Evolution, Characteristics and Inspirations of Management Zoning for National Parks in the United States by Zhenwei ZHANG, Hanyue XIAO, Yankang MAO

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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities by Fanyu Xiu, Carla M. Doyle, Jorge Luis Flores Anato, Jesse Knight, Linwei Wang, Joseph Cox, Daniel Grace, Trevor A. Hart, Terri Zhang, Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, Milada Dvorakova, Rita Shahin, Herveen Sachdeva, Nathan Lachowsky, Hind Sbihi, Darrell H.S. Tan, Michael A. Irvine, Sharmistha Mishra, Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

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Birth Preparedness among Women Who Gave Birth in the Last Twelve Months in Jardega Jarte District, Western Ethiopia by Tiruneh Asrat, Negga Baraki, Nega Assefa, Getachew Alemkere

“…This study revealed that only about a quarter of pregnant women were well-prepared for delivery and complication management. Urban residencies, history of past obstetric complications, availing antenatal care, primipara, and absence of an under-five child in the household during recent delivery were predictors of birth preparedness. …”
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Teacher competency and work engagement among secondary school physical education teachers: the multiple mediating roles of occupational stress, emotional exhaustion, and profession... by Weisong Chen, Zhen Huang, Bo Peng, Lin Li, Jingsong Chen

“…Younger teachers and those with lower professional titles reported higher occupational stress and emotional exhaustion. Rural and urban teachers exhibited comparable levels of most variables, except for urban teachers reporting slightly higher emotional exhaustion. …”
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Cesarean delivery in Nigeria: prevalence and associated factors―a population-based cross-sectional study by Asa Auta, Emmanuel O Adewuyi, Vishnu Khanal, Samson J Tapshak, Yun Zhao

“…Factors associated with increased odds of CS were urban residence (adjusted OR (AOR): 1.51, 95% CI 1.15 to 1.97), maternal age ≥35 years (AOR: 2.12, 95% CI 1.08 to 4.11), large birth size (AOR: 1.39, 95% CI 1.10 to 1.74) and multiple births (AOR: 4.96, 95% CI 2.84 to 8.62). …”
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Overview of Aerosol and Air Pollution in South Eastern Asia Countries by Tsrong-Yi Wen, Somporn Chantara, Juliana Jalaludin, Puji Lestari, Arie Dipareza Syafei, Pham Van Toan, Ying I. Tsai

“…In Chiang Mai, the highest PM mass and PAHs concentrations were found in the finest particle sizes (0.65 µm–0.43 µm) in periods of intensive open burning (IOB) and low open burning (LOB), in both urban and rural areas, and the PAHs concentration (5.10 ng m−3) in the fine fraction accounted for 45% to 47% and 32% to 37% during IOB and LOB periods, respectively. …”
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Trends in vegetation cover changes in Bonny area of the Niger Delta by A Adoki

“…Secondary Forest (Forest II) covered 11.18km2 in 1986, but increased to 43.49km2 in 1998 and decreased to 23.30km2 in 2007. Urban/Industrial/Sand class had a steady increase across the epochs. …”
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Evaluating maternal drug use disparities, risk factors and outcomes in Northeast Arkansas: a pre, during, and post-COVID-19 pandemic analysis by Enrique Gomez Pomar, Johnna Berryhill, Sudeepa Bhattacharyya

“…Infants who were MDS + presented adverse neonatal outcomes, with the majority of the mothers being white and from urban settings. Maternal self-reported smoking was associated with increased usage of other substances. …”
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The assessment of the use of vehicles with different types of drive in car-sharing systems by Ewelina Sendek-Matysiak

“…Over the past decades, many solutions have been developed to support the reduction of car traffic, most of which are implemented in urban areas, including short-term car rental services - car-sharing. …”
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Optimizing network locations of weigh-in-motion stations: A multi-objective approach for enhancing infrastructure management by Chan Yang, Tu Lan, Patrick Lou, Hani Nassif, Kaan Ozbay, Chaekuk Na

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Trends in vegetation cover changes in Bonny area of the Niger Delta by A Adoki

“…Secondary Forest (Forest II) covered 11.18km2 in 1986, but increased to 43.49km2 in 1998 and decreased to 23.30km2 in 2007. Urban/Industrial/Sand class had a steady increase across the epochs. …”
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Riesgo de contagio por COVID-19 en un entorno urbano (Málaga, noviembre del 2020) by Ángel Miramontes Carballada, Rubén Lois González, María Jesús Perles Roselló, Jesús Miranda Páez

“…Contagion risk by COVID-19 in an urban environment (Málaga, November 2020) The pandemic has revitalized and given a new perspective to territorial approaches to risk sharing, and the importance of the where and when. …”
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Impact of power ultrasound on the quality of leafy green produce through a multifrequency, multimode, modulated system by Bin Zhou, J. Atilio de Frias, Yaguang Luo, Jorge M. Fonseca, Hao Feng

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Population- and Gender-Based Investigation for Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Dhamar, Yemen by Dhary A. Almashhadany, Sara M. Mayas, Hero I. Mohammed, Abdulwahed A. Hassan, Izhar U. H. Khan

“…Of the total 460, 215 rural (male: n = 120 and female: n = 95) and 245 urban (male: n = 130 and female: n = 115) specimens were investigated for identification of H. pylori by serological test using Helicobacter pylori stool antigen (HpSA) test. …”
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Variable factors in literary critical evaluation (on the examples of selected literary critical polemics from the 1930s and 1940s) by Martin Makara

“…These include Hmly na úsvite (Mists at dawn, 1930) by Milo Urban, Kus cukru (A lump of sugar, 1934) by Peter Jilemnický, Cesta zarúbaná (Blocked road, 1934) by Fraňo Kráľ, Kamarát Jašek (My friend Jašek, 1937) by Dobroslav Chrobák, and the poetry of Slovak Nadrealism.…”
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Determinants of Health Seeking Behavior among Caregivers of Infants Admitted with Acute Childhood Illnesses at Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya by Winfred Muringi Wambui, Samuel Kimani, Eunice Odhiambo

“…Caregivers who resided in urban setting and/or near a health facility were linked to immediate health seeking. …”
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Identifying high-risk population segments for underweight, overweight, and obesity among reproductive-age women in sub-Saharan Africa by Amare Abera Tareke, Amare Abera Tareke, Anissa Mohammed, Amare Muche, Yeshimebet Ali

“…In designing interventions for overweight and obesity, emphasis should be given to the wealthy, reproductive-age women in later age, urban residents, and multiparous. Whereas the poorest and youngest is priority intervention segments for underweight.…”
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Molybdate delays sulphide formation in the sediment and transfer to the bulk liquid in a model shrimp pond by Torun, Funda, Hostins, Barbara, De Schryver, Peter, Boon, Nico, De Vrieze, Jo

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Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2) and Cytomegalovirus (CMV) among Women with Macerated Stillbirth: A Cross-Sectional Hospital-Based Study from Mwanza, Tanzania by Helmut A. Nyawale, Elieza Chibwe, Fridolin Mujuni, Lidya Maiga, Albert Silvin, Alda Ester Chongo, Bertrand Msemwa, Vitus Silago, Mtebe Majigo, Doreen Kamori, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…Significant proportion of women with macerated stillbirth residing in urban and with low age have HCMV and HSV antibodies, respectively. …”
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A holistic exploration of porous asphalt mixtures: From durability and permeability to low-temperature and functional properties by Yue Zhou, Zhiqiang Cheng, Xiaoguang Zheng, Tao Wang, Xiaoliang Wu, Xiaoxiao Yu, Shengjia Xie

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