Patient Perception of Ideal Body Weight and the Effect of Body Mass Index by Rozhin Naghshizadian, Amir A. Rahnemai-Azar, Kruthi Kella, Michael M. Weber, Marius L. Calin, Shahida Bibi, Daniel T. Farkas

“…The study took place in an urban area, with the majority of participants in the study being Hispanic (65.7%) or African-American (28.0%). …”
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Impact of Land-Use Change on Atmospheric Environment Using Refined Land Surface Properties in the Pearl River Delta, China by Anqi Lai, Yiming Liu, Xiaoyang Chen, Ming Chang, Qi Fan, Pakwai Chan, Xuemei Wang, Jianing Dai

“…Overall, the impacts of land-use change on the atmospheric environment are obvious throughout the PRD region, especially in the urbanized areas.…”
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Development of neighborhood networks in suburban areas for persuading women to adhere to breast cancer screening programs by Towhid Babazadeh, Zeinab Javadivala, Fatemeh Yaghoubi, Shayesteh Shirzadi, Hava Özkan, Hamid Allahverdipour

“…Methods: This community-based intervention study was conducted among Iranian urban women aged 30 to 65 in 2021. The samples were chosen using a multi-stage random sampling process. …”
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ICD-10 Classification in the Practice of Emergency Medical Teams: New Insights by Krzysztof M. Mitura, Jadwiga Snarska, Daniel Celiński, Dominik Maślach, Piotr K. Leszczyński, Aneta Binkowska, Leszek Szpakowski, Sławomir D. Szajda

“…The analysis of the obtained results showed statistically significant differences (p<0.0001) regarding the area of intervention (urban, rural), sex, age of the patient, and the method of completion of the activities by EMTs in relation to the group of ICD-10 diagnoses for the diagnosis. …”
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Automating band selection for hyperspectral indices: bridging AVIRIS-NG and Sentinel-2 satellite data for earth science applications by Veerendra Satya Sylesh Peddinti, Venkata Ravibabu Mandla, Shashi Mesapam, Suresh Kancharla

“…By leveraging multiple hyperspectral bands, the approach enhances the accuracy of indices used to monitor water resources, vegetation health, urban expansion, and built-up areas. The methodology involves calculating indices from all possible AVIRIS band combinations, evaluating their root mean squared error (RMSE) against Sentinel-2 indices, reducing RMSE skewness, and selecting bands with minimal deviation for specific Land Use Land Cover (LULC) categories. …”
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Physicochemical dataset from Lima and Douro estuaries (Northwest Portugal)Zenodo by Vânia Freitas, C. Marisa R. Almeida, Sabrina M. Rodrigues, Rúben Pereira, Ana M. Gorito, Jacinto Cunha, Diogo M. Silva, Alexandre van Heerden, Sandra Ramos

“…This article presents a comprehensive dataset of physicochemical data from two urban estuaries on the northern Portuguese coast, based on five sampling campaigns conducted between October 2021 and November 2022. …”
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Debris management after earthquake incidence in ancient City of Ray by L. Askarizadeh, A.R. Karbassi, M.B. Ghalibaf, J. Nouri

“…Ancient City of Ray, located at the southern urban part of Tehran province, is one of the best recognized civilization sites in the world. …”
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Retracted: Construction of visual evaluation system for building block night scene lighting based on multi‐target recognition and data processing by Xiaojian Wang, Xiaoye Sun, Zixuan Wang

“…Abstract The rapid development of night tourism economy has made people's demand for night scene lighting in architectural blocks increasing, and the night scene lighting situation of urban architectural blocks has gradually received people's attention and attention. …”
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Optimal Location Model of Bus Terminals and Evaluation of Factors Affecting It by Morteza Shafiee, Hilda Saleh, Aseyeh Sadat Hatami

“…Purpose: Terminals are major urban passenger centers that play an essential role in collecting and distributing demand on the network. …”
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A Building‐Integrated Hybrid Photovoltaic‐Thermal (PV‐T) Window for Synergistic Light Management, Electricity and Heat Generation by Francesco Polito, Gan Huang, Christos N. Markides

“…The wider uptake of this technology in glass‐based urban spaces has the potential to generate significant energy while reducing building temperature management costs.…”
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Club Characteristic and the Proximity Effect of Travel Links between Cities in China by Mingxing Chen, Xinyue Luo, Maogui Hu, Xiaoping Zhang

“…This study helps to further understand the complex characteristics and laws of intercity connections and urban networks.…”
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Cardiovascular Hyperreactivity and its Association with Cardiovascular Risk Factors by Milagros Lisset León Regal, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Yudith Brito Pérez de Corcho, Lázaro Hermes González Otero, José Omar de Armas García, Luciano Miranda Alvarado

“…<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> a cross-sectional, correlational study was conducted in a universe composed of the population aged 15 to 74 years in the urban area of Cienfuegos municipality. The sample included 644 people studied in 2010. …”
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Fluoride in drinking water and associated non-carcinogenic health risk in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, 2022: a monitoring data analysis by Wenqian ZHANG, Jiake ZHU, Wenyu ZHANG, Xinrui JIA, Xuanzhi YUE, Huan LI, Duoduo WU, Yuhan QIN, Yaochun FAN

“…MethodsA total of 7 488 surface/underground resource and treated/secondary supplied/tap water samples were collected in dry and wet seasons from domestic drinking water monitoring stations located in different river basins and urban/rural areas in 12 municipalities of Inner Mongolia in 2022; fluoride in the samples was detected and analyzed. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in a rural area in South Africa by G Maimela, C E Martin, M Chersich, B Bello, J Mauti, T Bäernighausen, S Kohler, A Almuedo-Riera, S Luchters, S Sawry

“…Patterns of SARS‐CoV‐2 spread have varied by geolocation, with differences in seroprevalence between urban and rural areas, and between waves. Household spread of SARS‐CoV‐2 is a known source of new COVID‐19 infections, with rural areas in sub‐Saharan Africa being more prone than urban areas to COVID‐19 transmission because of limited access to water in some areas, delayed health‐ seeking behaviour and poor access to care. …”
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The Linguistic Landscape of Ulaanbaatar: what Signs and People tell about by Erzhen V. Khilkhanova

“…The method used include photographing linguistic landscape units in the center of Ulaanbaatar and surveying representatives of small businesses and ordinary urban dwellers. In total, 576 units of the linguistic landscape and 100 questionnaires collected in March 2024 served as material for analysis. …”
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Effect of Fireworks, Chinese New Year and the COVID-19 Lockdown on Air Pollution and Public Attitudes by Peter Brimblecombe, Yonghang Lai

“…The early months of the year see the celebratory use of fireworks, a week-long public holiday in China, but in 2020 overlapped in Hubei Province with lockdowns, some of > 70 days duration. The urban lockdowns enforced to mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic give a chance to explore the effect of rapid changes in societal activities on air pollution, with a public willing to leave views on social media and show a continuing concern about the return of pollution problems after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted. …”
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Integrative Geospatial Analysis: Unveiling Insights through GIS Modeling and Statistical Evaluation of SPT-N and Soil Types Data of New Kabul City, Afghanistan by Mohammad Amini, Longsheng Deng, Waqas Hassan, Muhammad Naqeeb Nawaz, Fatima Zahra Zidane, Ranke Fang

“…Nevertheless, there is a lack of comprehensive studies on urban geotechnical zoning maps in Afghanistan. Therefore, to this end, this study utilizes inverse distance weighting (IDW) interpolation approaches for the construction and characterization of GSMs using a traditional geographic information system (GIS). …”
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Efficacy of Hummel (Modified Schlumberger) Arrays of Vertical Electrical Sounding in Groundwater Exploration: Case Study of Parts of Ibadan Metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria by Micheal Oladunjoye, Solomon Jekayinfa

“…Hence, modified Schlumberger arrays can be said to be a good alternative to the conventional Schlumberger array for groundwater exploration especially in urban settings where space constraint is a major challenge.…”
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Research on Impact Process of Lander Footpad against Simulant Lunar Soils by Bo Huang, Zhujin Jiang, Peng Lin, Daosheng Ling

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Incentive Mechanism for Inhibiting Developer’s Moral Hazard Behavior in China’s Sponge City Projects by Han Han, Zhuofu Wang, Huimin Li

“…As a new sustainable urban development concept, the Sponge city has an important influence on the stormwater treatment. …”
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