Household food insecurity in urban slums and its association with nutritional status of under-five children in Salem District, Tamil Nadu. [PDF]
Indian J Med ResArumugam DP, Ramasamy U.
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Can a lizard ride on a housefly?: Navigating uncertainty and moral life in an Accra Zongo, Ghana
Ethos, Volume 54, Issue 2, June 2026.Abstract How can uncertainty become a resource for ethical life rather than a threat to it? Focusing on a Zongo community in Accra, Ghana—also known as a “traveler's camp” or “stranger's quarters”—this article examines how people use a creative form of communication called the practice of folding to sustain relationships shaped by conditions of ...
Emily A. Williamson
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The Geographical Journal, Volume 192, Issue 2, June 2026.Short Abstract This paper examines the relationship between urban compactness and social equity across three UK cities. Using a multidimensional compactness framework and multiscale geographically weighted regression (MGWR), it analyses how demographic characteristics relate to spatial compactness at a fine scale.
Tianrui Sun, Cristian Silva
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State Integration and Violence at the Margins: The Logic of Police Raids in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 127-141, June 2026.ABSTRACT This paper investigates police raids in Rio de Janeiro's favelas through a property rights framework, exploring their organisational structure, motivations and implications. Using data from police reports, academic studies, NGOs and news sources, it examines why and how the state intervenes in these contested spaces.
Joseph Bouchard
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Spatiotemporal patterns of tuberculosis in urban slums and urban-rural transition zones: evidence from Tétouan, Morocco, 2019-2023. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public HealthEz-Zari A +7 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines the historical displacement of Indigenous peoples in Venezuela, focusing on the links between indigenist policies and the exploitation of natural resources, particularly oil, throughout the 20th century. Using a combined historical and ethnographic approach, it demonstrates how the formation of the Venezuelan nation‐state
Gabriel Tardelli
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Implementation Effect of a Pilot Urban Primary Health Care Model on the Usage of Health Care From Medically Trained Providers for Chronic Diseases Among Slum Populations in Bangladesh: Findings From an Implementation Research Study. [PDF]
JMIR Public Health SurveillRabbani MG +11 more
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Class Struggle, Commodity Fetishism, and Historical Materialism in the New Latin American Cinema
Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 327-335, June 2026.ABSTRACT This study examines Latin American cinema after the 2010s through the concepts of class struggle, commodity fetishism, and historical materialism. The study aims to discuss how the region's colonial legacy, neoliberal policies, and current political transformations are reproduced in cinematic narratives.
Doğuşcan Göker +1 more
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Through their eyes: a Photovoice study of environmental stressors and mental health among young women in Kampala's urban slums. [PDF]
Cities HealthSwahn MH +3 more
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Probing Prediction‐Related Processes in Language Using an EEG Word Stem Completion Paradigm
Psychophysiology, Volume 63, Issue 6, June 2026.ABSTRACT Humans comprehend language rapidly, with active prediction of upcoming words as a key mechanism. Studies using sentences have documented facilitations in behavior and brain activity (N400) when people encounter predictable words, and brain responses (anterior positivity) specific to prediction violations.
Hui‐Sun Chiu +2 more
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