Cottonwood Leaf Beetle Chrysomela scripta Fabricius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomela) by Amelio A. Chi, Russell F. Mizell

“…Often it is a severe pest of urban ornamental trees. This leaf feeder has several generations each year, may cause extensive leaf loss, and can consequently reduce stem volume up to 70%. …”
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A Lightweight Neighbor-Info-Based Routing Protocol for No-Base-Station Taxi-Call System by Xudong Zhu, Jinhang Wang, Yunchao Chen

“…This paper proposes a kind of lightweight routing protocol-LNIB for call system without base station, which is applicable to the urban taxis. LNIB maintains and predicts neighbor information dynamically, thus finding the reliable path between the source and the target. …”
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Michelia doltsopa x figo 'Allspice' Allspice Banana Shrub by Edward Gilman

“…The Allspice Banana Shrub is noted for its ornamental features and suitability for urban environments. Original publication date October 1999. …”
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Architectural environment of the North: Problems and prospects by Максим Винницкий, Алексей Меренков

“…The emphasis is on problems in the solution of which a significant role should be given to architecture and urban planning. The principles of forming the architectural environment of northern settlements are developed by the authors, interpreted for the specific natural and climatic conditions of the northern regions and proposed as tools for solving the identified problems. …”
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Dính rồi ! [Ça mord !] Ancrages sociaux et recompositions territoriales de la pêche de loisirs à Hồ Chí Minh Ville (Việt Nam) by Emmanuelle Peyvel, Ngọc Thắng Dương, Cẩm Thi Trần

“…Beyond the catch itself, fishing involves a negotiated access to nature, calmness and freshness, that are increasingly coveted with the commodification of leisure, urbanization and the growing regulation of public spaces, threatening the most precarious.…”
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Cooperative Unit Systems: 1. Introduction and Raising Market Animals in a Group Setting by Alyssa Schortinghouse

“…As the demographics shift to a more urban clientele base for 4-H, there are new barriers of entry to market animal projects that were not seen in generations past. …”
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An unwilling officer: the engineer Mikhail Vasilyevich Lebedev in the era of social cataclysms by D. I. Petin

“…The study was based on a set of unpublished sources from the funds of the Museum of Urban Life, the Historical Archive of the Omsk Region, and the archive of the FSB of Russia in the Omsk Region. …”
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ANALYSIS OF SCHOOLCHILDREN’S HEALTH IN THE MODERN ENVIRONMENT AS EXEMPLIFIED BY POLTAVA REGION by O.D. Sargosh, O.P. Chetverikova

“…The incidence among rural child population is 1000.8 per 1000 children that is below the average indicator (1200.4) and significantly lower than the incidence among urban child population (1304.7).…”
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Water Conservation and Extension Participants: An Interesting Synergy by Laura A. Warner, Sebastian Galindo-Gonzalez, Anil Kumar Chaudhary

“…This 3-page fact sheet discusses using innovative evaluation approaches to demonstrate the impacts of statewide urban water conservation programs. Written by Laura A. …”
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Get the Right Tree Care Professional by Eliana Kampf, Astrid Delgado, Mary Duryea, Traci Partin, Edward Gilman

“…Published as Chapter 2 of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery series of the UF School of Forest Resources and Conservation and Environmental Horticulture Department, January 2007. …”
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Postoperative Pain Management among Registered Nurses in a Vietnamese Hospital by Phuong Hoang Vu, Duc Viet Tran, Yen Thi Le, Ha Thi Thu Do, Sao Thi Vu, Huong Thanh Dinh, Tu Huu Nguyen

“…This study examined the postoperative pain management practices among registered nurses in an urban hospital in Vietnam. Data of 90 nurses about postoperative pain management practices and pain management at the department were collected. …”
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Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Substance Use among University Students by David A. F. Haaga, Sarina Grosswald, Carolyn Gaylord-King, Maxwell Rainforth, Melissa Tanner, Fred Travis, Sanford Nidich, Robert H. Schneider

“…A randomized wait-list controlled trial (𝑁=295 university students) of the effects of the Transcendental Meditation program was conducted in an urban setting. Substance use was assessed by self-report at baseline and 3 months later. …”
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Green stormwater infrastructures research through design. Method notes from a case study by Renata Valente, Salvatore Losco, Roberto Bosco, Savino Giacobbe

“…Starting from the results of a research project on the requalification of urban outdoor spaces in a rational comprehensive city pilot case, the implementation of green stormwater infrastructures was tested, considering a section of the hydrographic network. …”
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Les risques en milieu urbain : éléments de réflexion by Pascale Metzger, Robert D'Ercole

“…This text is a contribution to the debate on the question of the risks in urban zones. It exposes the various approaches of this question, and focuses on the conceptual problems put by the definition of the risks by the social sciences, in particular by the geography. …”
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Lomé, ville post-frontière. by Amandine Spire

“…We suggest investigating this articulation by the use of the notion of postborder city, forged from the analysis of the urban continuum from the Californy to the Baja California in Mexico. …”
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Complexité et enjeux des mailles territoriales. Variations à partir du cas tunisien by Myriam Baron, Sophie de Ruffray, Walid Achouri, Khaoula Saadaoui, Ali Bennasr, Claude Grasland

“…This article shows that what is played out in this country cannot free itself on the one hand from the territorial grids that have existed for several decades, on the other hand from the urban fact that takes more and more importance in the structuring of activities and wealth. …”
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Mantua, City of Water between History and the Present by Pierfranco Galliani, Cassandra Cozza

“…Ever since the Middle Ages, the relation between nature and architecture has characterised Mantua’s environmental situation and urban form. The artificial formation of the lakes transformed the city into a peninsula and placed it in the state of a comprehensive artefact whose complexity had to be considered in the case of every new intervention. …”
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New records of the family Hydroptilidae for the caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) fauna of Slovenia by Gorazd Urbanič

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Male involvement in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, and its association with knowledge and residence in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mastewal Arefaynie, Yitayish Damtie, Bereket Kefale, Melaku Yalew, Bezawit Adane, Habtamu Shiferaw, Yesuf Ahemed, Abel Shiferaw, Tenaw Yimer, Hasab Tibebu

“…Having good knowledge on HIV (OR = 4.77; 95% CI: 3.30-6.82%) and urban dwellers (OR = 2.69; 95% CI: 2.11-3.44%) were associated factors with male involvement in PMTCT. …”
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Exploring Prevalence and Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Smoking Among Malaysian Adults: A Cross‐ Sectional Study by Mohd Hasni Ja'afar, Rosnah Ismail, Zaleha Md Isa, Azmi Mohd Tamil, Noor Hassim Ismail, Nafiza Mat Nasir, Nik Munirah Nasir, Nurul Hafiza Ab Razak, Najihah Zainol Abidin, Andrew Mente, Khairul Hazdi Yusof

“…Methods This study was carried out in urban and rural communities with adults aged between 35 and 70 years using purposive sampling. …”
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