The physics-based deterministic scenarios for earthquake hazards and losses of the Zhujiangkou fault in southern China by Yilong Li, Houyun Yu, Ming Wang, Xiuwei Ye, Kai Liu, Zhenguo Zhang, Wei Zhang, Xiaofei Chen

“…The rupture directivity effect, driven by seismic wave interferences in forward propagation, leads to stark differences in hazards and losses across urban agglomerations, even under similar fault conditions. …”
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Mitigating the implementation of SDGs program no. 13 in Indonesia: An overview of social dynamics and local wisdom by Negara Anita Puspita, Ariza Irena Sulistya, Nurjaya Luh Asri Ningsih Widhi, Ubaidillah Moh. Farich, Wijaya Rama, Lestari Vissia Poppy Puspita, Saputro Erwan Adi, Sukirmiyadi, Nurherdiana Silvana Dwi

“…The review explores key sectors including waste management, forest fire prevention, population dynamics, food security, and urban planning. Findings highlight that while local wisdom-based practices like “Tri Hita Karana” and customary land-use regulations are effective in mitigating environmental damage, scaling these approaches across diverse communities remains a challenge. …”
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Research and Application of the Beijing Road Traffic Prediction System by Ruimin Li, Hongliang Ma, Huapu Lu, Min Guo

“…As an important part of the urban Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) and Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS), short-term road traffic prediction system has received special attention in recent decades. …”
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Education as a key determinant of health: A case study from rural Anhui, China by Adam Mursal, Weizhen Dong

“…Introduction: Recent attention has focused on the emergence and causes of substantial health disparities between rural and urban residents in China. This study aims to identify which social determinants contribute to the poor health status of rural Chinese. …”
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Municipal variations in the housing arrangements of international students by Feng Hou, Max Stick, Haozhen Zhang

“…Understanding how international students use the housing market across different municipalities can inform policy and planning decisions regarding housing supply, urban infrastructure and services to better accommodate the needs of a diverse student population. …”
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Tram-Oriented Traffic Signal Timing Resynchronization by Yuxiong Ji, Yu Tang, Wei Wang, Yuchuan Du

“…Modernized trams usually run on exclusive rail lanes along urban streets, but they share the right of way with general vehicles at intersections and often get interrupted by traffic signals. …”
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Digitalised Welfare-to-work program in Indonesia: A Prelimenary Study of The Pre-Employment Card (PECP) and Job-Loss Insurances (JLI) Programs by Fadillah Putra, Anwar Sanusi

“…The provision of helpdesks is beneficial for individuals who face difficulties in accessing digital services, especially those living in urban areas. However, digitization may not effectively support those who are geographically marginalized.…”
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Differential biotransformation ability may alter fish biodiversity in polluted waters by Marco E. Franco, Juliane Hollender, Kristin Schirmer

“…These differences were exacerbated by urban and agricultural influence, which increased biotransformation potential at the enzyme level by approximately 11-fold and micropollutant clearance by approximately 2-fold compared to fish from areas with minimal human influence. …”
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Habiter sur serre à Eden Square. Un espace collectif tempéré à l’épreuve de ses habitants by Valérie Foucher-Dufoix, Laetitia Overney

“…This paper reports on a bioclimatic building of 87 housing units organized around a green house, Eden Square, delivered in 2012 in the Rennes urban area (France) by architects Christian Hauvette and Pierre Champenois, who describe it as “a social and ecological utopia”. …”
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Buzzing Guardians Buzzing Guardians: Protecting Pollinators in Agricultural Landscapes by Hunasikote Shamappa Venu, Amala Udayakumar, A.N. Shylesha, Timalapur M. Shivalingaswamy

“…Their extinction was driven by threats like habitat loss, climate change, urbanization, use of chemical pesticides, pest and diseases. …”
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Changes in Body Mass Index across Age Groups in Iranian Women: Results from the National Health Survey by Enayatollah Bakhshi, Behjat Seifi, Akbar Biglarian, Kazem Mohammad

“…Among women, being inactive, with high economic index, married, being nonsmoker, in an urban residence, with lower educational attainment, all increased the probabilities of overweight and obesity. …”
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Sociodemographic Determinants for Oral Health Risk Profiles by J. Vanobbergen, L. De Visschere, M. Daems, A. Ceuppens, J. Van Emelen

“…The study sample (𝑛=104) was randomly selected within an urban population in Flanders, Belgium. Caries risk was assessed by anamnesis, clinical examination, salivary tests, and a questionnaire. …”
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An extensive examination of the influence of financial technology (Fintech) on advancing financial inclusion: a bibliometric investigation by Varun Kesavan, Aruna Polisetty

“…This study indicates that successful fintech innovation enhances financial inclusion by bridging the divide between urban and rural communities, eventually contributing to sustainability. …”
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Vehicle Speed Optimized Fuzzy Energy Management for Hybrid Energy Storage System in Electric Vehicles by Xizheng Zhang, Zhangyu Lu, Ming Lu

“…To validate the proposed VSO-FEMS strategy for HESS, simulations were done and compared with other EMSs under the typical urban cycle in China (CYC-CHINA). Results show that the final SOC of battery and super-capacitor are optimized in varying degrees, and the total energy consumption under the VSO-FEMS strategy is 2.43% less than rule-based strategy and 1.28% less than fuzzy control strategy, which verifies the effectiveness of the VSO-FEMS strategy.…”
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Understanding metro station areas’ functional characteristics via embedding representation: A case study of shanghai by Heping Jiang, Ruihua Liu, Shijia Luo, Disheng Yi, Jing Zhang

“…Abstract As crucial transportation hubs for urban travel, metro stations catalyze the transformation of their surrounding areas into highly prominent locations where many activities converge. …”
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Cartographies on COVID-19 and functional divisions of the territory: an analysis on the evolution of the pandemic based on Basic Health Areas (BHA) in Castile and Leon (Spain) by Gonzalo Andrés López, Daniel Herrero Luque, Marta Martínez Arnaiz

“…The analysis unravels the differential impact of the disease between rural and urban areas and reveals the problems of the mismatch between the functional divisions of the territory (BHA, as units of health analysis) and the scale of administrative management (municipalities, as the effective scale of action). …”
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Defining and Diagnosing Obesity in India: A Call for Advocacy and Action by Sanjay Kalra, Nitin Kapoor, Madhur Verma, Shehla Shaikh, Sambit Das, Jubbin Jacob, Rakesh Sahay

“…It has been reported that being overweight and obese is a significant problem among different socioeconomic spectrums of men and women in India, especially among the elderly, people residing in urban regions, and diverse socioeconomic strata. …”
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Willingness to pay for landscape benefits: Examining variation by landscape type in Lower Silesia, Poland by Katarzyna Zagórska, Piotr Krajewski, Marta Sylla, Monika Lebiedzińska, Iga Kołodyńska, Marek Furmankiewicz, Mikołaj Czajkowski

“…There is a significant difference between urban, suburban, and rural respondents, especially in valuing travel time to basic facilities and the importance of place of social integration. …”
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Air pollution monitoring system based on wireless sensor networks by Natalja Osintsev

“…Due to increase in number of industries and urbanization increases air pollutants concentrations in many areas because of this different changes are been happening in human life like health issues and as well as other living organisms. …”
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Development and Application of a ZigBee-Based Building Energy Monitoring and Control System by Changhai Peng, Kun Qian

“…Increasing in energy consumption, particularly with the ever-increasing growth and development of urban systems, has become a major concern in most countries. …”
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