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Evaluating the satisfaction about Mehr housing project (case study: Mehr housing of new city of Sahand, Tabriz) [PDF]

جغرافیا و آمایش شهری منطقه‌ای, 2017
In recent decades, with the growth and development  of urbanization in the third world countries, especially in Iran, Provision of housing for low-income groups in the city has become one of the issues and challenges that the governments faced with.
Dr. Masoud Safayipor, Shahrokh Zadvali Khaje   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceptions about prenatal care: views of urban vulnerable groups

BMC Public Health, 2002
Background In the United States, infant mortality rates remain more than twice as high for African Americans as compared to other racial groups. Lack of adherence to prenatal care schedules in vulnerable, hard to reach, urban, poor women is associated ...
Hatcher Barbara, Jackson Velishie, Monroe-Lord Lillie, Rodan Margaret, Richards Leslie, Wingrove Barbara K, Milligan Renee, Harris Cynthia, Henderson Cassandra, Johnson Allan A   +9 more
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Comparative Analysis of the Anthropometric Parameters Among the Ethnic Groups of Karachi

Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2020
Objective: Objectives of this study were to determine the average height, weight, BMI, BSA and LBM among the different ethnic groups that exist in population of Karachi and to determine whether these anthropometric parameters vary significantly among ...
Mahrukh Kamran, Rabia Rahan, Sahar Mubeen, Munazza Suharwardy Obaid, Hira Ahmed, Shazia Fahmi   +5 more
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Peasants’ Land Rights Claims Over Plantation Companies’ Sites in Central Java, Indonesia (1998-2014)

Indonesia Law Review, 2016
This article reveals the opening of political and legal opportunities for the landless peasants of Central Java at the end of the 1990s to reclaim their lands that were confiscated during the end of the 1950s through a nationalization program to take ...
Siti Rakhma Mary Herwati, Yanuar Sumarlan   +1 more
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Tracking Health Related Quality of Life From Diagnosis to Follow‐Up Among Australian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is one of the most treatable forms of paediatric cancer; however, there is a substantial burden of treatment‐related toxicities (TRTs). In addition, the long‐term changes in children's health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) due to toxic treatments are not well understood.
Clare Ghows, Clarissa E. Schilstra, Karen McCleary, Nancy E. Briggs, Rishi S. Kotecha, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Shanti Ramachandran, Ruelleyn Cockcroft, Rachel Conyers, Siobhan Cross, Luciano Dalla‐Pozza, Peter Downie, Tamas Revesz, Michael Osborn, Frank Alvaro, Claire E. Wakefield, Glenn M. Marshall, Toby Trahair, Marion K. Mateos, Joanna E. Fardell   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Group Segregation and Urban Violence

American Journal of Political Science, 2013
How does segregation shape intergroup violence in contested urban spaces? Should nominal rivals be kept separate or instead more closely integrated? We develop an empirically grounded agent‐based model to understand the sources and patterns of violence in urban areas, employing Jerusalem as a demonstration case and seeding our model with microlevel ...
Ravi Bhavnani, Karsten Donnay, Dan Miodownik, Maayan Mor, Dirk Helbing   +4 more
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Urban Parcel Grouping Method Based on Urban Form and Functional Connectivity Characterisation [PDF]

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2019
The grouping of parcel data based on proximity is a pre-processing step of GIS and a key link of urban structure recognition for regional function discovery and urban planning. Currently, most literature abstracts parcels into points and clusters parcels based on their attribute similarity, which produces a large number of coarse granularity functional
Wu, P, Zhang, S, Li, H, Dale, P, Ding, X, Lu, Y   +5 more
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Does the Homeownership Gap Between Rural–Urban Migrants and Urban–Urban Migrants in China Vary by Income?

SAGE Open, 2020
Rural–urban migrants in China often experience poor living conditions and are less likely to be homeowners than urban–urban migrants. This study aims to investigate whether the homeownership gap between rural–urban migrants and urban–urban migrants in ...
Juan Ming, Jiachun Liu, Zicheng Wang
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Sociodemographic Factors Associated With Later Stage at Diagnosis of Pediatric Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From Children's Oncology Group Registries ACCRN07 and APEC14B1

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Germ cell tumors (GCTs) often arise in the ovaries and testes (extracranial) but can also develop in the brain (intracranial). We examined the relationship of individual, family, and community‐level socioeconomic status (SES) with stage of disease at diagnosis in a cohort of pediatric patients with GCT from Children's Oncology Group
Heydon K. Kaddas, Judy Y. Ou, Todd Alonzo, Logan G. Spector, Negar Fallahazad, Emily Owens, Anne C. Kirchhoff, Adam L. Green   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Describing Adolescent Breastfeeding Environments Through Focus Groups in an Urban Community

Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 2013
Purpose: Breastfeeding is a potential solution to improve health outcomes for adolescent mothers and infants. Adolescence is a risk factor for low breastfeeding rates and is associated with a higher risk for perinatal complication.
Nikki Keene Woods, Amy K. Chesser, Jennifer Wipperman   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source