Investigating Environmental Impacts of Talesh Industrial Estates in Peripheral Settlements (The Case: Kashli village, Gilan, Iran) by Habibollah Fasihi, Mohammah Soleimani Mehrenjani, Samira Ahmadnia Koohestani

“…Evaluating environmental impact can help urban and regional planner and manager to understand the impacts of development plans on human well-being and environmental health. …”
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Avian Influenza a (H5N1) Infection with Respiratory Failure and Meningoencephalitis in a Canadian Traveller by Naheed Rajabali, Thomas Lim, Colleen Sokolowski, Jason D Prevost, Edward Z Lee

“…In an urban centre in Alberta, an otherwise healthy 28-year-old woman presented to hospital with pleuritic chest and abdominal pain after returning from Beijing, China. …”
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Individualisation of cities as one of the factors of preserving human capital by E. A. Zakharchuk, V. E. Uporov

“…In this regard, the authors put forward a hypothesis about a close connection between the individualisation of urban strategies and the preservation of human capital. …”
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ABC for Father and Mother and Me. Representations of children as consumers in the picturebook of the interwar period by Elina Druker

“…Representations of children as consumers in the studied material suggest that consumption is strongly connected to ideas of modernity and to representations of the modern child, but also that consumption is described as an inseparable part of the modern, urban experience. …”
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Collaborative Exploration with a Micro Aerial Vehicle: A Novel Interaction Method for Controlling a MAV with a Hand-Held Device by David Pitman, Mary L. Cummings

“…This interface was connected remotely to an actual MAV to explore a GPS-simulated urban environment.…”
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The Road to Recovery: Building Physical and Emotional Trust when Engaging with Extension Clientele by Colby Jordan Silvert, Cody Gusto, John Diaz

“… Now is a crucial time for Extension professionals to engage with clientele. In both urban and rural communities, clients are facing a multitude of unprecedented challenges related to COVID-19. …”
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Design of Coupling Coil Parameters for Wireless Charging Tram Based on Electromagnetic Safety by Sanmu Xiu, Wenmei Hao, Ying Zhou, Fengyu Leng

“…As a new type of urban rail transit tram, wireless charging tram uses high frequency electromagnetic field to conduct inductive power transmission, which gets rid of the traditional overhead catenary network, but inevitably causes electromagnetic radiation to the surrounding environment. …”
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Ray Tracing RF Field Prediction: An Unforgiving Validation by E. M. Vitucci, V. Degli-Esposti, F. Fuschini, J. S. Lu, M. Barbiroli, J. N. Wu, M. Zoli, J. J. Zhu, H. L. Bertoni

“…The prediction of RF coverage in urban environments is now commonly considered a solved problem with tens of models proposed in the literature showing good performance against measurements. …”
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Watersheds of Florida: Understanding a Watershed Approach to Water Management by Rao Mylavarapu, Kelley Hines, Thomas Obreza, Greg Means

“…Both quantity and quality of water are important for balanced beneficial and efficient agricultural, industrial, rural, and urban uses. This 7-page fact sheet provides information on watersheds and introduces the watershed approach and management concept as practiced in the U.S., with a focus on Florida watersheds in particular. …”
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Comparison of Two Mechanics-Based Methods for Simplified Structural Analysis in Vulnerability Assessment by H. Crowley, B. Borzi, R. Pinho, M. Colombi, M. Onida

“…A comparison of the predicted response of urban populations of buildings using the two methods is then carried out, and the influence of these differences on vulnerability curves is studied.…”
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Would Phrynops geoffroanus’ plastron formula and morphological diversity be preserved under anthropic conditions? by Mauro Sérgio Cruz Souza Lima, Ulisses Caramaschi, Jonas Pederassi, Joara de Sousa Andrade, Diogo Brunno e Silva Barbosa

“…Abstract Phrynops geoffroanus has a wide distribution in South America, living in aquatic environments such as rivers, streams, and lakes, in natural and urban environments. In this work, the plastron formula and the diversity index associated with the allometric condition are established for the species. …”
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Population Ageing in Ghana: Research Gaps and the Way Forward by Chuks J. Mba

“…Very little is known about the living arrangements and health profile of Ghana's older population. With increasing urbanization and modernization, it is important to know something about intergenerational transfers from adult children to their elderly parents, and characterize the elderly persons' food security strategies. …”
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Apport de l’information géospatiale dans les décisions d’aménagement du territoire by Hélène Rey-Valette, Pierre Maurel, Chady Jabbour, Camille Cousin, Sandra Luque, Olivier Billaud, Jean Michel Salles

“…The protocol of the workshop consists in comparing the choices of location of new areas to be urbanized based firstly on a fine land cover map and secondly, by using a sample of ecosystem services maps. …”
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Erythrocyte changes and ecotoxicological evaluation in freshwater of the Pintado stream in the municipality of Ji-Paraná, Brazil: Anurans of the genus Leptodactylus (Leptodactilida... by Jacqueline Lopes dos Santos, Patrícia Pastana de Sousa, Natália Faria Romão, Matheus Venancio de Paula, Ana Carolina Anchieta Adriano, Sandro de Vargas Schons, Jerônimo Vieira Dantas Filho, Francisco Carlos da Silva

“… The main aimed of this study was to conduct out an ecotoxicological assessment through the Micronucleus (Mn) test and other associated anomalies in peripheral erythrocyte cells, using the amphibian of the genus Leptodactylus as a bioindicator organism, in addition to analyzing the physicochemical parameters in freshwater of the Pintado stream located in urban perimeter of Ji-Paraná municipality, Rondônia State, Brazil. …”
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University proceedings. Volga region. Natural sciences by G.S. Rozenberg, N.V. Kostina, G.E. Kudinova, A.G. Rozenberg

“…It is shown that these rivers are similar to varying degrees in many parameters of anthropogenic impact (pollution, regulation, uncontrolled use, urbanization, etc.). The BRICS countries exceed the G7 countries in fresh water reserves by more than 2.3 times; In terms of fresh water consumption per capita, the G7 countries are 10 times higher than the BRICS countries. …”

Jérusalem, entre attraction et répulsion migratoire by Irène Salenson

“…Within these metropolitan areas, suburbs are attracting more and more inhabitants, expressing an urban spread process that nowadays affect most of the metropolitan cities in the world.…”
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Nephelometer Sensitivities for the Determination of PM2.5 Mass Concentration in Ambient and Indoor Air by Dimitra Karali, Glykeria Loupa, Spyridon Rapsomanikis

“…Abstract Simple algorithms are presented for the relationships between the gravimetrically measured PM2.5 mass concentration and a nephelometer particle scattering coefficient, for three different environments: two outdoor locations (an urban and a suburban) and one indoors. With these algorithms, the aerosol light scattering coefficients of the nephelometer (provided on line with a time step of seconds) can be related to PM2.5 mass concentrations. …”
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Les marais salants brésiliens entre protection environnementale et pression foncière : un paysage en mutation by Vanessa Moura de Lacerda Teixeira

“…In seeking to develop real estate assets some decision makers consider salt marshes as a potential land source for urban development. Two methodologies are put forward to conduct a critical examination of environmental policies and their effects on the salt marsh landscape. …”
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Deep renovation and decarbonisation of school buildings – The CIS Roma Scuole Verdi by Carola Clemente, Francesco Mancini, Anna Mangiatordi, Mariangela Zagaria

“…The positive contribution of the implemented technological-plant solutions presents a replicability potential, contributing to the intensification of climate actions, with impacts on urban regeneration and the city’s public budgets.   …”
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Field and Laboratory Evaluation of Bioefficacy of an Insect Growth Regulator (Dimilin) as a Larvicide against Mosquito and Housefly Larvae by Shandala Msangi, Ester Lyatuu, Eliningaya J. Kweka

“…Dimilin could be opted as one of the choice of the larval control chemicals to be incorporated in the integrated vector control programmes in urban and rural areas.…”
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