Cultural service assessment of cultivated land ecosystem in the Yangtze River Delta region from a supply–demand-flow perspective by Caiwei Da, Junjun Zhi, Wenjing Zhao, Wangbing Liu, Chen Xue, Shanju Bao

“…Assessing and mapping cultural ecosystem services (CES) is becoming a research hotpot, however, studies on the CES of cultivated land (CESCL) face several bottleneck problems, such as the lack of an effective analytical method for integrating multi-source data and a unified research framework. …”
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The Spatiotemporal Evolution of Land Use Ecological Efficiency in the Huaihai Economic Zone: Insights from a Multi-Dimensional Framework and Geospatial Modeling by Gan Teng, Longqian Chen, Ting Zhang, Long Li, Jue Xiao, Linyu Ma

“…An evaluation framework integrating economic, ecological, and social outputs was constructed using multi-source remote sensing data. The super-efficiency Slack-Based Measure model and exploratory spatial data analysis method were employed to analyze the land use eco-efficiency and its spatiotemporal characteristics in the Huaihai Economic Zone from 2000 to 2022. …”
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Investigation of Synergistic Influence of Ultrasound and Co-Doping to Degrade Toluene from Polluted Air in Construction Sites—An Experimental Approach by Omid Akbarzadeh, Yahya Rasoulzadeh, Mohammad Haghighi, Azadeh Talati, Hamed Golzad

“…The study also investigated the influence of Fe doping, initial toluene concentration, light source, and residence time on the degradation rate of gaseous toluene. …”
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Dynamic Evolution, Spatial Differences, and Convergence of Land Green Use Efficiency in Resource-based Cities by BIAN Zhiqiang, ZHANG Qianhua

“…Regional differences and over-density were the two main sources of overall differences. 4) According to the convergence test, during the investigation period, the overall and different growth stages of resource-based cities' land green use efficiency did not show σ-convergence, indicating that regional differences were expanding. …”
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A quantitative assessment of the behavior of metallic elements in urban soils exposed to industrial dusts near Dunkerque (northern France) by M. Casetta, S. Philippe, L. Courcot, D. Dumoulin, G. Billon, F. Baudin, F. Henry, M. Hermoso, J. Caillaud

“…In contrast, Mn, Cd and Zn, which are related to industrial and/or urban sources, present a higher mobility (average leached <span class="inline-formula">ratios&gt;60 <i>%</i></span> for Mn and Cd and about 44 % for Zn).…”
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Current research and future prospects of air pollutant and CO2 emission inventories in the iron and steel industry by Xin XU, Wanyue SHAN, Zheng ZHANG, Qing WANG, Xin BO

“…However, the advancement of low-carbon technologies introduces greater diversity in emission sources and variations in emission characteristics, necessitating the development of more refined emission inventories. …”
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Can innovative city pilot policy reduce income inequality? by Xiang Li, Guihua Shen, Xiuwu Zhang

“…This study employed panel data sourced from 276 cities throughout China, covering the time frame from 2003 to 2022. …”
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Landscapes of Trade by Merten Nefs

“…Chapter 5 addresses the question What are the regional employment effects of XXL DCs? It does so by analysing the effects of DCs by using company microdata in a threefold spatial-economic approach including direct, indirect and agglomeration effects. …”
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Borehole Optical Fibre Distributed Temperature Sensing vs. Manual Temperature Logging for Geothermal Condition Assessment: Results of the OptiSGE Project by Maciej R. Kłonowski, Anders Nermoen, Peter J. Thomas, Urszula Wyrwalska, Weronika Pratkowiecka, Agnieszka Ładocha, Kirsti Midttømme, Paweł Brytan, Anna Krzonkalla, Adrianna Maćko, Karol Zawistowski, Jolanta Duczmańska-Kłonowska

“…The temperature logs for some boreholes located in urban agglomerations showed anthropogenic influence caused by the presence of infrastructure, the urban heat island effect, post-mining activities, etc. …”
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Contribution à la redefinition de la notion de ville au Togo by Koffi Messan Adébayo DJEGUEMA, Mintre BOUDOU, Koudzo SOKEMAWU

“…The city being a complex object, its definition is the source of an abundant dialectic. However, it is necessary to start from a relevant definition of the notion of city, in order to appreciate properly urban dynamics toward the country and to be able to anticipate its effects on development. …”
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Creating Dynamic Maps of Noise Threat Using PL-Grid Infrastructure by Maciej SZCZODRAK, Józef KOTUS, Bożena KOSTEK, Andrzej CZYŻEWSKI

“…The estimation of auditory effects is based on calculated noise levels in a given exposure period. …”
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CNOSSOS-EU road surface types: Evaluation of the influence of different national values on noise emissions by Odeh Omar, Khayyat Aiham, Kocsis Dénes

“…Road traffic noise is a common environmental noise source; henceforth, EU countries are obliged to produce strategic noise maps for all major roads, railways, airports, and agglomerations, on a 5-year basis. …”
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Spatial Distribution of the Intellectual Capital of Russia by A. S. Mikhaylov, I. Yu. Peker

“…Universities are considered as key sources for ensuring the intellectual capital of regional innovation systems, and the applied methodological approach enables evaluating their potential and involvement in cooperation with industry clusters.…”
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Thermo‐Optical Analysis of Surface‐ and Volume‐Additivated Polymer Powders for Near‐Infrared Laser Powder Bed Fusion by Alexander Sommereyns, Jochen Schmidt, Cheechau Leong, Florentin Tischer, Michael Schmidt

“…Near‐infrared laser sources have the potential to change the process dynamics in laser powder bed fusion of polymers. …”
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Greenhouse gas emissions from transport. Urban transport and spatial policy in the face of the climate change by Leszek S. Wiśniewski

“…The article discusses the effects of these differences in approach to spatial and transport policy.…”
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Nanoreactor‐Driven Uniform Nano ZnS Deposition in Tunable Porous Carbon Spheres for High‐Performance Zn‐S Batteries by Yuxuan Jiang, Bingxin Sun, Dan Wang, Yan Yan, Mohsen Shakouri, Han‐Yi Chen, Wang Zhang, Rongmei Zhu, Huan Pang

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Influence of Relative Humidity and Aging on Morphology and Chemical Composition on Biomass Burning Particle by Titinan Utavong, Thunyapat Thongyen, Surat Bualert, Parkpoom Choomanee, Saranarat Kongkeaw, Tanawan Rattanapotanan, Jitlada Phupijit, Suteekan Maneejantra, Nitchakarn Changplaiy

“…Abstract Agricultural waste burning is a major source of fine particulate matter (FPM), which remains in long-term suspension in the atmosphere during the aging processes. …”
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Analysis of Trends in the Development of Availability of Medical Services for Rural Population by Yevheniia Ziabina, Karolina Goncharova, Hlib Lieonov

“…The urgency of solving this scientific problem is that medical care should be provided in all regions and agglomerations of the country equally effectively and focus on patient requests. …”
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GloUCP: a global 1&thinsp;km spatially continuous urban canopy parameters for the WRF model by W. Liao, W. Liao, Y. Li, X. Liu, X. Liu, Y. Wang, Y. Che, L. Shao, G. Chen, H. Yuan, H. Yuan, N. Zhang, F. Chen

“…Our findings indicate that GloUCP not only surpasses existing datasets in accuracy but also provides superior spatial coverage. In key urban agglomerations such as Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macau Greater Bay Area, GloUCP offers detailed and reliable urban morphological information that closely aligns with reference datasets, outperforming other available sources. …”
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