Investigating Thermal Comfort and User Behaviors in Outdoor Spaces: A Seasonal and Spatial Perspective by Kuo-Tsang Huang, Tzu-Ping Lin, Hsiao-Chi Lien

“…The results verified that the people of Taiwan would avoid sunlight and desire shaded spaces based on their previous climate experiences and expectations, which can serve as a reference for outdoor space design to improve the usability and quality of open urban spaces.…”
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Factors Determining Parental Attitudes Towards Termination of Pregnancy in Prenatally Detected Down Syndrome by Ömer Talip Turhan, Mehmet Serdar Kütük, Ruksan Büyükoğlan, Mehmet Dolanbay, Mahmut Tuncay Özgün, Özlem Turhan, Mürşide Şahin

“…Contrary to our expectations, termination rate was higher in patients from rural area than in patients from urban center (p <0.05). CONCLUSION: Majority of parents choose to terminate pregnancy when the fetus diagnosed as Down syndrome. …”
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Cooperative U-Turn Merging Behaviors and Their Impacts on Road Traffic in CVIS Environment by Wenjing Wu, Renchao Sun, Yongxing Li, Runchao Chen

“…U-turn behavior of vehicle is one of the main causes of urban traffic congestion and accidents. A collaborative U-turn merging control algorithm is studied with collision avoidance and delay minimization for vehicles under Cooperative Vehicle Infrastructure System (CVIS) environment. …”
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The Impact of 3D Printed Ruminant Biomimetic Structures on the Performance of Biomethane Production from Kitchen Waste via Anaerobic Fermentation by ZUO Huan, SUN Chen

“…[Purposes] With the development of social economy, the proportion of kitchen waste in urban solid waste is increasing. Anaerobic fermentation to produce biomethane is one of the key technologies for the energy utilization of kitchen waste. …”
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Marketing Potential of Homemade Food: a New Entrepreneurial Endeavour by Mohammed Muneerali Thottoli, Tif Said Suhail Al Mazroui, Duaa Suleiman Amur Al Hoqani, Maather Mohammed Al-Alawi

“…The data was gathered in Nizwa, Oman, however it could be broadened to encompass more geographic regions, particularly urban areas. The research results, achieved using qualitative methodologies, contribute significantly to the body of existing literature. …”
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Comparison of the Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide Levels in Adolescents at Three Schools Located Three Different Distances from a Large Steel Mill by Murat Acat, Yusuf Aydemir, Onur Yazıcı, Mahmut Turğut, Mustafa Çörtük, Murat Çakar, Zehra Yaşar, Sami Deniz, Erdoğan Çetinkaya

“…Exposure to ambient metals and air pollutants in urban environments has been associated with impaired lung health and inflammation in the lungs. …”
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Tripolarizated MIMO: Experimental Analysis and Modeling of Channel Properties in Both Indoor and Outdoor Scenarios by Pan Tang, Jianhua Zhang, Zuolong Ying, Yuxiang Zhang, Lei Tian, Zihang Qi, Xiuping Li

“…Firstly, channel measurement campaigns in the laboratory and the Urban Micro (UMi) scenarios on sub-6 GHz bands are presented. …”
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Air quality study in open-pit quarries in general Roca, argentina by Paula Andrea Paez, Marisa Gloria Cogliati, Raúl Alberto Giacosa

“…The results showed that PM10 dispersion in different atmospheric conditions and emissions in 2010, don ́t influence urban areas near quarries and don ́t that exceed the legal limit. …”
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The ILO Convention No. 190 concerning the elimination of violence and harassment at work: Reasons for ratification by Dragićević Marija, Obradović Goran

“…Its aim is to provide protection to employees and other persons against violence and harassment at work in all sectors, either private or public, in the formal or informal economy, in urban or rural areas. In this paper, the authors discuss the ILO Convention No. 190, its basic characteristics and definitions, its scope of application, and the actual regulation of procedure for prevention and protection against violence and harassment at work. …”
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Sulukule Transition: Impact on Municipal Destigmatization and Stigma Stickiness by Zuhal Güler, Betül Duman Bay

“…In this context, we identified several flaws, such as the removal of territorial stigma and subsequent neglect of its overlapping nature; policy conflicts at both the central and local scales; and the prevalence of centralist and top-down urban governance. Directly addressing territorial destigmatization as a goal in all official documents and making those documents tangible through negotiations among stakeholders should be integral to the destigmatization process.…”
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DESESTABILIZACIÓN DEL SISTEMA NATURAL A PARTIR DE CAMBIOS EN EL USO DEL SUELO: EL CASO DE LOS DESLIZAMIENTOS DE VISTA ALEGRE, PROVINCIA DEL NEUQUÉN by Elsie M. Jurio, María E. Chiementon, Marcos D. Mare

“…Conclusions referred to the study case can be extrapolated, by analogy, to other potentially risky situations, particularly to the urban projects in Neuquén city planned for the plateau surface.…”
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Social Processes That Can Facilitate and Sustain Individual Self-Management for People with Chronic Conditions by Elizabeth Kendall, Michele M. Foster, Carolyn Ehrlich, Wendy Chaboyer

“…Five focus groups were conducted with participants and peer leaders of the course in both urban and rural regions of Queensland, Australia. …”
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Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation for the Bus-Corridor Problem in a Many-to-One Mass Transit System by Qinmu Xie, Shoufeng Ma, Ning Jia, Yang Gao

“…With the growing problem of urban traffic congestion, departure time choice is becoming a more important factor to commuters. …”
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Examination of the Relationship between Psychosocial Mediators and Intervention Effects in It’s Your Game: An Effective HIV/STI/Pregnancy Prevention Intervention for Middle School... by Elizabeth Baumler, Jill Glassman, Susan Tortolero, Christine Markham, Ross Shegog, Melissa Peskin, Robert Addy, Heather Franks

“…HIV/STI/pregnancy prevention program that was implemented from 2004 to 2007 among 907 urban low-income middle school youth in Houston, TX, USA. …”
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Wpływ emisji energii z terenów zurbanizowanych i szlaków komunikacyjnych na zmiany w rozwoju ekosystemów w ich otoczeniu by Urszula Kaźmierczak, Andrzej Kulczycki

“…Ever-increasing amounts of energy are consumed in relatively small urban areas, in communication routes, and in airport areas. …”
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Thermally Affected Zone (TAZ) Assessment in Open-Loop Low-Enthalpy Groundwater Heat Pump Systems (GWHPs): Potential of Analytical Solutions by Martina Gizzi, Glenda Taddia, Elena Cerino Abdin, Stefano Lo Russo

“…Thermal perturbation produced in the subsurface by open-loop groundwater heat pump systems (GWHPs) must be predicted and constantly controlled, especially in the shallow aquifers of more densely urbanized areas, in order to guarantee plants’ long-term sustainable use and to avoid adverse effects on adjacent geothermal systems. …”
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A Multi-Player Framework for Sustainable Traffic Optimization in the Era of Digital Transportation by Areti Kotsi, Ioannis Politis, Emmanouil Chaniotakis, Evangelos Mitsakis

“…The objective of this paper was to present a game-theory-based framework for modeling and optimizing urban traffic in road networks, considering the co-existence and interactions of different players composed of drivers of conventional vehicles, central governing authorities with traffic management capabilities, and competitive or cooperative connected mobility private service providers. …”
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Quality of Pedestrian Networks Around Metro Stations: An Assessment Based on Approach Routes by Qiyao Yang, Zheng Zhang, Jun Cai, Mengzhen Ding, Lemei Li, Shaohua Zhang, Zhenang Song, Feiyang Chen, Yi Ling

“…The assessment model provides a valuable tool for urban policymakers and planners, enabling the formulation of sound pedestrian-network policies, facilitating higher-quality walking access and egress trips to stations, and encouraging transit-oriented development.…”
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Analysis of the state of the electric power industry of the Ural Federal District by O. V. Baykova, A. V. Troitsky, E. S. Chebotaeva, E. O. Gromyko, D. S. Chirkina

“…Dynamics of electricity tariffs for urban and rural population, non-industrial consumers, as well as for large and small industrial enterprises, has been analyzed. …”
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Eco-driving optimal control for electric vehicles with driver preferences by Roberto Lot, James Fleming, Boli Chen, Simos Evangelou

“…In testing, over a simulated 25km journey involving rural, motorway and urban sections, blending driver preferences with energy efficiency in this framework achieves energy savings of 21% with only a 7% decrease in average speed. …”
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