Reception Centres Above.The Mountain, Emblem of the Paradox of the Integration of Asylum Seekers in Switzerland by Viviane Cretton

“…They maintain a representation of the mountain as a non-place of social life, an isolated place, as opposed to cities on the plain. When the reception "above" lasts, it sustains a process of social effacement « below» which makes the injunction to integrate into Swiss society eminently paradoxical.  …”
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The Foreign Commission of the Soviet Writers’ Union in 1950s-1960s: Boundaries, Obstacles, Tricks, Embarrassment, Impact by Kristina Buynova

“…There could be no official instructions, but a number of tricks and stratagems – evasion, stalling, shifting attention, citing temporary circumstances – were more or less clear to the staff. …”
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Willingness to pay for blue-green space and koala habitat protection following a Covid-19 versus bushfire experimental prime by Zoe Leviston, Rubijayne Cohen, Stephanie Gorman, Zoe Becvarik, Aparna Lal

“…Assessment of WTP for blue-green space in Australian cities indicates a positive attitude, especially among active users, although people are still willing to contribute to koala protection.…”
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Perception about social media use by rheumatology journals: Survey among the attendees of IRACON 2019 by Sakir Ahmed, Latika Gupta

“…Two-thirds (64%) felt that Altmetrics® might reflect the impact of an article better than the number of times it is cited. Conclusion: Thus, the survey strengthened the felt need of rheumatology journals to have a presence on the social media. …”
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Performance Evaluation of 3-D Convolutional Neural Network for Multitemporal Flood Classification Framework With Synthetic Aperture Radar Image Data by Dodi Sudiana, Indra Riyanto, Mia Rizkinia, Rahmat Arief, Anton Satria Prabuwono, Josaphat Tetuko Sri Sumantyo, Ketut Wikantika

“…These results demonstrate the 3-D CNN's potential to accurately estimate flood extent and identify flood-prone areas, supporting early detection and flood prevention in other cities.…”
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DRINKING WATER SUPPLY UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF MASS DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE-GREEN ALGAE IN RESERVOIRS by Ksenia V. Bespalova, Aleksandra V. Selezneva, Vladimir. A. Seleznev

“…Traditional methods used at drinking water treatment plants in Volga cities are ineffective in removing intracellular and extracellular cyanotoxins. …”

A little more conversation, a little more action, please: the carbon footprint of travelling to conferences of the European Health Psychology Society by Lisa M. Warner, Ruvn Fleiner, Gudrun Sproesser, James A. Green, Lucia Rehackova, Jennifer Inauen, Vera Araújo-Soares, Claudia Teran-Escobar

“…Additionally, we developed hypothetical scenarios for selected European cities as centroids for future conferences.Results: EHPS conferences with an online option result in significant reductions in CO2eq emissions when compared to on-site only conferences. …”
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Open-Source Urbanism: Creating, Multiplying and Managing Urban Commons by Karin Bradley

“…This paper explores the creation of temporary urban commons, or, more specifically, what can be called ‘open-source urbanism’. Citing two practices – urban commons initiated by Atelier d’architecture autogérée in Paris, and Park(ing) Day initiated by San Francisco-based Rebar – I argue that these practices can be understood as open-source urbanism since their initiators act as open-source programmers, constructing practice manuals to be freely copied, used, developed and shared, thus producing self-managed commons. …”
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South Africa Sues International Court Over Israel's Palestinian Genocide under International Law by M. Fabian Akbar, Manuel Beltrán Genovés

“…South Africa's legal action alleges Israel's actions and omissions in Gaza constitute genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention, citing evidence of extensive civilian casualties, particularly women and children. …”
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Leisure in the Daily Life of Various Ethnic Groups of the Urban Population of the Volga Region during the First World War by Ekaterina Yu. Semenova

“…Taking into account the national and confessional composition of the population, the Sabantuy holiday celebrated by the Muslim Tatars, attendance at concerts and performances of ethnic troupes (Jewish, Little Russian) touring in the Volga cities are also major forms of public entertainment indicated by the author. …”
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Les foyers d’en-haut.La montagne, emblème du paradoxe de l’intégration des requérant·es d’asile en Suisse by Viviane Cretton

“…They maintain a representation of the mountain as a non-place of social life, an isolated place, as opposed to cities on the plain. When the reception "above" lasts, it sustains a process of social effacement "below" which makes the injunction to integrate into Swiss society eminently paradoxical.…”
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A Multi-Objective Path-Planning Approach for Multi-Scenario Urban Mobility Needs by Zhaohui Wang, Meng Zhang, Shanqing Liang, Shuang Yu, Chengchun Zhang, Sheng Du

“…With the development of smart cities and intelligent transportation systems, path planning in multi-scenario urban mobility has become increasingly complex. …”
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Artificial intelligence in kidney transplantation: a 30-year bibliometric analysis of research trends, innovations, and future directions by Ying Jia He, Pin Lin Liu, Tao Wei, Tao Liu, Yi Fei Li, Jing Yang, Wen Xing Fan

“…This study employs bibliometric analysis to evaluate 890 publications from 1993 to 2023, using tools such as CiteSpace and VOSviewer, to identify global trends, research hotspots, and future opportunities in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to kidney transplantation. …”
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Woody flora of the Prof. Dr. Karl Arens Reserve, Corumbataí, São Paulo, Brazil by Lilian Santos, Pedro Luís de Moraes

“…Species such as Copaifera langsdorffii and Myrcia neoclusiifolia had already been cited for the area, but there was no testimony material in the herbarium. …”
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Remesas fantasmas y familias divididas del norte y centro de México by Genoveva Flores Quintero

“…In the base of that system lies the migrant’s salary which is the second most important money coming source after the petroleum incomes for Mexico; these migrant incomes support the rural economy of little towns close the frontier and cities in the center of Mexico, but they have become dollar dependents in the economic sense. …”
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Cascade Controller Design for a Single‐Stage Charger to Inspect Distortion Power Factor, and Grid‐Side Voltage Harmonics by Mahdi Maleki, Milad Rahimipour Behbahani, Alireza Jalilian

“…Therefore, it is essential to address power quality issues associated with their integration into smart cities. Interleaved DC‐to‐DC boost converters are utilized to fulfill the objectives of voltage regulation and power factor correction (PFC) by controlling the duty cycle of their operational switches. …”
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The Mathematical Modeling Approach for the Wastewater Treatment Process in Saudi Arabia during COVID-19 Pandemic by Abdullah Ahmadini, Ahmed Msmali, Zico Mutum, Yashpal Singh Raghav

“…Our approach follows the process of identifying a coronavirus hotspot through existing wastewater plants in major cities of Saudi Arabia. The mathematical distributions, including the log-normal distribution, Gaussian model, and susceptible-exposed-infected-recovered (SEIR) model, are adopted to predict the coronavirus load in wastewater plants. …”
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The Alps as a Therapeutic Landscape in the Animation Series “Heidi, Girl of the Alps” (1974) by Oliver Salas Herrera

“…Focusing on this anime, we will study how the series, throughout its fifty-two episodes, uses various dramaturgical and visual resources to immerse viewers around the world in the imposing grandeur of the Alps, captivating us with its beauty and healing properties, while at the same time inviting us to reject the dehumanisation of the big cities. In conclusion, the audiovisual representation of Alpine nature in “Heidi, Girl from the Alps” (1974) is presented as a coprotagonist of this story, embodying a therapeutic environment that is connected to human nature. …”
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Global Trends in Research of Amino Acid Metabolism in T Lymphocytes in Recent 15 Years: A Bibliometric Analysis by Jiaona Xu, Yinan Yu, Shijie Li, Fanghui Qiu

“…In addition, the present research status and future trends were explored according to the results yielded from the analysis of cited references and keywords. This study revealed that publications regarding amino acid metabolism in T cells gradually increased each year. …”
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Cerâmica de tradição islâmica em contexto português by Marco Liberato, Isabel Inácio, Gonçalo Lopes, Constança dos Santos, Jacinta Bugalhão, Helena Catarino, Sandra Cavaco, Jaquelina Covaneiro, Isabel Cristina Fernandes, Ana Sofia Gomes, Susana Gómez, Maria José Gonçalves

“…In this paper we intend to start systemizing data that allows us to consider that the integration of the southern cities in the Christian territory did not cause a moment of rupture, at least in the material creations. …”
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