Impact of Flooding of River Nyamwamba on Community Development: A Case Study of Nyamwamba Sub-County Kasese District. by Bihamba, Juliet

“…Lastly, the study revealed effective disaster management, 23% of the respondents mentioned adaptation to climate change, 20% said early warning and community education, 17% of the respondents mentioned integrated and water resource management, 13% mentioned community involvement and stakeholder management, 10% mentioned flood modeling and simulation and geographical information system, 10% of the respondents mentioned zoning and land use planning and 07% of the respondents who participated in the study mentioned construction of flood barriers and levees. .…”
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Design of a Solar Dryer for Tomatoes. by Bwire, Samlex Sibagaya

“…The design was based on the geographical location which is kabale and meteorological data were obtained for proper design specification. …”
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EXPERIENCE OF USING PLANET EARTH OBSERVATION DATA IN RETRAINING COURSES FOR EDUCATORS IN THE JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF UKRAINE by Stanislav O. Dovgyi, Svitlana M. Babiichuk, Olha V. Tomchenko

“… This paper discusses the background and presents the results of the first in Ukraine advanced training course for educators in Remote Sensing, “Fundamentals of Remote Sensing: History and Practice”, organized by the Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing Laboratory of the National Center, “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”. …”
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Predicting Multi-Scenario Land Use Changes and Soil Erosion in the Huaihe River Basin Based on Coupled PLUS-CSLE Model by GUO Weiling, XU Liuyang, JIA Jiang, GAO Chang, XIA Xiaolin, WANG Bangwen, ZHANG Jingyu, CHEN Lei, CHEN Yingjian

“…High-intensity erosion was mostly concentrated in the northeastern high-slope areas, which require special attention. (3) Geographic detectors indicate that slope, DEM, and soil properties were the main driving factors influencing the distribution of erosion in the basin. (4) In 2030, the soil erosion modulus under natural development, rapid development, and ecological protection scenarios were 295.48, 259.45 and 127.64 t/(km2·a), respectively. …”
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Beyond the storms: Exploring predictors of posttraumatic stress and posttraumatic growth among survivors of hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico by Marie-Claire Meadows, Noelle Serino, Dahianira M. Camacho-Monclova, Kaumudi Joshipura, Sarah R. Lowe

“…., financial, home damage, personal health, and familial health), posttraumatic stress (PTS), and PTG and its five domains (personal strength, new possibilities, improved relationships, spiritual growth, and appreciation of life), controlling for demographic, geographic, and social factors. Results: In multivariable models, higher total disaster score was associated with higher levels of both PTS and PTG (2.91 and 3.87, respectively). …”
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Model Construction of InSAR-based Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Hazards in Yanhe Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau by WANG Zhenliang, CHEN Manyu, ZHAO Jianlin, YUAN Ke, YANG Jie, ZHANG Chen

“…[Objective] Empirical rainfall thresholds have geographical limitations, it is of great significance to carry out a rainfall threshold modeling study for landslide hazard on the Chinese Loess Plateau. …”
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Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest by Zhiliang Yao, Xia Pan, Xin Yang, Xiaona Shao, Bin Wang, Yun Deng, Zhiming Zhang, Qiaoming Li, Luxiang Lin

“…Differences in canopy structural heterogeneity between plots had non-linear parallel effects on the two levels of β-diversity, while geographic distance had a relatively weak effect on β-SGDC. …”
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Recessive transition of rural residential land use from the perspective of value co-creation: A case study of Yiwu City, Zhejiang by ZHANG Cong, LONG Hualou, FENG Dedong

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Sex-specific prevalence, inequality and associated predictors of hypertension, diabetes, and comorbidity among Bangladeshi adults: results from a nationwide cross-sectional demogra... by Abdur Razzaque Sarker, Raisul Akram, Nausad Ali, Marufa Sultana, Nurnabi Sheikh

“…Several socioeconomic and demographic factors such as age, sex, education, geographic location, administrative division, employment status, education and wealth index were considered as major explanatory variables. …”
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Satisfaction with a daily supportive text messaging program aimed at promoting psychological well-being of educators: Outcomes from implementation of the Wellness4Teachers by Belinda Agyapong, Pamela Brett-MacLean, Raquel da Luz Dias, Yifeng Wei, Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong

“…With the addition of enhanced personalization features suggested by the educators, the program may help to effectively supplement support for teachers’ psychological well-being while offsetting challenges associated with time constraints and geographical location.…”
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Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas by WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei

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An indoor positioning method based on bluetooth array/PDR fusion using the SVD-EKF by Chenhui Li, Jie Zhen, Jianxin Wu

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Oral health surveys of traditional peoples and communities in Brazil: a scope review by Maria Letícia Barbosa Raymundo, Elza Cristina Farias de Araújo, Rênnis Oliveira da Silva, Edson Hilan Gomes de Lucena, Yuri Wanderley Cavalcanti, Armando Cabral de Lira Neto, Lucas Xavier Bezerra de Menezes

“…Design Scoping review according to the Scoping Review extension for the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Data sources MEDLINE/PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, Embase and Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences were searched up until June 2023.Eligibility criteria Studies involving individuals from indigenous groups, quilombolas, riverside communities and Romani communities, all included in TPC in Brazil, were included without any age restrictions.Data extraction and synthesis Data were extracted by two independent reviewers, and studies were categorised considering the author and year of publication, the traditional group, study type, geographical location, age group, sample size, data collection method and the main oral health condition assessed.Results After the searches, 39 studies were included in the review, and 2 studies were manually added. …”
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The Association between Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Oral Neoplasm among Smokers and Betel Quids Chewers by Mei-Sheng Ku, Pallop Siewchaisakul, Amy Ming-Fang Yen, Chen-Yu Liu

“…The purpose of this study is to elucidate the association between PM2.5 and oral neoplasm, including oral potentially malignant disorder (OPMD) and oral cancer (OC), taking into account the geographical heterogeneity. Data for analysis were derived from nationwide OC screening program, targeting Taiwanese cigarette smokers and/or betel quid chewers, and the Taiwan Air Quality Monitoring Network between 2006 and 2016. …”
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The impact of land use transition on ecosystem service value in Lixiahe area: Multi-scenario simulation based on Markov-FLUS model by CHEN Xinwei, LI Hongbo, ZHANG Wenbo, GE Xiaoping

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The global burden of chronic respiratory diseases attributable to tobacco from 1990 to 2021: a global burden of disease study 2021 by Haoshen Feng, Zhe Li, Rui Zheng

“…Conclusion Although global tobacco-related CRD deaths and DALYs have continued to increase, ASMR and ASDR are on the decline, with variations across geographic regions. Prevention and control strategies tailored to country-specific disease prevalence are essential to mitigate these burdens.…”
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GEOINFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE TRAINING OF FUTURE MINING ENGINEERS by Vladimir S. Morkun, Serhiy O. Semerikov, Svitlana M. Hryshchenko

“…The discrepancies identified at the analytical and stating stage of the pedagogical experiment required the development of a new competence system with separate components of environmental competence. Multifunctional geographic information systems were used in the laboratory classes of the control groups, and multifunctional GIS, mining and environmental GIS and the software component of the methodological complex "EcoKryvbas" were used in the experimental ones. …”
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Statistical exploration of factors associated with birth of children having sickle cell traits among reproductive-age women in Nigeria by Gabriel Ogunde, Ayodele Shabi, Joshua O. Akinyemi

“…About 26.1% (95% CI = 25.2–26.9) of the mothers had children with SCT. By geographical variation, the Northwest region had the highest proportion of mothers of under-five children with SCT. …”
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Coupling relationship between land use transition and rural transformation development: A case study of county-level regions in Jiangsu Province by GE Dazhuan, WANG Rumin, LU Xiaoxue

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Participatory research towards the control of snakebite envenoming and other illnesses in a riverine community of the Western Brazilian Amazon. by Alícia Patrine Cacau Santos, Evellyn Antonieta Rondon Tomé Silva, Hiran Sátiro Souza da Gama, Jady Shayenne Mota Cordeiro, Ana Paula Silva Oliveira, Jéssica Albuquerque Araújo, Rafaela Nunes Dávila, Hélio Afonso Amazonas Júnior, Altair Seabra Farias, Jacqueline Almeida Gonçalves Sachett, Vinícius Azevedo Machado, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Felipe Leão Gomes Murta

“…<h4>Background</h4>Riverine communities face various health problems, which involve geographical and cultural barriers to accessing care, in addition to a lack of financial investments in services aimed at these communities, resulting in a process of invisibility for the population living in these regions. …”
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