Evaluation of the effect of physical-environmental factors of public spaces on the mental health of citizens (Case study: Ardabil city) by Elmira Azimi, Dariush Sattarzadeh, Lida Bolillan, Akbar Abdollahzadeh Tarf, Mahsa Faramarzi Asli

“…The results of this study showed that legibility and visual quality, access to urban green space, security of urban space, quality of urban furniture, mixing and variety of uses have a positive and significant effect on the mental health of citizens. Considering the value of the path coefficient obtained for the independent research variables, among the identified variables, the quality of urban green space with the path coefficient value of 0.44 had the highest path coefficient and had the greatest effect on the dependent variable, ie mental health of citizens. …”
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Strengthening ethical Values and accountability in Local Governance: Citizen-Led Strategies in the Greater Kigezi Sub-Region of Uganda by Mucunguzi, Abel, Katusimeh, Mesharch Walto, Chrysostom, Oketch, Kakuru, Robert, Ahabwe, Macklean

“…The study was guided by the following research questions: What is the role of citizens in enhancing ethics and accountability in public service delivery? …”
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Citizen science platforms can effectively support early detection of invasive alien species according to species traits by Pablo González‐Moreno, Ana A. Anđelković, Tim Adriaens, Christophe Botella, Jakovos Demetriou, Rita Bastos, Sandro Bertolino, Celia López‐Cañizares, Franz Essl, Živa Fišer, Milka Glavendekić, Marc Herremans, Philip E. Hulme, Viola Jani, Dimitra Katsada, Periklis Kleitou, Nicola La Porta, Katharina Lapin, Marta López‐Darias, Vanessa Lozano, Angeliki F. Martinou, Damiano Oldoni, Esra Per, Stephanie Rorke, Helen E. Roy, Karl‐Manfred Schweinzer, Kristijn Swinnen, Elena Tricarico, Joana R. Vicente, Maarten de Groot, Michael J. O. Pocock

“…We evaluated the potential of data from existing citizen science platforms for early detection of IAS by obtaining 687 first records of species from 30 European countries where there was both an official first record (i.e. published in scientific literature or by a government agency) and a record in a citizen science platform. …”
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Unequal ageing: the quality of life of senior citizens in the EU before and after COVID-19. A multidimensional approach by Elżbieta Roszko-Wójtowicz, Klaudia Przybysz, Agnieszka Stanimir

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Ensuring the citizens’ rights as a priority area of police activity in Ukraine (on the example of the information subsystem "CUSTODY RECORDS" functioning) by O. I. Bezpalova

“…The current stage of police bodies’ activity to ensure the rights and freedoms of citizens has been described. It is emphasized that, given the current stage of updating approaches to the organization of police bodies and units, it is important to ensure the observance of citizens' rights in police activities, to prevent illegal actions either by both police officers or toward police officers. …”
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Administrative and Legal Principles of Interaction of Customs Posts of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine with Other State Authorities and Citizens of Ukraine by O. V. Sidorenko

“…The peculiarities of administrative and legal principles of interaction of customs posts of the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine with other state agencies and citizens of Ukraine have been studied. The totality of both general scientific and special methods of scientific cognition made it possible to achieve the goal and objectives of the study. …”
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Citizen engagement in public food procurement, a novel choose-your-own-adventure canteen campaign case study by Luke John Schafer, Anna Gundorph, Carla Mingolla, Christian Bugge Henriksen, Marin Lysak, Reni Todorova Boncheva, Maarten Crivits

“…Together with key stakeholders, this study combines both Public Food Procurement practices with citizen engagement strategies to facilitate the transformation to more sustainable food in local canteens at the University of Copenhagen. …”
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Using citizen science Raspberry Shake seismometers to enhance earthquake location and characterization: a case study from Wellington, New Zealand by Bethany Hughes, Finnigan Illsley-Kemp, Eleanor Mestel, John Townend, Chantujan Chandrakumar, Raj Prasanna

“…   The recent development of low-cost citizen seismometers has opened new avenues for earthquake analysis. …”
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Perceived Effectiveness and Sustainability of Face Masks Among German Citizens During the 2nd Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic—A Cross-Sectional Study by Maren Theresa Christin Fendt, Walter Leal Filho, Jelena Barbir, Juliane Boenecke

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Setup of a densely distributed and quality-controlled meteorological sensor network in Pune, India, for urban microclimate research and citizen participation in the context of clim... by N. Eingrüber, W. Korres, U. Löhnert, K. Schneider

“…Despite differences in the form and intensity of active participation, citizens in both cities show great interest in getting involved in climate research and pathways for climate change adaptation, indicating the high potential of activating citizens in the transformative process towards climate-sensitive urban development.…”
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Examining the comprising constituencies of citizen\'s Mental Image of Urban Places with emphasis on phenomenology and environmental psychology approaches Case study: 1th and 18th districts of Tehran by mohammad Taghi Razavian, Zhila Sajadi, Morteza Ghourchi, zohreh mohammadganji

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Blogging down a dictatorship by Last Moyo

“…The article frames these practices within theories of alternative media and citizen journalism and argues that digitisation has occasioned new counter-hegemonic spaces and new forms of journalism that are deinstitutionalised and deprofessionalised, and whose radicalism is reflected in both form and content. …”
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Criminal Life Courses in Context by Sanne Muurling, Evelien Walhout

“…In general, the HSN would highly benefit from current mass digitization projects involving citizen science. This essay proposes a pilot in linking 19th- and early 20th-century criminal records to HSN. …”
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École, savoirs et valeurs : une tentative d’éclaircissement by Alain Beitone, Estelle Hemdane

“…Secondly, we will point out the necessary distinction between facts and values using the recent works of Habermas in particular. …”
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Participatory Budgeting in Local Governments:The case of kabale district local government, uganda by Eton, Marus, Perpetua, Arinaitwe, Fabian, Mwosi, Benard, Patrick Ogwel, Arthur, Sunday, Labson, Turyamushanga

“…In recommendation, Kabale district local government should spell out the rules and procedures governing participatory budgeting in a statute or guideline. …”
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Community science as a potential tool to monitor animal demography and human-animal interactions by Laëtitia Maréchal, Raul Lobo, Fintan McAdam, Elizabeth Simpson, Josephine Woolston, Mae Stanley, Teresa Romero, Jenny C. Dunn

Subjects: “…Citizen science…”
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Public acceptance of microbiome management strategy in dairy calves: a European survey on colostrum, probiotic provision and prolonged cow-calf contact by A. Ait Sidhoum, A. Stygar, F. Bedoin, J.K. Niemi

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Culturally relevant science teaching: possible connection of socio-cultural knowledge with present science curriculum of Nepal by Kamal Prasad Koirala, Bishnu Bahadur Khatri

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“Running from Behind.” An Analysis of the Neighborhood Councils of Montevideo by Paula Ferla, Alejandra Marzuca, Uwe Serdüit, Yanina Welp

“…With this intention, the following is analyzed: a) the institutional design of these councils, b) the influence of these councils on the definition of public policies, c) their functioning as “citizenship schools,” and d) the levels of citizen support that they convoke. The conclusions of the study signal that design considerably limits the performance of neighborhood councils in terms of both the influence that they have in decision-making and the development of civic virtues and political capital. …”
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Issue ownership in the online campaign for Dutch general elections by Joren Vrancken, Tom Dobber, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius

“…Through the lens of issue ownership theory, this study explores which issues Dutch political parties advertised on Meta during the 2021 national election. …”
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