Ecohydrological responses to solar radiation changes by Y. Wang, N. Meili, S. Fatichi

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Influence of Exposure to Different Green Rooftop Spaces on Stress Restoration of College Students by Zhixiong ZHUO, Liang DONG

“…ObjectiveAlong with the continuous progress of urbanization, the number of people living in cities is increasing. Although urbanization can offer people many conveniences, a large number of people also face different degrees of health risks in their daily lives, such as the increasing spread of various diseases, the growing prominence of psychological problems and the increasing health risks in cities. …”
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Perception of phage therapy and research across selected professional and social groups in Poland by Maciej Żaczek, Marcin W. Zieliński, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki

“…Consciousness of phage therapy varied between 8.9% (people taking care of household chores as their primary activity) to 37.7% (people with higher education) and 39.7% (inhabitants of large cities) while the readiness to use such treatments was very high (84.4%) despite the need to pay for it. …”
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The refugees and health crisis: migration policy management and government response to Afghan migrants by Kalsoom B. Sumra, Muhammad Mumtaz, Naqib Ullah Khan, Helen Huifen Cai, Qiong Yuan

“…Methods The proposed model is tested with 427 Afghan refugees’ families from five major cities of Pakistan. The partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is used to test the vulnerability significance with the crisis and government response in facilities. …”
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Development of a short version of the perceived social support scale: based on classical test theory and ant colony optimization by Yunchou Wu, Jingqi Tang, Zhuoran Du, Ke Chen, Fei Wang, Xiaonan Sun, Guoying Zhang, Yibo Wu

“…Methods A multi-stage stratified cluster sampling method was employed to collect data from 10,914 residents in 120 cities across the country. After randomly dividing the data into two parts, exploratory analysis and confirmatory analysis were conducted separately. …”
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Types and incentives for medical tourism in Ukraine by B. V. Derevyanko, G. A. Myronova, S. V. Knysh

“…It has been suggested that central and local executive authorities and territorial communities of cities, towns, and villages should more actively use the means of the State's regulatory influence on the activities of business entities as defined in Part 2 of Article 12 “Means of State Regulation of Economic Activity” of the Economic Code of Ukraine, as well as other means not prohibited by law. …”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting Consumer Decision-Making in Choosing Online Food Delivery in Indonesia by Elysia Elverda, Tasliyah Athaya Nahdah, Sambudi Hamali

“…A questionnaire was distributed to 724 online food delivery (OFD) consumers in several big cities of Indonesia, including Jabodetabek, Bandung, Surabaya, Medan, Makassar, Balikpapan, and Yogyakarta. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations of PM2.5 and O3 Relationship during 2014–2021 in Eastern China by Yasong Li, Tijian Wang, Qin’geng Wang, Yawei Qu, Hao Wu, Min Xie, Mengmeng Li, Shu Li, Bingliang Zhuang

“…The negative correlation was mainly concentrated in inland areas, while a positive correlation mostly occurred in coastal cities. More negative correlations were observed in Anhui with higher PM2.5, and more positive correlations were found in Shanghai with lower PM2.5. …”
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Discovering a Young State: Foreign Sports Delegations in the USSR during the 1920s by A. M. Glushich

“…Furthermore, even in these key cities, visitors encountered organizational challenges such as transportation difficulties, inadequate economic support, and issues with food provision, which diminished the effectiveness of propaganda efforts. …”
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Effects of ambient air pollutants on cardiovascular disease hospitalization admission by L. Salvaraji, R. Avoi, M.S. Jeffree, S. Saupin, H.R. Toha, S.B. Shamsudin

“…The additional information obtained from this study will be useful to enhance proper environmental management and reduce air pollution in the cities of Sabah.METHOD: Ecological study design was utilized with cardiovascular disease hospital admission and ambient air pollutants in Sabah retrospective data. …”
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Protocol for a randomised ‘screen-and-treat’ Helicobacter pylori eradication trial in 14–18-years-old adolescents residing in three regions of Chile: effectiveness and microbiologi... by Ximena Aguilera, Camila Cabrera, Sergio George, Yalda Lucero, Beatriz Zabala Torres, Lilian Fernández, Nora Mamani, Anne Lagomarcino, Miguel O'Ryan

“…Specific aims are to assess eradication efficacy, its clinical and molecular outcomes and potential clinical and microbiological side effects.Methods and analysis The screening phase will involve testing 500–1000 asymptomatic adolescents aged 14–18 from three cities in Chile using the urea breath test (UBT) to identify 210 participants with persistent infection. …”
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Eco-activist imagery in literary texts for children (a case study of English postmodern fairy tales and short stories) by Alla Tsapiv, Mariia Andrieieva

“…Visual components clearly show the child-reader the damage caused to the environment by human activity: polluted air, water bodies and cities, injured animals, and deforestation. Important meanings are embedded in the dominant colours of the illustrations: green and blue predominate in the illustrations of nature, while grey and black accompany the images of the results of anthropogenic activity. …”
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Sensitivity Analysis for Dry Deposition and PM2.5-bound Content of PCDD/Fs in the Ambient Air by Fanxuan Yu, Kangping Cui, Hwey-Lin Sheu, Yen-Kung Hsieh, Xueying Tian

“…The results for Fuzhou and Xiamen cities showed that the total PCDD/F mass concentration was the factor most positively correlated to the dry deposition flux: When ΔP/P ranged from –50% to 0%, ΔS/S ranged from −66.0% to 0%, but when ΔP/P increased from 0% to +50%, ΔS/S increased from 0% to +66.0%, respectively. …”
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Increasing Safety of Vulnerable Road Users in Scenarios With Occlusion: A Collaborative Approach for Smart Infrastructures and Automated Vehicles by Thiago de Borba, Ondrej Vaculin, Hormoz Marzbani, Reza Nakhaie Jazar

“…Questions about how safe the automated driving features should be and how the road infrastructure should be improved for the arrival of this new technology must be clarified to enable full acceptance by the customers and society and prepare the mobility of future cities. The fundamental architecture of automated vehicles comprises perception, planning, decision, and actuation. …”
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Investigating the Implications of COVID-19 on PM2.5 in Pakistan by Hassaan Sipra, Faheem Aslam, Jabir Hussain Syed, Tahir Mumtaz Awan

“…Comparative analysis of high frequency (hourly) PM2.5 data for both cities from February to April for 2019 and 2020 revealed inner dynamics of time series through seasonal and trend decomposition (STL) first, then multifractal detrended fluctuation analysis (MFDFA). …”
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A study on the impact of sports participation support on the level of sports participation of urban junior high school girls in China by Mingyuan Dong, Mingtian Niu, Zhengxin Jiang, Yongchul Choi, Ning Li

“…However, the relationship between middle school girls’ physical activity levels and the actual social support they receive remains unclear.AimThis study aims to explore the support mechanisms that promote increased physical activity participation among middle school girls.MethodsA survey was conducted with 1,371 middle school girls from 16 regions and cities in China. The questionnaire included the Physical Activity Questionnaire (PAQ), the Social Support and Exercise Survey, the Physical Activity Rank Scale, and the Family Affluence Scale (FAS). …”
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Design of a Medium Scale Ambient PM2.5 Cleaning System by Sheng-Chieh Chen, Qingfeng Cao, Thomas H. Kuehn, Charles Lo, Manoranjan Sahu, Yelia S. Mayya, David Y. H. Pui

“…It should be applied in highly polluted areas, e.g., cities and industrial parks, where people are spending a considerable time outdoors. …”
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Consumer attitudes and behavior towards organic products: Evidence from the Lithuanian market by Lina Pilelienė, Vilma Tamulienė

“…The survey results are based on the answers of 269 respondents representing the population of the four biggest cities in Lithuania. Findings: The results indicate the structural differences between theory and its application for the Lithuanian market; therefore, the factors are reestablished. …”
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The Contribution of Education, Health, and Unemployment on HDI in East Java, Indonesia by Amrun Rosyid, Elok Damayanti, Sarmilah Sarmilah, ST Rohani, Syalwa Shabila

“…The study analysed data from 38 regencies/cities in East Java, using multiple linear regression to examine the impact of education (average years of schooling), health (number of hospitals), and unemployment (percentage of the labour force) on HDI. …”
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Zoological exhibitions in natural history museums: classic design and modern approach by Igor Evstafiev

“…The author, who has been visiting zoological museums in different cities and countries for many years, has had the opportunity to observe the emergence of fundamentally new approaches to exhibition activities in modern museums, and the impetus was his acquaintance with the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution in Paris, which is part of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. …”
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