The Impact of Transparency on the Citizen Participation in Decision- Making at the Municipal Level in Romania by Bianca Radu

“…We analysed the reports compiled by 28 cities and 5 sectors of the Bucharest municipality for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. …”
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Development of Optimal Tilt Angle Models of a Photovoltaic Module for Maximum Power Production: Ethiopia by Ahunim Abebe Ashetehe, Belachew Bantyirga Gessesse, Fekadu Shewarega

“…The monthly average daily global horizontal solar radiation for a total of 44 cities -32 for training and 12 for testing were obtained from the National Aeronautical and Space Administration database, and algorithms were developed and implemented using MATLAB and R programming software to obtain optimum tilt angle and regression models. …”
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Sustainable Restoration of Cultural Heritage in the digital era by Federico Cinquepalmi, Virginia Adele Tiburcio

“…The reprocessing, preservation, and maintenance of the wide historical architectural heritage in Italy represent one of the main challenges of digitalization; not only it is one of the oldest among in Europe, but it is also widespread across the country between cities and rural areas.  The care of such an aging built environment needs a carefully planned approach that can take advantage of new technologies such as Historical/Heritage Building Information Modelling (H-BIM) and Digital Twin (DT). …”
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Connecting the dots: contributions to creative tourism dynamics in Portugal by Ana Rita Cruz, Margarida Perestrelo, Maria Assunção Gato, Pedro Costa

“…The research also included examining the main goals and challenges these actors face when developing creative tourism activities in small cities and rural areas of Portugal. Stakeholder and social network analyses were used to process the data collected from each of the 20 pilots involved in this stage of the CREATOUR project. …”
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Prediction of PM2.5 via precursor method using meteorological parameters by Naeem Sadiq, Zaheer Uddin

“…The model was used for both the cities of Lahore and Karachi. The Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) value for Karachi was less than 18 and for Lahore, it was 39. …”
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Species-level classification of urban trees from WorldView-2 imagery in Debrecen, Hungary: An effective tool for planning a comprehensive green network to reduce dust pollution by Vanda Eva MOLNAR, Edina SIMON, Szilárd SZABÓ

“… Urban green spaces of cities are crucial elements of city structure that ensure habitat for species and ecological functionality of habitat patches, maintain biodiversity, and provide environmental services. …”
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A grounded theory based kano model to develop age-friendly housing retrofit strategies for older people in China by Erxin Tu, Ying Zhou

“…These findings offer a basis for optimizing AFH retrofit subsidy policies for older adults with varying physical abilities and for cities at different economic levels.…”
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La patrimonialisation des produits du terroir à travers quelques musées consacrés au cognac et au vin en Nouvelle-Aquitaine by Florence Disson

“…Food and gastronomy are being recognised today as heritage in their own right and several projects for Cités de la gastronomie, cultural centres devoted to gastronomy, are to be seen in different French cities. But older museums dealing with ‘produits du terroir’, local products, are probably the earliest to address the question of food. …”
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Sociétés chorales et Renaissance de la musique anglaise, 1840-1910 by Gilles Couderc

“…Those societies were fostered so as to tame, civilise and educate the potentially unruly new unskilled labour force who manned “the dark Satanic mills” of the expanding northern industrial cities and to lead them away from drink or the profanities of the nascent music-halls. …”
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Test on the Stabilization of Oil-Contaminated Wenzhou Clay by Cement by Chuang Yu, Raoping Liao, Chaopeng Zhu, Xiaoqing Cai, Jianjun Ma

“…Oil-contaminated soils have been paid much attention due to the reclamation of industrial lands in coastal cities of China. As known, oil-contaminated soils are inapplicable for construction due to their weak engineering properties, thus leading to the requirement of remediation and reclamation for oil-contaminated sites. …”
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A Bus-Service-Based Zone Division Approach for the Spatial Analysis of Public Bus: A Case Study in South China by Fanghao Fu, Jiemin Xie, Ming Cai, Wei Huang

“…Public bus is one of the major green transport modes in most cities, and a proper analysis of public bus can enhance its sustainable development. …”
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Quantifying the Sources of the Severe Haze over the Southern Hebei Using the CMAQ Model by Jing Yang, Pu Zhang, Chenchen Meng, Jie Su, Zhe Wei, Fenfen Zhang, Wei Wei, Xiujuan Zhao

“…The sectoral contributions by the local and the surrounding regions to the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentrations in the two representative cities, Shijiazhuang and Xingtai, were analyzed by applying the method of scenario analysis. …”
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Size Effect on Recycled Concrete Strength and Its Prediction Model Using Standard Neutrosophic Number by X. Peng, Q. W. Yang, F. J. Qin

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On the possible immorality of law by Trajković Marko S., Drakić Dragiša S.

“…This description of facts can be seen in authoritarian so cities. Law based on the rule" law is the law" enables everything to be justified in the name of legal security, even the biggest crimes because the one who COM mitted them only obeyed the law and obeyed its will. …”
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RAM-MEN: Robust authentication mechanism for IoT-enabled edge networks by Muhammad Tanveer, Saud Alhajaj Aldossari

“…The rapid expansion of Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) and the Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized technology by enabling real-time data processing at the network edge, which is essential for applications such as autonomous vehicles and smart cities. With the advent of 6G networks, which promise ultra-fast speeds, vast connectivity, and low-latency communication, MEC-IoT systems are becoming more powerful but also face significant security challenges. …”
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MaaS Bundling and Acceptance in the Pandemic Era: Evidence from Padua, Italy by Andrea Baldassa, Riccardo Ceccato, Federico Orsini, Riccardo Rossi, Massimiliano Gastaldi

“…The results suggest that MaaS solutions can be a useful tool for managing mobility even in medium-sized cities, provided users’ biosecurity concerns are addressed by appropriate countermeasures.…”
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Airspace closures due to reentering space objects by Ewan Wright, Aaron Boley, Michael Byers

“…This rate rises to 26% for larger but still busy areas of airspace, such as that found in the northeastern United States, northern Europe, or around major cities in the Asia-Pacific region. For a given reentry, the collision risk in the underlying airspace increases with the air traffic density. …”
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Study of the Impact Irregular Concrete Facilities with the Shear Walls Based: The Effect of Soil-Structure Interaction with ABAQUS Software by Wisam Fawzi Aljuhaishi, Javad Esfandiari

“…This structural system should be used for cities with very high earthquake risk. As the number of floors increases, the effect of the shear walls on increasing the bearing capacity decreases. …”
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Acid Rain Phenomenon in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: Economic, Biodiversity, and Public Health Concern by J. K. C. Nduka, O. E. Orisakwe, L. O. Ezenweke, T. E. Ezenwa, M. N. Chendo, N. G. Ezeabasili

“…Rain samples were collected from Warri and Port Harcourt, two major oil-producing cities of Nigeria in April-June, July-August, and September-October 2005 and 2006. …”
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Growing together: unveiling the potential of school-based community gardens to foster well-being, empowerment, and sustainability by Tinashe Paul Kanosvamhira

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