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Regional Disparities in Case Volumes and Surgeon Distribution in Gastroenterological Surgery

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Regional disparities in surgical resources may influence the delivery and sustainability of gastroenterological surgery, particularly in countries experiencing rapid population aging and depopulation. Methods This nationwide cross‐sectional study used data from the Japanese National Clinical Database to examine temporal trends (2013–
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Hiraku Kumamaru, Momoko Ara, Yoshihiro Kakeji, Hideko Yamauchi, Masafumi Inomata, Sadako Akashi‐Tanaka, Koji Ito, Shinji Itoh, Hidetoshi Eguchi, Kazumi Kawase, Yoshiaki Kinoshita, Yuki Kiyozumi, Shogo Kobayashi, Ikuko Shibasaki, Chiyoe Shirota, Hiroyuki Suzuki, Chie Takasu, Aoi Fujikawa, Saki Bessho, Kiyomi Horiuchi, Kosei Maemura, Ayako Maruo, Takuya Miura, Yuji Miyamoto, Toshiki Yajima, Ayuko Yasuda, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, Tadashi Iwanaka, Hideo Baba, Akinobu Taketomi   +30 more
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A multi-scalar analysis of European cities [PDF]

In this article, we observe existing links between sustainable development and cities’ structural features. First, we identify cluster of cities that are homogenous in structural terms. We then adopt a multiscalar perspective.
Enrico Giovannetti, Francesco Pagliacci
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Lidar‐Based Object Tracking of Traffic Participants with Sensor Nodes in Existing Urban Infrastructure

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This paper presents a lidar‐based sensor node design and a rule‐based state observer for edge‐based traffic participant tracking. Unlike other state‐of‐the‐art methods, this state observer enables real‐time, CPU‐only edge processing without relying on machine learning approaches.
Simon Schäfer, Bassam Alrifaee, Ehsan Hashemi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of Urban Sprawl in Algerian Cities Skikda and Tébessa (1985-2024) Using GIS and Landsat Imagery

Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs
This study analyzes urban sprawl in the Algerian cities of Skikda and Tébessa from 1985 to 2024, utilizing supervised classification of Landsat satellite imagery and GIS analysis.
Lounis lbtissem, Leulmi Lamia, Gherzouli lazhar, Lazri Youcef   +3 more
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Determination of New Deveploment Area in Kırklareli by GIS Based Weighted Overlay Analysis

International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics, 2018
In today's world geography, the migration from rural area to urban areas continues and the increasing urban population causes vertical and horizontal urban growth.
AZEM KURU, FATİH TERZİ
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Vanishing Cities: What Does the New Economic Geography Imply About the Efficiency of Urbanization? [PDF]

How should the size and number of cities evolve optimally as population grows? Stripped of the constraints of geography itself, the setup of the New Economic Geography implies that de-agglomeration (or de- urbanization) is efficient. The number of cities
Alex Anas
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Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
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CIDADES MÉDIAS BRASILEIRAS A PARTIR DE UM NOVO OLHAR DENOMINAL E CONCEITUAL: CIDADES DE COMANDO REGIONAL

Desenvolvimento em Questão, 2018
This study aims to introduce a denominal and conceptual alternative to the cities grouping, qualified as medium. The identification of other new analysis criterions which grounds in the conceptual construct, what contributes to a forward-looking of the ...
Juscelino Gomes Lima, Rogério Leandro Lima da Silveira   +1 more
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Sense and the city: exploring the embodied geographies of urban walking

Social & Cultural Geography, 2010
Within UK pedestrian policy, walking is promoted as a sustainable mode of transport that benefits both the body and mind. However, much policy discussion assumes all walking to be the same and a largely self-evident means of transport, whilst many academic engagements with walking are highly abstract theorisations that lack any systematic empirical ...
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Productive tensions? The “city” across geographies of planetary urbanization and the urban age

Urban Geography, 2020
A shift away from the city as the default unit of analysis in urban studies is one of the widely agreed-upon advances brought about by the planetary urbanization thesis.
Ricardo Martinez, Tim Bunnell, Michele Acuto   +2 more
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