Geospatial Design of Optimal Water Distribution Network in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria by G.C. Ufoegbune, D.O. Ayodele, A.O. Eruola, A.A. Makinde, Z.O. Ojekunle, O.O. Ilevbaoje

“… The supply of water to both rural and urban centres of Nigeria is extremely poor with reference to quantity and access. …”
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METHODOLOGY OF COST RECORDING AND ACCOUNTING IN DAIRY COOPERATIVES by Marzena Ganc, Mirosław Wasilewski

“… The purpose of the research is to present the theoretical and practical aspects of determining the unit cost of producing dairy products in what is defined as a "typical" dairy cooperative. The Euclideanand urban distance method was used to determine a typical object with n = 88 dairy cooperatives – the following set of variables was defined, which are common to all cooperatives and reflect the sizeand specificity of cooperative units on the milk market in Poland. …”
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New Generation of Smart Highway: Framework and Insights by Chenglong Liu, Yuchuan Du, Yiheng Ge, Difei Wu, Cong Zhao, Yishun Li

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How Architecture Builds Intelligence: Lessons from AI by Nikos A. Salingaros

“…Traditional and vernacular architectures are appropriate for life, whereas new buildings and urban spaces adapt to human biology and are better for raising children only if they follow living geometry, which represents natural patterns such as fractals and nested symmetries. …”
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Planktonic Rotifers in a Subtropical Shallow Lake: Succession, Relationship to Environmental Factors, and Use as Bioindicators by Gaohua Ji, Xianyun Wang, Liqing Wang

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IF-MABAC Method for Evaluating the Intelligent Transportation System with Intuitionistic Fuzzy Information by Yanping Li

“…ITS can effectively employ the existing traffic facilities and ensure the safety of traffic, urban traffic, and public security management for effective control in order to satisfy people’s travel demand. …”
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Epidemiology and morphology of malignant gastrointestinal tumors in Kabardino-Balkarian Republic for 25 years by A. A. Tkhakakhov

“…Incidence of oral and oropharyngeal cancer cases, stomach and colonic neoplasms in urban and lowland population is higher (1.4-2 times) as compared to rural and mountainous population, while for esophageal carcinoma, on the contrary, the prevalence is higher in the mountain part (almost double) both for the town and country populaiton. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF WATER RESOURCES OF THE BOLSHOY KINEL RIVER FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY by Aleksandra V. Selezneva, Ksenia V. Bespalova

“…To ensure sustainable water supply in conditions of low water amid global climate warming, it is necessary to develop additional reserve options for supplying water to the urban population.…”

Prehospital management of earthquake crush injuries: A collective review by Fikri M. Abu-Zidan, Kamal Idris, Arif Alper Cevik

“…Earthquakes are natural disasters which can destroy the rural and urban infrastructure causing a high toll of injuries and death without advanced notice. …”
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From Composite Building to Partial Figure: Variations in the Teaching of Colin Rowe and Peter Eisenman by Michael Jasper

“…A series of questions are posed to address these propositions: Which kinds of architectural-urban problems did Rowe emphasize in his studio teaching? …”
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Non-linear relationship between built environment and non-motorized travel efficiency under the traffic micro-circulation model. by Xiaoyuan Dong, Lining Wang, Sen Du, Bicheng Qian, Jiaxin Wang

“…Additionally, based on the non-linear thresholds presented in the partial dependence plots for built environment factors, this paper proposes optimization strategies for small-scale road network patterns, mixed land use, and bus-friendly environments, providing effective threshold ranges and decision-making references for urban planning and traffic management.…”
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MaaS Bundling and Acceptance in the Pandemic Era: Evidence from Padua, Italy by Andrea Baldassa, Riccardo Ceccato, Federico Orsini, Riccardo Rossi, Massimiliano Gastaldi

“…Literature is lacking in the study of small-to-medium-sized urban contexts and in the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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The site selection of heat islands and its adaptation to satellite imagery based on the TOPSIS model in Mashhad by Mokhtar Karami, Rahman Zandi, jalal taheri

“…These changes have caused some urban areas to have a few degrees higher than the surrounding temperature. …”
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Toxoplasmosis infection. by Irina Clara Delgado Varela, Carmen Niurka Piña Loyola, Ariel García Borges

“…Its prevalence can double in rural populations in relation to urban populations, and it is different in persons of different races within the same community. …”
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Evaluation of satisfaction of tourists the quality of tourism services based on Kano model and SERVQUAL (Case Study: Tehran Darband area catering units) by Jamileh Tavakolinia, Mostafa Haraeeni

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Deep Learning for Plastic Waste Classification System by Janusz Bobulski, Mariusz Kubanek

“…We proposed a technique that can apply in portable devices for waste recognizing which would be helpful in solving urban waste problems.…”
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Multiscale Time-Splitting Strategy for Multiscale Multiphysics Processes of Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Media by Jisheng Kou, Shuyu Sun, Bo Yu

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DESERTIFICATION IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF DESERTIFICATION ON YOBE STATE by FAITH NKECHI EBORKA

“…Desertification among other things causes a high level of degradation to the soil making it unsuitable for the pursuit of agriculture, which happens to be the main occupation of most rural and semi-urban communities. Just like other states in Northern Nigeria, Yobe is one of the states that is greatly affected by the continued desertification of some parts of Nigeria. …”
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Clean Eco-Friendly Cooking Energy as Sustainable Approach and Mitigation to Climate Change: A Case Study of Ankole, Western Uganda. by Kayamba, William Kariiti

“…The main objective was to investigate how traditional cooking fuels have become a health hazard to many mothers and children in Ankole, human activities and rural-urban migration, have caused hiking of prices for fuel for cooking; wetland drainage, bush clearing for farming, charcoal burning, brick making associated with social and economic developments have affected the environment. …”
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Motivation and Performance of Primary Teachers in Gasabo District, Kigali-Rwanda. by Celestin, Habumuremyi

“…The study covered primary teachers in Gasabo district in both urban and rural schools, private and public. All stakeholders in education were reached: first of all, teachers who are the first beneficiaries of this study, the school leaders, the parents and the officials of education at sector and district level. …”
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