A grounded theory based kano model to develop age-friendly housing retrofit strategies for older people in China by Erxin Tu, Ying Zhou

“…Age-friendly housing (AFH) is a key measure to improve their quality of life, yet a systematic decision-making framework remains lacking. …”
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Jute mills as restorative landscapes: perceptions of environmental aesthetics in living industrial heritage by Abantika Mukherjee, Haimanti Banerji

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Vertical Characteristics of Potential PM2.5 Sources in the Urban Environment by Ho-Tang Liao, Yu-Chi Lai, Hsing Jasmine Chao, Chang-Fu Wu

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Breeding Partners Have Dissimilar Foraging Strategies in a Long‐Lived Arctic Seabird by Marianne Gousy‐Leblanc, Allison Patterson, H. Grant Gilchrist, Vicki L. Friesen, Kyle H. Elliott

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High-achieving adults’ opinions on their educational lives and suggestions about educating gifted students by Özlenen Özdiyar Gedik, Abdul Samet Demirkaya, Eda Gürlen

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Living with Hepatitis C Virus: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis of Qualitative Literature by Laura E. Dowsett, Stephanie Coward, Diane L. Lorenzetti, Gail MacKean, Fiona Clement

“…Stigma significantly impacted those living with HCV. Conclusions. Published literature indicates that those with HCV often feel stigmatized and unsupported in their care, relationships, and work environments, while simultaneously coping with physical and psychological symptoms. …”
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Social inclusion programming for older adults living in age-friendly cities: a scoping review by Josephine McMurray, Madalena Pamela Liougas, Adriana Fortino, Kari Brozowski

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Life quality in Russia: a brief overview by D. A. Ermilina

“…The article convincingly shows that the life quality is formed under the influence of external and internal factors, which together reflect the living standard state of the population (material well-being, consumption of goods). …”
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Assessment of Quality of Life in Patients with Parkinson's Disease by Freddy Fernando Jumbo Salazar, Carlos Alejandro Troya Altamirano, Daniela Abigail Cobo Álvarez

“…Support from family members and communication with the social environment were the least impaired. A significant correlation was observed between depression and quality of life. …”
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Facile Conversion and Optimization of Structured Illumination Image Reconstruction Code into the GPU Environment by Kwangsung Oh, Piero R. Bianco

“…Superresolution, structured illumination microscopy (SIM) is an ideal modality for imaging live cells due to its relatively high speed and low photon-induced damage to the cells. …”
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QUALITY OF ECONOMIC SPACE: MEASUREMENT PROBLEMS AT THE MESO-LEVEL by A. A. Urunov, L. F. Levina, V. A. Ostapenko

“…The concepts of economic space and its quality, institutional environment of economic space have been substantiated. …”
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ANALYSIS OF AIR QUALITY IN TELEORMAN BY MEANS OF BIOMONITORS-LICHENS by Cernat POPA

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Air Pollution and Urban Environment: Residents Approach in the Wider Area of Volos City, Greece by Louisa Skylodimou, Paschalina Lytoudi, Theodore Metaxas

“…Air pollution in urban environments is a complex, multidimensional issue that significantly impacts public health and people’s well-being. …”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risks of arsenic exposure in drinking water in the rural environment by D. Mahan, O. Waissbluth, D. Caceres

“…It is urgent to implement mitigation measures to improve water quality in these communities and to carry out probabilistic studies to provide more accurate assessment of exposure.…”
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PAMTree: Partitioned Multicast Tree Protocol for Efficient Data Dissemination in a VANET Environment by Amilcare Francesco Santamaria, Cesare Sottile, Peppino Fazio

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Investigating the hatchability and nauplii biometry of Artemia franciscana in unconventional waters of Sistan region, Southeast Iran by Hashem Khandan Barani, Abdolali Rahdari, Narjes Sanchooli, Ali Khosravanizadeh

“…These organisms are the most common live-food item in the aquaculture industry to feed the larval stages of fish and crustaceans in different parts of the world. …”
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Image Quality Assessment Based on Multi-Scale Representation and Shifting Transformer by Geng Fu, Ziyu Wang, Cuijuan Zhang, Zerong Qi, Mingzheng Hu, Shujun Fu, Yunfeng Zhang

“…In automatic control systems, sensors and cameras are often used to capture images of the environment or processes being monitored. The quality of these images is paramount as it directly affects the system’s ability to accurately interpret and respond to the visual information. …”
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Association of burnout and working environment conditions in respiratory care professionals in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study by Saad Al-Anazi, Saad Al-Anazi, Syed Shahid Habib, Thamir Al-khlaiwi, Abdulaziz Alhomaidi Alodhayani, Abdulmueen Alotaibi, Abdulmueen Alotaibi, Saja Aldulejan, Sufana Al Safadi, Fahad Saad Alshammari, Aqeelah Marar, Afaf Alrashdi, Alhanouf G. Almutairi, Mohammed Alshahrani

“…IntroductionBurnout is a pervasive issue in healthcare, and it impacts both the wellbeing of healthcare professionals and the quality of patient care. This study examines factors associated with burnout and working environment among respiratory therapists in Saudi Arabia.MethodsA structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respiratory therapists. …”
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Converting grassland to wildflower meadow: impact on soil quality indicators for carbon sequestration by Alice A. Breeveld, Saskia Pagella, Jane Fisher

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Multi-scenario simulation and eco-environmental effect analysis of “Production–Living–Ecological space” based on PLUS model: A case study of Anyang City by Li Lei, Li Genming, Ji Guangxing, Li Qingsong, Zhang Zhihao, Chen Weiqiang

“…Based on the existing land use data and combined with the PLUS model, the article predicts the land demand and distribution of the PLES in the future 2040 and 2060 and then studies the contribution rate of the area changes of each land type to the change of regional ecological environment quality. The results show that (1) agricultural production land is the main type of land use in Anyang City from 1980 to 2020, and the conversion type of land use is mainly manifested as the conversion of agricultural production land to living land. (2) In all three scenarios, the main changes between 2020 and 2060 are the contraction of production land and the expansion of living land. …”
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