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Ownership and Belonging in Urban Green Space [PDF]

, 2018
This chapter examines publicly accessible urban green spaces, from both anthropological and socio-legal perspectives. It explores the concept of communal property through a case study of Heeley People’s Park and two other urban parks in Sheffield, UK. It draws on a range of sources, including evidence of individual and collective practices which have ...
Abram, Simone, Blandy, Sarah
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Transferrin receptor 1‐mediated iron uptake supports thermogenic activation in human cervical‐derived adipocytes

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we found that human cervical‐derived adipocytes maintain intracellular iron level by regulating the expression of iron transport‐related proteins during adrenergic stimulation. Melanotransferrin is predicted to interact with transferrin receptor 1 based on in silico analysis.
Rahaf Alrifai, Mizuki Seo, Gyath Karadsheh, Fachrur Rizal Mahendra, Máté Á Demény, Ferenc Győry, János András Mótyán, László Fésüs, Endre Kristóf, Rini Arianti   +9 more
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Avian biodiversity in the urban green spaces of Paris: higher bird species richness in larger parks and park centers

Avian Conservation and Ecology
Diverse anthropogenic threats drive bird population declines, especially for species living in urban areas. Through studies of avian species richness in urban green spaces, i.e., the parks, gardens, and cemeteries of modern cities, we gain a deeper ...
Daniel J. Mennill, Stephanie M. Gamboa, Emily M. Bolger, Madison I. Bygrove, Micaela Carlini, Katie A. Cesca, Hannah L. Drew, Natalie A. Emerick, Adam Gaisinsky, Reese M. Miller, Linda Nguyen, Liam D. O'Leary, Sona Regonda, Danielle N. Robinson, Emily Tessier, Stephanie M. Doucet   +15 more
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The planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 interacts with the PDZ‐domains of Scribble but not with a unique PDZ‐like domain in Inturned

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Structural and biochemical characterisations show that the planar cell polarity (PCP) protein Inturned harbours a unique PDZ‐like domain that does not bind canonical PDZ‐binding motifs (PBMs) like that of another PCP protein Vangl2. In contrast, the apical‐basal polarity protein Scribble contains four PDZ domains that bind Vangl2, but one PDZ domain ...
Stephan Wilmes, Jan Brysch, Carmen Gelze, Lilli Meier, Daniel Kümmel   +4 more
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Attributes of Urban Greenspaces and their Influence on Visitors’ Preferences in Nairobi City County, Kenya

Eastern African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
Urban 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, Hellen Kamiri, Peter Kamau   +2 more
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Mapping Kabul’s Private Urban Green Spaces Using Geographic Information System-Supervised Classification

Journal of Landscape Ecology, 2020
Private green spaces are considered an important part of urban greenery. However, the extent of private green spaces in an informal city like Kabul is unknown. To this end, this study has mapped out the private green spaces in the informal settlements of
Hussainzad Emal Ahmad, Yusof Mohd Johari Mohd, Maruthaveeran Sreetheran   +2 more
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Green space definition affects associations of green space with overweight and physical activity

Environmental Research, 2018
In epidemiological studies, exposure to green space is inconsistently associated with being overweight and physical activity, possibly because studies differ widely in their definition of green space exposure, inclusion of important confounders, study population and data analysis.We evaluated whether the association of green space with being overweight
Klompmaker, JO, Hoek, G, Bloemsma, LD, Gehring, U, Strak, M, Wijga, AH, van den Brink, C, Brunekreef, B, Lebret, E, Janssen, NAH   +9 more
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Structural insights into an engineered feruloyl esterase with improved MHET degrading properties

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
A feruloyl esterase was engineered to mimic key features of MHETase, enhancing the degradation of PET oligomers. Structural and computational analysis reveal how a point mutation stabilizes the active site and reshapes the binding cleft, expading substrate scope.
Panagiota Karampa, Konstantinos Makryniotis, Theofani‐Iosifina Sousani, Evangelos Topakas, Vangelis Daskalakis, Maria Dimarogona   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

GREEN SPACE, HEALTH INEQUALITY, AND PREGNANCY

ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2011
Green spaces have been suggested to improve physical and mental health and well-being by increasing physical activity, reducing air pollution, noise, and ambient temperature, increasing social contacts and relieving psychophysiological stress. Although these mechanisms also suggest potential beneficial effects of green spaces on pregnancy outcomes, to ...
Dadvand, Payam, de Nazelle, Audrey, Figueras, Francesc, Basagaña, Xavier, Su, Jason, Amoly, Elmira, Jerrett, Michael, Vrijheid, Martine, Sunyer, Jordi, Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.   +9 more
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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