Changes in Uterine Cancer Incidence Rates in Egypt by Saad Alshahrani, Amr S. Soliman, Ahmed Hablas, Mohamed Ramadan, Jane L. Meza, Steven Remmenga, Ibrahim A. Seifeldein, Robert M. Chamberlain

“…Future studies should focus on verifying the possible effect of hysterectomy on lowering the incidence, the factors related to the changes in rates between rural and urban areas, and the possible impact of nutritional and epidemiologic transitions on the increasing rates.…”
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Services availability and readiness assessment of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in primary healthcare facilities: evidence from selected districts in Ghana by Michel Adurayi Amenah, Jacob Novignon, Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Irene A. Agyepong, Tim Ensor

“…In terms of facility types, 57% of CHPS facilities, 59% of health centres, and 44% of clinics provided all the selected ASRH services. Urban areas reported a 51% provision rate of these services, slightly less than the 54% observed in rural areas. …”
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La production de logements en Belgique et à Bruxelles – Acteurs, dynamiques, géographie by Christian Dessouroux, Alice Romainville

“…If economic activity and collective housing continue to be concentrated in urban areas, the proliferation of single-family dwellings in suburban areas - dating back to the 19th century - continues unabated. …”
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Emphasizing the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in Agricultural Extension by Kathryn A. Stofer, Laura A. Warner, Steven Arthurs

“…Finding effective solutions to agricultural issues, especially in urban areas, increasingly involves working with clientele to solve problems jointly. …”
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“The Biggest Small Town in America”: Cross-generational Patterns of Monophthongization in the Suburban South by Marc-Philippe Brunet

“…Recently, many Southern states in the Sun Belt have been facing rapid urban growth along with a large influx of inhabitants from the rest of the country, leading to a change of the geographical environment as well as dwindling of prototypical features of Southern phonology in large urban areas. This paper seeks to explore the interactions and effects of urban growth and development on the vernacular phonology of the South. …”
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Traffic-Aware Data Delivery Scheme for Urban Vehicular Sensor Networks by Chunmei Ma, Nianbo Liu

“…Vehicular sensor network (VSN) is a promising technology which could be widely applied to monitor the physical world in urban areas. In such a scenario, the efficient data delivery plays a central role. …”
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Managing Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex C. Wright) in the Home Landscape by Carrie A. Reinhardt Adams, Christine Wiese, L. C. Lee, Sandra B. Wilson, A. M. Smith, Rosanna Freyre

“… Environmental tolerance, abundant seed production, and an ability to easily grow from plant stem sections have allowed Mexican petunia to spread into natural areas that border urban areas. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council lists Mexican petunia (wild-type and non-sterile cultivars) as a Category 1 invasive species, meaning that it is “altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives.” …”
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Modelling the Spatial Distribution Differences of Compulsory Education Resource by Weihong Liang, Changsong Ma

“…The equilibrium of educational resources of junior secondary schools in the urban areas was higher than that in the rural areas, but there was no significant difference for the primary school.…”
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Comparative Analysis of Urban and Rural Public Space Environment Design Based on Multimedia Information by Huili Xu, Liyuan Huang

“…In the future, public space in rural areas must function in urban areas. Rural public spaces with complex roles and diverse types of public activities are the main orientations for the transformation of rural spaces in the future.…”
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Impact of Urban Xenobiotics on Mycorrhizal Associations in Urban Plants by Aashutosh Kumar Mandwa, Atul Kumar Bhardwaj, Rajesh Kumar, K.K. Chandra, Chanchal Kumari and S. K. Padey

“…Some mycorrhiza fungi are unable to sporulate and hyphal at higher xenobiotic concentrations in urban areas. This chapter takes a look at the sources and compounds of xenobiotics and their harmful impact on mycorrhiza; and its association with the urban plants.…”
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Changing Intermediary System of Repayable EU Funds in Hungary (2007- 2013, 2014-2020) by Sára Farkas

“…The intermediary system territorially does not give priority to the disadvantaged regions, furthermore contact points are concentrated on urban areas with higher level of economic growth. Beside this, the microcredit objectives cannot be put into practice, the average credit amount increased sixfold in the new development period.…”
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Les espaces ruraux du Brahmapoutre et les villes d’Assam : des chemins divergents ? by Émilie Cremin, Annick Hollé

“…However, only local elites, rather than common people, have effective access to the Internet in urban areas. The privileged few can also take airplanes connecting them to capital cities within a few hours, while at the socio-economical gap between urban and rural citizens continues to widen.…”
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Managing Mexican Petunia (Ruellia simplex C. Wright) in the Home Landscape by Carrie A. Reinhardt Adams, Christine Wiese, L. C. Lee, Sandra B. Wilson, A. M. Smith, Rosanna Freyre

“… Environmental tolerance, abundant seed production, and an ability to easily grow from plant stem sections have allowed Mexican petunia to spread into natural areas that border urban areas. The Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council lists Mexican petunia (wild-type and non-sterile cultivars) as a Category 1 invasive species, meaning that it is “altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives.” …”
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Broadband availability in metropolitan and non-metropolitan Pennsylvania by Lawrence E. Wood

“…The results of this research suggest that there is a “digital divide” in terms of broadband availability between rural and urban areas of Pennsylvania. However, this “divide” is perhaps not as wide as might be expected. …”
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Kebijakan Proteksi Anak Jalanan di Kota Yogyakarta Menurut Perspektif Maqasid Syariah by Khoirul Ummatin

“…The problem of street children is a social problem that often occurs in urban areas. We may often meet many children who are on the streets. …”
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Demographic study: Aging in the context of urban decline in Vojvodina cities by Pogrmić Zorica, Bubalo-Živković Milka, Đerčan Bojan, Sekulić Milena

“…In this period, although the share of the urban population in the total population of Vojvodina increased by 5.1 percentage points, the number of residents in urban areas decreased by 6.2%. That indicates significant regional variations within Vojvodina, with some cities recording a noticeable decrease in inhabitants. …”
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Determining Arsenic Distribution in Urban Soils: A Comparison with Nonurban Soils by Tait Chirenje, L.Q. Ma, E.J. Zillioux

“…This review paper discusses the factors that make the determination of arsenic background concentrations in urban areas different from similar determinations in nonurban areas. …”
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HYDROPONICS: ADVANTAGES AND CHALLENGES IN SOILLESS FARMING by Lokendra Khatri, Adhiraj Kunwar, Dipak Raj Bist

“…By overcoming the existing challenges through research and development, hydroponics can play a key role in improving food production, especially in urban areas with limited arable land.…”
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Artificial Light at Night (ALAN) as an Emerging Urban Stressor for Tree Phenology and Physiology: A Review by Luisa Friulla, Laura Varone

“…Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an expanding environmental issue, particularly in urban areas. This review aimed to present the state of the art regarding the impact of ALAN on specific and interrelated aspects related to physiological processes and life cycle events in tree species. …”
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Human mobility is well described by closed-form gravity-like models learned automatically from data by Oriol Cabanas-Tirapu, Lluís Danús, Esteban Moro, Marta Sales-Pardo, Roger Guimerà

“…However, our understanding and ability to model flows between urban areas are still incomplete. At one end of the modeling spectrum we have gravity models, which are easy to interpret but provide modestly accurate predictions of flows. …”
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