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Jane Jacobs and Urban Health [PDF]
Journal of Urban Health, 2006 By 2030, 60% of the world’s population will live in cities;1 in such an environment, intelligent urban design is needed to encourage the health and civility of citizens. Jane Jacobs, an influential urban critic of the 20th century who passed away this past year, pioneered thoughtful and responsible city design that would build not on the imaginary ...
Sara Putnam, Andrew Quinn
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Spectrally Engineered Coatings for Steering the Solar Photons
Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Spectrum‐splitting energy synergy: a spectrally engineered radiative cooling (RC) coating with photoluminescence is integrated with bifacial photovoltaic (biPV) panels to construct a hybrid biPV‐RC system. By controlling solar photon conversion pathways and guiding light transport, the system enables synergistic power generation and daytime radiative ...
Quan Gong +3 more
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Health inequalities and development plans in Iran: An analysis of the past three decades (1984–2010) [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Reducing inequalities in health care is one of the main challenges in all countries. In Iran as in other oil-exporting upper middle income countries, we expected to witness fewer inequalities especially in the health sector with the ...
Driessen, J +4 more
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Advanced Materials, EarlyView.Realistic random 3D periodic representative volume element models of multilayer graphene platelet films are constructed to perform simulations, quantify the effects of different geometric parameters on all their five independent elastic properties, and uncover the dominant deformation mechanisms.
Penghao Qi +8 more
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Changes in food sufficiency among Korean adults in urban and rural areas during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of the 7th and 8th Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [PDF]
Epidemiology and HealthOBJECTIVES Understanding changes in food sufficiency within various demographic groups during emergency situations, such as the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is crucial in formulating public health policies for future preparedness.
Sarang Jeong +2 more
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Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from Norway rats in Boston, Massachusetts
Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2023 Background Despite the importance of domesticated animals in the generation and transmission of antibiotic‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus, the role of wild animals, specifically rodents, in the ecology of S. aureus remains unclear.
Gracen R. Gerbig +7 more
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Mega-cities dominate China's urban greening [PDF]
arXiv, 2023 Trees play a crucial role in urban environments, offering various ecosystem services that contribute to public health and human well-being. China has initiated a range of urban greening policies over the past decades, however, monitoring their impact on urban tree dynamics at a national scale has proven challenging.
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Landscape architecture and health [PDF]
, 2005 Swedes are living increasingly longer lives, but the number of years lived in good health is decreasing. The present doctoral dissertation is focused on the threat to Swedish public health that is constituted by aches and pain and various types of mental
Stigsdotter, Ulrika
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Slum health: diseases of neglected populations. [PDF]
, 2007 BackgroundUrban slums, like refugee communities, comprise a social cluster that engenders a distinct set of health problems. With 1 billion people currently estimated to live in such communities, this neglected population has become a major reservoir for
Ko, Albert I +3 more
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