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VOID URBANISM: Unbuilt New Cities and State Formation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Based on an analysis of the planning process behind Kitoko City in the Democratic Republic of Congo—a new city project officially launched in 2019 but never implemented—this article examines the political, social, and spatial effects generated by urban initiatives that remain at the stage of intention. It investigates how such unbuilt projects
Patrick Belinga Ondoua
wiley   +1 more source

Decoding Dual Regulatory Layers: Integrating Differential Expression and Alternative Splicing Dynamics in the Evolution of Laryngeal Echolocation Across Chiropteran Lineages

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We integrated short‐read and long‐read RNA‐seq data from cochlear tissues of echolocating and non‐echolocating bats to disentangle transcriptional and post‐transcriptional regulation. Echolocating bats showed neural‐function enrichment among differentially expressed genes, while alternatively spliced genes were linked to epigenetic regulation. Overlaps
Jianyu Wu, Daoyuan Hu, Min Chen, Xiuguang Mao   +3 more
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Clinical and audiological profile of patients with sudden sensorineural hearing loss after exposure to recreational noise

Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
According to the World Health Organization, significant hearing loss in young people exposed to recreational acoustic trauma has become a public health issue.
Lara Freire Bezerril Soares, Breno Lima de Almeida, Igor Ataíde Silva Teixeira, Maria Luisa Frechiani Lara Maciel, Jorge Vinícius Leocádio Monteiro, Luanna Miranda Martins, Marina Cançado Passarelli Scott, Norma de Oliveira Penido   +7 more
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Hearing Loss in Space Flights: A Review of Noise Regulations and Previous Outcomes

Noise is the primary cause of hearing loss during space flight. Throughout every phase of flight, particularly during launch, a significant amount of noise is generated and transferred via the vehicle’s structure to the places inhabited by the crew.
Ahmet Uğur Avcı
core   +1 more source

Association Characteristics and Potential Mechanisms of Aging, Gut Microbiota, and Hearing Loss

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The study found that aging leads to unchanged gut microbiota alpha diversity but an increase in Bacteroidetes and a decrease in Firmicutes at the phylum level, with specific genera, species, and functional pathways co‐associated with aging and hearing loss. Through constructing a microbe‐metabolite network, it revealed the mechanism by which protective
Cheng Cheng, Lu Wang, Runhan Li, Wenkai Lai, Chongkui Sun, Jianguo Cui, Bicheng Zhu, Jiang Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the sparse coding shrinkage noise reduction algorithm for the hearing impaired

, 2012
Although there are numerous single-channel noise reduction strategies to improve speech perception in a noisy environment, most of them can only improve speech quality but not improve speech intelligibility for normal hearing (NH) or hearing impaired (HI)
Sang, Jinqiu
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WAH‐i: Optimising microphone array geometry for customised localisation accuracy

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Accurate spatial localisation of free‐flying echolocating bats is foundational for resolving fine‐scale flight and echolocation behaviour, prey interception and spatial decision‐making in natural environments. Acoustic localisation using microphone arrays is widely employed for this purpose, yet array geometries in field studies are typically ...
Ravi Umadi
wiley   +1 more source

The policy adjacent: How affordable housing generates policy feedback among neighboring residents

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract While scholars have documented feedback effects among a policy's direct winners and losers, less is known about whether such effects can occur among the indirectly affected—“the policy adjacent.” Using 458 geocoded housing developments built between two nearly identical statewide ballot propositions funding affordable housing in California, we
Michael Hankinson, Asya Magazinnik, Melissa Sands   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Four Questions for Ethnographers Under Trumpian Authoritarianism

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines evolving challenges and ethical dilemmas facing ethnographers working under intensifying authoritarianism in the United States. Because very little of what the United States is experiencing is new, my work here is primarily curatorial in nature, drawing upon the lessons offered by scholars across disciplines in the United
Elizabeth Hanna Rubio
wiley   +1 more source

Early Outer Hair Cell Dysfunction Associated With Educational Noise Exposure in Dental Students: Implications for Hearing Conservation in Dental Education

European Journal of Dental Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Dental education involves continuous exposure to high‐frequency noise from clinical instruments, which may cause early outer hair cell damage even before professional practice begins. While noise‐induced hearing loss (NIHL) is a recognised occupational hazard among dentists, evidence regarding subclinical outer hair cell changes ...
Merve Yelken Kendirci, Mehtap Ungor, Handan Turan Dizdar, Ahmet Faruk Erturk, Ilknur Ozcan   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source