Prehypertension and Hypertension among Schoolchildren in Brazzaville, Congo by Bertrand Fikahem Ellenga Mbolla, Annie Rachel Okoko, Jean Robert Mabiala Babela, Gaston Ekouya Bowassa, Thierry Raoul Gombet, Suzy-Gisèle Kimbally-Kaky, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza

“…This cross-sectional study was conducted from March to May 2011 in five representative urban schools in Brazzaville. American Pediatric Society’s definition of pre-HT and HT was used. …”
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A Review of the Self-Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System Based on Future Traffic Environment by Yizhe Wang, Xiaoguang Yang, Hailun Liang, Yangdong Liu

“…The self-adaptive traffic signal control system serves as an effective measure for relieving urban traffic congestion. The system is capable of adjusting the signal timing parameters in real time according to the seasonal changes and short-term fluctuation of traffic demand, resulting in improvement of the efficiency of traffic operation on urban road networks. …”
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MultiSenseX: A Sustainable Solution for Multi-Human Activity Recognition and Localization in Smart Environments by Hamada Rizk, Ahmed Elmogy, Mohamed Rihan, Hirozumi Yamaguchi

“…This offers significant potential in applications such as smart homes and sustainable urban spaces and healthcare systems that enhance well-being and patient monitoring. …”
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Le déploiement des réseaux communautaires sans fil (MESH) by François Huguet

“…The “infrastructural mediation” concept, understood as the activity that promotes and develops the production of citizen-driven technical infrastructures, currently seems able to inform a number of existing techno-civic urban practices which are related to the commons. …”
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The Spiraling Case of a Yellow Chef: Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia by Karen Jiang, Ahmad Najdat Bazarbashi, Sami Dahdal, Adina Voiculescu, Natalia Khalaf

“…Leptospirosis is a common bacterial disease in tropical regions of the world due to greater exposure to rodents and domestic animals; however, this condition can also occur in US urban areas, though it often goes unrecognized. Gastrointestinal symptoms are very commonly seen, and icteric leptospirosis is often confused for other conditions resulting in delayed diagnosis and worse outcomes. …”
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Chapter 4 — Restoring Trees After a Hurricane by Edward F. Gilman, Traci Partin

“…Gilman and Traci Partin, is part of the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series. It provides a step-by-step guide for restoring trees after a hurricane or windstorm so that trees can bring beauty and shade back to the community with reduced risk. …”
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Using Recyclable Water Containment Areas (RWCAs) to Treat Agricultural Stormwater Runoff For Watersheds: A Concept Paper by Edward A. Hanlon

“…Develop a means by which private land owners/growers can benefit from assisting with the management of water at the watershed level for control of non-urban stormwater runoff, nutrient sequestering, and soil quality improvement. …”
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É tempo de pipa: a representação da infância em Cidade de Deus, de Paulo Lins, e Lembrancinha do Adeus, de Júlio Ludemir by Anderson Luís Nunes da Mata

“…Thus, poor children, who live in the urban peripheral areas, are represented in fiction as a counterface for such traditional notion of childhood. …”
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Conservation Subdivision: Post-construction Phase-Engaging Residents by Daniel Feinberg, Mark Hostetler

“… As urban communities grow, design and management strategies for new developments become critical factors that determine impacts on natural resources. …”
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Les effets de l’émergence sur les discours officiels de promotion de la modernisation en Chine by Léo Kloeckner

“…The way this discourse fits into the shanghainese urban space reveals the transformations that Chinese cities are undergoing in the context of an accelerated integration to globalization.…”
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TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN MOSCOW by N. Musinova

“…The state status of Moscow city requires the solution of the question of the correlation of opportunities and powers of the city authorities and the lower level of territorial management of the city, based on the need to preserve the unity of the urban economy. From this perspective, the stages of development of local self-government in Moscow are considered. …”
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Cleaning Up After a Hurricane — Safety Comes First! by Astrid Delgado, Eliana Kampf, Carol Lehtola, Traci Partin, Mary Duryea, Edward Gilman

“…FOR-115, a 3-page full-color fact sheet by Astrid Delgado, Eliana Kampf, Carol Lehtola, Traci Partin, Mary Duryea, and Edward Gilman, is the first chapter in the Urban Forest Hurricane Recovery Program series. It gives tips on chainsaw safety, creating a safe work zone, and personal protective equipment.  …”
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Les villes nouvelles à l’épreuve du temps. by Julien Laborde

“…New towns are witnesses of their time and particular conceptions of urbanism and landscape. Facing sustainable development issues, they are favorable sites for analyzing landscape changes in progress, changes in the ways of acting and the ways actors discern and consider this evolution through projects which question the history of the new town and the representation of nature. …”
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O cruzeiro medieval de Tavira by Daniel Santana, Marco Sousa Santos

“…Probably executed in the Algarve region in the fifteenth century, one of the periods of greatest prosperity of the village, this piece was originally placed in an urban privileged space, possibly in one of the village entries, or perhaps near the ancient convent of Saint Francis.…”
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ITS-based wireless traffic monitoring solution by Natalja Osintsev, Victoria Nozick

“…The extensive use of personal vehicles contributes significantly to the escalation of transportation demands, resulting in pollution and a rapid surge in traffic congestion, especially in urban areas. To curb this issue, it is imperative to implement effective techniques. …”
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Dheepan, un film postcolonial by Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud, Paul Veyret

“…Three phases of diaspora are described: displacement in order to survive, replacement in a urban liminal area, and finally location in an idyllic territory.…”
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A BARRIER-FREE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSIBLE TOURISM: DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXPERIENCE by N. Ofitserova, O. Solntseva, J. Tsunaeva

“…The review of foreign and domestic objects lead to the conclusion that an integrated approach should be adopted, involving the creation of an appropriate hotel infrastructure, as well as urban, transport, etc. Organization of services for guests with disabilities is a social problem actual both in Russia and in other countries whose positive experience should be replicated.…”
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The Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Impaired Glucose Regulation in Chinese Adults: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study by Dong Zhao, Nannan Wu, Jing Yang, Simo Liu, Ning Zhang, Xuhong Wang, Haibin Zhang

“…There was no significant geographic difference in prevalence of IGR between urban and rural males. Older age, elevated blood pressure, high serum lipids, overweight, and central obesity were significantly associated with increased risk of IGR.…”
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What is Phase II NPDES? by Mark W. Clark

“… The Phase II program expands Phase I by requiring additional operators of MS4s in urban areas, and most industries and operators of small construction sites, to implement programs and practices to control polluted stormwater runoff through the use of NPDES permits. …”
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Encontros afetivos em quintais urbanos: um estudo sobre famílias e sociabilidade no Subúrbio Ferroviário de Salvador (BA) by Wanderlene Cardozo Ferreira Reis, José Eduardo Ferreira Santos, Ana Cecília de Sousa B. Bastos, Giuseppina Marsico, Elaine Pedreira Rabinovich

“…This text is part of a study whose final objective was to investigate the meanings attributed to backyards in narratives of different generations of families living in urban areas in the 21st century in the city of Salvador, Bahia. …”
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