Design of a photovoltaic fast-charging station for electric three wheelers vehicles in West Africa by Thiam Ababacar, Ndiaye Serigne Mourtalla, Ndiaye Mouhamadou Fadilou, Ka Ibrahima

“…They are also suitable for transporting passengers and goods in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where urbanization is rife. The lack of recharging infrastructure is holding back the development of tricycles. …”
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Features of childhood in rear Siberian city during the great Patriotic War (on the example of Omsk) by M. S. Nosova

“…A feature of the Omsk region was the fundamental importance of helping children in agricultural work. Urban children participated in the processing and harvesting of collective crops, replacing those who went to the front. …”
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Empowering communities through social learning: Enhancing engagement in waste management at Mandiri Kasturi by Fajri Hidayatul, Saputra Boni, Pegi Andre Lofika, Renaldi Irfan, Halawa Historis Soterman, Wahyuni Nila

“…However, waste management in many areas, including Mandiri Kesturi, remains a significant challenge, especially amid rapid urbanization and population increase. This research explores how community-based approaches and “social learning” can improve community engagement in waste management. …”
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Revisiting the Role of Neighbourhood Change in Social Exclusion and Inclusion of Older People by Victoria F. Burns, Jean-Pierre Lavoie, Damaris Rose

“…To explore how older people who are “aging in place” are affected when the urban neighbourhoods in which they are aging are themselves undergoing socioeconomic and demographic change. …”
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How long can tardigrades survive in the anhydrobiotic state? A search for tardigrade anhydrobiosis patterns. by Milena Roszkowska, Bartłomiej Gołdyn, Daria Wojciechowska, Zofia Księżkiewicz, Edyta Fiałkowska, Mateusz Pluskota, Hanna Kmita, Łukasz Kaczmarek

“…Additionally, in the case of Ech. testudo, we analyzed two populations: one urban and one from a natural habitat. The observed tardigrade species displayed clear differences in their anhydrobiotic capacity, which appear to be determined by the habitat rather than nutritional behavior of species sharing the same habitat type. …”
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Spatial Dynamic Wideband Modeling of the MIMO Satellite-to-Earth Channel by Andreas Lehner, Alexander Steingaß

“…Parameters for car and pedestrian applications in urban and suburban environments are provided. The channel characteristics are determined independently of the transmitted signal. …”
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Correlates of Falls among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Thailand by Titaporn Worapanwisit, Somkid Prabpai, Ed Rosenberg

“…Significant (p<0.05) fall correlates were urban residence, older age, greater BMI, impaired and uncorrected vision, chronic health conditions, medication use and medication side effects, poor muscle tone, and hazardous indoor and outdoor home environments. …”
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Mental health in the Ruhr – Links between a neighborhood's characteristics and depression by Tom Meyer, Andreas Farwick

“…Using cluster-robust logistic regression, we investigated how neighborhood factors influence the likelihood of depression, accounting for individual-level characteristics.The findings indicate that high urbanization, perceived lack of nighttime safety, and especially neighborhood socio-economic disadvantage significantly increase the risk of depression, especially when considering length of residence. …”
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Granulate Ambrosia Beetle, Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) by Thomas H. Atkinson, John L. Foltz, Robert C. Wilkinson, Russell F. Mizell

“…It can become abundant in urban, agricultural, and forested areas and has been reported as a pest of nursery stock and young trees in the Old World tropics and of peach trees in South Carolina. …”
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Le jardin : une clé de lecture du végétal en milieu urbain by Philippe Bodénan

“…Hence, this study infers that there is a continuity in this way of designing gardens and puts forward the idea that the notion of garden is one possible approach for studying the place of plants in urban development.…”
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Terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea) in the Upper Mežica valley by Petra Štern, Primož Zidar

“…However, the highest diversity of species was recorded in urban and semiurban areas. Oniscus asellus was found in the town Črna na Koroškem, which is probably the second documented location of O. asellus in Slovenia. …”
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Afrotourism in Brazilian World Heritage sites: challenges and opportunities emphasising a decolonial narrative by Ana Maria Vieira Fernandes, Gabrielle Cifelli

“…The Brazilian World Heritage recognised by UNESCO and located in urban centres, like the Historic Centers of Salvador (Bahia) and São Luís (Maranhão), and the archaeological remains of Cais do Valongo ( Rio de Janeiro), reveal themselves as fields of symbolic struggles for the recognition of cultural references of Afro-descendants. …”
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Barriers and Opportunities for Pollinator Gardening in Homeowners’ Associations by Laura A. Warner, Colby Silvert, John Diaz, Cody Gusto, Rachel Mallinger

“… Pollinator gardening has rapidly become recognized as an important component of conservation to combat the issues that have resulted from rapid urbanization. Residential yards can support pollinators and help to restore their habitats. …”
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Prediction of Climate Change Induced Hydrogeomorphology by using SDSM in CAN Watershed by Ali Ahmadabadi, Zahra sedighifar

“…The amount of surface runoff and runoff at the study area is 10.59 mm in the studied observation period, but this rate was estimated to be 21.27 mm for the predicted period due to the increase of urbanization and changes in utilization. The results of the research, while highlighting the importance of the effects of climate change, are necessary for their application in applying proper management to adapt to climate change in the future policies of the basin management.…”
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L’architecture et le paysage du village berbère de Zraoua dans les montagnes du sud-est de la Tunisie : le patrimoine dans un lieu en voie d’abandon by Miguel Reimão Costa, Nouri Boukhchim, Desidério Batista, Meriem Marzouki

“…Biophysical dimensions and social structures reveal themselves as essential factors for interpreting the diversity and specificity of courtyard houses in this region (intra-wall house, semi-troglodyte house, ridge house and hillside house); for reconstituting the different phases of the urban evolution; and for understanding a landscape construction system which is very adapted to the territory’s resource scarcity (terraces on the thalweg lines, draining surfaces on the slopes and abundant presence of cisterns).…”
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Incomplete Currarino syndrome. Case presentation by Masleidy Valladares Valle, Odalis Yanes Isray, Liam Lain Pérez Valladares, Claudia Vasallo López

“…A 75-years-old male, black-skinned, urban origin patient with a history of arterial hypertension is described, who attended the hospital presenting hematuria, pain in the left lumbar fossa, and constipation. …”
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“Haciendo un freestyle con los qompas”: juegos verbales y recontextualización de géneros discursivos en el rap qom by Victoria Beiras del Carril, Paola Cúneo

“…The purpose of this paper is to analyze the bilingual Qom-Spanish verbal production of a “rap originario” band formed by Qom (Toba) indigenous youth, born in an urban neighborhood of Buenos Aires (Argentina). In a context of striking language shift, it shows how this musical genre condenses the indigenous language repertoire of this generation whose first language is Spanish. …”
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Folk dances as a happening of coming together in the streets of Athens by Blagojević Gordana

“…The focus of this work, based on my long-term field research in Athens, is the use of open urban spaces (parks, parking lots, and streets) as a gathering place for citizens to practice traditional folk dances.1 The research focuses on dance events organized by informal groups of citizens, not by institutions. …”
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Periferia e centro comunitário: experiências do habitar e a vida de uma organização comunitária by Paulo Sérgio Lima da Silva, Carmem Izabel Rodrigues

“…The theoretical and methodological framework is based on the analysis of phenomena such as socio-spatial segregation, urban exploitation, family networks, moral region and “crime speeches” in a space in (and from) the periphery. …”
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Water Demand Forecast in the Baiyangdian Basin with the Extensive and Low-Carbon Economic Modes by T. L. Qin, D. H. Yan, G. Wang, J. Yin

“…The extensive and low-carbon economic modes were constructed on the basis of population, urbanization level, economic growth rate, industrial structure, industrial scale, and ecoenvironmental water requirement. …”
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