Reurbanization and Spatially Polarized Land Markets – An Analysis of Urban Land-Value Changes in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 2012–2024 by Stefan Siedentop, Maximilian Schartmann

“…This has particularly affected prospering cities, where price increases of more than 100 % have often been recorded since the turn of the millennium. …”
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Minangkabau local wisdom: The philosophy of aua jo tabiang sanda basanda in disaster mitigation along the watershed (DAS) by Abbas Ardi, Maideliza Tesri, Alfitri, Agus Syahputra Fendi

“…Data on the number of rivers in regencies and cities in West Sumatra are also numerous and further increase the potential for disaster damage. …”
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The problem of social inequality in the USA by N. E. Petrovskaya

“…The author gives an illustration of social inequality by cities and states. Social inequality in the USA has a long history and an increasing trend, i.e. it is a chronic social inequality. …”
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Epidemiology of Hypertensive State among Chinese Migrants: Effects of Unaffordable Medical Care by Ming Guan

“…The descriptive statistics showed that 24.96% were at risk of prehypertension and mild-moderate-severe hypertension among 2468 Chinese migrants from 15 cities. Small part of the sample was not affordable to pay medical expenses and services. …”
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Calculation Method for Bearing Capacity of Bottom-Supported Anti-Pull Piles in Layered Foundation by Jianming Zeng, Zhengzhen Wang, Xuwei Chen, Na Lian, Feng Li

“…In recent years, with the rapid development of cities, the utilization rate of underground space has gradually increased, and anti-pull piles have also been widely used in practical engineering. …”
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Measurement of social sustainability indicators in Guilan architecture by Mehran Mehrdoust Shahrestani, Ali Asgharzadeh, Hamzeh Golamalizadeh

“…The method of evaluating the rank of the options of this research is Vikor technique and the research method is descriptive-survey and the statistical population studied in this research is the members of 6 groups related to the research subject including: villages of 16 cities of Gilan province Local architects, the Gilan General Directorate of Housing and Natural Resources and Forestry, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) love the environment, among which the selection of a sample community was made possible by non-probable sampling. …”
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Drone detection method based on K-Medoids to extract channel state characteristics by SONG Lingyu, PAN Peng, LIU Tianle

“…The core of this method lied in utilizing the already widely deployed mobile base stations and other external radiation sources in cities, capturing the impact of drone presence on the number of multipath channel paths by using the K-Medoids clustering algorithm, to achieve drone perception. …”
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Joint Optimization of a Dry Port with Multilevel Location and Container Transportation: The Case of Northeast China by Feng Pian, Qiuju Shi, Xue Yao, Huiling Zhu, Weixin Luan

“…Taking 35 prefecture-level cities in Northeast China as the source of container goods and Dalian port as the destination, this study conducts an empirical analysis using the Gurobi 9.0.2 optimizer of the AMPL software to solve the problem and takes the minimum total cost as the goal to select the best dry port and container transshipment scheme. …”
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Space-Time Hybrid Model for Short-Time Travel Speed Prediction by Qi Fan, Wei Wang, Xiaojian Hu, Xuedong Hua, Zhuyun Liu

“…To achieve the research objective, one year of speed data was collected in Twin Cities Metro, Minnesota. The experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method can be used to explore the periodic characteristics of speed data and show abilities in increasing the accuracy of travel speed prediction.…”
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BALKAN’S EXPERIENCE IN PEACEKEEPING by E. Y. Guskova

“…As the experience of the Blue Helmets in BiH has shown, the protection of only certain cities could not suspend hostilities and contributed to the strengthening of only one side of the conflict. …”
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Limited-Stop High-Frequency Service Design: Reducing In-Vehicle Congestion by Andrés Felipe García Albarracín, Daniel Jaramillo-Ramírez

“…Limited-Stop (LS) bus services have recently proved to be essential for improving user welfare and reducing operators’ costs in many cities. The design of LS services has been mainly focused on increasing fleet efficiency and reducing the passengers’ travel time. …”
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EAP-Swift: An Efficient Authentication and Key Generation Mechanism for Resource Constrained WSNs by Daniel Granlund, Christer Åhlund, Patrik Holmlund

“…As new application areas are emerging, such as infrastructure monitoring and smart cities, the need for sensor mobility handling requires efficient and secure authentication protocols. …”
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Regional Kitsch by Max Ryynänen

“…There is a difference between regional kitsch, anchored to regions and broader geographical wholes, and the type of ‘urban’ kitsch, which scholars have been discussing more, i.e. kitsch that presents kitschified versions of famous statues and architecture, objects that represent their cities (e.g. Michelangelo’s David represents Florence). …”
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Transferts, hybridations et renouvellements des savoirs. Parcours urbanistique et architectural de Michel Écochard de 1932 à 1974 by Marlène Ghorayeb

“…He advocated for the implementation of the modern movement’s principles as well as urban theories which marked the development of cities in the post-war years. Just after graduation in 1935, Michel Écochard was employed by the French mandate’s administration in the Levant. …”
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Analyzing the labor market and salary determinants for big data talent based on job advertisements in China. by Yingjie Lu, Hong Tuo, Haoyi Fan, Haiying Yuan

“…Our findings show that there are significant differences in the demand for big data talent across different types of cities and industries. Different types of enterprises have different requirements for individual characteristics and offer various levels of big data job positions. …”
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Serological Survey and Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Domestic Goats in Myanmar by Saw Bawm, Wint Yi Maung, Myat Yee Win, May June Thu, Hla Myet Chel, Tin Aye Khaing, Soe Soe Wai, Lat Lat Htun, Tin Tin Myaing, Saruda Tiwananthagorn, Makoto Igarashi, Ken Katakura

“…A total of 119 goat serum samples were collected from three cities in the central region of Myanmar for T. gondii antibody survey. …”
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Understanding the Role of Refugees' Entrepreneurship Motives and Challenges in Integration: Evidence From the Food Industry by Ibrahim Cifci, Ozan Atsız

“…The data was collected through semi-structured interviews with Syrian refugees in two major European cities (i.e., London and Istanbul). The theme coding analysis was performed on the qualitative data, and the analysis processes revealed three main dimensions: entrepreneur integration motives, entrepreneur integration domains, and entrepreneur integration challenges. …”
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An Application of ANN Ensemble for Estimating of Precipitation Using Regional Climate Models by Dongwoo Jang

“…It is expected that more detailed analysis will be possible if it is applied not only to four cities but also to other regions in Korea. If observed precipitation data are collected in sufficient quantity, the applicability of the ANN model will widen.…”
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Fintech as a Source of Financial Innovations on the Polish Financial Services Market by Karolina Anielak

“…The author analyzed statistical data from PWC Global Fintech Report, CitiGPS reports, Capgemini reports and KPMG, which enabled her to present the value of global investments in Fintech. …”
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Insights into active travel levels at two universities. A comparative study in Ireland and Romania by Constantin Ion Alexandru, Mullan Elaine, Luca Oana, McGregor Alisha, Abdulal Nadia, Rotaru George

“…Finally, there was discussion between students and the local authority engineers and planners in their respective cities to discuss this and plan appropriate actions. …”
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