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Human African trypanosomiasis amongst urban residents in Kinshasa: a case-control study. [PDF]
, 2004 BACKGROUND: Increasing numbers of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) cases have been reported in urban residents of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic Congo since 1996. We set up a case-control study to identify risk factors for the disease.
Bilengue CM +15 more
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Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.Rigid, lightweight foams for thermal insulation are produced using a universal and scalable method: results are compared between pilot plant trials, four wood residues, pulp, ocean water, and a biosurfactant. Two guidelines for using this method are suggested: use a distribution of rigid wood microparticle sizes and shapes and match the average ...
Elizabeth Dobrzanski +9 more
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Health equity in urban and rural settings: implementation of the place standard tool in Spain
Frontiers in Public HealthThe physical, social, and economic characteristics of neighborhoods and municipalities determine the health of their residents, shaping their behaviors and choices regarding health and well-being.
Ana Ocaña-Ortiz +18 more
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No. 07: Rapid Urbanization and the Nutrition Transition in Southern Africa [PDF]
, 2011 The nutrition transition, including the presence of malnutrition and obesity in poor urban populations (the so-called ‘double burden’ of disease), is occurring in Southern Africa in the context of massive rural-urban migration and rapid urbanization ...
Crush, Jonathan +2 more
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Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.This review explores the progressive design of biopolymer‐based fibrous membranes enhanced with layered carbon materials such as MXene, graphene oxide, and carbon nanotubes. It highlights how their integration significantly boosts water filtration performance, selectivity, and antifouling properties.
Sanaz Khademolqorani +10 more
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Public Health ReviewsObjective: Using different perspectives and methods to investigate the links between the urban phenomenon and health is critical in an urbanizing world.
José Pedro Silva +5 more
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Urban Healthcare Big Data System Based on Crowdsourced and Cloud-Based Air Quality Indicators [PDF]
arXiv, 2018 The ever-accelerating process of globalization enables more than half the population to live in cities. Thus, the air quality in cities exerts critical influence on the health status of more and more urban residents. In this article, based on urban air quality data collected through meteorological sites, mobile crowdsourcing, and IoT sensing, along ...
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Urban pollution and ecosystem services [PDF]
, 2019 Urban pollutants can degrade and inhibit ecological functions and processes. Those natural processes provide vital benefits and services to humans.
Baldocchi +20 more
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Machine Learning‐Driven Multi‐Objective Optimization of Microchannel Reactors for CO₂ Conversion
Advanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.This study introduces a novel method that combines CFD, RSM, and ML to improve a microreactor's performance utilizing the Sabatier reaction. A range of ML models is assessed, and the best one is selected to predict optimal reactor conditions. ML shows the ability to predict performance in just milliseconds, leading to a decrease in computational time ...
Sandeep Kumar +2 more
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Gender-based Violence in an Indian Resettlement Colony Threatened with Re-eviction
Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil VidyapeethIntroduction: Od tribals who migrated to India during the Indo-Pakistan partition of 1947 were resettled by the Government of India in 1987 in the Bhatti Mines area near Delhi, India.
Sheetal Surjeet +6 more
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