How sufficient economy philosophy contributes to sustainable resilience: a qualitative study on the COVID-19 pandemic response in Thailand by Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Kathleen Ford, Bhubate Samutachak, Kullatip Satararuji

“…Objective This qualitative study sought to understand how sufficient economy philosophy (SEP) was applied to cope with and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.Design A qualitative study conducted through focus group discussions.Participants 19 focus groups, with 161 participants, selected for the diverse backgrounds in gender, profession, education and region (urban/rural) and different levels of impact from the pandemic.Setting Bangkok, the capital city, and the four regions of Thailand: north, northeast, south and central.Findings Participants highlighted the moderation, reasonableness and prudence as key themes that mitigated adverse economic impacts during the pandemic. …”
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Patients Prefer Boarding in Inpatient Hallways: Correlation with the National Emergency Department Overcrowding Score by John R. Richards, Gal Ozery, Mark Notash, Peter E. Sokolove, Robert W. Derlet, Edward A. Panacek

“…This was a survey of admitted patients in the ED of an urban university level I trauma center serving a community of 5 million about their personal preferences regarding boarding. …”
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The Impact of Pedestrian and Nonmotorized Vehicle Violations on Vehicle Emissions at Signalized Intersections in the Real World: A Case Study in Beijing by Jianchang Huang, Guohua Song, Jianbo Zhang, Zufen Li, Yizheng Wu, Lei Yu

“…Emission around intersections has become an issue in the urban traffic network. This paper aims to investigate the impact of pedestrian and nonmotorized vehicle violations on emissions at mixed-traffic flow intersection based on the volumes of vehicles, nonmotor vehicles, and pedestrians. …”
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A Dynamic Analysis of the Role of the Planetary- and Synoptic-Scale in the Summer of 2010 Blocking Episodes over the European Part of Russia by Anthony R. Lupo, Igor I. Mokhov, Merseid G. Akperov, Alexander V. Chernokulsky, H. Athar

“…The excessive heat resulted in forest and peat fires, impacted terrestrial ecosystems, greatly increased pollution in urban areas, and increased mortality rates in the region. …”
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Integrating principal component analysis, fuzzy inference systems, and advanced neural networks for enhanced estuarine water quality assessment by Richard O. Usang, Bamidele I. Olu-Owolabi, Kayode O. Adebowale

“…This capability is crucial for the Ilaje region, which is experiencing rapid industrialization and urban expansion. The predictive insights gained can significantly aid in water management and pollution control, helping to address the dearth of such frameworks in the area. …”
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Characterizing the role of vehicular cloud computing in road traffic management by Iftikhar Ahmad, Rafidah Md Noor, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Imran, Athanasios Vasilakos

“…First, an abstraction of the vehicular cloud infrastructure in an urban scenario is presented to explore the vehicular cloud computing process. …”
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Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on residents’ activities using baidu heat map data: from the lockdown era to the post-pandemic era by Jinyu Zhang, Xuesheng Zhao, Dongxue Han

“…These findings provide scientific evidence for guiding targeted urban management.…”
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Epidemiological Profile of the Pathologies of the Oral Cavity in a Peruvian Population: A 9-Year Retrospective Study of 18,639 Patients by Ángelo Sabogal, Jhonn Asencios, Ada Robles, Eloy Gamboa, José Rosas, Jorge Ríos, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…To determine the epidemiological profile of oral diseases in a marginal urban Peruvian population. Methods. A 9-year retrospective study was conducted, analysing 18,639 clinical records from the María Auxiliadora Hospital between 2006 and 2015 with diagnoses of oral lesions using ICD-10 criteria. …”
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Environmental Effects in Life Cycle Assessment of Machine-Vision-Driven Spall Repair Material Estimation for Sustainable Road Maintenance by Junhwi Cho, Shanelle Aira Rodrigazo, Hwang-Hee Kim, Su-Jin Lee, Chan Gi Park, Jaeheum Yeon

“…The results of this study will help institutional engineers and practitioners adopt sustainable strategies for green infrastructure repair and integrate them into various infrastructure maintenance practices to contribute to the development of sustainable urban environments.…”
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Experimental Study on the Vibration Control Effect of Long Elastic Sleeper Track in Subways by Xiaopei Cai, Dacheng Li, Yanrong Zhang, Qian Miao, Rixin Cui

“…The vibration effect of urban rail transit has gained attention from both academia and the industry sector. …”
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Aspects of Improvement in Exploitation Process of Passenger Means of Transport by Marian Brzeziński, Magdalena Kijek, Paulina Owczarek, Katarzyna Głodowska, Jarosław Zelkowski, Piotr Bartosiak

“…The work has a very practical character and built models can be used in other urban agglomerations in order to improve the operation of passenger transport means.…”
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Attention-Guided Shared Hybrid Network for Enhanced Land Cover Segmentation by Yinbing Jiang, Linfeng Shi, Xinyu Fan

“…Accurate land cover segmentation is crucial for numerous environmental and urban planning applications. However, irregular land types and varying illumination conditions can adversely affect segmentation results. …”
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No more flying blind: Leveraging weather forecasting for clear-cut risk-based decisions by Manuel Lombardi, David Sladek, Francesco Simone, Riccardo Patriarca

“…Unmanned aircraft systems (UASs) have experienced a notable surge in applications, particularly with the increasing deployment of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicles in urban environments, which are more flexible in comparison to traditional aircraft. …”
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Development of a PM2.5 Forecasting System Integrating Low-cost Sensors for Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Nguyen Ky Phung, Nguyen Quang Long, Nguyen Van Tin, Dang Thi Thanh Le

“…Abstract Air pollution is a serious concern in urban areas, especially cities such as Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). …”
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Foundational community factors: A local look at what and how neighborhoods matter for early childhood development in Quebec city, Canada by Alexandra Matte-Landry, Anne-Marie Rouillier, Nicolas R-Turgeon

“…The exploratory comparative case design involved four urban disadvantaged neighborhoods, each exhibiting different ECD outcomes despite similar socio-economic status (SES). …”
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Naître et mourir à Nîmes dans l’Antiquité. L’évolution d’un espace funéraire consacré à l’inhumation des nourrissons et des fœtus du Ier siècle avant notre ère au IIIe siècle de no... by Gaëlle Granier, Richard Pellé

“…This preliminary study attempts to understand the societal issues underlying this kind of burial space dedicated to young children, and to gain a better knowledge of the peri-urban landscape of the city through its burial spaces and what they tell us about the organization of Roman society.…”
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The correlation between temperature and dengue haemorrhagic fever in Malang Regency – Indonesia: A spatial – temporal analysis by Ali Khaidar, Addin Rizaldi Muhammad, Bangun Sugiharto Septiono, Yuniarno Saudin, Fitria Widiyanto Agnes, Suratman Suratman, Lazuardi Lutfan

“…The spatial analysis also indicates that dengue fever cases in Malang Regency exhibit a clustered pattern, with the clusters predominantly located in urban areas. Temperature significantly influences dengue incidence in Malang Regency, particularly with a lag of 2-3 months. …”
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ViT-ISRGAN: A High-Quality Super-Resolution Reconstruction Method for Multispectral Remote Sensing Images by Yifeng Yang, Hengqian Zhao, Xiadan Huangfu, Zihan Li, Pan Wang

“…The ViT-ISRGAN model focuses on reconstructing four types of typical ground objects based on Sentinel-2 images: urban, water, farmland, and forest. Results indicate that the ViT-ISRGAN model excels in capturing texture details and color restoration, effectively extracting spectral and texture information from multispectral remote sensing images across various scenes. …”
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Forest Plundering in the Forest Management Unit (KPH) Randublatung, Blora Regency: Types of Plundering and the Involvement of External Community Actors by Nazal Chilmi Ulyatin, Singgih Tri Sulistiyono, Yety Rochwulaningsih

“…The Reformation era marked the beginning of numerous demonstrations in both urban and rural areas across various regions. In forest villages where communities have close geographical proximity to state forests, one form of particularly intense demonstration was forest plundering. …”
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IALight: Importance-Aware Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Arterial Traffic Cooperative Control by Lu WEI, Xiaoyan ZHANG, Lijun FAN, Lei GAO, Jian YANG

“…Multi-intersection cooperative control for arterial or network scenarios is a crucial issue in urban traffic management. Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) has been recognised as an efficient solution and shows outperformed results. …”
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