The mediating role of core self-evaluation in the association between perceived peer relationship quality and loneliness in university students. by Hongxiu Tan, Wen Xiao

“…Additionally, female students reported higher levels of loneliness than male students, and students from rural areas experienced greater loneliness than their urban counterparts. The study concluded that fostering high-quality peer relationships and enhancing core self-evaluation could be effective strategies for reducing loneliness among university students.…”
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Visualization of Multivariate Time-Series Characteristics of Ground Loss Caused by Shield Tunneling by Zhu Wen, Xiaoli Rong, Fei Gao, Zhen Wang, Dong An

“…The validity of the proposed ground-loss model is verified via calculation and comparison with 13 EPB shield construction projects carried out in typical urban areas featuring soft soil. Thermal maps are thus obtained to visualize the classification contributions, which provide a visual basis for feature analysis.…”
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Evaluación del Daño y Restauración de los Árboles Después de un Huracán by Edward F. Gilman, Mary L. Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, Carol J. Lehtola

“…Duryea, Eliana Kampf, Traci Jo Partin, Astrid Delgado, and Carol Lehtola is the Spanish language version of ENH-1036, "Assessing Damage and Restoring Trees after a Hurricane", funded by the Florida Division of Forestry and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Region as part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program. Includes sections with guidelines for chainsaw safety, how to hire tree care professionals, how to tell which damaged trees can recover and which should be removed, how to restore trees to health after a hurricane by pruning -- both immediately after the storm and after few years' growth, specialized information for dealing with palm and pine trees, how to prevent damage by using effective design and management practices, and lists of decay resistant and wind resistant tree species for Florida. …”
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A Two-Stage Robust Optimization Strategy for Long-Term Energy Storage and Cascaded Utilization of Cold and Heat Energy in Peer-to-Peer Electricity Energy Trading by Yun Chen, Yunhao Zhao, Xinghao Zhang, Ying Wang, Rongyao Mi, Junxiao Song, Zhiguo Hao, Chuanbo Xu

“…This study addresses the optimization of urban integrated energy systems (UIESs) under uncertainty in peer-to-peer (P2P) electricity trading by introducing a two-stage robust optimization strategy. …”
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Dietary changes are associated with an increase in air pollution-related health and environmental inequity in China by Biao Luo, Jianwei Huang, Xueying Liu, Mei-Po Kwan, Amos P. K. Tai

“…Such mortality is associated positively with urbanization but negatively with green space and healthcare quality. …”
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“A luta dos movimentos sociais contra os despejos coletivos nas instituições judiciais: a Resolução 10 do CNDH e a promessa de mudança” by Maria Eugenia Trombini, Daisy Ribeiro

“…Our data selection leans on a new disposition with solutions guaranteeing human rights and preventive measures in situations of rural and urban collective land disputes from the National Human Rights Council (CNDH), Resolution 10. …”
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Self-reported food allergies in early childhood in rural Australia by Heinrich C. Weber, Heinrich C. Weber, Gaylene L. Bassett, Sukhwinder S. Sohal, Sarah J. Prior

“…Research primarily originates from urban centres, leaving rural areas underrepresented. …”
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ANALYSIS OF LABOR AND LEISURE PRACTICES OF SHADOW SELF-EMPLOYED IN THE PHYSICAL LABOR MARKET IN RUSSIA by I. A. Yurasov, M. A. Tanina, V. A. Yudina, E. V. Kuznetsova

“…By their stratification nature, the blue-collar self-employed are reviving the archaic Russian urban class with its specific mentality, habits, and way of life. …”
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Health Pods for Automated Triage Improve Efficiency and Satisfaction in Nurses and Patients by Giuseppe Andreoni, Alessandra Santangelo, Riccardo Sannicandro, Alessandro Nizardo Chailly

“…Over three months, the CAPSULA Health Pod was implemented and used in a paired setting with normal triage procedures in an urban hospital ED; it demonstrated improvements in triage efficiency and patient satisfaction, aligning with evidence that supports automation as a solution in high-demand healthcare settings. …”
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Assessing the Effect of Air Blast Loading on the Structural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Column. by Kasyage, Abubakali

“…Ultimately, this research aims to provide insights and design recommendations for improving the blast resistance of RC columns, contributing to safer urban environments against potential explosive threats.…”
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Freeze-Thaw Splitting Strength Analysis of PAC Based on the Gray-Markov Model by Baoyang Yu, Zongguang Sun, Lin Qi

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'Des Yeux Qui Ne Voient Pas...': The smartphones by Luca Di Lorenzo

“…Described by the architects themselves as a ‘travel toolbox’ or ‘pop-up fly loft theatre in the city’, this compact architecture is the incarnation of three interesting formal qualities usually associated with smartphones: the clear division between the hardware and the ergonomic user interface; the possibility to operate different functions (or software) in the same space (or screen); and the real and virtual connection with different urban situations.…”
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Praetoria et tabernae en Gaule : contribution à l’identification des établissements de bord de route by Philippe Leveau

“…The term is a polysemous one, and it is therefore preferable not to differentiate between military and civilian praetoria or between urban and roadside praetoria. The common social and political status of those who frequented them – senior state officials or members of their entourage – means that they cover a single and unique concept. …”
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The Floor is not the Ground by George Papam Papamattheakis

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‘He crossed and re-crossed the way repeatedly’: Illegible Crossings in Poe’s ‘The Man of the Crowd’ by Estelle Murail

“…Both narrator and reader are confronted with the fear of not being able to read the many crossings at work in the (urban) text, which turns them into detectives on an endless hermeneutic journey. …”
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Application of the Time Step Optimization Method in Seismic Liquefaction Analysis and Its Evaluation Method for Computational Efficiency Improvement by Qi Li, Bin Li, Shaorui Sun, Nan Yang

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Epidemiology of Hypertensive State among Chinese Migrants: Effects of Unaffordable Medical Care by Ming Guan

“…Using Longitudinal Survey on Rural Urban Migration in China 2009 data, 2468 Chinese migrants reported hypertensive status. …”
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Católicos carismáticos e as eleições municipais de 2012 by Júlia Miranda

“…We analyse this negotiation of meanings, its peculiar dynamics and what it represents in the context of political and religious practices within an urban environment.…”
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Asiatic fern Cyrtomium fortunei J. Sm. (Dryopteridaceae) – a new naturalized fern in the flora of Slovenia by Nejc Jogan, Azra Šabić, Urban Šilc

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CROSS-BORDER CO-OPERATION EUROREGIONS IN THE ROMANIAN DANUBE BORDER-ZONE by RADU SĂGEATĂ, MIHAELA PERSU

“…Although the Danube River has favoured the emergence of an urban area, yet the respective towns do not form a coherent system, the zone itself being extremely rural as a whole. …”
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