Analysis and detection of temperature inductions of land cover changes in Lorestan province using MODIS sensor products by hamed heidari, darush yarahmadi, hamid mirhashemi

“…The results of cross-matrix analysis showed that in hot and cold seasons, forest cover (IGBP code 5) with a temperature of 48 ° C and urban and residential land cover (IGBP code 13) with a temperature of 16 ° C as the hottest land use, respectively. …”
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Pemanfaatan Biopori sebagai Sumber Resapan untuk Menjaga Ketersediaan Air di Kelurahan Paruga Kota Bima by Mahendra Mahendra

“…Lack of water is a problem or disaster for every citizen in urban areas. The purpose of this research is how the effect of the biopore. …”
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Particle breakage characteristics of calcareous sand under confined compression tests by Zhijiang Li, Biwen Zhang, Yani Lu, Xinlian Chen, Yan Wu, Mingxing Luo, Li Zhong

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Bipolar affective disorder in India: A multi-site population-based cross-sectional study by Bhavika Vajawat, Satish Suhas, Sydney Moirangthem, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar, Mathew Varghese, Gopalkrishna Gururaj, Vivek Benegal, Girish N. Rao, NMHS National Collaborators Group

“…Male gender [odds ratio (OR) 1.56] and residence in urban metropolitans (OR 2.43) had a significantly higher risk of a lifetime diagnosis of BPAD. …”
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Financing healthcare services: a qualitative assessment of private health insurance schemes in Ghana by Angela Asante, Richard A. Bonney, Peter Twum

“…Clientele for PHIS primarily resides in urban areas, focusing on sectors like education. …”
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Sharing Economy for Cost Reduction and Efficiency Increase: The Case of Sharing E-Commerce Logistics by Qiang Wei, Daguang Sun, Xinyu Gou, Chunguang Bai

“…The sharing logistics cooperation mechanism based on equity investment proposed hereafter provides a feasible solution to solve the problems of high empty driving rate and operational cost of e-commerce express delivery service in urban areas.…”
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Costs of home-delivered antiretroviral therapy refills for persons living with HIV: Evidence from a pilot randomized controlled trial in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. by Ashley S Tseng, Ruanne V Barnabas, Alastair van Heerden, Xolani Ntinga, Maitreyi Sahu

“…In the present costing study using the provider perspective, we conducted retrospective activity-based micro-costing of home-delivered ART within the Deliver Health Study and when provided at-scale (in a rural setting), and compared to facility-based costs using provincial expenditure data (covering both rural and urban settings). Within the context of the pilot Deliver Health Study which had an average of three deliveries per day for three days a week, home-delivered ART cost (in 2022 USD) $794 in the first year and $714 for subsequent years per client after subtracting client fees, compared with $167 per client in provincial clinic-based care. …”
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Advancing Inclusive Participatory Community Based Approaches Towards Fair Transitions and Land Governance in Developing Countries. The Case of Kigali City – Rwanda. by David

“…Advancements in land governance, however, are transforming land management and planning in developing countries, reducing conflicts and promoting inclusivity in both urban and rural areas. This study investigates community participatory approaches as a pathway to fair transitions and inclusive land governance. …”
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Amalgamation and Local Finance: A Case Study of Ukraine by Glendal Wright, Sergii Slukhai, Bohdan Yakymchuk

“…There have been significant regional and urban/rural variations based on the population segments and access to financial resources. …”
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The Nonmydriatic Fundus Camera in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening: A Cost-Effective Study with Evaluation for Future Large-Scale Application by Giuseppe Scarpa, Francesca Urban, Stela Vujosevic, Michele Tessarin, Giovanni Gallo, Annalisa Visentin, Emanuela Foglia, Lucrezia Ferrario, Edoardo Midena

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Recyclable adsorbents of Fe and La co-modified clam shells for phosphorus removal from domestic sewage: Characterization and mechanisms by Huiteng Wang, Hui Luo, Teng Qin, Jing Yang, Limin Chen, Meng Liu, Ming Tang, Bao-Jie He, Zhaoqian Jing

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Seroprevalence and Potential Risk Factors of Toxocariasis among General Population in Southwest Iran: Implications on the One Health Approach by Masoud Foroutan, Aida Vafae Eslahi, Shahrzad Soltani, Naser Kamyari, Ehsan Moradi-Joo, Jean-Francois Magnaval, Milad Badri

“…This study aimed to estimate the seroprevalence of anti-Toxocara immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and the associated risk factors among general populations living in urban and rural areas of Abadan and Khorramshahr cities in Khuzestan Province, Southwest Iran. …”
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Household food insecurity, living conditions, and individual sense of security: A cross-sectional survey among Burkina Faso refugees in Ghana. by Abdul-Wahab Inusah, Ken Brackstone, Tahiru Issahaku Ahmed, David Tetteh Nartey, Jessica L Boxall, Ashley I Heinson, Michael Head, Shamsu-Deen Ziblim

“…Refugees from rural areas were less insecure compared to urban refugees (β = -4.25 [CI: -5.79 --2.71], p < .001). …”
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The effectiveness of rural community health workers in improving health outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review by Neema Kaseje, Meghna Ranganathan, Monica Magadi, Kevin Oria, Andy Haines

“…There is a need to focus on rural CHWs and rural health systems as they have limited material and human resources rendering them more vulnerable than urban health systems to severe disruptions during pandemics. …”
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A települési kötédés és a z generáció - egy magyarországi középváros példája (The Settlement Engagement and the Z Generation – the Example of a Hungarian City) by Nikoletta Tóth-Kaszás

“…The purpose of this study is to explore the strength of the urban attachment of the young people and the way how they see the city. …”
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Gender Disparities and Socioeconomic Triggers in Filicide-Suicide—An Analysis of Media Portrayals by Zainab Pervaiz, Maryam Ayub, Nazish Imran

“…The majority of cases occurred in Punjab (63.6%), followed by Sindh (34.1%), with a single case from KPK (2.3%). Urban areas reported 56.8% of the incidents. Female perpetrators were more prevalent than males, and most victims were also female. …”
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Characteristics and association mechanisms of the transition between dominant morphology and recessive morphology of rural settlements by ZHANG Bailin, ZHANG Xinyu, ZHAO Yining, LIU Hongwu

“…The mutation point of recessive morphology appeared in Dongli District, Jinnan District and Beichen District around 2005, while it in Xiqing District appeared between 2000 and 2005. (2) The coupling coordination between dominant and recessive morphologies of rural settlements in Tianjin has gone through three stages: low coupling coordination, medium coupling coordination and basic coupling coordination, and the coupling coordination degree showed a decreasing trend from the four urban districts to five suburban districts and the Binhai New District. (3) From 1980 to 2000, the area, patch number and patch density of dominant morphology of rural settlements significantly affected the recessive morphology, while the patch number, per capita area and cohesion index from 2000 to 2010, and the index of cohesion index, per capita area and landscape shape index from 2010 to 2020 were also impactful. …”
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Evaluating access to psychosocial services for the medicaid-insured children in Georgia by Yujia Xie, Pravara Harati, Janani Rajbhandari-Thapa, Nicoleta Serban

“…Results Our findings showed that 34% of the demand from Medicaid-insured children in Georgia remained unmet, and 25% of the Georgia census tracts (rural 79%; urban 16%) had < 50% service coverage. The travel distance for in-clinic services was 3.84 miles on average. …”
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Effects of Contact Angle on the Hysteresis Effect of Soil-Water Characteristic Curves during Dry-Wet Cycles by Gaoliang Tao, Ziyue Li, Lisheng Liu, Yangyang Chen, Kai Gu

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An Assessment of Usual Salt Intake among Older Normotensive Adults in Atonsu, a Suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Rufai Safianu, Jacob Plange-Rhule

“…Within countries, variations in salt intake exist between rural communities and urban communities. Experimental and epidemiological studies as well as studies involving clinical trials show the existence of adverse effect of salt consumption on the blood pressure of adults. …”
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