Gender equality and quality of life must be central to the design and delivery of sanitation by Sera L Young, Oliver Cumming, Ian Ross, Richard Johnston, Blessing Mberu, Sheela S Sinharoy, Bethany A Caruso, Kelly T Alexander, Tom Slaymaker, Sheillah Simiyu, Claire Chase, Jenala Chipungu, Phylis Busienei, Isha Ray, Akanksha A Marphatia, Meriel Flint O'Kane, Ana Carolina Argolo Nascimento de Castro, Ginette Azcona, Patience Esi Boni-Morkla, Salome A Bukachi, Anju Dwivedi, Indira Khurana, Antoinette Kome, Wanjiku Kuria, James Labadia, Fungai Makoni, Sujoy Mojumdar, Janet Mule, Lydia Namatende Sakwa, Naomi Njeri, Fernanda Abreu Oliveira de Souza, Lauren Pandolfelli, Petunia Ramunenyiwa, Malini Reddy, Pritum Kumar Saha, Utkarsh Sinha, Emmanuel Uguru, Kara Uhl

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Intraurban socioeconomic inequalities in life expectancy: a population-based cross-sectional analysis in the city of Córdoba, Argentina (2015–2018) by Ana V Diez Roux, Usama Bilal, D Alex Quistberg, Kari A Moore, Harrison Quick, Santiago Rodríguez López, Natalia Tumas, Binod Acharya, Gabriel E Acevedo

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Increased methane production associated with community shifts towards Methanocella in paddy soils with the presence of nanoplastics by Zhibin He, Yarong Hou, Ying Li, Qicheng Bei, Xin Li, Yong-Guan Zhu, Werner Liesack, Matthias C. Rillig, Jingjing Peng

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Designing and explaining the policy framework for the development of electric vehicles in Iran by Sayed Abbas Karavand, Yazdan Shirmohamadi, Mohammad Taghi Amini

“…The challenge of air pollution in big cities has become a serious matter in the field of urban policy in the country. Although the amount and share of gasoline consumption in the pollution of big cities is still subject to expert investigations, there is no doubt that most of the pollution in big cities is caused by the use of fossil fuels. …”
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Effects of Standardized Natural Citrus Extract on Growth, Gut Health, Carcass Quality, and Welfare of Broiler Chickens by Sekhou Cisse, Arkadiusz Matuszewski, Damian Bień, Patrycja Ciborowska, Anna Zalewska, Jakub Urban, Monika Michalczuk, Marta Mendel, Urszula Latek, Joanna Polak, Małgorzata Sobczak-Filipiak, Paweł Konieczka, Mohammed El Amine Benarbia

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Water cycle modelling strengthened by probabilistic integration of field data for groundwater management of a quite unknown tropical volcanic hydrosystem by Dumont, Marc, Plagnes, Valérie, Lachassagne, Patrick, Guérin, Roger, Nugraha, Bayu, Mohamad, Febriwan, Oudin, Ludovic, Fadillah, Arif, Valdès, Danièle, Brocard, Gilles, Bonjour, Jean-Luc, Saadi, Mohamed, Esneu, Anne-Sophie, Muhammad, Aswar, Hendarmawan, Dörfliger, Nathalie

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Estimation of Willingness to Pay for Life Cycle Eco-label Using Spike Model (A Case Study of Fresh Packaged Agricultural Products) by samaneh heydari, Leili Abolhassani, Morteza Molaei, Ali Firoz-zare

“…In Iran, especially in Mashhad, where a significant part of fresh agricultural products is irrigated with urban and industrial wastewater and the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in the production of agricultural products is common, the implementation of the labeling scheme for fresh agricultural products due to its impact on the health of consumers and the environment is very important. …”
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Depression symptom severity and behavioral impairment in school-going adolescents in Uganda by Ronald Anguzu, Catherine Abbo, Julia Dickson-Gomez, Max Bobholz, Arthur Kiconco, Abdul R. Shour, Richard Kabanda, Kenneth Kalani, Laura D. Cassidy

“…PRR 1.25, 95%CI 1.05, 1.48) compared to ordinary level enrolment, and attending urban schools (Adj. PRR 1.27, 95%CI 1.11, 1.45) compared to rural secondary school attendance. …”
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Evidence adaptation and tailored implementation of family bereavement support in specialised palliative care: A multi-method study by Myrta Kohler, Qëndresa Thaqi, Silke Kuske, Torsten Schwalbach, Marco Riguzzi, Rahel Naef

“…Settings and participants: Two specialised palliative care services located at urban teaching hospitals in German-speaking Switzerland. …”
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Barriers to healthcare access among female youths in Mozambique: a mixed-effects and spatial analysis using DHS 2022/23 data by Habtu Kifle Negash, Hiwot Tezera Endale, Hailu Aragie, Winta Tesfaye, Mihret Getnet, Tseganesh Asefa, Yibeltal Yismaw Gela, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye

“…Married youths had a 1.22 times higher likelihood of facing barriers (AOR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.44), and rural residents were three times more likely to experience challenges compared to urban residents (AOR = 3.00, 95% CI: 2.24, 4.01). …”
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A lightweight wheat ear counting model in UAV images based on improved YOLOv8 by Ruofan Li, Xiaohua Sun, Kun Yang, Zhenxue He, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu, Hongquan Liu

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Modeling regional aboveground carbon stock dynamics affected by land use and land cover changes by A.D. Malik, M.C.W. Arief, S. Withaningsih, P. Parikesit

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Land use and land cover changes are affected by massive construction, urban expansion, and exploitative agricultural management. …”
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Evaluación de la capacidad de resistencia al fuego de una estructura de hormigón armado tras un terremoto = Post-earthquake fire capacity assesment of a reinforced concrete frame by Ismail Haouach, Belkacem Lamri, Abdelhak Kada

“…It can be followed by fires, the effects of which may be greater than those of the earthquake itself in urban areas. The current building standards do not take this double action into account, which acts in a sequential manner and neglects the probability of fires occurring after an earthquake. …”
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Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Awareness and Endorsement among Adolescents and Young Adults in Tanzania: Insights from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey by Alpha Johnson Kapola, Rahma Musoke, Glenda Marie Manayon, Hassan Fredrick Fussi, Hafidha Mhando Bakari, Haji Mbwana Ally, Swalehe Mustafa Salim, Zuhura Mbwana Ally, Lynn Moshi, Mariam Salim Mbwana, Habib Omari Ramadhani

“…Female respondents (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 0.69; 95% CI 0.51–0.91) and rural residents (aOR = 0.78; 95% CI 0.61–1.00) had lower odds of PrEP awareness compared with male respondents and urban residents, respectively. Previously, HIV testing and receiving test results (aOR = 2.00; 95% CI 1.50–2.66) and an age of 20–24 years versus 15–19 years (aOR = 1.54; 95% CI 1.20–1.96) were associated with increased odds of PrEP awareness. …”
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Assessment of atmospheric correction methods in MSI imagery for deriving bathymetry and substrates of shallow-water coral reefs by Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Wei Huang, Jun Zhao, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Mingjie Li, Quansheng Lou, Quansheng Lou, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Nanyang Yan, Shaojie Sun

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Le temple polygonal de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum by Sébastien Péchart, Frédéric Poupon

“…In terms of chronology, the elements uncovered precede all of the community-oriented remains discovered within the Reims urban area, with the exception of those belonging to the necropolis on rue de Sébastopol, which presents similar chronologies to those found on rue Lecointre. …”
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Estimation of blue carbon stock in the Liaohe Estuary wetland based on soil thickness and multi-scenario modeling by Lina Ke, Nan Lei, Shilin Zhang, Changkun Yin, Yao Lu, Lei Wang, Qin Tan, Yu Zhao, Quanming Wang

“…Shallower soil thickness areas in wetlands were distributed near urban residential areas, while deeper soil thickness areas were in phragmites australis wetlands and tidal flat areas. (2) From 2000 to 2023, the wetland ecology in the study area was gradually restored. …”
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Real-world survival outcomes with immune checkpoint inhibitors in large-cell neuroendocrine tumors of lung by Samuel Kareff, Jair Bar, Amir Onn, Alona Zer, Chul Kim, Stephen V Liu, Elizabeth Dudnik, Mor Moskovitz, Anastasiya Lobachov, Teodor Gottfried, Damien Urban, Ofer Rotem, Mira Wollner

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Factors associated with the discontinuation of modern contraceptive methods among lactating women in nine West African high-fertility countries: findings of the most recent demogra... by Abou Coulibaly, Adama Baguiya, Denise Kpebo, Augustin Zango, Halima Tougri, Franck Garanet, Seni Kouanda

“…The independent variables included individual-level variables, including sociodemographic characteristics, female reproduction and family planning history, the women and their households exposure to media, and community-level ones such as place of residence (urban and rural) and country. Multilevel-modified Poisson regression was used to identify associated factors at the 5% threshold. …”
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The long-term impact of childhood sexual assault on depression and self-reported mental and physical health by Oluwasegun Akinyemi, Temitope Ogundare, Mojisola Fasokun, Fadeke Ogunyankin, Nkemdirim Ugochukwu, Walia Ajisafe, Seun Ikugbayigbe, Oluebubechukwu Eze, Kakra Hughes, Miriam Michael

“…Covariates included race, gender, marital status, employment, age, education, state, year, language spoken at home, metropolitan status, and urban residence. We employed Inverse Probability Weighting (IPW) to estimate the Average Treatment Effect (ATE), controlling for confounders and incorporating state and year fixed effects. …”
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