuthu Ramasubramanian, Palanimuthu T. Sivakumar, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal

“…Materials and Methods: NMHS in Tamil Nadu was conducted in 60 clusters of 4 districts (Trichy, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, and Namakkal) using a door-to-door survey and multistage sampling proportionate to rural, urban nonmetro, and urban metro population. Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (M.I.N.I version 6) and Fagerstrom nicotine dependence scale were administered on a representative adult (aged ≥18 years) sample to assess the mental morbidity. …”
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Highway Performance Evaluation Index in Semiarid Climate Region Based on Fuzzy Mathematics by Sanqiang Yang, Meng Guo, Xinlei Liu, Pidong Wang, Qian Li, Haiqing Liu

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Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Road Dust in Changchun City, Northeast China: Spatial Distribution, Source Appointment, and Human Health Risk Assessment by Na Li, Qingqing Li, Fuchen Zhu, Peng Liu, Zhaowei Wang, Zhao Chen, Weizheng Han, Kaize Wang, Keyi Hou, Yanxue Xu

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Transformative social innovation and rural collaborative workspaces: assembling community economies in Austria and Greece [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reser... by Colm Stockdale, Vasilis Avdikos

“…Recent years however have seen their diffusion beyond large urban agglomerations to small towns and villages, with their functions assumed to be more community-orientated. …”
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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic contamination in fresh vegetables in Bangkok, Thailand, and surrounding areas: A cross-sectional survey by Pokkamol Laoraksawong, Uthaitip Bunkasem, Anunya Pradidthaprecha

“…Furthermore, open-air markets in rural areas had a 1.40 times higher chance (95 % CI: 1.10–1.74, P = 0.005) of IP contamination in vegetables than structured markets in urban areas. Additionally, fresh products in rural open-air markets were 8.54 times more likely to be contaminated with Blastocystis sp. (95 % CI: 2.57–28.40, P < 0.001) and 2.46 times more likely to be contaminated with Taeniidae spp. (95 % CI: 1.01–5.95, P = 0.036) compared to produce from structured markets in urban areas. …”
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Social activities and different intensities of physical activity among older adults in China: a population-based cohort study by Song Yang, Qi Zhang, Anhui Zhao, Dongye Lyu

“…Moreover, high-intensity exercise proves to be more beneficial for older adults residing in rural areas compared to their urban counterparts.DiscussionThis study demonstrates that engagement in physical activity at all intensity levels—high, moderate, and low—substantially enhances the health of older adults, with high-intensity physical activity demonstrating the most significant impact on health outcomes. …”
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Multi-Disaster Hazard Analysis, The Case of Elazığ Province by Fethi Ahmet Canpolat

“…In the province, a significant portion of urban settlements and the majority of rural areas face high earthquake hazards. …”
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An Experiment-Based Simplified Method for the Model of Building Groups in CFD Simulation by Hongling Guo, Ying Zhou, Yingxin Li, Zhihui Zhang, Heng Li

“…Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) has been widely used in the simulation and analysis of community or urban wind environments. However, the CFD-based wind simulation of large-scale building groups usually consumes a lot of computing resources with high computing costs. …”
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Mapping maternal and infant health in Morocco: A global scoping review of themes, gaps, and the "unseen" in the published health research literature, 2000-2022. by Ellen Amster, Ghazal Jessani, Gauri Gupta, Oksana Hlyva, Charlene Rae

“…Findings included significant geographic research disparities; four regions were the location of 75% of research and many regions remained virtually "unseen" by research. The best-equipped urban public hospitals in higher-income regions produced the most research, creating an urban, hospital-based research perspective. …”
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Knowledge and Attitudes of Ecuadorian Women on Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention by María Teresa Peñaherrera Ron, Patricio Jaramillo Guerrero, José Sixto Calvopiña del Castillo

“…Women living in rural areas have less information compared to those living in urban areas, although no statistically significant differences were observed. …”
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Museographic narrating of dissonant heritage in Tianjin’s former international concessions by Maria Gravari-Barbas, Sandra Guinand, Yue Lu, Chensi Shen

“…Abstract Concessions—defined as the urban elements built by Western powers while ‘occupying’ various parts of the Chinese territory—have recently been granted heritage status by the Chinese national and local authorities. …”
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Maternal Satisfaction and Associated Factors with Postcesarean Section Pain Management: A Cross-Sectional Study by Biruk Adie Admass, Fikadu Tadesse Diress, Demeke Yilkal Fentie, Nigussie Simeneh Endalew

“…The overall maternal satisfaction with postcesarean section pain management was promising. Urban residence, elective cesarean section, previous history of cesarean section, mild pain, and waiting less than 30 minutes to get analgesia were predictor factors for maternal satisfaction with postcaesarian section pain management. …”
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The mammal fauna of the city of Luhansk (Ukraine) in the pre-war period (2004–2014) by Igor Zagorodniuk, Marina Korobchenko

“…The paper presents and analysis of the composition and key biological features of the synanthropic mammal fauna of parks and urban areas of the city of Luhansk, Ukraine, with a focus on central city districts, as well as suburban areas. …”
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