Ecological approaches in planning for sustainable cities: A review of the literature by T. Yigitcanlar, D. Dizdaroglu

“…The review focuses on several differing aspects of sustainable city formation. The paper provides insights on the interaction between the natural environment and human activities by identifying environmental effects resulting from this interaction; provides an introduction to the concept of sustainable urban development by underlining the important role of ecological planning in achieving sustainable cities; introduces the notion of urban ecosystems by establishing principles for the management of their sustainability; describes urban ecosystem sustainability assessment by introducing a review of current assessment methods, and; offers an outline of indexing urban environmental sustainability. …”
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Conselhos Municipais de Assistência Social e controle social by Jacqueline Oliveira da Silva, Sonia Mercedes Lenhard Bredemeier, Maria Cristina Illanez Valenzuela

“…The authors focus the discussion in the forms of social control made in such cities. They identify as well, through analysis of minutes and questionnaires that, when it comes to actions of social control, the difference of size of the cities is not substantial. …”
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Improved Calculation Method of TAD for Intertrochanteric Fractures by Jialong Wang, Anhua Long, Xuefei Wang, Yakui Zhang, Dacheng Han

“…The XLAT should be amended using the formula XLAT2=C2+D−AAP2.…”
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Corrigendum to “Biological Effects of Medicinal Plants on Induced Periodontitis: A Systematic Review” by Jefferson Soares de Oliveira, Moara e Silva Conceição Pinto, Lucas de Araújo de Bastos Santana, Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto, David di Lenardo, Daniel Fernando Pereira Vasconcelos

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Asymptotic stability analysis of a fractional epidemic model for Ebola virus disease in Caputo sense by Samson Olaniyi, Furaha M. Chuma, Sulaimon F. Abimbade

“… In this work, a non-integer-order epidemic system modelling the nonlinear dynamics of Ebola virus disease is formulated in the sense of Caputo-ractional derivative. …”
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Common Woody Plants of Florida Scrub Ecosystems by Lynn Proenza, Michael Andreu

“…This 14-page fact sheet was written by Lynn Proenza and Michael Andreu and published by the UF Department of School of Forest Resources and Conservation, October 2012. …”
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TCBGY net for enhanced wear particle detection in ferrography using self attention and multi scale fusion by Lei He, Haijun Wei, Cunxun Sun

“…Firstly, we integrate a Transformer module based on the self-attention mechanism with the C3 module at the end of the backbone network to form a C3TR module. This integration enhances the global feature extraction capability of the backbone network and improves its ability to detect small target wear particles. …”
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Andrographolide Protects against HG-Induced Inflammation, Apoptosis, Migration, and Impairment of Angiogenesis via PI3K/AKT-eNOS Signalling in HUVECs by Ming-Xia Duan, Heng Zhou, Qing-Qing Wu, Chen Liu, Yang Xiao, Wei Deng, Qi-Zhu Tang

“…Western blot analysis, real-time PCR, immunofluorescence staining, the scratch test, and the tube formation assay were performed to assess the effects of Andr. …”
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A novel SEPT12 mutation, T96I, is associated with sperm head and annulus defects by Kuan-Ru Chen, Han-Yu Wang, Han-Yu Wang, Yung-Che Kuo, Yu-Chih Lo, Pao-Lin Kuo, Pao-Lin Kuo, Pao-Lin Kuo

“…The overexpression of SEPT12 T96I in NT2/D1 cells impaired the formation of SEPT7 filaments, emphasizing the significance of SEPT12 filaments for sperm morphology and function. …”
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Multidimensional comparison of life cycle footprint of hydrogen production technologies by Péter Németh, Anikó Zseni, András Torma

“…Currently adopted hydrogen strategies foresee a significant increase in the amount of hydrogen used in the future. …”
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Current States of Opinion and Future Directions on the Epidemiology of Sex Differences in Human Pain by Jacob M Vigil

“…The present commentary describes an assessment of the prevalence of observed sex differences in various pain processes, and of how expert pain researchers interpret the epidemiology and, hence, the proximate and ultimate causes of such differences. Forty-two pain investigators completed an anonymous survey on the epidemiology of sex differences in the human pain experience. …”
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Planificación de la enseñanza del balonmano a partir de la organización defensiva: aplicación en la educación física escolar, en la iniciación deportiva y en el deporte universitar... by Rafael Pombo Menezes

“…La planificación de actividades en los deportes colectivos es una tarea inherente a los profesores y entrenadores, directamente influida por el contexto del equipo y la formación de los profesionales. El objetivo de este ensayo es presentar la estructura del Modelo de Enseñanza de los Juegos Colectivos de Invasión desde la Organización Defensiva (MEJIOD) y proponer su aplicación en diferentes contextos (escolar, iniciación deportiva extraescolar –sub-10, sub-12 y sub-14– y equipos universitarios). …”
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A novel approach to $ \mathit{q} $-fractional partial differential equations: Unraveling solutions through semi-analytical methods by Khalid K. Ali, Mohamed S. Mohamed, M. Maneea

“…In this study, we solve linear and nonlinear $ \mathit{q} $-FPDEs and obtain the closed-form solutions, which confirm the validity of the utilized methods. …”
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De la pastoralité dans l’Est de la Turquie by Michaël Thevenin

“…Sous cette forme, la pastoralité serait une construction identitaire. …”
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EN Methods for managing the energy efficiency of a reliquefaction plant operating on the reverse brighton cycle of a LNG tanker by В.В. Соколовська-єфименко, Л.І. Морозюк, В.О. Єрін, О.О. Єфименко, А.В. Мошкатюк

“…Although these tanks are well insulated, some of the LNG evaporates under the external factors influence, and boil-off-gas gas (BOG) is formed. The main method of dealing with BOG is the reliquefaction of LNG. …”
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Baseline hydro-geochemical characteristics of groundwater in Abu Ali watershed (Northern Lebanon) by Rachad Al Haj, Mohammad Merheb, Jalal Halwani, Baghdad Ouddane

“…Another group, at slightly lower altitudes, shares the same geological formation (Cenomanian-Turonian) and includes a large number of wells. …”
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Las aves no se suicidan: Un acercamiento a la obra poética de Alejandra Solórzano by Laura Sánchez Porras

“…El artículo se divide en dos secciones: (a) Acerca de la escritora, donde se muestra de forma resumida un acercamiento al contexto histórico, social y político que marca su vida y obra; y (b) Análisis de Las aves no se suicidan, donde se realiza una reflexión filológica e interpretativa del poema de la autora.…”
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In Situ Aqueous Spice Extract-Based Antifungal Lock Strategy for Salvage of Foley’s Catheter Biofouled with <i>Candida albicans</i> Biofilm Gel by Bindu Sadanandan, Vaniyamparambath Vijayalakshmi, Kalidas Shetty, Adithya Rathish, Harshala Shivkumar, Malavika Gundreddy, Nikhil Kumar Kagganti Narendra, Nethra Machamada Devaiah

“…<i>Candida</i> forms a gel-like biofilm in the Foley’s catheter (FC) causing tenacious biofouling and severe urinary tract infections (UTIs). …”
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Stability Analysis of the Crank-Nicolson Finite Element Method for the Navier-Stokes Equations Driven by Slip Boundary Conditions by M. Mbehou, M. S. Daoussa Haggar, H. Olei Tahar

“…The resulting variational structure dealing with is in the form of inequality, and obtaining H1-estimate is more involved because of the presence of the nondifferentiable term appearing at the boundary where slip occurs. …”
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Mobile application adjunct to the WHO basic emergency care course: a mixed methods study by Juma A Mfinanga, Hendry R Sawe, Anya L Greenberg, Andrea G Tenner, Alexandra Friedman, Paulina Nicholaus, Christian C Rose, Newton Addo, Catherine Reuben Shari, Upendo N George, Michael J Losak

“…Objectives The WHO developed a 5-day basic emergency care (BEC) course using the traditional lecture format. However, adult learning theory suggests that lecture-based courses alone may not promote long-term knowledge retention. …”
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