Petroleum Hydrocarbon Fingerprints of Water and Sediment Samples of Buffalo River Estuary in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa by A. O. Adeniji, O. O. Okoh, A. I. Okoh

“…However, the levels in the sediments exceeded the EGASPIN target value (50 mg/kg) for mineral oil but were below the intervention value (5,000 mg/kg), indicating a serious impact of industrial growth and urbanization on the area, although the n-alkane ratios and indexes used for source tracking revealed excessive flow from both natural and anthropogenic sources.…”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in a universe composed of the population aged 15 to 74 years in the urban area of Cienfuegos municipality. The sample included 644 people studied in 2010. …”
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Fluoride in drinking water and associated non-carcinogenic health risk in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 2022: a monitoring data analysis by Wenqian ZHANG, Jiake ZHU, Wenyu ZHANG, Xinrui JIA, Xuanzhi YUE, Huan LI, Duoduo WU, Yuhan QIN, Yaochun FAN

“…MethodsA total of 7 488 surface/underground resource and treated/secondary supplied/tap water samples were collected in dry and wet seasons from domestic drinking water monitoring stations located in different river basins and urban/rural areas in 12 municipalities of Inner Mongolia in 2022; fluoride in the samples was detected and analyzed. …”
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Human Capital, Economic Growth and Environmental Quality with Special Emphasis on Public Education Expenditures: An Application of DSGE Models by Yahya Mohaghegh, hashem zare, Mehrzad Ebrahimi

“…Basically, it is believed that the destruction of ecosystems in many countries is the result of human actions, including rapid industrialization, population growth, expansion of economic activities, urbanization, and widespread consumption of fossil fuels. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

“…Patterns of SARS‐CoV‐2 spread have varied by geolocation, with differences in seroprevalence between urban and rural areas, and between waves. Household spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 is a known source of new COVID‐19 infections, with rural areas in sub‐Saharan Africa being more prone than urban areas to COVID‐19 transmission because of limited access to water in some areas, delayed health‐ seeking behaviour and poor access to care. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Ulaanbaatar: what Signs and People tell about by Erzhen V. Khilkhanova

“…The method used include photographing linguistic landscape units in the center of Ulaanbaatar and surveying representatives of small businesses and ordinary urban dwellers. In total, 576 units of the linguistic landscape and 100 questionnaires collected in March 2024 served as material for analysis. …”
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Effect of adjacent structures on footing settlement for different multi-building arrangements by Chandrawanshi Shrish, Garg Vivek

“…Rapid urbanization and land scarcity lead to the construction of multiple structures in proximity, supported on common soil media. …”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…The early months of the year see the celebratory use of fireworks, a week-long public holiday in China, but in 2020 overlapped in Hubei Province with lockdowns, some of > 70 days duration. The urban lockdowns enforced to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic give a chance to explore the effect of rapid changes in societal activities on air pollution, with a public willing to leave views on social media and show a continuing concern about the return of pollution problems after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. …”
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Integrative Geospatial Analysis: Unveiling Insights through GIS Modeling and Statistical Evaluation of SPT-N and Soil Types Data of New Kabul City, Afghanistan by Mohammad Amini, Longsheng Deng, Waqas Hassan, Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz, Fatima Zahra Zidane, Ranke Fang

“…Nevertheless, there is a lack of comprehensive studies on urban geotechnical zoning maps in Afghanistan. Therefore, to this end, this study utilizes inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation approaches for the construction and characterization of GSMs using a traditional geographic information system (GIS). …”
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Efficacy of Hummel (Modified Schlumberger) Arrays of Vertical Electrical Sounding in Groundwater Exploration: Case Study of Parts of Ibadan Metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria by Micheal Oladunjoye, Solomon Jekayinfa

“…Hence, modified Schlumberger arrays can be said to be a good alternative to the conventional Schlumberger array for groundwater exploration especially in urban settings where space constraint is a major challenge.…”
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Research on Impact Process of Lander Footpad against Simulant Lunar Soils by Bo Huang, Zhujin Jiang, Peng Lin, Daosheng Ling

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Incentive Mechanism for Inhibiting Developer’s Moral Hazard Behavior in China’s Sponge City Projects by Han Han, Zhuofu Wang, Huimin Li

“…As a new sustainable urban development concept, the Sponge city has an important influence on the stormwater treatment. …”
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Minority ethnicity patient satisfaction and experience: results of the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in England by Henrik Moller, Richard J Pinder, Jamie Ferguson

“…Ethnic minority patients also reported lower confidence in, and less understanding of, healthcare professionals, including clinical nurse specialists, doctors and ward nurses.Conclusions Given the diversity of the British population, as well as the clustering of ethnic minority patients in certain urban areas, a better understanding of the expectations and additional needs of ethnic minority patients is required to improve their experience of and satisfaction with cancer care.…”
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Analyse de l’enseignement en architecture de paysage à travers la recherche sur l’évolution de la profession d’architecte-paysagiste en Lituanie by Vaiva Deveikienė

“…The chair of architecture was introduced at the University of Kaunas in 1940 and developed its activity during the Second World War and the Soviet post-war period. The disciplines of urban planning and landscape architecture were included in the curricula. …”
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Transboundary Impacts of NO₂ on Soil Nitrogen Fixation and Their Effects on Crop Yields in China by Jinhui Xie, Peiheng Yu, Xiangzheng Deng

“…Our research indicates that the current agricultural environments for major grain crops (58.5–94.2%) have already exceeded the NO₂ concentration range that crops can tolerate, particularly in regions near northern urban clusters. This highlights the need for regional interventions, such as precision nitrogen fertilizer management, to enhance both soil nitrogen fixation and crop yields. …”
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A linear tessellation model for the identification of "food desert": A case study of Shanghai, China. by Lu Wang, Yakun He, Zhonghai Yu, Hongrui Wang, Wenjuan Ye, Xin Li, Yingping Liu, Junxiao Zhang

“…Moreover, the proposed method provides a new research perspective for urban research under the street network space.…”
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Population mobility : spatial spillover effect of government health expenditure in China by Simin Wan, Mengying Wang

“…Local governments should institute healthcare systems tailored to the urban scale and developmental stages, with due consideration for PM. …”
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Periodontal disease status and treatment need among a Kurdish population in Sulaimani - Iraq as assessed by CPITN index by Sarhang Sarwat Gul

“…Results: Among the 1354 subjects examined, 43.6% were male and the majority of these (80.9%) were from urban areas. The mean PI and BI were 0.64±24 and 0.39±0.28, respectively. …”
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Trust in AI: progress, challenges, and future directions by Saleh Afroogh, Ali Akbari, Emmie Malone, Mohammadali Kargar, Hananeh Alambeigi

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An Experimental Investigation into the Difference in the External Noise Behavior of a High-Speed Train between Viaduct and Embankment Sections by Muxiao Li, Tiesong Deng, Di Wang, Fan Xu, Xinbiao Xiao, Xiaozhen Sheng

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