Temporal-Spatial Characteristics of Ground and Pile Responses to Twin Shield Tunneling in Clays by Minghong Sheng, Jinjin Gao, Panpan Guo, Rihong Cao, Yixian Wang

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Bupropion Mediated Effects on Depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and Smoking Cessation by Austin Clark, Brendan Tate, Bretton Urban, Ryan Schroeder, Sonja Gennuso, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, David McGregor, Brook Girma, Sahar Shekoohi, Alan D. Kaye

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Sustainable Water Management: An Integrated Approach to Solving the Problems of Wastewater Treatment by Alfred Lako, Elvin Çomo

“…The effectiveness of wastewater treatment systems, the need for technology improvement, the impact of some types of industry and agricultural activity on the environment, the need to modernize water supply systems, effective management of urban waste, conservation of water resources and prevention of soil erosion were revealed. …”
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Contrastive Dual-Pool Feature Adaption for Domain Incremental Remote Sensing Scene Classification by Yingzhao Shao, Yunsong Li, Xiaodong Han

“…Remote sensing image classification has achieved remarkable success in environmental monitoring and urban planning using deep neural networks (DNNs). …”
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Characteristics and Emerging Trends in International City Negotiations by M. I. Kolykhalov

“…The main topics of today’s multilateral negotiations between cities include combating climate change, ensuring protection from natural disasters, promoting the rights of migrants and other displaced people, and fostering innovation in urban environment and governance. In contrast, bilateral negotiations between cities, based on the institution of sister cities, focus more on the humanitarian, scientific, educational, and cultural spheres of cooperation. …”
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Exploring challenges and coping strategies in providing care for older adults with dementia: a qualitative study conducted in China by Yanan Cheng, Meijiazi Yang, Sha Ma

“…Given the growing population of older adults in China and the fact that most individuals with dementia are cared for by family members, it is recommended to establish a multifaceted support system involving collaboration among government, social organizations, and volunteers within both urban and rural communities.ConclusionThe gradual expansion of coverage of long-term care insurance, the proactive inclusion of dementia treatment drugs into the essential medication list, and optimization of a diversified dementia care system ought to be a matter of significant concern.…”
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The Propagation of Landslide-Generated Impulse Waves and Their Impacts on the Moored Ships: An Experimental Investigation by Ping Mu, Pingyi Wang, Linfeng Han, Meili Wang, Caixia Meng, Zhiyou Cheng, Haiyong Xu

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Presentations to Emergency Departments for COPD: A Time Series Analysis by Rhonda J. Rosychuk, Erik Youngson, Brian H. Rowe

“…Data included age, sex, and health zone of residence (North, Central, South, and urban). Crude rates were calculated. Seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) time series models were developed. …”
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The Effectiveness of Laser Peripheral Iridotomy in Adolescent Eyes with Ocular Hypertension and Concave Configuration of the Peripheral Iris by Alina Bakunowicz-Łazarczyk, Beata Urban, Małgorzata Krętowska

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Real-Time Implementation of a Novel Design Approach for Sub-GHz Long-Range Antenna for Smart Internet of Things Communication by Sneha Bhardwaj, Praveen Kumar Malik, Anish Gupta, Rajesh Singh

“…The designed antenna is successfully implemented with LoRa connectivity and communicates the data up to 8 km in line-of-sight communication, more than 1 km in urban environments, and approximately 250 m of connectivity in building areas.…”
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Economic Analysis of Water Treatments for Phosphorus Removal in Florida by Daisuke Sano, Alan Hodges, Robert Degner

“… Excessive phosphorus loads in urban and agricultural runoff are identified as one of the greatest threats to the natural environment of Central and South Florida. …”
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An Ultrasonic Based Garbage Management Dustbin. by Matovu, Damazo

“…In this research, there has been an upgrade in the trivial and vital components of the urban waste management system, i.e. dustbin. The basic idea behind the project is to implement a smart way of handling garbage, which is done by using the smart ultrasonic protocol to detect the presence of the user. …”
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Factors Influencing Solid Waste Management in Nansana Municipal Division Council- Nansana Municipality, Wakiso District-Uganda by Evan, Nuwamanya, Topher, Byamukama

“…Background: Poor solid waste management is still a great challenge being faced by urban authorities in Uganda includingNansana Municipality where in particular there is still a challenge of indiscriminate and open dumping of solid waste along the streets that has led to other related health challenges currently affecting the Municipality. …”
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Assessment of Solid Waste Management Practices in Kabowohe Division, Sheema Muinicipal Council, Sheema District by Hilda, Karungi

“…Kabwohe Division, Sheema Municipality, like other urban centers in Uganda and in most other developing countries, this important service is based on the city's centralized collection, transportation, and disposal strategy. …”
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Spatial Variability and Application of Ratios between BTEX in Two Canadian Cities by Lindsay Miller, Xiaohong Xu, Amanda Wheeler, Dominic Odwa Atari, Alice Grgicak-Mannion, Isaac Luginaah

“…Spatial monitoring campaigns of volatile organic compounds were carried out in two similarly sized urban industrial cities, Windsor and Sarnia, ON, Canada. …”
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Identification of Suitable Sites for Rainwater Harvesting Using AHP and GIS in the Middle and High Moulouya Basin, Morocco by Amiri Mustapha, Bouguelba Smail, Sbai Abdelkader, Ghzal Mohamed, Qadem Zohair, Salem Ali

“…This final map serves as a valuable resource for decision-makers, hydrologists, and urban planners, offering crucial guidance for future water resource and land management initiatives by swiftly pinpointing areas with the highest potential for rainwater harvesting.…”
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Sediment microbiomes associated with critical habitat of the Juvenile American Horseshoe Crab; Limulus polyphemus by J. Petersen, C.P. Colon, J.L. Joyner

“…This information will contribute to understanding the relationships between sediment microbial assemblages and juvenile crab populations within this important urban habitat.…”
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The homogenization of China's city flowers and city trees by Zhuo Cheng, Ziyi Wu, Weizhe Chen, Wenxuan Li, Chen Lin, Qing Zhang, Chunlin Long

“…It has been determined that most of the CFTs are used for urban greening, with 80% of the city's flowers, and 84% of the city's trees being used. …”
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MSCD-YOLO: A Lightweight Dense Pedestrian Detection Model with Finer-Grained Feature Information Interaction by Qiang Liu, Zhongmin Li, Lei Zhang, Jin Deng

“…Pedestrian detection is widely used in real-time surveillance, urban traffic, and other fields. As a crucial direction in pedestrian detection, dense pedestrian detection still faces many unresolved challenges. …”
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Significant Association between Serum Interleukin-6 and Helicobacter pylori Antibody Levels among H. pylori-Positive Japanese Adults by Hiroko Nakagawa, Takashi Tamura, Yoko Mitsuda, Yasuyuki Goto, Yoshikazu Kamiya, Takaaki Kondo, Kenji Wakai, Nobuyuki Hamajima

“…We enrolled 158 subjects who visited a clinic located in an urban area to be tested for H. pylori infection, using the 13C-urea breath test, and who were found to be infected and subsequently received eradication. …”
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