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L’importance des choix résidentiels des migrants internationaux dans l’organisation de l’industrie de la confection à São Paulo

Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 2012
This text provides an analysis of residential choices of Bolivian and Paraguayan immigrants settled in São Paulo. We explain how residential choices, that is to say, the location in the urban space, the occupancy status of housing and the residential ...
Sylvain Souchaud
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Descriptive study of carers' support, encouragement and modelling of healthy lifestyle behaviours in residential out‐of‐home care

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015
Objective: Given the high prevalence of overweight/obesity among young people in residential out‐of‐home care (OOHC), and as their carers are in loco parentis, this research aimed: 1) to examine the healthy lifestyle cognitions and behaviours of ...
Rachael Cox, Helen Skouteris, Matthew Fuller‐Tyszkiewicz, Amanda D. Jones, David Gallant, Stella Omerogullari, Robyn Miller, Louise L. Hardy   +7 more
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Recent Results From the EU POF-PLUS Project: Multi-Gigabit Transmission Over 1 mm Core Diameter Plastic Optical Fibers [PDF]

, 2011
Recent activity to achieve multi-gigabit transmission over 1 mm core diameter graded-index and step-index plastic optical fibers for distances up to 50 meters is reported in this paper.
Charbonnier, B., Gaudino, Roberto, Greiss, I., Koonen, A.M.J., Kruglov, R., Loquai, S., Okonkwo, C.M., Ouzzif, M., Tangdiongga, E., Visani, D., Yang, H., Ziemann, O.   +11 more
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Drugs, Crime, Space, and Time: A Spatiotemporal Examination of Drug Activity and Crime Rates [PDF]

, 2020
To take stock of the “neighborhood effects” of drug activity, we combined theoretical insights from the drugs and crime and communities and place literatures in examining the longitudinal relationship between drug activity and crime rates at more ...
Contreras, C, Hipp, JR
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Development of a Built Environment–Self-Efficacy–Activity Engagement–Self-Rated Health Model for Older Adults in Urban Residential Areas

Buildings
The aging population has posed significant challenges to the built environment (BE) in urban residential areas, particularly in addressing older adults’ activity and health needs.
Chendi Wang, Fangyi Chen, Yujie Lin, Shaohua Qiang, Jingsong Sun   +4 more
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Housing Construction as a Leading Economic Indicator

Studies in Business and Economics, 2019
The construction industry, and especially residential building construction activity, represents a significant part of a country’s general economy, directly affecting GDP through construction, maintenance and renovation, as well as indirectly with ...
Olga Bormpotsialou, Antonios Rovolis
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Green physical activity for leisure connects perceived residential greenspace and mental well-being

Frontiers in Public Health, 2023
Physical activity serves as a pivotal mediator in previous theoretical frameworks that link greenspace and human health. However, it remains unclear whether the domain of physical activity within and around greenspaces can alter the pathway.
Hansen Li, Yun Li, Zhenhuan Wang, Guodong Zhang   +3 more
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LIFESTYLES, ROUTINE ACTIVITIES, AND RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY VICTIMIZATION [PDF]

Journal of Crime and Justice, 1999
This paper reports findings from an exploratory, place specific study of the relationship between victims' lifestyles, routine activities, and residential burglary victimization. A telephone survey differentiated people with various lifestyles in terms of daily obligatory and discretionary activities.
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Does residential address-based exposure assessment for outdoor air pollution lead to bias in epidemiological studies?

Environmental Health
Background Epidemiological studies of long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution have consistently documented associations with morbidity and mortality.
Gerard Hoek, Danielle Vienneau, Kees de Hoogh   +2 more
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Perceived opportunities, gender, urbanization and leisure-time physical activity: a European study [PDF]

, 2009
Limited research has been conducted on the effect of opportunities for leisure-time physical activity within the residential environment on leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) behavior in a European context.
Van Tuyckom, Charlotte
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