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Sentinel Surveillance of Influenza-Like-Illness in Two Cities of the Tropical Country of Ecuador: 2006–2010

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2011
Background Tropical countries are thought to play an important role in the global behavior of respiratory infections such as influenza. The tropical country of Ecuador has almost no documentation of the causes of acute respiratory infections.
R. Douce   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contributions and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Building Smarter Cities: Insights from a Systematic Review of the Literature

open access: yesEnergies, 2020
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most disruptive technologies of our time. Interest in the use of AI for urban innovation continues to grow. Particularly, the rise of smart cities—urban locations that are enabled by community, technology, and ...
Tan Yigitcanlar   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Latino adolescent-father discrepancies in reporting activity parenting practices and associations with adolescents’ physical activity and screen time

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2020
Background Latino fathers may play important roles in adolescents’ physical activity and screen time. However, informant discrepancies regarding paternal activity parenting practices may challenge studies supporting evidence-based applications.
Youjie Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Performative housing for extreme climatic conditions: the African Off-grid Housing (AOH) research project case study

open access: yesTechne, 2022
«Today, 600 million people in Africa do not have access to electricity and 900 million lack access to clean cooking facilities» (IEA, 2019). With this premise, the paper will explain the research agenda of the African Off-grid Housing project on how to ...
Paolo Cascone   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

No association of COVID-19 transmission with temperature or UV radiation in Chinese cities

open access: yesEuropean Respiratory Journal, 2020
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, which was first reported in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has caused 80 904 confirmed cases as of 9 March 2020, with 28 673 cases being reported outside of China.
Ye Yao   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Implementing Data-Driven Smart City Applications for Future Cities

open access: yesSmart Cities, 2022
Cities are investing in data-driven smart technologies to improve performance and efficiency and to generate a vast amount of data. Finding the opportunities to innovatively use this data help governments and authorities to forecast, respond, and plan ...
Y. Kaluarachchi
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preserving city color plan, surveying Iranian submontane cities [PDF]

open access: yesUrbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2015
No Considering color pallet of the buildings of every city, arouse a debate related to identity and aesthetics of urban environment. This debate is succeeded by researches about the color of cities, from limited hues of traditional city to numerous ...
Preserving city color plan, surveying Iranian submontane cities
doaj  

Using the RE-AIM Framework to Evaluate Disaster Recovery Videos

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2022
Natural disasters both increase and cause financial challenges for survivors. Crisis support reduces negative outcomes such as financial stress, yet survivors are often unaware or unable to access available services. Aiming to innovatively improve access
Sarah Cronin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Great cities look small [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Great cities connect people; failed cities isolate people. Despite the fundamental importance of physical, face-to-face social-ties in the functioning of cities, these connectivity networks are not explicitly observed in their entirety.
Barahona, Mauricio   +3 more
core   +3 more sources

Filling the Third Circle with Interdisciplinary Lesson Planning: A Case Study of Pre-Service Teachers

open access: yesJournal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2022
The three-circle model of agricultural education focuses on the importance of in-class instruction, supervised agricultural experiences, and FFA involvement.
Garrett Steede   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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