Cross-sectional analysis of two social determinants of health in California cities: racial/ethnic and geographic disparities by Dulce Bustamante-Zamora, Neil Maizlish

“…Objective To study the magnitude and direction of city-level racial and ethnic differences in poverty and education to characterise health equity and social determinants of health in California cities.Design We used data from the American Community Survey, United States Census Bureau, 2006–2010, and calculated differences in the prevalence of poverty and low educational attainment in adults by race/ethnicity and by census tracts within California cities. …”
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Hepatoprotective Effect of Mitochondria-Targeted Antioxidant Mito-TEMPO against Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Liver Injury in Mouse by Peng-Fei Wang, Ke Xie, Yun-Xing Cao, An Zhang

“…The mitochondria are a major source of ROS. Mito-TEMPO is a mitochondria-specific superoxide scavenger. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of surface Urban Heat Island intensity and the role of vegetation in six major Pakistani cities by Shoaib Ahmad Anees, Kaleem Mehmood, Syed Imran Haider Raza, Sebastian Pfautsch, Munawar Shah, Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn, Fahad Shahzad, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, Sulaiman Ali Alharbi, Waseem Razzaq Khan, Timothy Dube

“…This study investigates the spatiotemporal patterns of Surface Urban Heat Island Intensity (SUHII) in six major cities of Pakistan, focusing on the interplay between urban expansion, vegetation cover, and SUHII. …”
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Heterogeneous influences of urban compactness on air pollution: evidence from 285 prefecture-level cities in China by Dan Yan, Shaoxuan Huang, Guoliang Chen, Huan Tong, Peiyuan Qin

“…Cities in Northeastern China had the strongest pollution mitigation effect from transportation compactness, followed by the cities in Southwestern China.…”
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How does dispersal shape the genetic patterns of animal populations in European cities? A simulation approach by Savary, Paul, Tannier, Cécile, Foltête, Jean-Christophe, Bourgeois, Marc, Vuidel, Gilles, Khimoun, Aurélie, Moal, Hervé, Garnier, Stéphane

“…We then assessed genetic diversity and genetic differentiation patterns for each city and each habitat types across the three cost scenarios. …”
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Eriophyid mite vector of Rose Rosette Disease (RRD) Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer (Arachnida: Acari: Eriophyidae) by Marjorie Hoy

“… Phyllocoptes fructiphilus Keifer, a tiny eriophyid mite, is the vector of a devastating viral disease of roses called Rose Rosette Disease (RRD). …”
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Gestão participativa e política de patrimônio no Município de Belo Horizonte: realidade ou mito? by Nilo Lima de Azevedo, Tarcísio Rodrigues Botelho

“…This article analyzes the protection of buildings considered as cultural patrimony in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, on the basis of the actions undertaken by the Deliberative Council for Cultural Patrimony of the Municipality of Belo Horizonte. …”
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Environmental Efficiency of Node Cities in Chinese Section of Silk Road Economic Zone and Its Influencing Factors by Lei Zhang, Xinyu Peng

“…This paper adopts an environmental data envelopment analysis (DEA) model containing pollution emissions to measure the environmental efficiency of node cities in the Chinese section of Silk Road Economic Zone (SREZ) in 2011–2020 and verifies the convergence of the environmental efficiency. …”
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How to Dissect Honey Bees (Apis mellifera L.) to Detect Tracheal Mites (Acarapis woodi Rennie) by John Bonkowski, Ashley N. Mortensen, James D. Ellis

“… Tracheal mites are parasites of the western honey bee and negatively impact the health and productivity of an infested colony. …”
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A risk-based model for allocating post-earthquake reconstruction finance in medium-size Iranian Cities by Niloofar Kazemiasl, Hooman Motamed, Mohsen Fazlavi

“…These findings demonstrate the importance of pre-disaster planning and effective resource allocation in expediting recovery and improving resilience in medium-sized cities.…”
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Development of New Settlement Areas and Solid Waste Problem in Cities: Case Study on Izmit - Yahyakaptan Neighbourhood by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Deniz Demirarslan

“…Starting from the declaration of Turkish Republic, work immigration occurred to Kocaeli province (Izmit city) together with developing industry and trade and accordingly the population of the city increased. …”
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La cita con el destino para el futuro de la marca Ciudad Juárez by Carlos Omar Irigoyen

“…Ciudad Juárez se conmovió al ser declarada oficialmente el 12 de diciembre de 2015 como parte de la agenda de la Visita Papal en febrero 2016 a México; la cita con el destino, el miércoles 17 de febrero del 2016. …”
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Correction: Status and influencing factors of nurses’ organizational silence in general hospitals in eastern coastal cities of China by Xiangyan Lv, Yujia Gu, O. Mensah Solomon, Ying Shen, Yaxin Ren, Yehong Wei

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“Local versus Nonlocal” Enterprise Linkages of Global Cities: A Comparison between Beijing and Shanghai, China by Jiayi Lu, Dongqi Sun, Jiali Yu, Jiaming Li, Fangqu Niu

“…Two global cities of China, Beijing and Shanghai, have completely different development statuses with their hinterlands. …”
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Urban Residents’ Willingness to Choose and Pay for ADAS and Autonomous Driving Functions: Comparison of Two Cities in China by Fang-Kai Wang, Ze-Hao Jiang, Yi-Jia Dong, Yue Ma

“…Although Jiading and Meishan are similar in terms of city size and population, there are some differences in the influencing factors for willingness to choose and pay because of the differences in industrial structure, city culture, and residents’ commuting habits. …”
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Challenges in enabling aging-in-place initiatives in aging and shrinking Japanese cities: a case of the Gifu suburbs by Tomoko Kubo, Nobuhiko Komaki, Kensaku Tanaka

Subjects: “…aging and shrinking cities…”
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Ingested house dust mite favors sensitization to egg white in mice independently of its proteinase activity by Sara Benedé, Leticia Pérez-Rodríguez, David Menchén-Martínez, Elena Molina, Rosina López-Fandiño

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Representations and imaginaries of cities in the opening sequences of three U.S. TV series: The Sopranos, Weeds and House of Cards by Marta Gallardo, David García-Reyes

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Facilitating or Hindering? The Impact of Low-Carbon Pilot Policies on Socio-Ecological Resilience in Resource-Based Cities by Yanran Peng, Zhong Wang, Yunhui Zhang, Wei Wang

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Floods’ Impact on Cities’ Critical Infrastructure: A Case Study on Dubai by Diaa Addeen Abuhani, Raghad Aldamani, Imran Zualkernan, Reem Alali, Himanshu Grover

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