Quality of Life Assessment in Diabetic Patients Using a Validated Tool in a Patient Population Visiting a Tertiary Care Center in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India by Dayanidhi Meher, Sonali Kar, Mona Pathak, Snigdha Singh

“…A qualitative endeavour was attempted at the diabetic clinic of a tertiary care set up in the capital city of Bhubaneswar to create a diabetic surveillance data assembly, wherein subjects above 18 years of age and newly diagnosed or on follow-up, after obtaining informed consent, were made to respond to a quality of life (QOLID) validated tool. …”
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Determination of the kidney stone composition using infrared spectroscopy in Iran at a national referral center during 2019–2023 by Abbas Basiri, Azin Tahvildari, Mohammad Naji, Pardis Ziaeefar, Amir H. Kashi

“…Stone composition in Shiraz and Isfahan was roughly similar with a higher percentage of UA stones (53.4% and 53.6%, respectively) while the capital city of Iran (Tehran) had less frequent UA stones (39.9%) with a higher percentage of calcium oxalate stones. …”
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The food environment in favelas is associated with the presence of arterial hypertension and diabetes in socially vulnerable women by Luiz Gonzaga Ribeiro Silva-Neto, Risia Cristina Egito de Menezes, Juliana Souza Oliveira, Nathalia Paula de Souza, Thays Lane Ferreira dos Santos, Telma Maria de Menezes Toledo Florêncio

“…Design: A cross-sectional and partially ecological population-based study was conducted in a Brazilian capital city. The healthiness and availability of ultra-processed foods in the food environment were assessed through retailer audits using the AUDITNOVA instrument. …”
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Cryptic transmission of a SARS-CoV-2 variant detected by wastewater surveillance in Panama by Melissa Gaitán, Yamitzel Zaldivar, Michelle Hernandez, Jessica Góndola, Oris Chavarría, Brechla Moreno, Danilo Franco, Rodrigo DeAntonio, Santiago Mirazo, Florencia Cancela, Maria Eugenia Barnett, Alexander A. Martinez, Juan Miguel Pascale, Sandra López-Vergès

“…Wastewater surveillance allowed the identification of the Omicron sublineage JN.1.16.1 in the capital city and its surroundings, which was not detected by the clinical surveillance in the country, despite its global circulation. …”
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Employee retention through effective human resource management practices in Maldives: Mediation effects of compensation and rewards system by Zubair Hassan

“…METHODOLOGY: A sample of 250 respondents among the employees working in the retail sector in Capital City of Maldives was selected using the random probability sampling technique. …”
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Network Design and Route Analysis Using Outside Plant by Isaac Adjaye Aboagye, Nii Longdon Sowah, Wiafe Owusu-Banahene, Aryee Shaelijah, Margaret Ansah Richardson, Emmanuel Baah-Boadi

“…To demonstrate our methodology, we provided fiber to the home (FTTP) to an apartment located in the capital city of Ghana. Estimation of parameters, gathering of information, implementation, testing, and analyses were made, followed by adjustments where necessary. …”
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A community-based study to assess the prevalence and predictors of stunting among under-five children in Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia by Firomsa Botorie, Bilisom Balcha Abera, Abera Botorie, Abera Botorie, Asonya Abera, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Abebe Dukessa Dubiwak, Tesfaye Getachew Charkos, Godana Arero Dassie

“…However, due to the scarcity of studies, little is known about the prevalence and predictors of stunting among children under the age of five in urban areas, especially those close to the capital city of the country (Addis Ababa). Thus, the aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of stunting and its predictors among children under the age of five in Lega Tafo Lega Dadi, Sheger City, Oromia, Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 566 children under the age of five using a systematic random sampling technique. …”
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Evaluation on Carbon Sequestration Capacity of 30 Common Landscaping Tree Species in Beijing by Jing QIAN, Sidong SHEN, Shuxin FAN, Li DONG

“…Furthermore, such practice in Beijing, the capital city, can set a significant example for other cities. …”
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De l’agglomération antique de Cassinomagus au village de Chassenon (Charente) : un bilan des connaissances by Lucie Carpentier, Sandra Sicard

“…Its layout and modifications, as well as the care lent to their implementation, as well as its decor would tend to confirm the hypothesis of a ‘domus’, not unlike those discovered in the capital city (Limoges/Augustoritum). This habitat development occurred in parallel with that of monumental ornamentation. …”
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Gravity Centers of Central European Urban Network – Global Embeddedness Based on Advanced Producer Services by Katalin Döbrönte

“…The Central-European space is connected as a macro-region, all capital cities are on the map of examination, no new periphery occurs on macro level. …”
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Rezidenční síť Františka Josefa Černína z Chudenic ve Vídni a v Praze ve 20. a 30. letech 18. století by Filip Vávra

“…Czech count Czernin possessed many buildings in the capital cities of the historical lands of the Habsburg monarchy (eight in Prague, three in Vienna). …”
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Sipia (Visseiche, Ille-et-Vilaine) : une probable station routière sur la voie Rennes-Angers by Martial Monteil, Françoise Le Boulanger, Gaétan Le Cloirec, Gilles Leroux, Jean-Claude Meuret

“…The Peutinger Table refers to a relay station called Sipia along the route linking the capital cities of Rennes and Angers. This can probably be located southeast of what is today the town of Visseiche (Ille-et-Vilaine). …”
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Jeunes Européens à Dakar et Ouagadougou. De nouvelles aventures migratoires ? by Sylvie Bredeloup

“…Young educated Europeans increasingly consider career scenarios in which capital cities in sub-Saharan Africa play a decisive role in their professional and personal trajectories. …”
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The influence of urban space in dramatic conflicts: transnationality in Mexican fiction films by Silvana Flores

“…The topic of migration and its entailments with the plots of these titles will allow us to elucidate the role awarded to the capital cities as spaces of cultural exchange, as also as essential elements for the achievement of the purposes of their characters, promoting a (des)centralizing vision of those types of territories.  …”
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Metamorphoses of Corpus Christi: Eucharistic Processions & Clashes in Fifteenth- and Sixteenth-Century Vienna by Károly Goda

“… Through analysing the processional veneration of the Eucharist in Vienna, this study re-assesses and differentiates the existing theories on the socio-cultural roles of Central European Corpus Christi processions in the context of one of the most significant residential and capital cities of the Holy Roman Empire. After presenting a historiographical and methodological contextualisation the study scrutinizes Viennese Eucharistic marches in a longue durée approach, i.e. reaching from the thirteenth until the sixteenth century. …”
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Les espaces ruraux du Brahmapoutre et les villes d’Assam : des chemins divergents ? by Émilie Cremin, Annick Hollé

“…The privileged few can also take airplanes connecting them to capital cities within a few hours, while at the socio-economical gap between urban and rural citizens continues to widen.…”
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Decolonizing Literary Studies: Unveiling Postcolonial Narratives in Post-Yugoslav Academic Curricula* by Sara Vukotić, Darko Ilin

“…This paper investigates the presence, or absence, of postcolonial theory in literature curricula within humanities faculties in the former Yugoslav countries’ capital cities. This research is based on the close interconnection of literature and postcolonial theory, whose origins lie within the literary representation of colonization relations. …”
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The Association of Weight Status with Physical Fitness among Chinese Children by Xianwen Shang, Ailing Liu, Yanping Li, Xiaoqi Hu, Lin Du, Jun Ma, Guifa Xu, Ying Li, Hongwei Guo, Guansheng Ma

“…A total of 6929 children aged 6–12 years were selected from 15 primary schools of 5 provincial capital cities in eastern China. The height and fasting body weight were measured. …”
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Towards Smart and Resilient City Networks: Assessing the Network Structure and Resilience in Chengdu–Chongqing Smart Urban Agglomeration by Rui Li, Yuhang Wang, Zhiyue Zhang, Yi Lu

“…The main conclusions are as follows: (1) subnetworks exhibit a ‘core/periphery’ structure with a significant evolution trend, particularly the metropolitan area integration degree of capital cities has significantly improved; (2) the technology network is the most resilient but was the most affected by COVID-19, while the population and information networks are the least resilient, resulting from poor hierarchy, disassortativity, and agglomeration; (3) network resilience can be improved through system optimization and node enhancement. …”
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Educational Plans of Applicants of the Russian Province by M. Yu. Boldina

“…Educational migration is carried out in stages: first from rural areas and small towns to large cities, and then from large cities to major cities and capital cities. The region’s school graduates are characterized by the first stage of migration, and the Volgograd school graduates – the second. …”
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