Effect of the Apulia air quality plan on PM10 and benzo(a)pyrene exceedances by L. Trizio, L. Angiuli, M. Menegotto, F. Fedele, R. Giua, F. Mazzone, A.G.C. Carducci, R. Bellotti, G. Assennato

“…A study of these critical pollution events showed a close correlation with the wind coming from the industrial site to the adjacent urban area. During 2011, at monitoring sites closes to the industrial area, at least the 65% of PM10 exceedances were related to wind day conditions (characterized by at least 3 consecutive hours of wind coming from 270-360±2deg with an associated speed higher than 7 m/s). …”
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Significant Association between Serum Interleukin-6 and Helicobacter pylori Antibody Levels among H. pylori-Positive Japanese Adults by Hiroko Nakagawa, Takashi Tamura, Yoko Mitsuda, Yasuyuki Goto, Yoshikazu Kamiya, Takaaki Kondo, Kenji Wakai, Nobuyuki Hamajima

“…We enrolled 158 subjects who visited a clinic located in an urban area to be tested for H. pylori infection, using the 13C-urea breath test, and who were found to be infected and subsequently received eradication. …”
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Effect of healthy lifestyle score trajectory on all-cause mortality in the late middle-aged and older population: Finding from 17-year retrospective cohort study by Jeong Min Yang, Jieun Hwang

“…Furthermore, stratified analysis by sex, age, marital status and residential region showed that male, ≥65 years, single and urban area groups had a strong association between HLST and all-cause mortality. …”
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Impact of a Detailed Urban Parameterization on Modeling the Urban Heat Island in Beijing Using TEB-RAMS by Lei Jiang, Lixin Lu, Lingmei Jiang, Yuanyuan Qi, Aqiang Yang

“…The geometric morphology of an urban area characterized by road, roof, and wall also seems to have notable effects on the UHI intensity. …”
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Assessment of vulnerability to fluvial floods: Case of municipalities of the Gidra River Basin, Slovakia by Matej Vojtek, Soheyl Moradi

“…We have calculated a fluvial flood vulnerability index (FFVI) related to the year 2021 for twelve municipalities, which fall into the Gidra River Basin and whose urban area is completely or partially located in the basin, and at the same time a watercourse, belonging to the Gidra River Basin, flows through the municipality. …”
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Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index by Rozhin Naghshizadian, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Kruthi Kella, Michael M. Weber, Marius L. Calin, Shahida Bibi, Daniel T. Farkas

“…The study took place in an urban area, with the majority of participants in the study being Hispanic (65.7%) or African-American (28.0%). …”
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Rose cultivars for biomonitoring of air quality by Wanjala Sylvia Nafula, László Orlóci, Szilvia Kisvarga, Gábor Boronkay, Béla Tóthmérész, Stewart Ajele, Vanda Éva Abriha-Molnár, Edina Simon

“…A total of 11 cultivars of roses were evaluated; they were collected from a peri-urban area of the city of Budapest (Hungary). The Air Pollution Tolerance Index is based on the physiological and biochemical parameters of the specimens, including the relative water content, leaf pH, ascorbic acid, and total chlorophyll. …”
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Community-Based Assessment of Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Towards COVID-19: an Epidemiological Survey in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Zhino Rawf Ali, Bayan Omar Sharif, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Varin Tofiq Abbas, Azad Karim Ahmed, Shaho Osman Mahmood, Chiman Jamal ahmed, Sarwat Ahmed Abdulqader

“…As well as, the female employer by Bachelor degree with barely sufficient financial status in urban area had a high score of KAP concerning COVID-19, lastly the present study observed a strong positive correlation between KAP toward coronavirus among the participants. …”
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Greenness and averted mortality in 390 cities in China (2000–2020)Research in context by John S. Ji, Zheng Tao, Hui Miao, Tom Cole-Hunter, Xuecao Li, David Rojas-Rueda, Wenjia Cai

“…Our study aims to track greenness trends in urban areas in China and quantify the health impact of greenness on adult mortality. …”
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Gender inequalities in prescribing and initiation patterns of guideline-recommended drugs after acute myocardial infarction by Irene López-Ferreruela, Sara Malo, Blanca Obón-Azuara, María José Rabanaque, Adriana Gamba, Sara Castel-Feced, Isabel Aguilar-Palacio

“…Overall, age and morbidity burden were the main contributors to differences in the prescribing patterns. Living in an urban area seemed to be a protective or mitigating factor. …”
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Rural-urban disparity in uptaking skilled antenatal care visits by pregnant women in Bangladesh: Zero and One Inflated Poisson regression model. by Lubana Tanvia, M Ershadul Haque, Wasimul Bari

“…However, the rate of change in uptaking the SANC visits is higher in rural area compared to urban area. It was observed that for a given survey year, the rate of mean SANC visits was higher among women from urban areas compared to that among women from rural areas of Bangladesh. …”
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Characteristics of Land Use Change and Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity in Chongqing by XIE Xianjian, GOU Qiantao, WU Han

“…Regions with significant changes in sensitivity levels were located in the central urban area and the southeastern Wuling Mountainous area of Chongqing. (3) The temporal and spatial evolution of comprehensive ecological sensitivity in the study area was the result of the joint action of natural environmental factors and social economic factors. …”
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Predicting the reduction in heatstroke and heart disease-related mortality under urban modification scenarios using machine learning by Yukitaka Ohashi, Ko Nakajima, Yuya Takane, Yukihiro Kikegawa, Tomohiko Ihara, Kazutaka Oka

“…This study proposes a novel approach combining machine learning (ML) techniques with meteorological model simulations to evaluate the heat-related mortality reduction potential of a climate change adaptation measure, namely, the installation of energy-saving or temperature-decreasing modifications in an urban area (e.g. greening, high-albedo paints, and photovoltaics). …”
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Socioeconomic status and delayed surgery: impact on non-metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma outcomes by Kun Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Jianyong Lei, Anping Su, Tao Wei, Zhihui Li, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen

“…Kaplan–Meier survival curve, Cox proportional hazard regression, competing risk hazard regression, and multinomial logistic regression were applied.ResultsReceiving neck dissection or radioactive iodine therapy, being married at diagnosis, living in an urban area, being richer, and being of other minority ethnicity were estimated to be independent predictors for better overall survival. …”
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Être enfant à Sfax (Tunisie) by Fanny Vuaillat, Noa Schumacher, Sami Ben Fguira

“…The most striking disparities are between, on the one hand, villas and car-owning peri-urban area, with an over-representation of upper-class categories, and, on the other hand, the coastal area, with its concentration of working-class categories, or even those who are very poor, as in the Medina, an enclosed, dense and pedestrian aera.Within these two specific urban areas, four schools, both private and public, were involved in the surveys, with 178 pupils (10 to 12). …”
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Seroprevalence of dengue, Zika, and chikungunya in São Sebastião, Brazil (2020–2021): a population-based survey by Tayane Nobre, Andre Luiz Dutra Fenner, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Wildo Navegantes de Araújo, Emmanuel Roux, Pascal Handschumacher, Helen Gurgel, Bruno Dallago, Mariana Hecht, Luciana Hagström, Walter Massa Ramalho, Nadjar Nitz

“…São Sebastião, a lower-middle-class urban area just 26 km from the Brazilian capital, is an endemic area for dengue. …”
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Le temple polygonal de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum by Sébastien Péchart, Frédéric Poupon

“…In terms of chronology, the elements uncovered precede all of the community-oriented remains discovered within the Reims urban area, with the exception of those belonging to the necropolis on rue de Sébastopol, which presents similar chronologies to those found on rue Lecointre. …”
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Perencanaan Coverage Jaringan 5G Berdasarkan Propagasi Rugi Rugi Lintasan dan Shadowing by Made Niama Dwi Susila, Linawati Linawati, Nyoman Gunantara

“…This propagation model is used considering the use of flexible frequencies and the city of Denpasar is an urban area. The purpose of this study is to determine the mapping of the rooftop tower location and 5G network coverage in Denpasar City. …”
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PREFERENSI PEMANFAATAN RUANG PUBLIK DI RUMAH SUSUN SEWA MARISO DI MAKASSAR by Ratriana Said Bunawardi, Burhanuddin Amin

“…Its also expected to be more efficient in land use and will reduce the number of slums in urban areas. The phenomenon is seen in the Mariso flats, where the preferences of residents in utilizing public spaces are not in accordance with the initial function of space. …”
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Pengaruh Kebisingan Lalulintas terhadap Konsentrasi Belajar Siswa SMP N 1 Padang by Amwal Halil, Amel Yanis, Mustafa Noer

“…<br />Kata kunci: kebisingan lalulintas, siswa, konsentrasi belajar</p><p>Abstract<br />Noise problems due to heavy traffic in urban area making it is difficult to get a quiet location. …”
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