Transgender people and travestis experiencing homelessness in Salvador: a descriptive study on sociodemographic profile and access to social assistance and health services, Brazil,... by Wiler de Paula Dias, Thayane Silva Nunes, Igor Myron Ribeiro Nascimento, Erik Asley Ferreira Abade, Lua Sá Dultra, Milena Lemos Marinho, Guilherme de Sousa Ribeiro, Joilda Silva Nery

“…Methods This was a cross-sectional study involving 24 (4.5%) participants who identified as trans people or travestis out of a total of 529 people, aged 18 or older, living in public spaces or institutional shelters included in the survey. …”
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Time and The Diary in Captivity, a Case Study: The Diary of Fela Szeps (1942-1944) by Batsheva Ben-Amos

“…In this article I analyze the vicissitudes in time perception and a personal modification of public spaces in a diary written by 24-year-old Warsaw University student Fela Szeps, (1918–1945), from the Polish town of Dąbrowa Górnicza. …”
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Movement in the streets: Significant spatial features of the historic center of Quito by Estefanía Piñeiros

“…The article identifies and discusses how the relationship between movement, transportation and popular commerce generates affective atmospheres and problematizes the loss of movement of different public spaces that are currently perceived by the inhabitants as empty and dead. …”
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Explaining the components of urban space for the elderly with the approach of environmental psychology (Case study: District 8 of Shiraz) by ehsan amini, shirin toghyani, amirhosein shabani

“…The social phenomenon of the city is not separate from this population group, ie the elderly, and urban planners using environmental theories can take steps to improve the use of the elderly in the city and its public spaces. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to explain the components of the elderly-friendly city with an environmental psychology approach in the eight cities of Shiraz. …”
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An Evaluation of the Architecture and Urban Positioning of the Phaselis Aqueduct by Kibar Cesur, Leyla Kaderli

“…Designed to align with the city’s topography, the aqueduct transported water from distant sources, to the city, delivering it through two directional shifts to baths, fountains, an other public spaces. In the Late Antique Period, the aqueduct was adopted to the city’s evolving urban plan through various repairs and reinforcements, enabling its contiuned use. …”
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In-between spaces for today's city: Historical review for identifying their beneficial characteristics by Aimar Santos-Garcia, Izaskun Aseguinolaza Braga

“…Everyday life is challenging in our cities, especially because public spaces have generally been arranged and designed by considering the physical environment and without consideration for how these spaces should facilitate human interactions. …”
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Digital Panopticon Dilemmas: A Study on Contact Tracing Apps Carried Out by the Ministry of Health by Elifnur Terzioğlu

“…Although individuals voluntarily accept being watched in digital public spaces, they often forget that such surveillance will place them in some extraordinary situations that they might not agree with. …”
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Chuma Ulete: Business and Discourses of Witchcraft in Neoliberal Tanzania by Jacqueline H. Mgumia

“…Witchcraft discourses linked to the business sector have emerged side by side with the increased liberalization of public spaces and media. Drawing from an ethnographic study of 52 adolescents with small businesses in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and a Foucauldian analysis of popular discourses on witchcraft and business, I attempt here to make sense of why witchcraft is invoked in a sector that is conventionally viewed as the realm of economic rationality in neoliberal discourses. …”
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Elections to the European Parliament as a form of civic expression by Anatoly A. Kanunnikov

“…The author shows that the European Union has created quite effective mechanisms that encourage the transformation of public spaces into civic self-expression, such as «Public Consultations», «Open Requests» and «European Citizens’ Initiatives». …”
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Continuité et discontinuité de l’implication des habitants dans les écoquartiers. Le cas de la Zac Pajol à Paris by Camille Gardesse, Isabelle Grudet

“…The means created to develop the ZAC provided highly effective forums of exchange and dialogue for the programming, urban master plan and public spaces. These meeting frameworks sought solutions that went much further than the accession and appropriation objectives that generally govern the decisions taken by elected representatives and professionals. …”
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Neighborhood group chats as a subject of offline sociology by K. A. Ivanov

“…It is shown that the neighborhood chat, being rather a digital simulation of the “third place”, can potentially compensate for the lack of real public spaces in the conditions of typical development, launching and supporting the processes of integration on the locality.…”
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Impact of Smoking and Smokeless Tobacco on Salivary Flow Rate, pH Levels and Salivary Electrolytes by Syeda Sadia Hassan, Syed Hussain Askary, Syed Mohammad Ahmed Bukhari, Amir Akbar Shaikh, Syed Akbar Abbas Zaidi, Abubakar Abdullah, Hassan Shahid

“…Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted at community health centers, dental clinics, and public spaces in Hyderabad from January 2024 to July 2024. …”
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Comparison of Point and Snow Load Deflections in Design and Analysis of Tensile Membrane Structures by Vuk S. Milošević, Biserka Lj. Marković

“…Currently, their application is common at sport stadia and public spaces. There are several types of loads acting on tensile membrane structures, most importantly prestress, snow load, and wind load. …”
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Placemaking Through Sensory Engagement: Assessing Cultural Essence of Assi Ghat, Varanasi for Virtual Environments by Tejaswini Rai, Suruchi Modi, Neena Zutshi

“…The study discusses the importance of sensory experiences in public spaces, particularly in the context of placemaking at cultural landscapes, where these elements contribute to the creation of meaningful and engaging environments. …”
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Research on coupling evacuation of escalator and staircase in fire scenario. by Chunhua Zhang, Xin Wu, Hai Shen

“…This research contributes to the enhancement of mall safety and has practical implications for future emergency management strategies in public spaces.…”
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Analysis of Factors Affecting the Formation of Current Patterns of Behavior in Behavioral Setting (Case Study: Azadi Square in Kermanshah) by Mostafa Shahinifar

“…Urban public spaces have become increasingly vital in the functioning of cities, serving as primary sites for citizen interactions. …”
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The importance of transportation networks and urban services in assessing the functional balance of human settlements: The case of the Makkah region in Saudi Arabia by Amani Derbali, Salma Dwidar, Amal Abdelsattar, Donia Abdelgawad, Abdallah Farhi

“…Saudi Arabia’s 2030 Vision aims to accommodate 30 million Umrah pilgrims by 2030, while promoting sustainable cities through improved mobility in public spaces. This research assesses the balance and future stability of human settlements within the urban system of the Holy Makkah Province. …”
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IMOVE: A Motion Tracking and Projection Framework for Social Interaction Applications by Marie Kegeleers, Raoul Bruens, Maxim Liefaard, Nestor Z. Salamon, Rafael Bidarra

“…The IMOVE framework is freely available online and it has been shown to be particularly suited and accessible to novice game and interactive application developers for large public spaces.…”
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Dancing Hands: On Neurodivergent Embodied Knowledge by Anna Püschel

“…I argue that parallel to movements of “queering” public spaces that result in increasing safety for all gender identities, “cripping” spaces through adjusting them to neurodivergent needs can be beneficial to everyone in a competitive capitalist environment such as the art world: from education to art spaces and academia that host an increasing number of artistic researchers. …”
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Geopolitical Attitude in Urban Tourism Competition Using Tourism Attraction Index (Case Study: Tehran City) by arash ghorbani sepehr, Afshin Mottaghi, Zahra Ansari, Morad Delalat

“…In order to achieve such a definition, the mentioned documents include promotion of the role and position of Tehran in transnational, national and regional levels, economic development and prosperity of the city of Tehran, improvement of communication networks, environmental protection, active restitution and conservation of natural heritage , Historical and cultural city of Tehran, and the development of green spaces, public spaces, recreation and tourism are predicted. …”
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