Oil Exploration and Exploitation in Ugbo (Ilaje) Communities of Coastal Yorubaland by ‘Gbade Ikuejube, O.A. Funmilayo

“…This natural resource has attracted the attention of oil companies, whose activities often result in economic and social problems such as environmental pollution, occupational dislocation, cultural extinction and rural urban drift. However, the attitude of the people in this region, especially the militant youths, has also contributed to environmental degradation: oil pipe vandalization has become a constant occurrence, and it has a debilitating effect on the environment. …”
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Effect of Size on the Stability of Narrow Foundation Pits by Caihao He, Yi Lu, Yanlu Yang

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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 Problem Of Existence And Alienation In Conrad’s Lord Jim - Conrad’in Lord Jim’ İnde Varlik Ve Yabancilaşma Problemi by Cumhur Yılmaz Madran

“…At that period, people who had been living as small groups in villages, towns, and small cities and had been mostly guided by religious values, traditions and customs, left aside these values and began to rush into the urban centres where living conditions proved to be inadequate. …”
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Mobility management by T. N. Sakulyeva

“…The cost-effective options for improving the road use efficiency, the volume and quality of information given to traffic participants as well as the intensity of its provision, which ensure the success of the mobility management policy, were analysed.The comprehensive policy in the field of bicycle and pedestrian traffic is necessary at the city level or even at the national level linked to the policy of urban development for the successful use of bicycle and pedestrian transport. …”
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Multiplicatively weighted Voronoi-based sensor collaborative redeployment in software-defined wireless sensor networks by Minghua Wang, Ran Ou, Yan Wang

“…Large-scale deployment of mobile wireless sensor networks has been widely used in some dangerous and hostile urban security surveillance scenarios. As a new network architecture, software-defined networks was introduced into wireless sensor networks to form a new software-defined wireless sensor networks to solve the problem of balanced large-scale deployment of sensor networks and simplify the complexity of network management. …”
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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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L’amphithéâtre de Reims/Durocortorum : nouveaux éléments de localisation et de datation by Pierre Mathelart

“…The amphitheater represents one of the most emblematic urban buildings in Antiquity. During the Roman period, the ancient city of Reims/Durocortorum, having been elevated to the rank of provincial capital for Gallia Belgica, required construction of one such urban monument. …”
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Studies on the treatment of anaerobically digested sludge by white-rot fungi: evaluation of the effect of Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes versicolor by Xuefeng Zhu, Shicai Cheng, Zexian Fang, Guangyin Zhen, Xueqin Lu, Hongbo Liu, Jing Qi, Zhen Zhou, Xuedong Zhang, Zhichao Wu

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Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS-attributed mortalities and associated sociodemographic factors in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the comprehensive health and epidemiological surveillanc... by Chalapati Rao, Willie Pomat, Tony Okely, Bang Nguyen Pham, Norah Abori, Vinson D Silas, Ronny Jorry

“…The risk of dying from HIV/AIDS in urban population was 54% less likely than their rural counterparts (AOR: 0.46 (95% CI 0.2 to 0.9)).Conclusion TB and HIV/AIDS interventions are needed to target vulnerable populations to reduce premature mortality from these diseases in PNG.…”
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L’échelon manquant ? Les archives municipales en Algérie : histoire de fonds et possibilités historiographiques by Thierry Guillopé

“…They would enable us to undertake a history of urban property and neighbourhood social life, agricultural practices, justice, etc. …”
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Magnitude of consistent condom use and associated factors among people living with HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia: Implication for reducing infections and re-infection. A systematic review a... by Firomsa Bekele, Lalise Tafese, Teshome Debushe

“…According to this study, urban residency, disclosure status, and marital status were all associated with consistent condom use among HIV/AIDS patients. …”
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Density functional theory calculation for understanding the roles of biochar in immobilizing exchangeable Al3 + and enhancing soil quality in acidic soils by Debo He, Xinyi Liu, Dongni Hu, Ping Lei, Jinbo Zhang, Zhixin Dong, Bo Zhu

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Penerapan Machine Learning untuk Mengendalikan Parameter Budidaya Tanaman Hidroponik Berbasis Edge dan Cloud Computing by Helmy Helmy, Arif Nursyahid, Thomas Agung Setyawan

“… Hidroponik sebagai metode urban farming mampu memenuhi kebutuhan sayuran segar di Indonesia. …”
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HPV vaccine knowledge and willingness to vaccinate among senior primary school students in Guangdong province, 2022: a cross-sectional survey by Li WU, Yongxin LIANG, Zurui ZENG, Tiantian LI, Xiangcai WEI, Jianhong XIA

“…Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that participants who were female (odds ratio [OR] = 2.15, 95% confidence interval [95%CI]: 1.60 – 2.80), lived in an urban area (OR = 1.56, 95%CI: 1.20 – 2.02), and from the Pearl River Delta region (OR = 3.64, 95%CI: 2.28 – 5.81) and the northern region of the province (OR = 5.65, 95%CI: 4.00 – 7.97) were more likely to have heard of HPV, and the participants were female (OR = 2.11, 95%CI: 1.60 – 2.78), lived in an urban area (OR = 1.45, 95%CI: 1.11 – 1.89), and from the Pearl River Delta region (OR = 5.20, 95%CI: 3.06 – 8.83) and the northern region of the province (OR = 6.30, 95%CI: 4.39 – 9.06) were more likely to have heard of HPV vaccine; the results also showed that the participants who were female (OR = 7.07, 95%CI: 4.89 – 10.21), had heard of HPV (OR = 1.94, 95%CI: 1.29 – 2.93), and were aware of HPV vaccine (OR = 1.65, 95%CI: 1.07 – 2.55) were more likely to be willing to receive HPV vaccination. …”
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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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A pilot cluster randomized controlled trial assessing uptake of PrEP and contraception in hair salons in South Africa by Ingrid V. Bassett, Joyce Yan, Sabina Govere, Sthabile Shezi, Lungile M. Ngcobo, Shruti Sagar, Jana Jarolimova, Dani Zionts, Anele Khumalo, Zinhle Zwane, Christina Psaros, Nduduzo Dube, Robert A. Parker

“…Conclusions When offering a dynamic choice of integrated SRH services in urban hair salons in South Africa, we reached young women with risk factors for HIV, STIs, and unintended pregnancies. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of the state of emergency during the COVID-19 pandemic on childhood immunizations in Benguela Province, Angola by Tadatsugu Imamura, Keiji Mochida, Balogun Olukunmi, Lino Tchicondingosse, Pedro Sapalalo, Ketha Rubuz Francisco, Ai Aoki, Akira Ishiguro, Kenji Takehara

“…The overall immunization rates were higher in the post-SoE group than in the pre-SoE group in both urban and rural municipalities, although the rates were > 20% higher in urban than in rural municipalities. …”
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Thermal Behavior of an Asphalt Pavement in the Laboratory and in the Parking Lot by J. B. Martinkauppi, A. Mäkiranta, J. Kiijärvi, E. Hiltunen

“…The urban, constructed areas are full of buildings and different kinds of pavements and have a noticeable lack of trees and flora. …”
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Public space in dispute. The case of the street access to the campus of the national university of comahue by Romina Valeria Schroeder

“…The urban space bears profound transformations, which also lead to reformulations of public space in terms of ownership, access and use. …”
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