Virulence is not directly related to strain success in planta in Clavibacter nebraskensis by Molly Veregge, Cory D. Hirsch, Matthew J. Moscou, Liana Burghardt, Peter Tiffin, Devanshi Khokhani

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Mechanisms and influencing factors of cultural ecosystem services value realization by Yiqing Lin, Yanbing Liu, Zhiyun Ouyang, Chen Meng, Yi Xiao

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Une géographie de la coopération universitaire France-Brésil, analyse des accords Capes-Cofecub by Hervé Théry

“…The analysis and mapping of the 750 agreements for academic cooperation between France and Brazil shows, beyond the obvious effect of urban hierarchies (the most populous cities are also the major academic centers), specializations wich refer to local traditions and the result of networking made by the candidate teams.…”
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Updating Variants Pertaining to Small Capacity Power-and-Heat Supply Sources in the Republic of Belarus by A. V. Sednin, M. L. Bogdanovich

“…Thermal power stations of small capacity in the Belarus power system are sources of heat supply in the heat supply systems of some cities or urban districts with 100% electric power generation using heat consumption. …”
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Spatial disparities and dynamics in the high quality agricultural development in Heilongjiang Province of China by Jingting Yu, Guanghao Wu

“…The 12 prefecture-level cities in the province are grouped into four regions based on agricultural endowments. …”
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Analysis of the Coupling Coordination and Spatiotemporal Evolution of High-Tech Industrial Technological Innovation and Regional Economic Development by Xu-Mei Yuan, Fu-Li Wei, Hui Li, Ying An

“…Improving the coordination between technological innovation in high-tech industries and regional economic development is an important measure for all provinces (cities) to implement the innovation-driven development strategy. …”
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The Impact of Heating Methods on Respiratory and Allergic Diseases in Preschool Children: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Survey Across Northern and Southern China by Chenyang Wang, Shaohua Li, Yan Zhang, Haixia Zhou, Peiwen Zhang, Wei Yu

“…This study conducted cross-sectional investigations in two northern cities (Taiyuan and Urumqi) and two southern cities (Chongqing and Changsha) in China during two periods: Period I (2010) and Period II (2019). …”
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Mobiliser des partenaires pour lutter contre le VIH/sida : les risques de la démobilisation institutionnelle en cas d’épidémie faible et concentrée. Le cas du programme Amali au Ma... by David Goeury

“…We will rely on observations carried out in 2015 within the framework of the ANRS 12305 project “IGA and key populations infected or affected by HIV in Morocco”: a survey of 500 potential beneficiaries of the Amali program conducted in five cities (Agadir, Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Taroudant) implemented with ALCS ; a survey of 25 Amali project leaders in these same cities and 22 semi-directive interviews with all the stakeholders of the partner organizations (ALCS, ADS, local associations) in the seven cities where the project is implemented (Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier, Taroudant). …”
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COVID-19 Fatality: Statistical Evidence to Engender the Need for Focal Shift from Air Pollutants to Multi-dimensional Intervention by Satya S. Patra, Subhasmita Panda, Trupti Das, Boopathy Ramasamy

“…An aggregated open-source air quality data source was used to download the PM2.5, NO2, and O3 concentration for > 900 days in the selected cities. The median of this long-term exposure was tested against the COVID-19 fatality rates. …”
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THE PROBLEM OF MIGRATION OF YOUTH OF MONOTOWNS by Irina N. Bogdanova, Khaniya R. Kadyrova

“…Basing on higher education institution practice the authors offer solutions of typical problems for many cities of Russia.…”
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Budgeting for Social Equity: Exploring the (Nearly) Unknown by Bruce D. McDonald III, Sean A. McCandless

“…We analyzed government and nonprofit documents on social equity budgeting, followed by interviews with local government budget directors serving “early adopter cities” of social equity budgeting practices. We developed a framework of social equity budgeting practices to link the findings regarding systemic, societal, political, managerial, and legal practices needed for social equity budgeting among these early adopter cities. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF SUB-LEVELS IN TURKEY WITH GUSTAFSON-KESSEL METHOD by Özge Gündoğdu, Necati Erilli

“…Level-1 orLevel-2 classifications, which are created not only by the cities but also withneighboring cities, are of great importance in the development calculations ofcountries. …”
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A METHODOLOGY FOR THE EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONAL URBAN AREAS IN ROMANIA by ANTONIO TACHE, MONICA TACHE

“…The main objective of this article is to present an urban diagnosis methodology that aims to identify cities with the highest potential to become regional engines of development. …”
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The Energy Efficiency and the Main Influencing Factors for the Logistics Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China by Xun Li, Chuan Lin

“…Energy efficiency is then further decomposed into pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency, and technical efficiency, from the perspective of which provinces and cities are compared. The research results show that the logistics energy efficiency of Yangtze River Economic Belt needs to be further improved and that energy efficiency differs greatly among cities and provinces, indicating that the development is quite unbalanced in different areas. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Urban Economic Development in Yangtze River Delta Based on Cluster-Principal Component Analysis by Quan Xie, Xin-Yue Dong, Ke Yu, Ling-Yu Zhang, Yun-Hua Xu

“…Chizhou, Xuancheng, Bengbu, and other cities lag behind in the economic rankings. Finally, it is suggested to reform the laggard cities and try to improve their economic strength from various economic indicators.…”
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Mechanisms of Agricultural Land Transfer Influence on the Urban Settlement Intention of Rural Floating Population in China by Yu Xie, Yin Yao, Bingbing Zhang, Xiongying Chen, Xinyu Wang, Tsang-Kai Hung, Zijun Wang

“…Actively promoting the identification and orderly transfer of agricultural land rights, improving the quality of urban employment for rural floating population by strengthening vocational skills training, and accelerating the equalization of urban public services to enhance the identity recognition of rural floating population are important in promoting the orderly and effective integration of rural floating population into cities and their genuine citizenship.…”
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Assessment and Modeling of Household-Scale Solar Water Heater Application in Zambia: Technical, Environmental, and Energy Analysis by Mehdi Jahangiri, Esther T. Akinlabi, Sam M. Sichilalu

“…This paper gives the first-ever attempts to assess the optimal localization of SWHs across 22 major cities in Zambia, as well as determine the possibility of hot water generation and model the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission saving. …”
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Urban Forests in Florida: Do They Reduce Air Pollution? by Francisco Escobedo

“…FOR-128, a 3-page fact sheet by Francisco Escobedo, presents the factors behind pollution removal by trees, estimates the amount of air pollution removal for three Florida cities, and presents strategies for managing urban trees for air quality improvement. …”
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Urban Forests in Florida: Do They Reduce Air Pollution? by Francisco Escobedo

“…FOR-128, a 3-page fact sheet by Francisco Escobedo, presents the factors behind pollution removal by trees, estimates the amount of air pollution removal for three Florida cities, and presents strategies for managing urban trees for air quality improvement. …”
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Online queries as a criterion for evaluating epidemiological status and effectiveness of COVID-19 control measures in Russia: results from Yandex.Wordstat analysis by Kuvat Momynaliev, Dimash Khoroshun, Vasiliy Akimkin

“…Objectives Assessment of the significance of online queries regarding smell impairment to evaluate the epidemiological status and effectiveness of COVID-19 epidemic control measures using levofloxacin as an example.Setting There are 81 regions of Russia and several large cities, such as Moscow, St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod.Methods Weekly online queries from Yandex Russian users regarding smell impairment and levofloxacin were analysed in regions and large cities of Russia from 16 March 2020 to 21 February 2021.Results A strong positive direct correlation (r>0.7) was found between the number of smell-related queries in Yandex new cases of COVID-19 in 59 out of 85 Russian regions and large cities (70%). …”
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