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Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesUrban green spaces refer to land covered with vegetation such as forests, street trees, parks, gardens, and water bodies in an urban setup. In this study, we sought to investigate the attributes of urban green spaces in Nairobi County and their ...
Martin Wandie Mbugua +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2020 Green spaces in residential areas provide multiple cultural ecosystem services (CES), which can contribute to human health by increasing the frequency of residents' visits.
Qizheng Mao +5 more
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Function‐driven design of a surrogate interleukin‐2 receptor ligand
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Interleukin (IL)‐2 signaling can be achieved and precisely fine‐tuned through the affinity, distance, and orientation of the heterodimeric receptors with their ligands. We designed a biased IL‐2 surrogate ligand that selectively promotes effector T and natural killer cell activation and differentiation. Interleukin (IL) receptors play a pivotal role in
Ziwei Tang +9 more
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The 2014 American State Litter Scorecard FINAL: USA's Dirtiest & Cleanest States Includes Statistics and Charts [PDF]
, 2006 A NEW State Litter "Scorecard" is released for the 2014 American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Conference. Every three years, the Scorecard approximates each state's overall public spaces environmental quality through tried-and-true, hard-to ...
Antoine, J., Vandergheynst, P.
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Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira +3 more
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Planning of urban park green space layout - adopting an optimization model
Sustainable BuildingsThis paper briefly introduces a park green space evaluation model based on supply and demand accessibility, the K-means algorithm for determining the optimal number of new green spaces, and an improved genetic algorithm (GA) for planning these spaces ...
Liu Xiaojie
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Disaster consequence mitigation and evaluation of roadside green spaces in Nanjing
Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2019 The extensive layout of roadside green spaces make them important green disaster mitigation nodes in high-density areas of any city; hence, further improvements in their disaster mitigation functions would make the urban disaster prevention system more ...
Wenjun Fei +5 more
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GREEN SPACES AND PUBLIC HEALTH IN URBAN AREAS [PDF]
Quality of life in cities depends largely on the availability of attractive and accessible green spaces. It is generally agreed that urban green spaces are essential for the health and well-being of citizens.
Claudiu CICEA, Corina PIRLOGEA
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Use and perception of urban green spaces in Barcelona [PDF]
, 2014 Curs 2012-2013Background: Although the mechanisms are not well understood yet, evidence exists of the benefits of urban green spaces for human health.
Garcia Martínez, Lino
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Mental Health Benefits of Long-Term Exposure to Residential Green and Blue Spaces: A Systematic Review [PDF]
, 2015 Many studies conducted during the last decade suggest the mental health benefits of green and blue spaces. We aimed to systematically review the available literature on the long-term mental health ...
Dadvand, Payam +6 more
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