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Comprehensive Review of Ecosystem Services of Community Gardens in English- and Chinese-Language Literature

Buildings
Community gardens are regarded as important green spaces that promote sustainable cities. Some studies have explored the ecosystem services of community gardens in different areas.
Xiaoying Ding, Haotian Zhang, Xiaoxiao Fan, Xiaoyu Zhang, Xiaopeng Yue, Ping Shu   +5 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Identification and Spatial Mapping of Locality of Streetscapes in Shanghai Hengfu Historic and Cultural Preservation Area

Fengjing Yuanlin
ObjectiveAs one of the major open spaces, urban streets not only carry the transportation function, but also promote social interaction and economic growth, while displaying the aesthetic, cultural and historical characteristics of the city.
Yuhan SHAO, Sinan YIN, Dongbo MA, Yuting YIN   +3 more
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the Spatio-Temporal Evolutionary Characteristics of Paomo Restaurants in Xi’an’s Central Urban Area through POI Data Analysis

Applied Sciences
This study explores the spatial and temporal evolution of Paomo restaurants in Xi’an’s central urban area from 2012 to 2023, utilizing point-of-interest (POI) data and advanced analytical techniques.
Dawei Yang, Ping Xu, Xiaojuan Yang
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Reliability analysis of buried polyethylene pipeline subject to traffic loads

Advances in Mechanical Engineering, 2019
Due to the increasing number of vehicles in urban areas and the degradation of pavement performance, the failure rate of polyethylene pipeline, across roads, has increased rapidly.
Zha Si Xi, Wu Ying, Jin Peng Wei
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Prediction of Relapse and Glucocorticoid Dependence in Eosinophilic Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis: Findings From a Large European Cohort

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Objective Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a small vessel vasculitis characterized by eosinophilia, asthma, and ear, nose, and throat (ENT) involvement. Although glucocorticoids (GCs) are effective in controlling symptoms, relapses and GC dependence are common. The aim of this study was to develop predictive models for vasculitis
Matthias Papo, Pauline Martinot, Renato A. Sinico, Vítor Silvestre‐Teixeira, Nils Venhoff, Maria‐Letizia Urban, Michele Iudici, Juliane Mahrhold, Francesco Locatelli, Giulia Cassone, Franco Schiavon, Benjamin Seeliger, Thomas Neumann, Claudia Feder, Matthieu Groh, Chiara Marvisi, Maxime Samson, Thomas Barba, David Jayne, Arianna Troilo, Jens Thiel, Bernhard Hellmich, Sara Monti, Carlomaurizio Montecucco, Carlo Salvarani, Jean‐Emmanuel Kahn, Bernard Bonnotte, Cécile‐Audrey Durel, Xavier Puéchal, Luc Mouthon, Loïc Guillevin, Giacomo Emmi, Augusto Vaglio, Raphaël Porcher, Benjamin Terrier, on behalf of the French Vasculitis Study Group and the Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis European Study Group   +35 more
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Deep Learning-Based Approach for Optimizing Urban Commercial Space Expansion Using Artificial Neural Networks

Applied Sciences
Amid escalating urbanization, devising rational commercial space layouts is a critical challenge. By leveraging machine learning, this study used a backpropagation (BP) neural network to optimize commercial spaces in Weinan City’s central urban area. The
Dawei Yang, Jiahui Zhao, Ping Xu
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A Pragmatic Trial of a Shared Decision‐Making Intervention to Improve Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: The HCQ‐SAFE Study

Arthritis &Rheumatology, Accepted Article.
Objectives Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) nonadherence in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) stemming from decision complexities can be improved with shared decision‐making (SDM) tools clarifying benefits and harms. This study aimed to develop and evaluate HCQ‐SAFE©, a pictogram‐based SDM tool during SLE visits.
Caroline Packee, Jay J Patel, Jessica Kent, Betty Chewning, Sancia Ferguson, Patricia Tellez‐Giron, David Gazeley, Christie M Bartels, Shivani Garg   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source