Performance Analysis of Novel Lightweight Photovoltaic Curtain Wall Modules Under Different Climatic Conditions by Guofeng Tao, Qunzhi Zhu, Yonggang Chen, Xiaolong Shi, Jun Guan

“…The performance of two typical lightweight PV curtain wall modules is evaluated in five sample Chinese cities of different climates. Simulations were carried out to determine the power generation of faux architectural material PV curtain wall modules (FAM PVCWMs) for the best cavity distance per facade in various cities. …”
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Modeling Urban Growth and Form with Spatial Entropy by Yanguang Chen

“…However, the precondition for fractal dimension application is to find scaling relations in cities. In the absence of the scaling property, we can make use of the entropy function and measurements. …”
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Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Contribute to the Disease Severity of Dengue Virus Infection by Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Ratna Sari Wijaya, Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Ivet Suriapranata

“…The level of CitH3 was negatively correlated with platelet counts. …”
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Regionalización de las migraciones residenciales interurbanas en Chile en el período 1997‑2002 by Severino Escolano‑Utrilla, Jorge Ortiz-Véliz, Rodrigo Moreno-Mora

“…Interurban residential changes are expressions of the interactions between cities of an urban system. Migratory flows shape a unique and organized network that emerges from the practices of migrants. …”
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RETRACTION Tafuri, F., Latino, F., Setyawan, H. ., Anam, K., Susanto, N. ., Tafuri, D., & Mazzeo, F. (2024). Efectos del entrenamiento físico sobre el peso corporal, la función pul... by RETOS RETOS

“…There has been a number of clear and conclusive pieces of evidence that they include references that are not related to the topic of the article or the context in which they are cited. The pattern discovered is that the authors have been self-citing their work, in all the articles that are retracted, without any relation to the content of the article in question, introducing citations that are not related to the text and then adding the corresponding references to these citations in the reference list. …”
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Electronic journals and scholarly communication: a citation and reference study by Stephen P. Harter, Hak Joon Kim

“…The purpose of the research is to assess the impact of electronic journals (e-journals) on scholarly communication, by measuring the extent to which they are being cited in the literature, both print and electronic. …”
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Towards a Fluid Planning Approach in Germany: An Option for Social Fragmentation? by Maram Tawil, Christa Reicher, Eva Krings, Mehmet Haydan, Raveena Gadkar, Alena Gavrilova, Ursula Cardenas Vignes

“…Multi-cultural and multi-ethnic communities often live side by side with host communities in cities all over the world. Significant efforts have been made to embrace the different challenges occurring at different levels, among which are the social structure and layout of such cities; however, challenges still prevail, and continue to showcase socially fragmented patches with significant relevance to everyday life. …”
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Un travail invisible au vu de tout le monde ? by Simone Di Cecco

“…In contemporary Italian cities, volunteer asylum seekers help to clean up parks, streets and pavements, while at the same time being targeted by repressive policies aimed at the “undesirable” users of these same spaces. …”
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Post-conflict tourist landscapes: between the heritage of conflict and the hybridization of tourism activity by Zeid A. Kassouha

“….), and other practices that are intimately linked to these events (memory tourism, dark tourism, etc.).In this paper, we retrace the dynamics of this post-conflict "tourism resilience," through the observation of two examples in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the cities of Sarajevo and Mostar. We explore the urban and tourist landscape of these two cities in order to identify the different forms of tourism, memorialization or heritagization practices, related to the legacy of the Bosnian war (1992-1995).…”
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A Street Parking System Using Wireless Sensor Networks by Zusheng Zhang, Xiaoyun Li, Huaqiang Yuan, Fengqi Yu

“…Recently, with the explosive increase of automobiles in cities, parking problems are serious and even worsen in many cities. …”
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La rencontre entre les délinquants et les pédés [1961] by Albert J. Reiss

“…Discussion of these findings with criminologists in Denmark and Sweden and exploratory investigations in several larger American cities, however, suggest that the description and explanation offered in this paper will hold for other American cities and for some other social systems.…”
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O processo de adolescer no discurso de mulheres adolescentes de uma comunidade periférica em Manaus by Vilma Gomes Mourão, Rosângela Francischini

“…Os resultados apontam para o fato de que a adolescência chegou para muitas delas sem muitas demarcações, como uma continuidade da vida, apenas acrescida de maior responsabilidade com as tarefas domésticas e os cuidados com os irmãos menores. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 Event on Trip Intensity and Air Quality in Southern China by Shun Wan, Kangping Cui, Ya-Fen Wang, Jhong-Lin Wu, Wei-Syun Huang, Kaijie Xu, Jiajia Zhang

“…In 2020, the combined trip intensity in the three cities ranged between 0.73 and 5.54 and averaged 2.57, which was 28.4% lower than that in 2019. …”
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Assessment of Chinese urban land-use efficiency (SDG11.3.1) utilizing high-precision urban built-up area data by Hao Wang, Yafei Liu, Lianze Sun, Xiaogang Ning, Guangzhe Li

“…Only in extra-large cities does urban population growth show a relatively balanced pattern. …”
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Evolution paths of urban forms influenced by landforms: Asynchrony but convergence by Chao Yang, Qiyan Huang, Qiong Xian, Meng Yuan, Xiaoming Cong, Lisha Xun, Jianxiong Cheng, Hongyi Pan

“…About 83 % of dispersed sprawl cities, complex sprawl cities, and fragmented and dispersed cities are in mountains and plateaus. …”
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Comprehensive health risk assessment of urban ambient air pollution (PM2.5, NO2 and O3) in Ghana by Boansi Adu Ababio, Gerheart Winfred Ashong, Thomas Peprah Agyekum, Blessed Adjei Yeboah, Marian Asantewah Nkansah, Jonathan Nartey Hogarh, Michael Kweku Commeh, Edward Ebow Kwaansa-Ansah, Kwabena Dabie, Felix Adulley, Eldad Boansi, Lorenda Sarbeng, Birago Adu Ababio, Maame Serwaa Boapea, Nana Kwabena Oduro Darko, Meshach Kojo Appiah

“…The ambient air of the majority (98 %) of the cities was unhealthy for sensitive groups. This study reveals the urgent need for comprehensive air quality policies in Ghanaian cities. …”
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Research hotspots and trends in lung cancer STAS: a bibliometric and visualization analysis by Xiuhua Peng, Hupo Bian, Hongxing Zhao, Dan Jia, Mei Li, Wenhui Li, Pengliang Xu

“…VOSviewer was used to visually analyze countries, institutions, authors, co-cited authors, and keywords, while CiteSpace was utilized to analyze institutional centrality, references, keyword bursts, and co-citation literature. …”
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The inaccurate citation of the “Universal Declaration of Animal Rights” (UDAR) in the scientific literature: a scoping review by Alexandre Azevedo, Martin Whiting, Manuel Magalhães-Sant’Ana

“…The 1978 UDAR version was most often cited. Among 305 screened publications, 47.9% contained erroneous or misleading claims about the UDAR. …”
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Ciência, identidade e quotidiano. Alguns aspectos da presença de estudantes brasileiros na Universidade de Coimbra, na conjuntura final do período colonial by Ana Lúcia Rocha Barbalho da Cruz

“… No final do século XVIII e início do século XIX, a administração portuguesa conduziu uma política de cooptação dos filhos da elite luso-brasileira, incentivando a sua formação académica na Universidade de Coimbra. Muitos deles viriam a ter posições de destaque no período do Reino Unido e, depois, nos primeiros anos do Brasil independente. …”
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A afrobrasilianidade em questão by Richard Marin

“…Maior nação "africana" do mundo depois da Nigéria, o Brasil redescobre as suas raízes africanas denegadas durante muito tempo, O artigo se propõe reconstituir as etapas desta longa marcha da "africanidade" brasileira desde a independéncia até as medidas recentes e controvertidas de ação afirmativa. …”
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