Use of a Full Factorial Design to Study the Relationship between Water Absorption and Porosity of GP and BW Mortar Activated by Nadia Tebbal, Mekki Maza, Zine El Abidine Rahmouni

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Constructions territoriales et dynamiques patrimoniales dans le périurbain de Porto-Novo (Bénin) by Cédric Tafuri

“…The sacred forests of the Porto-Novo countryside, some of which are reservoirs of biodiversity, bear witness to the renewal of religious practices attached to the customary Vodun religion which have survived despite the rapid and predatory encroachment of urbanization. These wooded areas close to the city have many different forms today although their overall surface area has decreased; they also sometimes adapt to the modern context and to ongoing cultural transformations. …”
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Placemaking through guerilla gardens at the TOKI mass housing grounds in Bor (Niğde) by Ufuk Soyöz

“…TOKI, short for Turkish Republic Mass Housing Administration, was established to eradicate gecekondu, informal settlements that emerged in metropolitan cities in the 1950s due to rural-to-urban migration. Tasked with providing affordable housing for low-income families, TOKI implements standardized designs across Turkey's cities and towns, including the Bor (Niğde) complex. …”
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Tours de Babel et lettres de feu : motifs bibliques dans le Berlin de Vladimir Nabokov by Monica Manolescu-Oancea

“…Starting from these motifs involving shop signs, letters and light, I attempt to connect the urban scene of exile with the issue of bilingualism, and to show in what ways Nabokov’s use of these two biblical topoi points to a vision of literary creation as transgression. …”
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Communs (im)matériels : enjeux épistémologiques, institutionnels et politiques by Arnaud Buchs, Catherine Baron, Géraldine Froger, Adrien Peneranda

“…The research objects (urban area, water, land, cooperatives, seeds, summer pastures) are analyzed thanks to various theoretical and conceptual corpora reflecting the diversity of the disciplines mobilized (economics, geography, planning, law, management, anthropology and political science). …”
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Lipid disorders in patients of 15 to 64 years old in a policlinic of Rodas municipality. by Manuel Castillo Frías, Ana Teresa Fernández Vidal, Emiliano Diez Martínez, Iván González Solis

“…<strong>Objectives:</strong> To determine lipid disorders in patients of 15 to 64 years of age of a policlinic in an urban health area. <strong>Methods:</strong> A transversal cut and descriptive study that included 263 patients to whom the cold test and the cholesterol and triglyceride exams were applied. …”
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A Multiroute Signal Control Model considering Coordination Rate of Green Bandwidth by Jiao Yao, Qingyun Tang, Pincheng Wang

“…Oriented to characteristics of the inflow and outflow of routes in urban road network, we modified the classical fundamental green wave bandwidth model, in which separate turning green wave band is available for traffic flow from subarterials merging into an arterial, and this variable green wave band can be more flexible to service the commuting traffic. …”
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Recent Progress in Polymer-Based Building Materials by Jingjing Shen, Jianwei Liang, Xinfeng Lin, Hongjian Lin, Jing Yu, Zhaogang Yang

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Recycling Construction and Demolition Waste in the Sector of Construction by Yuvraj R. Patil, Vaidehi A. Dakwale, Rahul V. Ralegaonkar

“…The increasing worldwide demand for concrete, fueled by rising urbanization and infrastructural expansion due to exponential population growth, has raised concerns over the depletion of natural resources, as global natural aggregate (NA) demand is estimated to surpass 50 billion tons by 2025. …”
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Changer in the texture orientation of electrolytic nickel by cold air plasma by A. G. Anisovich, T. P. Urban, I. I. Filatova, A. S. Buynitskaya, S. V. Goncharik

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Elementary Teachers’ Experiences of Implementing Culturally Responsive and Inclusive Education in New York State by Grace Pai

“…This study draws on survey data to explore how urban and rural/suburban elementary school teachers across the state of New York understand and implement the state’s CRSE framework. …”
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Spillover: From climate change to pandemics by Mary E. Wilson

“…While some areas in Africa are projected to become too hot for malaria transmission, changing climate will allow expansion of Aedes-transmitted viral infections, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, into areas with large urban populations. Animals and plants are themselves susceptible to die-offs and even extinction from infections, jeopardizing food security and health.Another unknown is whether the vast permafrost, now melting, could become a source of novel microbes that are pathogenic for humans.Travel, trade, and migration contribute to the global movement of human and animal pathogens and vectors. …”
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Deploying and Managing a Network of Autonomous Internet Measurement Probes: Lessons Learned by Urban Sedlar, Miha Rugelj, Mojca Volk, Janez Sterle

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Dynamic Analysis of Construction and Demolition Waste Management System (A Case Study of Tehran, Iran) by Milad Ghanbari

“…Increasing the rate of construction of housing and urban infrastructure will increase C&D waste and, on the other hand, increase the demand for raw materials, which is contrary to the principles of sustainable development. …”
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Costi dei figli, valore dei figli. Economia e cultura nelle scelte riproduttive by Fulvia D’Aloisio

“…In Naples and in Bologna, which are very different cities as regards income, services availability and general urban organization, kinship solidarities take different shapes and values. …”
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Something old, something new: preliminary findings from an exploratory study about people's information habits and information grounds by Fisher Naumer, Durrance, Stromsky, Christianson

“…</b> A telephone survey of 612 urban-rural residents was conducted regarding their needs for health and human services in partnership with the United Way of America. …”
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On the Development of Speech Resources for the Mixtec Language by Santiago-Omar Caballero-Morales

“…In general, due to urbanization, discrimination, and limited attempts to promote the culture, the native languages are disappearing. …”
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Analyzing the effects of Khorramabad - Zal bridge highway construction on rural development Eastern Miankoh villages by Mehrshad tolabinejad, Hossein farahani

“…Transportation networks‚ particularly roads as a linking elements between settlements has a significant role in the exchange of flows between urban and rural areas and also rural development .The aim of this paper is to study the effect of highways construction and expanding transportation on rural stable development in the rural district of eastern Miankouh which by using survey method (questionnaire) have been turned to the studying of highways construction on development quality of adjacent villages in this rural district. …”
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Before and After AGENCY by The Agency Research Group

“…The broad themes of discourse regarding agency from the conference are summarised in the context both of these questions, and of other themes that emerged from the papers presented: urban agencies, pedagogical agencies, social and technological agencies, sustainability, ecology, ethical, and aesthetic agencies. …”
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L’aménagement du territoire national et les contraintes de la nouvelle gouvernance dans la Tunisie postrévolutionnaire by Mourad Ben Jelloul

“…And in order to reduce territorial inequity public authorities committed themselves on the one hand to major projects in the field of infrastructure and large-scale public facilities, on the other hand to deep-reaching institutional and legislative reforms namely by issuing and adopting the new Local Authorities Code and Urban Planning Code. Indeed, the analysis of the reconfiguration of territorial policies in Tunisia after 2011 is likely to allow us to highlight the difficulty of shifting from a highly centralized model to one that takes into consideration local authority players and citizen participation. …”
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