Urban fruit bats give birth earlier in the season compared to rural fruit bats by Maya Weinberg, Dean Zigdon, Mor Taub, Lee Harten, Ofri Eitan, Adi Rachum, Reut Assa, Omri Gal, Yossi Yovel

“…While most wild species refrain from entering urban habitats, some flourish in cities and adapt to the new opportunities these offer. …”
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A Model for Managing the Performance of CMMS Deployment in High-Rise Office Buildings: A View from Lagos, Nigeria by Shamsudeen Musa, Zairul Nisham Musa, Shirley Jin Lin Chua

“…The development of high-rise buildings is a current trend in developed cities to answer the challenges of population growth, adding aesthetic value, and optimal use of land. …”
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Optimizing Thermal Comfort in Urban Squares of Hot-Humid Regions: A Case Study Considering Tree Growth, Species, and Planting Intervals by Yixuan Xiao, Yong Huang, Xinchen Pan

“…The worsening urban thermal environment has become a critical challenge in many cities. Trees, as vital components of urban green spaces, provide multiple ecosystem services, especially in improving the microclimate. …”
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Autonomous Real-Time Speed-Limit Violation Detection and Reporting Systems Based on the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) by Samir A. Elsagheer Mohamed, Mohammad T. Parvez, Khaled A. AlShalfan, Mahmoud Y. Alaidy, Mohammed A. Al-Hagery, Mohamed T. Ben Othman

“…Traditional systems of detecting and reporting speed-limit violations are not suitable for smart cities. Even the sophisticated conventional systems that use cameras or RFIDs for automating speed-limit violations have several drawbacks, including cost, complexity, reliability, and maintenance. …”
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Intelligent Prediction of Flood Disaster Risk Levels Based on Knowledge Graph and Graph Neural Networks by Peisheng Yang, Xiaohua Xu, Meilan Shao, Yewei Liu

“…Additionally, statistical analysis of flood disaster warning levels and flash flood risk zoning across cities in Jiangxi Province provides a visual representation of flood risk distribution and risk level proportions in different cities, offering strong reference for flood prevention, disaster mitigation, and urban planning. …”
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Transport demand as a function of the state of a transport network by T. Sakulyeva

“…For thousands of years in major cities one of the main problems was the possibility of movement. …”
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Research on the Cross-Regional Traveling Welcome Short Messaging Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey from Mobile Users’ Perspective by Zhiyuan Yu, Chi Zhang

“…Through this study, we provide insights into epidemic prevention and control experiences during public health emergencies in cities.…”
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How to Evaluate the Coordination of Green Economy, Education Development, and Technological Innovation? Take China as Example by Junqi Wu, Kui Zhang

“…The research shows that, first, the comprehensive level of green economy, education development, and technological innovation in 30 provinces and cities in China showed a rising trend from 2005 to 2016, but there were some regional differences in their levels. …”
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What was Killing Babies in Ipswich Between 1872 and 1909? by Eilidh Garrett, Alice Reid

“…Ipswich infant mortality rates very closely mirrored those of England as a whole, rather than the most unhealthy large cities, such as Liverpool or Manchester. It becomes clear that birth itself was a major cause of neonatal, even some post-neonatal, deaths. …”
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Clonality and the Phenotype–Genotype Correlation of Antimicrobial Resistance in <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i> Isolates: A Multicenter Study of Clinical Isolates from Romania by Adrian-Gabriel Pană, Pavel Șchiopu, Dan Alexandru Țoc, Vlad Sever Neculicioiu, Anca Butiuc-Keul, Anca Farkas, Matei-Ștefan Dobrescu, Mirela Flonta, Carmen Costache, Izabella Éva Szász, Lia-Monica Junie

“…The isolates, although nearly identical in phenotype, displayed different genotypical profiles, with varying degrees of similarity across hospitals and cities, raising the possibility of both local outbreaks of a single clone and widespread dissemination of resistant isolates.…”
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Income-related inequalities in the prevalence of dental pain intensity in adults: gender differences by Carolina Veloso Lima, Alanna Barros de Arruda, Mayara dos Santos Noronha, Aline Araujo Sampaio, Marise Fagundes Silveira, Andrea Maria Eleuterio de Barros Lima Martins, Raquel Conceição Ferreira, Aline Netto de Godoy, Daniela Marques da Silva Sousa, Patrick Pereira Garcia, Cyrene Piazera Silva Costa, João Gabriel Silva Souza, Bárbara Emanoele Costa Oliveira

“…Those living in municipalities with higher Gini Index values reported 1.26 times (95% CI: 1.01–1.56) greater dental pain intensity compared to adults living in cities with lower Gini Index values, even after adjustment by variables. …”
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Identifying the Spatial Range of the Pearl River Delta Urban Agglomeration from a Differentiated Perspective of Population Distribution and Population Mobility by Yongwang Cao, Qingpu Li, Zaigao Yang

“…This method not only provides technical support for scientific regional planning but also effectively guides the functional positioning of edge cities and the optimization of resource allocation. …”
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Frontier Zones and the Study of Religion by Birgit Meyer

“…Its usefulness pertains not only to the study of colonial settings in which scholarly knowledge aboutreligion in Africa took shape via the introduction of religion as a category,but also to the study of religious Birgit Meyer58plurality in contemporary European cities, which is here proposedto approach as new postcolonial frontier zones. …”
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Bridging to Caring Economics and a Changed World by Donald Gault

“… Bridging is a furniture bank located in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.  Since 1987, Bridging has helped make the homes of close to 350,000 people places of dignity and hope. …”
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The Modern Urbanization in Romania Between the 18th Century and the Post-Socialist Period by Nóra Csilla VERESS

“…The history of modern urbanization in Romania has always been dominated by a strong “pro-urban sentiment”, where towns and cities were considered centers of development, wealth and well-being. …”
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Organizace českého exilu v Austrálii v letech 1948–1989 by Jaroslav Miller

“…Based upon yet not studied sources from Czech and Australian archives and libraries, the article examines the organisational platforms of Czech exile in Australian cities and regions, the disputes within its central body (Ústředí československých demokratických organizací v Austrálii a na Novém Zélandu) and the disharmony between post-February and post-August refugees over activities and the ultimate goals of exile movement. …”
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THE STATISTICS OF AWARDED DOCTORAL DEGREES: CHANGES AFTER THE REFORM OF THE HIGHER ATTESTATION COMMISSION by S. S. Donetskaya

“…Have the number and the structure of awarded doctoral degrees change for this time: by the federal regions and cities of Russia, by the scientific fields and by the types of organizations? …”
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Mercados musicais-dançantes e periferias: trajetórias individuais e de circuitos de diversão em Salvador e Maceió by Fernando de Jesus Rodrigues

“…From the trajectories of two characters – one from a musical scene – in Salvador and another from Maceió, I explore the course of differentiating their positions and, thus, I design aspects of the expansion of musical entertainment circuits in the “peripheries” of these cities. I highlight two problems: (i) the interpenetrations between repertoires of symbols and the functional differentiation of religious and diversion markets; and (ii) the relation between cultural agents and enterprises marked by power logics typical of illicit and highly criminalized markets in the space construction of symbolic struggles in the “peripheries”.…”
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Proclaiming the gospel in Macedonia, Achaia and in every place. Missions and 1 Thessalonians 1:6-8 by P. G. R. de Villiers

“…Paul is often regarded as the zealous missionary who took the rural, Palestinian gospel of Jesus to key cities in the Roman Empire and thus contributed decisively to the founding of Christianity. …”
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Correlation between surface air temperature and lightning events in Colombia by Fernando Augusto Díaz-Ortiz, Francisco José Román-Campos

“…The temperature records come from nine cities, and the lightning data covers about 50% of the territory. …”
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