Missed opportunities for NCD multimorbidity prevention in adolescents and youth living with HIV in urban South Africa by Monika Kamkuemah, Blessings Gausi, Tolu Oni

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Helping cities drive transformation: the 100 Resilient Cities Initiative by Michael Berkowitz, Arnoldo Matus Kramer

“…To help cities drive transformation, 100 Resilient Cities has set up different tools from financial to technical support. The initiative encourages cities to hire a Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) who is the single point of contact within a city’s government. …”
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A protocol for a systematic review on intersectoral interventions to reduce non-communicable disease risk factors in African cities by Ebele R.I. Mogo, Anna Brugulat-Panés, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Charles Ebikeme, Trish Muzenda, Louise Foley, Tolu Oni

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Growing greener cities : urban sustainability in the twenty-first century / by Birch, Eugenie Ladner, Wachter, Susan M.

Can Green Infrastructure Investment Reduce Urban Carbon Emissions:Empirical Evidence from China by Kunpeng Ai, Xiangwu Yan

“…Relative to cities in the central-western region, northern cities, smaller cities, resource-based cities, smart pilot cities, and cities with a lesser environmental emphasis, GII is more effective in curbing carbon emissions in eastern cities, southern cities, larger cities, non-resource-intensive cities, cities not in the smart pilot initiative, and cities with a stronger environmental focus. …”
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Assessing adolescent diet and physical activity behaviour, knowledge and awareness in low- and middle-income countries: a systematised review of quantitative epidemiological tools by Trish Muzenda, Monika Kamkuemah, Jane Battersby, Tolu Oni

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Urban health in Africa: a critical global public health priority by Jo Vearey, Isaac Luginaah, Ng’weina Francis Magitta, Dativa J. Shilla, Tolu Oni

“…To this end, the Research Initiative for Cities Health and Equity in Africa (RICHE Africa) Network aims to support the development of evidence to inform policy and programming to improve urban health across the continent. …”
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The global diet and activity research (GDAR) network: a global public health partnership to address upstream NCD risk factors in urban low and middle-income contexts by Tolu Oni, Felix Assah, Agnes Erzse, Louise Foley, Ishtar Govia, Karen J. Hofman, Estelle Victoria Lambert, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Maylene Shung-King, Joanne Smith, Eleanor Turner-Moss, Nigel Unwin, Pamela Wadende, James Woodcock, Jean Claude Mbanya, Shane A. Norris, Charles O. Obonyo, Marshall Tulloch-Reid, Nicholas J. Wareham, on behalf of the GDAR network

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Serotonin signaling by maternal neurons upon stress ensures progeny survival by Srijit Das, Felicia K Ooi, Johnny Cruz Corchado, Leah C Fuller, Joshua A Weiner, Veena Prahlad

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Crossing the Great Divide: Bridging the Researcher–Practitioner Gap to Maximize the Utility of Remote Sensing for Invasive Species Monitoring and Management by Kelsey Parker, Arthur Elmes, Peter Boucher, Richard A. Hallett, John E. Thompson, Zachary Simek, Justin Bowers, Andrew B. Reinmann

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Ambiguity, Ambivalence, and Activism: Data Organizing Inside the Institution by Leah Horgan, Paul Dourish

“…Drawing on an ongoing ethnographic investigation of urban data initiatives inside city government, we explore the productive ambivalences of activism and advocacy that arise when those with data activist ideals find themselves operating within the government structure.…”
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Mobile cultures: Development possibilities for tourism in the Piran municipality by Lučka Ažman Momirski

“…The common general finding is that strategic public investments, despite initiatives by cities and the state, are still lagging behind in development and execution. …”
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The Emirati Sha‘bī House: On Transformations, Adaptation and Modernist Imaginaries by Yasser Elsheshtawy

“…This can also be construed as part of a broader strategy initiated by city residents in various urban settings.2 Within the highly restrictive context of the Gulf such moves can be construed as a form of adaptation and to some extent resistance; an attempt to establish rootedness within a transient and rapidly changing society.…”
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Growing Resistance to Systems of Oppression: An Exploration of the Transformative Power of Urban Agriculture by Noll Samantha

“…These goals, encapsulated by the terms “food justice” and “food sovereignty,” play major roles in guiding local food initiatives in cities today. This study explores how justice-oriented urban agriculture projects transform city contexts in ways that reduce regulatory barriers – barriers that, when left in place, could perpetuate systems of oppression. …”
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Performance Evaluation of the STANDARD^TM Q COVID-19 and Panbio^TM COVID-19 Antigen Tests in Detecting SARS-CoV-2 during High Transmission Period in Mozambique by Nádia Sitoe, Júlia Sambo, Neuza Nguenha, Jorfelia Chilaule, Imelda Chelene, Osvaldo Loquiha, Chishamiso Mudenyanga, Sofia Viegas, Jane Cunningham, Ilesh Jani

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Enhancing Urban Encounters: The Transformative Powers of Creative Integration Initiatives by Anniken Førde

“…This article explores innovative integration initiatives in cities in the north, emphasizing how difference might be negotiated, engendering new forms of engagement and responsibility. …”
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Clinical Performance of Self-Collected Nasal Swabs and Antigen Rapid Tests for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Resource-Poor Settings by Nádia Sitoe, Júlia Sambo, Nédio Mabunda, Neuza Nguenha, Jorfélia Chilaúle, Júlio Rafael, Anésio Macicame, Imelda Chelene, Chishamiso Mudenyanga, Jillian Sacks, Sofia Viegas, Osvaldo Loquiha, Ilesh Jani

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City logistics initiatives aimed at improving sustainability within existing context of urban area by Tadić Snežana R., Zečević Slobodan M., Krstić Mladen D.

“…The growth of road freight transport and traffic congestion, air pollution and other negative impacts on the environment, inefficient use of land and the rising costs of delivery of goods affect the definition and exploration of different initiatives of city logistics. This paper describes the initiatives that do not require large infrastructure investments and do not change the existing urban context, but can improve its sustainability.…”
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Globalization and urban polarization by Venables, AJ

“…Depending on the initial position, city size dispersion may increase, thus raising the share of urban land rents in national income and reducing the share of labor.…”

The Chromatin Environment Around Interneuron Genes in Oligodendrocyte Precursor Cells and Their Potential for Interneuron Reprograming by Linda L. Boshans, Linda L. Boshans, Daniel C. Factor, Vijender Singh, Jia Liu, Chuntao Zhao, Ion Mandoiu, Q. Richard Lu, Patrizia Casaccia, Paul J. Tesar, Akiko Nishiyama, Akiko Nishiyama, Akiko Nishiyama

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