Assessing Accessibility of Dockless Sharing-Bike Networks by the Social Network Analysis Method by Pei Liu, Junlan Chen, Heyang Sun, Xiucheng Guo, Yan Wang, Zhenjun Zhu

“…The objective of this paper is to assess the accessibility of dockless sharing bikes from a network perspective, which would provide a decision-making basis not only for potential bike users but also for urban planners, policymakers, and bicycle suppliers to optimize sharing-bike systems. …”
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Spatial assessment of land use and land cover change impacts on groundwater recharge and groundwater level: A case study of the Hat Yai basin by Nantiya Indhanu, Tanit Chalermyanont, Tanan Chub-Uppakarn

“…Study focus: This study aimed to assess the impacts of land use and land cover changes on groundwater recharge and groundwater levels—specifically, the effects of increasing built-up areas and urban expansion. The MOLUSCE (plug-in QGIS) software was used to analyze land use and land cover changes. …”
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Scenario-Based Risk Assessment for Düzce Province by Zeynep Mıhçı, Hüseyin Bayraktar

“…The main components featured in this study are 10 urban neighborhoods of Düzce that are all comprised of structural and natural environments located in the vicinity of the North Anatolian Fault Line. …”
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Advances in bioinformatics and multi-omics integration: transforming viral infectious disease research in veterinary medicine by Alyaa Elrashedy, Walid Mousa, Mohamed Nayel, Akram Salama, Ahmed Zaghawa, Ahmed Elsify, Mohamed E. Hasan

“…Abstract The world is changing due to factors like bioterrorism, massive environmental changes, globalization of trade and commerce, growing urbanization, changing climate, and pollution. Numerous diseases have emerged because of these factors, especially in companion and food-producing animals. …”
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RISK MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS IN SPALD-T PROJECTS by Nining Ardiyanti Hasan, Acep Hidayat, Mawardi Amin

“… The Centralized Domestic Wastewater Management System (SPALD-T) projects play a crucial role in improving urban sanitation but face various risks that can affect project performance. …”
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Analysis of the integrated role of the Yangtze River Delta based on the industrial economic resilience of cities during COVID-19 by Cai Jia, Zini Cao, Jinkang Hu, Xudong Wang, Long Zhao, Junjun Zhi, Wangbing Liu, Gaohua Zhang, Shilong Ding, Yan Li, Luzhou Lin

“…The integration strategy’s impact on urban development during COVID-19 in the Yangtze River Delta(YRD) is unclear. …”
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Prosociality in adolescents: an intervention experience by Claudia Regina de Freitas, Celso Stephan

“…Given the current social and economic conditions, adolescents living in urban centers are immersed in a reality marked by violence and antisocial behaviors. …”
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Construct validity of the simplified Chinese version of the instrument ‘Picture My Participation’ by Linjun Shi, Mats Granlund, Yue Zhao, Karina Huus

“…However, evidence of construct validity for the instrument is not yet available.Aim To explore the construct validity of the attendance scale in PMP-C (Simplified).Methods A cross-sectional study using convenience sampling was conducted using PMP-C (Simplified) with a picture-supported interview for 290 children and youths aged 5–21 with and without ID in urban and rural areas of mainland China. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed using the principal component analysis (PCA) to analyse the resulting data.Results The EFA extracted five factors with eigenvalues greater than one and the cumulative contribution rate of factors accounted for 51.62% of the variance. …”
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Chronic Functional Constipation and Encopresis in Children in Relationship with the Psychosocial Environment by Claudia Olaru, Smaranda Diaconescu, Laura Trandafir, Nicoleta Gimiga, Radian A. Olaru, Gabriela Stefanescu, Gabriela Ciubotariu, Marin Burlea, Magdalena Iorga

“…It was determined that most of the children came from urban families with a poor socioeducational status. …”
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Dynamics of Cropland Non-Agriculturalization in Shaanxi Province of China and Its Attribution Using a Machine Learning Approach by Huiting Yan, Hao Chen, Fei Wang, Linjing Qiu

“…Under the multiple contexts of climate change, urbanization, and industrialization, China’s cropland faces unprecedented challenges. …”
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Examining air pollution dynamics in Ploiesti: a focus on vehicular emissions by Georgeta-Olguta Gavrila, Oana Cristina Parvulescu, Cristian Constantin, Valeriu Danciulescu, Simona Mariana Calinescu, Gheorghita Tanase, Valentin Stancu

“…This paper presented the topic of urban air pollution in Ploiesti Municipality, located 60 km north of Bucharest. …”
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Maternal Health-Related Quality of Life and Its Predicting Factors in the Postpartum Period in Iran by Nazanin Rezaei, Arman Azadi, Razieh Zargousi, Zinab Sadoughi, Zahra Tavalaee, Maryam Rezayati

“…This cross-sectional, descriptive study was undertaken among 380 women in 10 urban health centers in Ilam province in west of Iran. …”
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The Association between Birth Weight and Gestational Age and Asthma in 6-7- and 13-14-Year-Old Children by Zamani Raheleh, Alikhani Ahmad, Heydarzadeh Abtin, Zare Roghaye, Hashemain Sara, Rahimi Siavash

“…Subjects were 6656 school children of ages 6-7 and 13-14 years from urban districts of Mazandaran, Iran. ISAAC questionnaires were used. …”
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Digital Competence of Rural Teachers in Depopulated Regions of Spain: A Bibliometric Review by Pablo Fernández-Arias, María Sánchez-Jiménez, Álvaro Antón-Sancho, María Nieto-Sobrino, Diego Vergara

“…Digital competence contributes to reducing the education gap between urban and rural areas, promoting educational equity and inclusion. …”
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Shaping the human gut microbiota: The role of canine companionship, lifestyle choices, and Blastocystis sp. by Zuzana Pavlíčková, Barbora Pafčo, Vladislav Ilík, Lee O'Brien Andersen, Milan Jirků, Kristýna Brožová, David Modrý, Oldřiška Kadlecová, Christen Rune Stensvold, Kateřina Jirků

“…In relation to lifestyle, urban dwellers had higher levels of Akkermansia, while people living in villages had a more diverse gut microbiota. …”
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A new approach to estimate neighborhood socioeconomic status using supermarket transactions and GNNs by Eduardo Cruz, Monica Villavicencio, Carmen Vaca, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Nervo Verdezoto

“…This work is a data-driven study to analyze the digital traces left by humans in supermarket transactions and model the relationship between consumption behavior and the average per capita income, proposing a proxy to estimate socioeconomic status at the urban neighborhood level. We analyze more than 20 million supermarket shopping transactions in Guayaquil, the most populated city in Ecuador. …”
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Connectivity and community structure of online and register-based social networks by Márton Menyhért, Eszter Bokányi, Rense Corten, Eelke M. Heemskerk, Yuliia Kazmina, Frank W. Takes

“…Instead, communities appear to either center around large metropolitan areas or, outside of the country’s most urbanized area, comprise large blocks of interdependent municipalities. …”
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Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P. Karst. - bioecological characteristics, significance and possibility of use for medical purposes (medicinal properties) by Radulović Zlatan, Karadžić Dragan, Milenković Ivan

“…In Serbia, it is quite frequent on Persian walnut (Juglans regia), black walnut (Juglans nigra), plane tree (Platanus acerifolia) or common ash (Fraxinus excelsior). In urban conditions, apart from plane trees, carpophores sometimes occur on horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus), Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) and some fruit trees (e.g. …”
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Physical drivers of bio-optical properties in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area during the winter dry season by Wenlong Xu, Shuibo Hu, Alex Hayward, Zuomin Wang, Shuaiwei Liu

“…By exploring the bio-optical characteristics and their underlying processes in the GBA, this study enhances our understanding of the complex dynamics shaping the optical properties of coastal waters in this heavily urbanized region.…”
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Application of Principal Component Analysis as a Prediction Model for Feline Sporotrichosis by Franco Bresolin Pegoraro, Rita Maria Venâncio Mangrich-Rocha, Saulo Henrique Weber, Marconi Rodrigues de Farias, Elizabeth Moreira dos Santos Schmidt

“…Sporotrichosis is a worldwide zoonotic disease that is spreading and causing epidemics in large urban centers. Cats are the most susceptible species to develop the disease, which could cause significant systemic lesions. …”
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