Towards Smart and Resilient City Networks: Assessing the Network Structure and Resilience in Chengdu–Chongqing Smart Urban Agglomeration by Rui Li, Yuhang Wang, Zhiyue Zhang, Yi Lu

“…The main conclusions are as follows: (1) subnetworks exhibit a ‘core/periphery’ structure with a significant evolution trend, particularly the metropolitan area integration degree of capital cities has significantly improved; (2) the technology network is the most resilient but was the most affected by COVID-19, while the population and information networks are the least resilient, resulting from poor hierarchy, disassortativity, and agglomeration; (3) network resilience can be improved through system optimization and node enhancement. …”
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Measurement of Resilience Communities Urban Against Unexpected (Case Study: Region 1 of Tabriz Metropolitan) by Hassan Mahmoudzadeh, mahdi herischian

“…In this regard, the main objective of this research is to investigate the difference in the level of resilience indices in the three districts of a metropolitan area of ​​Tabriz. This research is in terms of the type of the target and the method is descriptive of survey type. …”
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Receptor Model Source Apportionment of Nonmethane Hydrocarbons in Mexico City by V. Mugica, J. Watson, E. Vega, E. Reyes, M.E. Ruiz, J. Chow

“…With the purpose of estimating the source contributions of nonmethane hydrocarbons (NMHC) to the atmosphere at three different sites in the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 92 ambient air samples were measured from February 23 to March 22 of 1997. …”
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Prevalence of Parasitosis in Elderly residents and Workers of Institutions of Long Permanence in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre and the Mountain Region of Rio Grande do... by Anne Brandolt Larré, Camila Duarte Bürgie, Paula Engroff, Geraldo Attilo De Carli

“…It is a cross-sectional study in long-term institutions in the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre and in the Mountain Region of Rio Grande do Sul. …”
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Nurse workforce change and metropolitan medically underserved areas in the United States by Diana Bowser, Kaili Mauricio, Brielle Ruscitti

“…The Index of Medical Underservice was extracted for each MUA from HRSA and geographically weighted to the metropolitan area. Results The results of descriptive trends for nursing professions show that all nursing occupations reviewed have experienced positive change over both five- and ten-year periods. …”
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Effectiveness of a Group-Based Culturally Tailored Lifestyle Intervention Program on Changes in Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Indians in the United States by Rupal M. Patel, Ranjita Misra, Sudha Raj, Ashok Balasubramanyam

“…Participants included 70 adult AIs in the greater Houston metropolitan area. The primary outcomes were reduction in weight and hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and improvement in physical activity. …”
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Operational Evaluation of Part-Time Shoulder Use for Interstate 476 in the State of Pennsylvania by Sean Coffey, Seri Park

“…This strategy aids in addressing a transportation-related issue for major metropolitan areas. Around major metropolitan areas, the land availability is limited due to high population counts, which makes widening roadways for growing populations complex and expensive. …”
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Estimation of Hourly Traffic Flows from Floating Car Data for Vehicle Emission Estimation by Yun Jiang, Guohua Song, Zeyu Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhai, Lei Yu

“…In the case study, the proposed model is employed to develop the spatial and temporal distributions of flows and emissions for the metropolitan area in Beijing.…”
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Recent Decreasing Trends in Surface PM2.5 over East Asia in the Winter-Spring Season: Different Responses to Emissions and Meteorology between Upwind and Downwind Regions by Young-Hee Ryu, Seung-Ki Min, Alma Hodzic

“…This system accurately reproduced the monthly means, daily variations, and vertical profiles of PM2.5 during winter and spring over the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) in South Korea and the North China Plain (NCP) and Yangtze River Delta (YRD) in China. …”
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Specialty palliative care use among cancer patients: A population-based study. by J Brian Cassel, Donna McClish, David Buxton, Leanne Yanni, Seth Roberts, Nevena Skoro, Peter May, Egidio Del Fabbro, Danielle Noreika

“…<h4>Settings/subjects</h4>This study examined SPC use among cancer patients in a mid-sized metropolitan area in Southeast US.<h4>Measurements</h4>In this cancer decedent cohort study, data were acquired and linked from the state-wide cancer registry; state-wide hospital discharge dataset; and local SPC providers.…”
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Analysing the Impact of Traffic Incidents on the Travel Time Reliability of Freeway High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes by Xianzhe Chen, Yajie Zou, Jinjun Tang, Yichuan Peng, Lingtao Wu, Yuming Jiang

“…In this paper, an empirical travel time reliability analysis is conducted using the travel time and incident data collected between 2009 and 2012 on Interstate 5 and Interstate 405 of the Seattle metropolitan area. Three incident types (i.e., shoulder incident, single lane incident, and multiple lane incident) are considered. …”
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Atmospheric Pollutants Assessment during the COVID-19 Lockdown Using Remote Sensing and Ground-based Measurements in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Natacha S. Represa, Lara S. Della Ceca, Gabriela Abril, María F. García Ferreyra, Carlos M. Scavuzzo

“…Concerning the spatial distribution, the tropospheric NO2 column showed a significant reduction of NO2 for the monthly mean in the metropolitan area at lockdown. Similarly, the AOD highest values had a greater extension for 2020 during the pre-lockdown monthly period. …”
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Complications Leading to Keratoplasty among Contact Lens Users and LASIK Patients: A 10-Year Cross-Sectional Analysis by Sloan W. Rush, Blaze Bulla, Ryan B. Rush

“…To determine the incidence and outcomes in patients who underwent penetrating keratoplasty (PK) resulting from complications related to contact lens (CL) use and laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) in a metropolitan area of the United States. Methods. Population data was obtained from the United States Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control. …”
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How Does Landscape Structure Affect Dung Beetle Assemblages in Amazon Cities? by Vanessa Pontes Mesquita, Glenda Vanessa dos Santos Bernardino, Paulo Estefano Dineli Bobrowiec, Renato Portela Salomão, Cintia Cornelius

“…., diet and resource removal strategy) sampled in 38 sites located along an urban–rural gradient of six cities belonging to the metropolitan area of Manaus in Central Amazonia. Losses of forest cover were the most determining factor, negatively affecting species richness, abundance, and body size. …”
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Tourism planning and development: The case of Portugal’s Norte region by Ana Paula Lopes, Filomena Soares

“…The results reveal that investment in tourism in the Norte region has included offering eight primary tourism products and differentiators in four tourism subregions (i.e. Oporto Metropolitan Area, Alto Minho, Douro and Terras de Trás-os-Montes). …”
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Urban vs Suburban: Is the Door-to-Balloon Time Affected by Geographic, Socioeconomic, or Racial Differences? A Tale of Two Campuses by Marc Zughaib, Patrick Ters, Robby Singh, Marcel Zughaib

“…Our institution provides care for patients in two locations separated by approximately 30 miles within the Detroit metropolitan area. We aimed this study to investigate any differences between DTB times of our two campuses (urban versus suburban population) as well as any differences in the components that comprise DTB times. …”
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Exploring the economic and environmental benefits of Colombo wetlands in urban planning with nature-based solutions by Chethika Gunasiri Wadumestrige Dona, Geetha Mohan, Kensuke Fukushi, Nadeera Dissanayaka

“…This study evaluates the role of the Colombo Wetland Complex (CWC) in Sri Lanka as a nature-based solution for managing stormwater in the Colombo Metropolitan Area, and the impact of urbanization on this function. …”
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Perspectives of substance use disorder counselors on the benefits and drawbacks of medications for opioid use disorder by Nicholas C. Cardamone, Rebecca E. Stewart, Kyle M. Kampman, Steven C. Marcus

“…Results A total of 271 SUD counselors from 29 agencies in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area completed the survey, generating 1,995 advantages and disadvantages across three types of MOUD. …”
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Two-stage efficiency evaluation of industrial water resources and the role of digital inclusive finance: insight from Yangtze River Delta by Linjie Feng, Tingting Liu, Zhenjie Yang, Yi Shi, Hongxi Chen, Ka Leong Chan, Bin Chen

“…It is mainly driven by the improvement of the efficiency of the management; (3) there are substantial differences in water resource efficiency among metropolitan areas, with Nanjing-metropolitan areas and Hefei-metropolitan areas having higher water use efficiency and water treatment efficiency for both stages, while Hangzhou-metropolitan areas and Shanghai-metropolitan areas have lower water treatment efficiency. …”
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Contributions of Biomass Burning and Other Sources to Fine Particle Level and Oxidative Potential in Suburban Tokyo, Japan by Akihiro Fushimi, Ana M. Villalobos, Akinori Takami, Kiyoshi Tanabe, James J. Schauer

“…Correlation and meteorological analyses suggest that emissions from ships (or other residual oil combustion) and anthropogenic SOA originating from the Tokyo Metropolitan Area, and biogenic SOA contribute to an increase in PM2.5 oxidative potential during the warm season in the suburbs of Tokyo. …”
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