Gender-Inclusive Language in Public-Facing Labor and Delivery Web Pages in the New York Tristate Area: Cross-Sectional Study by Sarah Mohsen Isaac, Mark Dawes, Emily Ruth Howell, Antonia Francis Oladipo

“…The hospitals’ web pages were further stratified by Healthcare Equality Index scores and population classifications defined by the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural classification given to the county that each hospital was located in. …”
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Characteristics Analysis of Bus Stop Failure Using Automatic Vehicle Location Data by Rui Li, Xin Xue, Hua Wang

“…Queue forming behind a bus stop on an urban street is common and a traffic bottleneck usually occurs around the bus stop area. …”
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The Effect of Hospital Boarding on Emergency Medicine Residency Productivity by Peter Moffett, Al Best, Nathan Lewis, Stephen Miller, Grace Hickam, Hannah Kissel-Smith, Laura Barrera, Scott Huang, Joel Moll

“…Methods: This was a retrospective study at a quaternary, urban, academic Level I trauma center from 2017–2021 with a three-year emergency medicine residency of 10–12 residents per year and annual volumes of 80,000–101,000. …”
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Assessing the Biochemical Hazard of Hot Wave Events in Tehran by Shahram Emamgholi, Gholam Reza Janbaz Ghobadi, Parviz Rezaei, Sadr aldin Motevali

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Eucalyptus-based livelihoods: enhancing household food security and resilience in Northwest Ethiopia by Fasika Belay, Fasika Belay, Messay Mulugeta, Teferee Makonnen

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A Novel Radio Wave Propagation Modeling Method Using System Identification Technique over Wireless Links in East Africa by Solomon T. Girma, Dominic B. O. Konditi, Ciira Maina

“…Measured received signal levels were collected from three randomly selected urban areas in Ethiopia using a computer, Nemo test tool, Actix software, Nokia phone, and GPS. …”
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Key drivers of medical crowdfunding success: a comprehensive analysis of 84,712 projects by Siyuan Zhang, Qing Zhang, Mengning Wang, Xin Tang, Xin Lu, Wei Huang

“…In China, the insufficiency of medical insurance to cover all medical expenses, coupled with significant urban-rural disparities, leaves certain households, especially those in impoverished regions, unable to bear unforeseen high healthcare costs. …”
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Optimal Bus-Bridging Service under a Metro Station Disruption by Haodong Yin, Jianjun Wu, Huijun Sun, Yunchao Qu, Xin Yang, Bo Wang

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Seismic performance of bridge pier integrated by multiple steel pipes with directly-connected piles using soil-water coupled three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysi... by Muhammad Mahmood Ul Hassan, Koichi Isobe, Yasumasa Soga, Yasuo Sawamura, Hiroki Sugiyama, Masatsugu Shinohara

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Conditions for Setting Exclusive Pedestrian Phases at Two-Phase Signalized Intersections considering Pedestrian-Vehicle Interaction by Jiawen Wang, Chengcheng Yang, Jing Zhao

“…First, the main factors influencing the behavior of vehicles and pedestrians during pedestrian-vehicle interaction are analyzed, and a pedestrian-vehicle interaction (PVI) model at the crosswalk of urban road is established. Second, assuming that vehicle arrival obeys the Poisson distribution, the delay models of vehicle passengers and pedestrians crossing the street at the intersection are established, and taking the total delay of traffic participants as the main index, the setting condition of EPP are proposed. …”
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A global open-source dataset of monthly irrigated and rainfed cropped areas (MIRCA-OS) for the 21st century by Endalkachew Abebe Kebede, Kevin Ong’are Oluoch, Stefan Siebert, Piyush Mehta, Sarah Hartman, Jonas Jägermeyr, Deepak Ray, Tariq Ali, Kate A. Brauman, Qinyu Deng, Wei Xie, Kyle Frankel Davis

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Intelligent Classification of Stable and Unstable Slope Conditions Based on Landslide Movement by Long Tsang, Ali Ghorbani, Seyed Mohammad Hossein Khatami, Dmitrii Ulrikh

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Pont de Sant Jordi de Alcoy by Daniel Pérez Verdú

“…The Pont de Sant Jordi was a real urban revolution for Alcoy, as it allowed a spectacular growth and development of the Ensanche area, one of the noblest areas of today. …”
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Tailoring bus rapid transit to the complex realities of African Cities: Critical issues and public policy planning approaches by Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng, Franco Jauregui-Fung

“…Grounded in a comprehensive review of three BRT case studies and public policy frameworks, this paper offers actionable recommendations to strengthen BRT as a viable solution to urban transport challenges in African cities. We recommend adopting a step-by-step approach that emphasises institutional and legislative restructuring, management of competing transit modes, stepwise implementation of BRT components, and innovative infrastructure funding strategies to ensure the new service’s successful implementation, operation and sustainability.…”
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Influence of the Chemical Composition of Asphalt and the 3D Morphology of the Aggregate on Contact Surface Adhesion by Luoke Li, Meng Guo, Cong Zeng

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Achieving near-zero energy in hot climates: Retrofitting building envelopes for existing homes by Mohammed A Aloshan

“…This methodology demonstrates the potential for substantial energy reductions in existing homes, advancing sustainable urban development and energy efficiency targets. …”
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Exploring a model of cultural characteristics in contemporary office buildings in Tehran with regard to the Technology usage (Case study: Official buildings in Tehran before and af... by Minoo Lafaffchi, Mozayan Dehbashi Sharif, Iraj Etessam

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A New Big Data Approach to Understanding General Traffic Impacts on Bus Passenger Delays by Yaiza Montero-Lamas, Margarita Novales, Alfonso Orro, Graham Currie

“…This paper presents a new method to quantify the potential user time savings if the urban bus is given preferential treatment, changing from mixed traffic to an exclusive bus lane, using a big data approach. …”
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Foodscape: A scoping review and a research agenda for food security-related studies. by Simon Vonthron, Coline Perrin, Christophe-Toussaint Soulard

“…Analyzing 140 publications, we highlight four approaches to the foodscape: (i) Spatial approaches use statistics and spatial analysis to characterize the diversity of urban foodscapes and their impacts on diet and health, at city or neighborhood scales. …”
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Comparing Iraqi Regional Differences on Infant Feeding through Breastfeeding and Formula by Anna Grace Tribble

“…Interviews are qualitatively analyzed that were collected from women in Sulaimani governorate in the Kurdish region of Iraq to begin understanding the reasons why Iraqi women initiate breastfeeding and formula use. Being urban, wealthier, and more educated increases the probability of a mother using infant formula, while only increasing wealth and increasing education are associated with increasing the probability of breastfeeding. …”
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