Psychological distress among middle-aged adults with Diabetes Mellitus: findings from the Indonesia national population health survey (Riset Kesehatan Dasar, Riskesdas 2018) by Marisa Syavitri Dilaga, Aimi Nadira Mat Ruzlin, Xin Wee Chen

“…They were predominantly female, had low education levels, were employed, married, and lived in urban areas. Multiple logistics regression analysis demonstrated nine factors associated with psychological distress—sex, education, occupation, marital status, home location, body mass index, comorbidities, DM regimen, and smoking. …”
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Phytocenotic arrangement of the common hop in the south of western Siberia by M. M. Silantyeva, O. N. Mironenko, N. V. Ovcharova, I. G. Chukhina, Yu. R. Poltaratskaya, A. V. Nebylitsa, O. V. Bychkova, E. P. Myakisheva

“…Hop has a significant range of habitats, from undisturbed forest phytocenoses to urbanized areas. The cultivated part of its area was formed during Siberia’s colonization. …”
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Mondialisation et nouvelle mobilité des élites africaines by Michel Lesourd

“…In the big cities, the new bourgeoisie migrates to living districts, contributing to the intensification of urban social division. The traditional and social commitments (due to the funerals, the celebrations, etc.) remain a major purpose of local, national or international mobility and the religious purpose (especially for pilgrimage) has been significantly increasing. …”
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Level of tuberculosis-related stigma and associated factors in Ugandan communities. by Derrick Kimuli, Florence Nakaggwa, Norah Namuwenge, Vincent Kamara, Mabel Nakawooya, Geofrey Amanya, Philip Tumwesigye, Daniel Mwehire, Deus Lukoye, Miriam Murungi, Seyoum Dejene, Jaffer Byawaka, Norbert Mubiru, Stavia Turyahabwe, Barbara Amuron, Daraus Bukenya

“…Factors associated with higher TB stigma included older age, higher education levels, urban residence, and TB knowledge. To reduce TB stigma and misinformation that can make an impact on TB response, community interventions should balance increasing awareness with minimizing fear. …”
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Achieving universal health coverage in India: a scoping review on the requisite public health actions by Avani Radheshyam, Vinod K. Ramani, Radheshyam Naik

“…UHC will improve access to health care and prevent financial impoverishment, which will be advantageous to the rural people and urban poor including workers of the unorganized sector.ConclusionUHC enables health systems to efficiently deliver a wide range of healthcare services to the population, as well as adopt sustainable financing mechanisms. …”
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Saintes/Mediolanum, cité des Santons et Bordeaux/Burdigala, cité des Bituriges Vivisques : destins croisés by Louis Maurin, Alain Bouet, Eneko Hiriart, Guilhem Landreau, Christophe Sireix, Dominique Tardy

“…AD, above all in the establishing of an urban layout and the construction of structures for convenience and health (fountains, aqueducts); though none of this is that distinctive for Roman Gaul. …”
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Research on guest comfort and satisfaction with indoor environmental quality in former GBI-certified green hotels: a study case from Malaysia by Hayder Saadoon Abdulaali, Hayder Saadoon Abdulaali, Ismar M. S. Usman, Mohsen Alawi, Shagea Alqawzai

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The genomic pattern of insertion/deletion variations during rice improvement by Xia Zhou, Jilong Li, Lei Chen, Minjie Guo, Renmin Liang, Yinghua Pan

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Evaluating the implementation of person-centred care and simulation-based learning in a midwifery education programme in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a study protocol by Frida Temple, Ewa Carlsson Lalloo, Marie Berg, Urban Berg, Alumeti Munyali Désiré, Olivier Nyakio, Aline Mulunda, Malin Bogren

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Comparison of the Effect of Extracted Bacteriocin and Lytic Bacteriophage on the Expression of Biofilm Associated Genes in Streptococcus mutans by Zahra Rajabi, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan Dallal, Mohammad Reza Afradi, Yousef Erfani, Donya Alinejad, Reza Ranjbar, Rouha Kasra-Kermanshahi

“…The previously extracted lytic bacteriophage from raw urban sewage was used against Streptococcus mutans. …”
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Determining Planetary Boundary Layer Height by Micro-pulse Lidar with Validation by UAV Measurements by Yueh-Chen Wang, Sheng-Hsiang Wang, Jasper R. Lewis, Shuenn-Chin Chang, Stephen M. Griffith

“…In this study, four PBLH determination methods (Gradient, δ–threshold, Haar wavelet transform, and hybrid image processing) are applied to estimate the PBLH from lidar observations over an urban area in East Asia, and one—the Gradient method—relied on potential temperature measurements from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flights to validate our results. …”
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Detection of land use changes of Urmia city with Use remote sensing by Nasrinalsadat bazmi, zahra Hejazizadeh, parviz Zeaiea Firoabadi, QholamReza Janbazghobadi

“…The results showed that urban land use in Urmia city has faced significant changes during the statistical period of 30 years. …”
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Circle chaotic map tuna swarm optimization (CCMTSO) based feature selection and deep learning approach for air quality prediction by Aradhyamatada Swamy, Rohitha U.M.

“…Air pollution has threatened human life in many countries worldwide due to human activity, industrialization, and urbanization over the past few decades. In air forecasting, particulate matter (PM2.5) is a significant health concern. …”
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Dal turismo alla residenza multilocale? by Marianna Elmi, Manfred Perlik

“…I risultati mostrano innanzitutto che la popolazione residente non sta crescendo in modo omogeneo, ma piuttosto in modo selettivo nelle aree urbane e periurbane: ciò conferma precedenti ricerche riguardanti l'arco alpino ed evidenzia come siano in atto fenomeni di agglomerazione urbana. …”
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The Burden of HIV Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care in Jimma University Specialized Hospital in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Observational Study by Taye Kebede, Michael Dayu, Abiot Girma

“…The seroprevalence is high in urban residents (4.4%) and age group of 25–29 years (38.9%) (p value <0.05). …”
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An ensemble prediction approach to weekly Dengue cases forecasting based on climatic and terrain conditions by Sougata Deb, Cleta Milagros Libre Acebedo, Gomathypriya Dhanapal, Chua Matthew Chin Heng

“…Changes in climatic conditions and urbanization were found to be strong predictors as established empirically in other researches. …”
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Frameworks for measuring population health: A scoping review. by Sze Ling Chan, Clement Zhong Hao Ho, Nang Ei Ei Khaing, Ezra Ho, Candelyn Pong, Jia Sheng Guan, Calida Chua, Zongbin Li, Trudi Lim, Sean Shao Wei Lam, Lian Leng Low, Choon How How

“…Apart from 1 framework developed for rural populations and 2 for indigenous populations, the rest were for general urban populations. The numbers of domains, subdomains and indicators were highly variable. …”
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Frequency Spectrum-Based Optimal Texture Window Size Selection for High Spatial Resolution Remote Sensing Image Analysis by Min Cao, Dongping Ming, Lu Xu, Ju Fang, Lin Liu, Xiao Ling, Weizhi Ma

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Revealing the rural multifunctionality declining and its causes in depopulated regions of Northeast China: a case study of Heilongjiang Province by Dongmei Li, Qing Wen, Yue Qi, Guoming Du

“…In the process of demographic shrinkage, the dominant factors affecting rural multifunctionality in the whole region tended to be diversified, but the population urbanization rate was always the main factor. Among regions with different population sizes, natural factors played important roles in the development of rural multifunction, and depopulation enhanced the impact of economic factors. …”
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The Protective Role of Ambient Ultraviolet Radiation Against Dementia: An Ecological Analysis of Global Data by Wenpeng You

“…Confounding factors, including aging, economic affluence, genetic predisposition, and urbanization, were controlled to ensure robust results. …”
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