Cancer Burden Disease Attributable to PM2.5 and Health Risk by PM2.5-bound Toxic Species in Two Urban Chilean Municipalities by Ye Li, Franz Muñoz-lbañéz, Ana Maldonado-Alcaíno, Darby Jack, Beizhan Yan, Li Xu, Marco Acuña, Manuel Leiva-Guzman, Ana Valdés, Dante D. Cáceres

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on construction project performance: challenges and strategic responses by Eda Selcuk

“…The research aims to determine the effects of these challenges on project and company performance using data obtained from survey conducted with 126 construction professionals including architects and construction engineers operating in seven different geographic locations. The survey assessed the impact of pandemic-related problems on project performance using 21-item 5-point Likert attitude scale, followed by statistical analysis using the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann–Whitney U tests. …”
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Weighted EHR-based prevalence estimates for hypertension at the state and local levels in Louisiana by Wenjun Li, Meng Zhang, Jie Cheng, Sandra L. Jackson, Adam S. Vaughan, Michael Klompas, Thomas W. Carton, Elizabeth Nauman, Lee Mendoza, Arun Adhikari, Jeanie Donovan, Katherine H. Hohman

“…Hypertension prevalence was highest in the southeastern parishes near New Orleans and Baton Rouge. Demographic and geographic patterns in prevalence of hypertension control were like hypertension prevalence. …”
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Indicators for measuring urban environmental equity: A Scoping Review by Soledad Camacho Lorenzo, Yolanda Pérez Albert, Joan Alberich González

“…Applying indicators by using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and statistical tools can be a valid option for fulfilling this aim, since it allows for territorial patterns in disparities to be exposed. …”
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The Role of Innovative Products in Creating Competitive Advantages in the Food Supplements Market: The Experience of Herbamama LLC by Vladimir Kochney

“…The study applies econometric analysis to existing financial and operational company records to evaluate how innovation affects Herbamama LLC along with marketing intensity, customer engagement and geographical extent on competitive supremacy. R&D investments combined with new product introductions emerged as the leading element in building competitive advantage according to the research findings. …”
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Eastern equine encephalitis virus: Pathogenesis, immune response, and clinical manifestations by Bhumika Parashar, Rishabha Malviya, Sathvik Belagodu Sridhar, Tarun Wadhwa, Sirajunisa Talath, Javedh Shareef

“…By collating current knowledge, this review underscores the urgent need for the development of targeted vaccines and therapeutic interventions to mitigate the growing threat of EEEV, particularly in the context of climate change-driven geographical expansion.…”
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2010 Florida Land Value Survey: Farmland Prices Still Down by Rodney L. Clouser, Charles Moss, Ronald Muraro, Laila Racevskis, Robert A. Morris

“…The Florida Farmland Value Survey, conducted by the Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, provides estimates of the value of different types of agricultural land for geographic regions of the state. The most recent survey was conducted in November–December 2010 for land values in May 2010. …”
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Quantum GIS (QGIS): An introduction to a free alternative to more costly GIS platforms by Jeffry M. Flenniken, Steven Stuglik, Basil V. Iannone

“… Geographic information system (GIS) software packages can be prohibitively expensive, causing many to shy away from mapping and spatial analysis. …”
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Exploring the association between air pollution and the incidence of liver cancers by Xin Wu, Xin Zhang, Xiaopeng Yu, Hongyuan Liang, Shaoshan Tang, Yao Wang

“…Epidemiological evidence from cohort and geographic studies highlights a positive correlation between long-term exposure to air pollutants and elevated incidence and mortality of liver cancer. …”
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Predicting ixodid tick distribution in Tamil Nadu domestic mammals using ensemble species distribution models by Ayyanar Elango, Hari Kishan Raju, Ananganallur Nagarajan Shriram, Ashwani Kumar, Manju Rahi

“…Information about the occurrence of the tick vectors in different geographical locations is essential for controlling the diseases. …”
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Inequalities in total fertility rate in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019 by Augustus Osborne, Umaru Sesay, Mohamed S. Bah, Camilla Bangura, Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

“…Despite the national decline in Sierra Leone, significant disparities in total fertility rates persist across socioeconomic and geographic lines. This study investigated the inequalities in total fertility rate among women in Sierra Leone between 2008 and 2019. …”
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Classification of European Union Countries in the Context of Tax Burden: Cluster Analysis by Slezák, Jiří

“…In general, it can be said that countries also cluster on the basis of geographical or political characteristics. Through the cluster analysis, it was proven that there are significant differences between the states in the tax area and harmonization is not taking place, and there is thus further scope for tax harmonization. …”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…It is recommended for future research to investigate the effects of other potential predictors of m-continuance intention with the focus on a larger sample and wider geographical region. …”
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Conservation refugees and environmental dispossession in 21st century critical Geography by Scott William Hoefle

“… This study explores the relevance of the concepts of conservation refugees and environmental dispossession for steering a middle course between unjust bio-centric conservation and anti-environmentalism of extreme right “populism”. Historical geographers have recently taken up these concepts from contemporary Environmental History, and when with allied to the concepts of environmental ethics from Radical Ecology and Environmental Studies and nature enclosures from Political Ecology, a novel critique is produced of the role of full conservation units in debates surrounding global climate change. …”
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PREDICTORS OF M-CONTINUANCE INTENTION: CASE OF USERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA by Amra Grcić, Ensar Mekić

“…It is recommended for future research to investigate the effects of other potential predictors of m-continuance intention with the focus on a larger sample and wider geographical region. …”
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Substitute locations of urban spaces in films shot in Spain: motivations, representations and consequences by Víctor Aertsen, Carlos Manuel Valdés, Antonio Martínez Puche

“…Through these different sections, we seek to contribute to a better understanding of the motivations, representations and geographical and economic consequences of this filmic practice. …”
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Modern methods of studying of human gastro-intestinal microflora by Ye. A. Poluektova, O. S. Lyashenko, O. S. Shifrin, A. A. Sheptulin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Its qualitative and quantitative pattern can vary under effect of environmental factors, in relation to age, gender and climatic geographical conditions. New data on relation of disorders of microflora with diseases of cardio-vascular system, disorders of metabolism, autoimmune and allergic diseases have appeared. …”
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Implementasi VPN Antar Cabang Menggunakan Teknologi SDWAN dengan Metode Load Balance (Studi Kasus: PT. Mitra Solusi Infokom) by Muhammad Fikri, Muhammad Rifqi

“…In companies that have branch offices that are geographically separated, a Wide Area Network (WAN) is needed as a communication, in this case there are problems ranging from speed, bandwidth, delay, and communication line connections (redundancy). …”
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‘In-Betweenness’ Declared and Confirmed: Zoë Wicomb’s October in the Untightened Grip of Ethnic and National Identification by Bartnik Ryszard

“…Therefore, the author’s interest in adaptable identities might be discussed apropos of skin color, but also in terms of oscillating between different geographical, cultural locations. In light of the above, a perspective accommodated here examines Wicomb’s thematization and confirmation of transitional experiences elaborated on a story of two females as becoming autonomous coloureds as well as mutable/unfixed/migrating characters. …”
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