Ordos Mausoleum of Genghis Khan: History and Modernity by Nomin D. Tsyrenova, Chingis Ts. Tsyrenov

“…Last but not the least, constructive cooperation between the regional historical community, private business and the party-state administration of the Ordos urban district has borne fruit. …”
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Assessing the Complexity of Intelligent Parks’ Internet of Things Big Data System by Jialu Liu, Renzhong Guo, Zhiming Cai, Wenjian Liu, Wencai Du

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Epidemiological Characteristics and Family Relatives among Thalassemic Patients in Sulaimani City, Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Kamal Jalal Rashid

“…Majority of patients who have major type of thalassemia were from rural area followed by urban area 113 (95.8%) vs. 7 (5.0%), these differences are statistically significant at (p?…”
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A Comprehensive Analysis for the Heterogeneous Effects on Driver Injury Severity in Single-Vehicle Passenger Car and SUV Rollover Crashes by Huiying Wen, Zuogan Tang, Yuchen Zeng, Kexiong Zhang

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Palliative and end-of-life care for people living with dementia in rural areas: A scoping review. by Valerie Elliot, Debra Morgan, Julie Kosteniuk, Melanie Bayly, Amanda Froehlich Chow, Allison Cammer, Megan E O'Connell

“…The influence of rurality on relevant findings was mixed across rural-urban comparison studies, as was the effect of sex and gender across the literature.…”
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Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors among Women on Antiretroviral Therapy in Health Facilities of Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia by Yetnayet Abebe Weldsilase, Melaku Haile Likka, Tolossa Wakayo, Mulusew Gerbaba

“…The mean ± standard deviation age of the respondents was 34.07 ± 8.76 years and 80.5% of them were urban dwellers. The proportion of women reporting good health-related quality of life was found to be 46.5%. …”
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Evaluating the desirability of energy inequality mitigation strategies within underserved communities in sub-Saharan Africa by Desmond Eseoghene Ighravwe, Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju

“…Also, the framework contains nine socio-economic criteria and ten mitigation strategies. A sub-urban community was used to evaluate the framework performance. …”
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Trends in the levels, causes, and risk factors of maternal mortality in Pakistan: A comparative analysis of national surveys of 2007 and 2019. by Farid Midhet, Samina Naeem Khalid, Shehla Baqai, Shahzad Ali Khan

“…<h4>Results</h4>In 2019, Pakistan's MMR was 186 per 100,000 live births, registering a 33% decline from 2007 (rural 42% vs. urban 11%). The leading causes of maternal mortality were postpartum hemorrhage, hypertensive disease of pregnancy, postpartum infection, and post-abortion complications. …”
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Sacral buildings suitable for defense purposes and their ensembles in Vilnius in the 14th-18th centuries by Linas Girlevičius

“…In Vilnius, monasteries and nunneries were established according to the Christian traditions of constructing such ensembles of sacral buildings — they were built close to the border of the city of the time (14th-15th centuries) or in the peri-urban area. It is possible to trace the development of the early city and the strategy of its planning according to the locations of the monasteries suitable for defense purposes. …”
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Design and Climate-Responsiveness Performance Evaluation of an Integrated Envelope for Modular Prefabricated Buildings by Junjie Li, Shuai Lu, Wanlin Wang, Jie Huang, Xinxing Chen, Jiayi Wang

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A Contemporary Insight Into the Seroepidemiology of Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in the Sub-Himalayan Region by Sangeeta Deka, Mithilesh Kumar Jha, Pratima Gupta, Putul Mahanta, Deepjyoti Kalita

“…Females from Uttarakhand, compared to adjoining states (p value: 0.041) and both men and women residing in hilly terrain compared to plains (p value: 0.018; p value: 0.030), showed significantly lower prevalence, while urban-dwelling men showed higher seropositivity (p value: 0.048). …”
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Cross-sectional survey to explore knowledge, attitude, practices and impact of an intervention programme related to antibiotic misuse and self-medication among general population o... by Tahir Mehmood Khan, Arifa Saif, Allah Bukhsh, Muhammad Osama Yaseen, Alia Saif

“…Paired samples t-test was applied to assess the improvement in postintervention survey scores.Results 68.9% (n=340/493) of the participants were female and the majority of the sample population was from urban areas. Our study revealed that 39.2% (n=196) of individuals have undergone self-medication with antibiotics in the last 6 months and 42% (n=207) of the total participants were non-adherent to antibiotic treatment plan. …”
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Numerical Evaluation of the Opening Effects on the Reinforced Concrete Slab Structural Performance by Meysam Aminitabar, Omar Kanaani, Amir Reza Eskenati

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Trends in sedentary behaviour and associated factors among adults in Mongolia: results from national cross-sectional surveys in 2009, 2013 and 2019 by Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…Compared to the survey year 2009, in the survey years 2013 and 2019, high SB increased significantly, while moderate SB increased in the survey year 2013 but not in 2019. Urban residence was positively associated with moderate and high SB. …”
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY OF SPRING CEREALS IN THE TRANSYLVANIAN PLATEAU by Teodor Rusu, Felicia Chețan, Ileana Bogdan, Paula Ioana Moraru, Adrian Ioan Pop, Camelia Alămorean

“…The list of anthropogenic factors is longer and includes: inappropriate agricultural technologies, urban aggression and the social component, which includes an ageing population, lack of interest in the countryside among young people, low prices for agricultural products, lack of infrastructure and deforestation. …”
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Three concepts: an academic ecologist’s view by Alexander Protasov

“…Vernadsky pointed out, but also creates new types of ecosystems—urban ecosystems, where man builds completely new elements and entire systems of biotopes for the existence of their populations, agroecosystems, where through the use of agricultural technology receives the necessary products of a limited number of species of organisms. …”
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Military personnel’s satisfaction with antiretroviral services in Namibia: A cross-sectional study by Nestor P.N. Tomas, Nabot P. Kandjimi

“…Individuals aged 31–44 years were 40 times more likely to be satisfied (AOR: 40.64; 95% CI: 14.16–116.60), while females (AOR: 0.25; 95% CI: 0.16–0.40), divorced individuals (AOR: 0.05; 95% CI: 0.02–0.12) and those residing in urban areas (AOR: 0.33; 95% CI: 0.17–0.62) were less likely to report satisfaction. …”
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Current prevalence and determinants of generalized anxiety disorder from a nationally representative, population-based survey of India by Pavithra Jayasankar, Satish Suhas, Lakshmi P. Nirisha, Sharad Philip, Narayana Manjunatha, Girish N. Rao, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Mathew Varghese, Vivek Benegal, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…The male gender and higher education groups have significantly lesser odds with current GAD. Urban metro and the married group have significantly higher odds with current GAD. …”
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Assessment of the Nutritional Status of the Children with Acute Leukemia on Chemotherapy in Karbala City by Dheyaa Aldeen Nawfal Al-khateeb, Ali Hussein Al-hafidh, Usama Ahmed Hadi Al-jumaily

“…The results revealed that the highest percentage of patients in the age group 5-10 years (47.1%), the boys were (55.7%), (52.9%) of patients live in urban, highly significant association (p.value < 0.001) of family history of cancer, has less physical activity and psychological effects on loss of appetite. …”
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Predictors of county-level diabetes-related mortality risks in Florida, USA: a retrospective ecological study by Nirmalendu Deb Nath, Agricola Odoi

“…Relatively higher mortality risks were identified in rural counties compared to their urban counterparts. Significantly high county-level DRMR were observed in counties with high percentages of the population that were: 65 year and older (p < 0.001), current smokers (p = 0.032), and insufficiently physically active (p = 0.036). …”
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