Enhancing construction site performance through technology and management practices as material waste mitigation in the Malaysian construction industry by Mohammed Abdullah Abkar, Mahdi, Yunus, Riduan, Gamil, Yaser, Albaom, Mohammed Abdo

“…Emphasizing the importance of contextual insights, the study addresses professionals involved in solid waste management within the Malaysian construction industry. The geographical specificity adds depth to the analysis, offering a comprehensive understanding of regional dynamics. …”
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Implications for spatial non-stationarity and the neighborhood effect averaging problem (NEAP) in green inequality research: evidence from three states in the USA by Gyanwali, Sophiya, Karki, Shashank, Jang, Kee M., Crawford, Tom, Zhang, Mengxi, Kim, Junghwan

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Identification of electromagnetic pre-earthquake perturbations from the DEMETER data by machine learning by Xiong, Pan, Long, Cheng, Zhou, Huiyu, Battiston, Roberto, Zhang, Xuemin, Shen, Xuhui

“…We have also found that the choice of the geographical region used to simulate the training set of non-seismic data influences, to a certain extent, the performance of the LightGBM model, by reducing its capability in discriminating electromagnetic pre-earthquake perturbations.…”
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Spatial-temporal evolution of urban resilience and its influencing factors : evidence from the Guanzhong plain urban agglomeration by Ma, Fei, Wang, Zuohang, Sun, Qipeng, Yuen, Kum Fai, Zhang, Yanxia, Xue, Huifeng, Zhao, Shumei

“…The results showed that the urban resilience of GPUA experienced geographical differentiation in the “East-Central-Western” area and a “circle type” evolution process. …”
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Development of metric system to measure an innovation district by Poh, Jin An

“…In this study, an innovation district is defined as a geographical area where clusters of world class institutions and companies are well-connected with business accelerators and start-ups to drive growth and increase productivity. …”
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Infections diagnosed in children and young people screened for malaria in UK emergency departments: a retrospective multi-centre study by Bird, C, Hayward, GN, Turner, PJ, Wasala, D, Merrick, V, Lyttle, MD, Mullen, N, Fanshawe, TR

“…Any CYP less than 16 years presenting to a participating ED with a history of fever and travel to a malaria-endemic area between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2017 and who had a malaria screen as a part of standard care were included. Geographical risk was calculated for the most common tropical infections.…”

A co-produced online cultural experience compared to a typical museum website for mental health in people aged 16–24: a proof-of-principle randomised controlled trial by Syed Sheriff, RJ, Vuorre, M, Riga, E, Przybylski, AK, Adams, H, Harmer, CJ, Geddes, JR

“…Trial recruitment was rapid, retention high and feedback positive with broad geographical, occupational and ethnic diversity. <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong></p> Online engagement with arts and culture has the potential to impact on mental health in a measurable way in YP with high unmet mental health needs.…”

Optimising investigative pathways in military medicine: operational impact of a military cardiopulmonary exercise testing clinic by Holland, JL, Cowie, P, Gardner, L, Mulae, J, Richards, S, Holdsworth, D

“…Conclusion: OMEC is tailored to the unique needs of the military population, providing outcomes that support operational requirements. Despite geographical distribution and operational commitments, OMEC waiting time is equivalent to the NHS, with the great majority of patients upgraded after attendance. …”

Multicenter diagnostic evaluation of onsite COVID-19 Rapid Test (CTK Biotech) among symptomatic individuals in Brazil and the United Kingdom by Thompson, CR, Torres, PM, Kontogianni, K, Byrne, RL, LSTM Diagnostic group, Noguera, SV, Luna-Muschi, A, Marchi, AP, Andrade, PS, Dos Santos Barboza, A, Nishikawara, M, CONDOR steering group, Body, R, de Vos, M, Escadafal, C, Adams, E, Figueiredo Costa, S, Cubas-Atienzar, AI

“…This study provides comparative performance of an Ag-RDT across two different settings, geographical areas, and populations. Overall, the OnSite Ag-RDT demonstrated a lower clinical sensitivity than claimed by the manufacturer. …”

Development and validation of outcome prediction models for aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: the SAHIT multinational cohort study by Jaja, BNR, Saposnik, G, Lingsma, HF, Macdonald, E, Thorpe, KE, Mamdani, M, Steyerberg, EW, Molyneux, A, Manoel, ALDO, Schatlo, B, Hanggi, D, Hasan, D, Wong, GKC, Etminan, N, Fukuda, H, Torner, J, Schaller, KL, Suarez, JI, Stienen, MN, Vergouwen, MDI, Rinkel, GJE, Spears, J, Cusimano, MD, Todd, M

“…Participants: Researchers collaborated to pool datasets of prospective observational studies, hospital registries, and randomised clinical trials of SAH from multiple geographical regions to develop and validate clinical prediction models. …”

Ethnoichthyology of the First Record of Spine Bahaba (Bahaba polykladiskos) from Muar, Johor, Malaysia by Ilham-Norhakim, Mohd Lokman, Mohd Faudzir, Najmuddin, Hidayah, Haris, Othman, Nursyuhada, Ramli, Ramli, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Sariyati Nur Hartini, Rasul Abdullah, Halim Muhammad, Abdullah-Fauzi, Abdullah-Fauzi, Akmal, Fawwazah, Abdul-Latiff, Muhammad Abu Bakar

“…The study successfully establishes a baseline information for B. polykladiskos in Peninsular Malaysia using an ethnoichthyological approach, thus extending the known geographical distribution of this distinctive species.…”
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Edible Bird's Nest treatment effects on subchondral bone and articular cartilage changes and synovial fluid proteome profiles in an osteoarthritis rabbit model by Syed Sulaiman, Sharifah Zakiah

“…The joints were subjected to micro-computed tomographic (micro-CT) analysis and histological evaluation. …”
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Modélisation des interactions en Italie du Nord au premier âge du Fer: de la circulation de parures aux réseaux d’influences culturelles by Cicolani, V, Huet, T, Zamboni, L

“…Highlighting these dynamic, non-exclusive links based on creativity and adaptation, rather than on predefined geographical or cultural boundaries, illustrates how these boundaries are socially negotiated and dynamically recomposed over time, defying the traditional, unidirectional perception of a hierarchical structure of dependence between center and periphery. …”

Medical tourism in South East Asia: Science mapping of present and future trends by Muhammad Ashraf, Fauzi, Norhana, Mohd Aripin, Nur Sofia Nabila, Alimin, Ting, Irene Wei Kiong, Wider, Walton, Siti Sarah, Maidin, Zainul-Abideen, Ahmed Yousif Abbas

“…This study evaluates the knowledge structure of medical tourism within the geographical context of South East Asia. This region is one of the growing economic powerhouses in the world, and tourism activities have contributed a lot to its advancement. …”
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Water surge risk mapping using GIS-based spatial multi-criteria decision analysis approach by Syarifuddin, Misbari, Siti Sarah, Abd Razak, Muhammad Fuad Fahmi, Jaafar, Nadiatul Adilah, Ahmad Abdul Ghani, Mohd Faizal, Jamlos

“…The process entails gathering geographical data and evaluating data using GIS-based Spatial Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (SMCDA), which is generally based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) model in ArcGIS Pro. …”
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Research on Traditional Village Spatial Differentiation from the Perspective of Cultural Routes: A Case Study of 338 Villages in the Miao Frontier Corridor by Zhao, Weiqi, Xiao, Dawei, Li, Jing, Xu, Ziyu, Tao, Jin

“…With the help of 91-satellite maps and a geographic information system (GIS), a cultural and geographic database of the traditional villages in the Miao Frontier Corridor was constructed to objectively explore the roles of the traditional villages’ natural geography, historical, and humanistic elements in the spatial categorization on a large scale. …”
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Exploring green gentrification in 28 global North cities: the role of urban parks and other types of greenspaces by Triguero-Mas, Margarita, Anguelovski, Isabelle, Connolly, James J T, Martin, Nick, Matheney, Austin, Cole, Helen V S, Pérez-Del-Pulgar, Carmen, García-Lamarca, Melissa, Shokry, Galia, Argüelles, Lucía, Conesa, David, Gallez, Elsa, Sarzo, Blanca, Beltrán, Miguel Angel, López Máñez, Jesúa, Martínez-Minaya, Joaquín, Oscilowicz, Emilia, Arcaya, Mariana C, Baró, Francesc

“…We assessed improved access to different types of greenspace (i.e. total area of parks, gardens, nature preserves, recreational areas or greenways [i] added before the 2000s or [ii] added before the 2010s) and gentrification processes (including [i] gentrification for the 2000s; [ii] gentrification for the 2010s; [iii] gentrification throughout the decades of the 2000s and 2010s) in each small geographical unit of each city. To estimate the associations, we developed a Bayesian hierarchical spatial model for each city and gentrification time period (i.e. a maximum of three models per city). …”
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Three essays on corporate finance and research methodology by Li, Wei

“…Chapter three proposes that gambling preference is a determinant of the significant geographical variation in U.S. firms’ cash holding. Local gambling preference, measured as the ratio of local Catholics to Protestants, is positively associated with local firms’ cash holding. …”
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Wedge strategies, Japan-ASEAN cooperation, and the making of EAS: implications for Indo-Pacific institutionalization by Koga, Kei

“…I argue that it is difficult for ASEAN’s cooperation with Japan and other external powers to expand in geographic scope from Southeast Asia to the Indo-Pacific because of the availability of wedge strategies. …”
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Assessment of critical rainfall scenarios for slope stability analyses based on historical rainfall records in Singapore by Kim, Yongmin, Rahardjo, Harianto, Nistor, Margarit Mircea, Satyanaga, Alfrendo, Leong, Eng Choon, Sham, Aaron Wai Lun

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