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Variability in urban population distributions across Africa

Environmental Research Letters, 2019
Africa is projected to add one billion urban residents by 2050. Yet developing sustainable solutions to tackle the host of challenges posed by rapid urban population growth is stymied by a lack municipality-level population data across the continent.
C. Tuholske, Kelly K. Caylor, T. Evans, R. Avery   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Thailand’s urban population reconsidered [PDF]

Demography, 1978
Abstract In lieu of any official definition of “urban population” in Thailand, researchers and policy makers have generally used a simple urban-rural dichotomy, relying upon the administratively designated municipal areas as urban and the remainder of the kingdom as rural.
S, Goldstein, A, Goldstein
openaire   +2 more sources

Informality and the Development and Demolition of Urban Villages in the Chinese Peri-urban Area [PDF]

, 2013
The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village ...
Zhang, F, Webster, C, Wu, F, Webster, CJ
core   +1 more source

Bone and Soft Tissue Neoplasms in Infants Versus Older Children: A Report From the Cancer in Young People in Canada Program

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Aims Infant bone and soft tissue neoplasms present distinct clinical challenges and lack large‐scale data to inform treatment decisions. This study aims to characterize bone and soft tissue neoplasms in infants in Canada and to compare their outcomes with those of older pediatric patients.
Samuel Sassine, Hallie Coltin, Maria Kondyli, Monia Marzouki, Nicolas Prud'homme, Nida Usmani, Rebecca J. Deyell, Lesleigh Abbott, Tony H. Truong, Sapna Oberoi, Ketan Kulkarni, Josée Brossard, Lynette Bowes, Paul Gibson, Sarah McKillop, Roona Sinha, Lillian Sung, Catherine Vezina, Laura Wheaton, Alexandra P. Zorzi, Marie‐Claude Pelland‐Marcotte, Thai Hoa Tran   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ageing and population shrinking: implications for sustainability in the urban century

npj Urban Sustainability, 2021
Population ageing and shrinking are demographic phenomena with far-reaching implications for sustainability in the current context of extensive and rapid urbanization.
M. Jarzebski, T. Elmqvist, A. Gasparatos, K. Fukushi, Sofia Eckersten, D. Haase, J. Goodness, S. Khoshkar, O. Saito, K. Takeuchi, T. Theorell, Nan-Nan Dong, F. Kasuga, Ryugo Watanabe, G. B. Sioen, M. Yokohari, Jian Pu   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Uncovering Inequities: The Role of Social Determinants of Health in Hospitalized Adolescents and Young Adults With Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB) is a common condition among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and is the leading cause of iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in this population. Growing evidence suggests that social determinants of health (SDOH) influence menstrual bleeding patterns, access to care, and treatment. However, no studies have
Maria Carter‐Febres, Cristina Tarango, Ashley Childress, Chunyan Liu, Evan Thomas, Jennifer Pomales, Eric S. Mullins   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geodemographic Features of Human Blastomycosis in Eastern Wisconsin

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2016
Purpose: Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection. In rural northern Wisconsin, blastomycosis cases are associated with certain environmental features including close proximity to waterways. Other studies have associated blastomycosis with particular
Megan E. Huber, Dennis J. Baumgardner, Jessica J. F. Kram, Melissa A. Lemke   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dasymetric mapping of urban population in China based on radiance corrected DMSP-OLS nighttime light and land cover data.

Science of the Total Environment, 2018
High spatial resolution urban population dataset is increasingly required for sustainable urban planning and management. Dasymetric mapping is an effective approach to create such dataset.
Xiao-Ma Li, Wei-Qi Zhou
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Population-adjusted bias in gridded population estimates derived from “true” synthetic population counts, by output grid cell size and urban/rural location (in cells > = 1 estimated person).

, 2022
Population-adjusted bias in gridded population estimates derived from “true” synthetic population counts, by output grid cell size and urban/rural location (in cells > = 1 estimated person).
Nikos Tzavidis (13132940), Tomas Bird (719182), Dana R. Thomson (13132937), Andrew J. Tatem (7417688), Douglas R. Leasure (4533181)   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The human gut microbiome across the life course

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Despite significant individual variation and continuous change throughout life, the human gut microbiome follows some life stage‐specific trends. This article provides a brief overview of how gut microbiome composition shifts across different phases of life. Created in BioRender. Özkurt, E. (2026) https://BioRender.com/8q4nrnc.
Alise J. Ponsero, Basak Bahcivanci, Antonietta Hayhoe, Animesh Acharjee, Ezgi Özkurt   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source