On Student Access and Equity in a Reforming University: by Kwesiga, Joy Constance

“…The analysis also interrogates the ways in which government/private dynamic plays out in the context of a highly fractured education system, dominated by urban-based schools, particularly located in the south of the country, and how the various affirmative actions measures have in a way, reproduced social and class privilege…”
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Mercury and its Associated Impacts on Environment and Human Health: A Review by Alex, Saturday

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Spatial Characteristics and Influence of Topography and Synoptic Systems on PM2.5 in the Eastern Monsoon Region of China by Shengli Zhu, Zhaowen Wang, Kai Qu, Jun Xu, Ji Zhang, Haiyi Yang, Wenxin Wang, Xiao Sui, Min Wei, Houfeng Liu

“…Abstract Based on the PM2.5 concentration in the autumn and winter of 2015–2019, the characteristics of urban air pollution in the eastern monsoon region of China were discussed. …”
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Treatment Efficiency by means of a Nonthermal Plasma Combined with Heterogeneous Catalysis of Odoriferous Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions from the Thermal Drying of Landfill L... by Daniel Almarcha, Manuel Almarcha, Elena Jimenez-Coloma, Laura Vidal, Montserrat Puigcercós, Iban Barrutiabengoa

“…The objective of the present work was to assess the odoriferous volatile organic compounds depuration efficiency of an experimental nonthermal plasma coupled to a catalytic system used for odor abatement of real emissions from a leachate thermal drying plant installed in an urban solid waste landfill. VOC screening was performed by means of HRGC-MS analysis of samples taken at the inlet and at the outlet of the nonthermal plasma system. …”
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Efficiency and Reliability Analysis of Self-Adaptive Two-Stage Fuzzy Control System in Complex Traffic Environment by Mingzhi Wang, Xianyu Wu, He Tian, Jie Lin, Meimei He, Liuqing Ding

“…In this paper, a self-adaptive, two-stage fuzzy controller is established to realize the real-time online optimization of traffic signal timing plan, which takes multimodels of transportation as the research object to analyze the reliability of the control system at the isolated urban intersection. In this system, the first stage calculates traffic urgency degree for all red phases and selects the red phase with maximum traffic urgency degree as the next green phase. …”
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Possible Factors Influencing the Seroprevalence of Dengue among Residents of the Forest Fringe Areas of Peninsular Malaysia by Juraina Abd-Jamil, Romano Ngui, Syahrul Nellis, Rosmadi Fauzi, Ai Lian Yvonne Lim, Karuthan Chinna, Chee-Sieng Khor, Sazaly AbuBakar

“…Dengue is an endemic mosquito-borne viral disease prevalent in many urban areas of the tropic, especially the Southeast Asia. …”
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New Pathogens in Blood Donors and Patients in Albania by Irena Seferi, Viola Shano, Brunilda Dakavelli, Vjollca Duro, Shpetim Qyra, Anyla Bulo

“…Travel history, socioeconomic status, and urban-rural disparities significantly influenced pathogen prevalence. …”
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The Impact of Scientific and Technical Training on Improving Routine Collection of Antenatal Care Data for Maternal and Foetal Risk Assessment: A Case Study in the Province of Sout... by Dewi Anggraini, Mali Abdollahian, Kaye Marion, Supri Nuryani, Fadly Ramadhan, Rezky Putri Rahayu, Irfan Rizki Rachman, Widya Wurianto

“…The study was conducted in South Kalimantan, Indonesia (April 2016-October 2017). Nineteen urban and rural midwives were selected. Access to antenatal care information on 4,946 women (retrospective cohort study) and 381 women (prospective cohort study) was granted. …”
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Learning from “Knocks in Life”: Food Insecurity among Low-Income Lone Senior Women by Rebecca J. Green-LaPierre, Patricia L. Williams, N. Theresa Glanville, Deborah Norris, Heather C. Hunter, Cynthia G. Watt

“…Building on earlier quantitative work where we showed that lone senior households reliant on public pensions in Nova Scotia (NS), Canada lacked the necessary funds for a basic nutritious diet, here we present findings from a qualitative study involving in-depth interviews with eight low-income lone senior women living in an urban area of NS. Using a phenomenological inquiry approach, in-depth interviews were used to explore lone senior women’s experiences accessing food with limited financial resources. …”
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House Price Prediction: A Multi-Source Data Fusion Perspective by Yaping Zhao, Jichang Zhao, Edmund Y. Lam

“…Accurate predictions have implications for real estate investors, financial institutions, urban planners, and policymakers. However, accurately predicting house prices is challenging due to the complex interplay of various influencing factors. …”
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Application prospect of AI technology in the land subsidence analysis by Tongchun QIN, Tongyun YU, Yong WANG, Di NING, Haigang WANG

“…As a global geo-environmental issue, land subsidence poses a severe challenge to urban safety and sustainable development. Traditional methods for land subsidence analysis face challenges in terms of speed and accuracy in big data processing and monitoring; it thus requires new approaches. …”
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Effect of a home-based physical rehabilitation program via virtual reality on the functional outcomes of frail older adults: a quasi-experimental study by Doaa Mohamed Zein El-AbdeenMohamed, Heba Noshy Abd EL-Aziz Mohamed, Soad Hassan Abd Elhameed

“…A non-equivalent control pre, post, and follow-up test design was used with a sample of 70 prefrail or frail older adults. In 3 urbans affiliated to Dakahlia governorate, tools of data collection; Mini-Cog, Structured Interview Schedule, Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe of the Frailty Indicator (FI), Short Physical Performance Battery, and Falls Efficacy Scale. …”
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Uncovering barriers to bilharzia prevention communication in Ugu district, South Africa by Lauren Dyll-Myklebust, Duduzile Zwane

“…In 2012, in-depth semistructured interviews were conducted with a sample of 20 female teenagers from both rural and urban areas across the Ugu District. Their perceptions of this issue highlighted various sociocultural, economic and logistical constraints to effective FB communication. …”
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Bruxism and familiar functioning in school-age children between 5 and 11 years by Ana Lury Morales, Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez, Ivelise Álvarez Rosa, Moraima Orbea González, Jeny Fernández Martínez, Jorge A. Rodriguez López

“…<strong>Methods:</strong> Analytical control-case design, developed from March to June, 2007, including children between 5 and 11 years from three urban elementary schools included in Health Area II of Cienfuegos municipality. …”
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Anesthesiologists’ Preferences regarding Visitor Presence during Placement of Neuraxial Labor Analgesia by Sangeeta Kumaraswami, Suryanarayana Pothula, Mario Anthony Inchiosa, Keshar Paul Kubal, Micah Alexander Burns

“…Essentially no bias was found in the responses; there was statistical uniformity regardless of procedures done per week, years in practice, professional certification, geographic region (rural, urban, or suburban), or academic, private, or government responders. …”
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Gene drive-based population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles stephensi by Xuejiao Xu, Jingheng Chen, You Wang, Yiran Liu, Yongjie Zhang, Jie Yang, Xiaozhen Yang, Bin Chen, Zhengbo He, Jackson Champer

“…Here, we construct a homing suppression drive in the major urban malaria vector Anopheles stephensi targeting the female-specific exon of doublesex, incorporating two gRNAs and a nanos-Cas9 to reduce functional resistance and improve female heterozygote fitness. …”
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Experimental Study on the Ratio of Similar Materials in Weak Surrounding Rock Based on Orthogonal Design by Pengfei Jiao, Xiao Zhang, Xinzhi Li, Bohong Liu, Haojie Zhang

“…The new type of similar material configuration is widely used in shallow buried tunnel entrance section and urban shallow buried excavation engineering, in addition to tunnel engineering in loess stratum, and the problems of engineering design and construction are solved through geomechanical model test.…”
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Historical shoreline analysis in selected areas on the east coast of Albay, Philippines by Antonino B. Mendoza Jr., Joshua K. B. Bista, Skorzeny C. De Jesus, María Luisa U. Tango

“…Natural processes, including storm surges and sediment transport, were compounded by human activities such as sand mining, urban expansion, and coastal road constructions, resulting in the degradation, fragmentation and loss of vital coastal ecosystems. …”
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Coronary Artery Disease and the Profile of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in South South Nigeria: A Clinical and Autopsy Study by Okon Ekwere Essien, Joseph Andy, Victor Ansa, Akaninyene Asuquo Otu, Alphonsus Udoh

“…They were predominantly males, urban residents, and of high social class with combination of CVD risk factors of hypertension, alcohol use, diabetes mellitus, cigarette smoking, poor physical activities, and obesity. …”
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Development of Macroscopic Cell-Based Logistic Lane Change Prediction Model by Christina Ng, Susilawati Susilawati, Md Abdus Samad Kamal, Irene Mei Leng Chew

“…This paper aims at developing a macroscopic cell-based lane change prediction model in a complex urban environment and integrating it into cell transmission model (CTM) to improve the accuracy of macroscopic traffic state estimation. …”
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