Therapeutical Intervention, Relaxation, Mental Images, and Spirituality (RIME) for Spiritual Pain in Terminal Patients. A Training Program by Ana Catarina de Araújo Elias, Joel Sales Giglio, Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta, Linda Gentry El-Dash

“…They worked with 11 terminal patients in public hospitals of the cities of Campinas, Piracicaba, and São Paulo, located in Brazil. …”
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Development of a Model for Evaluating the Coverage Area of Transit Center Using Smart Card Data by Hyunjun Hwang, Shin-Hyung Cho, Dong-Kyu Kim, Seung-Young Kho

“…Since metropolitan cities are broadening as a result of urban sprawl, multimodal transportation systems have been adopted to fulfill the connection between the suburban and urban areas. …”
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O mundo nas mãos do adolescente: entre Apolo e Dioniso, entre o eros e o caos by Paula Mastroberti

“…To conclude, and based on reports obtained from a quick interview with some librarians from Porto Alegre and other cities in Rio Grande do Sul State, I place the Series in the literary system and try to discover the causes of its success among its young readers.…”
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Prevalence and predictors of short stature in children aged 3–18 years in Hainan Province, China: a cross-sectional study by Mi Yan, Mi Yan, Yingying Qin, Yingying Qin, Hongai Li, Chuican Huang, Haidan Li, Li Liu, Yuhua Cai, Lichun Fan, Wei Xiang, Xiaoyan Huang, Xiaoyan Huang

“…A total of 26,189 children aged 3–18 years, originating from 18 cities and counties in Hainan Province, to determine the prevalence of short stature. …”
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Concrete Mix Design for Service Life of RC Structures under Carbonation Using Genetic Algorithm by Seung-Jun Kwon, Byung Jae Lee, Yun Yong Kim

“…This paper is for a numerical technique for obtaining optimum concrete mix proportions through genetic algorithm (GA) for RC structures under carbonation which is considered as a serious deterioration in underground sites and big cities. For this study, mix proportions and CO2 diffusion coefficients are analyzed through the previous studies, and then the fitness function of CO2 diffusion coefficient is derived through regression analysis. …”
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Analyzing the influence of principals' instructional leadership, teachers' attitudes toward change, and schools' collaborative learning cultures on educational reform in learning by Ying Hu, Ibrahim Duyar

“…A random sample of 22 public schools with museums was selected from four cities in China (Shanghai, Shaoxing, Hangzhou, and Foshan). …”
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Cytokine Profile of Patients with Allergic Rhinitis Caused by Pollen, Mite, and Microbial Allergen Sensitization by Yury A. Tyurin, Svetlana A. Lissovskaya, Rustem S. Fassahov, Ilshat G. Mustafin, Anton F. Shamsutdinov, Marina A. Shilova, Albert A. Rizvanov

“…Allergic rhinitis (AR) is especially prevalent among the population of large cities. Immunologically, the airway epithelium is a region where the population of allergen-presenting cells concentrates. …”
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Optimizing Security in IoT Ecosystems Using Hybrid Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Models: A Scalable and Efficient Approach for Threat Detection by William Villegas-Ch, Jaime Govea, Rommel Gutierrez, Aracely Mera-Navarrete

“…The exponential growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) has boosted connectivity across various sectors, such as Industry 4.0 and smart cities. However, this expansion has also exposed IoT devices to critical vulnerabilities, including spoofing, DoS attacks, and unauthorized access. …”
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Assessing the COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Global Air Quality: A Transportation Perspective by Meina Zheng, Feng Liu, Meichang Wang

“…Using daily air pollution data between 1 January and 31 December 2020, covering 596 major cities in 77 countries, we analyzed the data with a generalized difference-in-differences approach. …”
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LLM-AIDSim: LLM-Enhanced Agent-Based Influence Diffusion Simulation in Social Networks by Lan Zhang, Yuxuan Hu, Weihua Li, Quan Bai, Parma Nand

“…We further analyse regional differences in topic clustering and diffusion behaviours across three cities, Sydney, Auckland, and Hobart, revealing how demographics, income, and education levels influence topic dominance. …”
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Measurement of the factors affecting the quality of life in the informal settlements areas of Tabriz Metropolis by Nazli pakru, Rasoul Darskhan

“…In the meantime, the concept of quality of life was developed to assess the condition in cities. The quality of life as a multidimensional concept in the economic, social, physical, and other dimensions has been discussed and utilized at various levels and scales. …”
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Historical shoreline analysis in selected areas on the east coast of Albay, Philippines by Antonino B. Mendoza Jr., Joshua K. B. Bista, Skorzeny C. De Jesus, María Luisa U. Tango

“…Erosive trends have resulted in the loss of up to 6 m of coastline in certain places in the cities of Santo Domingo, Bacacay, Malilipot, Legazpi, and Tabaco. …”
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Bengal: From a Periphery to the Heartland of South Asia by Csaba M. KOVÁCS

“…Though West Bengal and especially the great urban agglomeration of Kolkata remains one of India’s most important industrial and commercial zones and is quickly developing today, the region was for decades lagging behind other states, while Kolkata lost its primacy (behind Delhi and Mumbai) among the great cities of India. …”
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Development and Operation of the Dalian Cruise Port in China by Lina Gong

“…China's cruise industry has developed rapidly in the past ten years, and China's cruise port construction has flourished. A total of 20 cities along the coast of mainland China have built or planned to build cruise terminals. …”
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Graph-based service recommendation in Social Internet of Things by Yuanyi Chen, Yanyun Tao, Zengwei Zheng, Dan Chen

“…In this study, we focus on the problem of service recommendation in Social Internet of Things, which is very important for many applications such as urban computing, smart cities, and health care. We propose a graph-based service recommendation framework by jointly considering social relationships of heterogeneous objects in Social Internet of Things and user’s preferences. …”
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MAC Layer Energy Consumption and Routing Protocol Optimization Algorithm for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Yaohua Chen, Waixi Liu

“…Due to its fast-networking ability, it is widely used in smart cities, car networking, military, agriculture, medicine, and other fields. …”
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The Target Recovery Strategy for Preventing Avalanche Breakdown on Interdependent Community Networks by Kai Gong, Yu Huang, Xiao-long Chen, Qing Li, Ming Tang

“…Many real infrastructure systems such as power grids and communication networks across cities not only depend on each other but also have community structures. …”
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Measuring and Ranking the Physical Resilience of Urban Areas Against Earthquakes: A Case Study of the Metropolis of Tabriz by yaser nazaryan, amane haghzad, laila ebrahimi, Kia bozorgmehr

“…Urban management has initiated a range of programs to address these crises, with a contemporary focus on enhancing the resilience of cities. The concept of resilience can be examined across various dimensions, including physical, economic, social, and environmental aspects. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review on Defense Techniques Against Routing Attacks in Internet of Things by Lanka Chris Sejaphala, Vusimuzi Malele, Francis Lugayizi

“…The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted different sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing, smart cities, transportation, etc. to adopt these technologies. …”
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A Study of the Solid Waste Chain in Benin Metropolis, Nigeria by Dennis Iyeke Igbinomwanhia, Ejovo Nena Ohwovoriole

“…Benin metropolis like other fast urbanizing towns and cities in Nigeria is faces with a solid waste management problem. …”
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