Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by Reitsma, M. B., Kendrick, P. J., Ababneh, E., Abbafati, C., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abdoli, A., Abedi, A., Abhilash, E. S., Abila, D. B., Aboyans, V., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M., Adebayo, O. M., Advani, S. M., Aghaali, M., Ahinkorah, B. O., Ahmad, S., Ahmadi, K., Ahmed, H., Aji, B., Akunna, C. J., Al-Aly, Z., Alanzi, T. M., Alhabib, K. F., Ali, L., Alif, S. M., Alipour, V., Aljunid, S. M., Alla, F., Allebeck, P., Alvis-Guzman, N., Amin T. T., Amini, S., Amu, H., Amul, G. G. H., Ancuceanu, R., Anderson, J. A., Ansari-Moghaddam, A., Antonio, C. A. T., Antony, B., Anvari, D., Arabloo, J., Arian, N. D., Arora, M., Asaad, M., Ausloos, M., Awan, A. T., Ayano, G., Aynalem, G. L., Azari, S., B, D.B., Badiye, A. D., Baig, A. A., Bakhshaei, M. H., Banach, M., Banik, P.C., Barker-Collo, S. L., Bärnighausen, T. W., Barqawi, H. J., Basu, S., Bayati, M., Bazargan-Hejazi, S., Behzadifar, M., Bekuma, T. T., Bennett, D. A., Bensenor, I. M., Berfield, K. S. S., Bhagavathula, A. S., Bhardwaj, N., Bhardwaj, P., Bhattacharyya, K., Bibi, S., Bijani, A., Bintoro, B. S., Biondi, A., Birara, S., Braithwaite, D., Brenner, H., Brunoni, A. R., Burkart, K., Butt, Z. A., Caetano dos Santos, F. L., Car, Josip, Cárdenas, R., Carreras, G., Carrero, J. J., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Cattaruzza, M. S. S., Chang, J. C., Chen, S., Chu, D. T., Chung, S. C., Cirillo, M., Costa, V. M., Couto, R. A. S., Dadras, O., Dai, X., Damasceno, A. A. M., Damiani, G., Dandona, L.

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Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…<p><b>Background</b></p> Estimates of demographic metrics are crucial to assess levels and trends of population health outcomes. …”

Evaluation of population immunity against SARS-CoV-2 variants, EG.5.1, FY.4, BA.2.86, JN.1, JN.1.4, and KP.3.1.1 using samples from two health demographic surveillance systems in Kenya by Lugano, D, Kutima, B, Kimani, M, Sigilai, A, Gitonga, J, Karani, A, Akech, D, Karia, B, Ziraba, AK, Maina, A, Lambisia, A, Omuoyo, D, Mugo, D, Lucinde, R, Owuor, S, Konyino, G, Newman, J, Bailey, D, Nduati, E, Githinji, G, Agoti, CN, Bejon, P, Scott, JAG, Agweyu, A, Warimwe, GM

15.021J / 11.433J Real Estate Economics, Spring 2004 by Wheaton, William C., 1944-

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Nationwide spatial epidemiological dataset of over 100,000 influenza-like illness notifications in Iran by county (2015–2019) by Sedghian, A, MohammadEbrahimi, S, Sartorius, B, Kiani, B

“…Due to the high contagion rate of ILI and global health impact, precise geographic mapping serves as a critical tool for public health officials and researchers to monitor, mitigate, and predict epidemics. …”

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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China's rural migrant workers, the state, and labor politics by Chan, J, Selden, M

“…They also discuss the impact of demographic changes and geographic shifts of population and production on the growth of working-class power in the workplace and the marketplace.…”

Multi-harmonic scanning near-field optical microscopy by Dong, Zhaogang

“…For the third case, we analyze the topographical artifact that is induced by a changing probe vibration amplitude.…”
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Biofunctional electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds in tissue engineering and the potential application of siRNA-delivery for nerve regeneration by Cao, Haoqing

“…In this thesis, the potential application of electrospun nanofibrous scaffolds endowed with chemical and topographical signals for nerve regeneration was investigated. …”
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The social atlas of Europe by Ballas, D, Dorling, D, Hennig, B

“…It utilizes the latest available demographic, social, and economic data through state-of-the-art geographical information systems and new cartography techniques. …”

Perceptions of science, science communication, and climate change attitudes in 68 countries – the TISP dataset by Mede, NG, Cologna, V, Berger, S, Besley, J, Brick, C, Joubert, M, Maibach, EW, Mihelj, S, Oreskes, N, Schäfer, MS, van der Linden, S, Abdul Aziz, NI, Abdulsalam, S, Shamsi, NA, Aczel, B, Adinugroho, I, Alabrese, E, Aldoh, A, Alfano, M, Ali, IM, Alsobay, M, Altenmüller, M, Alvarez, RM, Amoako, R, Levy, N

“…To help researchers analyse the science-society nexus across different geographical and cultural contexts, we undertook a cross-sectional population survey resulting in a dataset of 71,922 participants in 68 countries. …”

Prototypical career paths in urban, suburban, and rural locations in the United States by Setor, Tenace, Joseph, Damien

“…Career paths are formed over time from interactions between individuals, organizations, and labor markets within and across geographic locations. What are the prototypical career paths thus formed? …”
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Proximal advantage in knowledge diffusion : the time dimension by Wang, Jue, Zhang, Liwei

“…This paper intends to explore the impact of geographic proximity on the diffusion of knowledge in the form of publication citations, and argues that codified knowledge is transmitted faster in proximity and is subject to similar geographic constraints as tacit knowledge. …”
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Power-aware routing in wireless sensor networks by Zha, Wei

“…A general algorithm component is proposed to serve existing geographic routing algorithms to guarantee the success of packet delivery in duty-cycling sensor networks. …”
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Belgrave's quest for moral order in Bahrain, 1926-1957 by Fakhro, E

“…In this area, the thesis describes how colonial officials regulated and restricted prostitution as an undesirable activity, including by confining the practice to a geographic zone, subjecting prostitute women to mandatory health screenings, and justifying these actions as necessary to curb an epidemic of venereal diseases.…”

A critical study on Yelp dataset for recommender system by Ruan, Donglin

“…This research critically examines the Yelp dataset within the domain of recommender systems, emphasizing the integration of geographical data to enhance recommendation accuracy and relevance. …”
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THE DOUBLE HELIX / by Trueit, Trudi Strain, author 655686

“…THE THIRD BOOK IN THE GROUNDBREAKING INTERNATIONAL FICTION SERIES INSPIRED BY THE REAL ADVENTURES AND EXPLORATIONS OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY! >PETRA, JORDAN. Bored with waiting, Cruz dug his mind-control camera out of his pack. …”

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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Looking at the Map, Together: Modeling Treatment Center Location Selection and its Effects on Access to Gene Therapy in Brazil by Wertheimer, Sarah R.

“…We model how these approaches would affect patients’ geographic accessibility to treatment and discuss potential modifications to our model. …”
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The determinants of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality across countries by Chang, Dianna, Chang, Xin, He, Yu, Tan, Kelvin Jui Keng

“…Besides factors commonly associated with infectious diseases (e.g., population and tourism activities), we discover a list of country characteristics that shape COVID-19 outcomes. Among demographic-geographic factors, the male-to-female ratio, population density, and urbanization aggravate the severity of COVID-19, while education, temperature, and religious diversity mitigate the impact of the pandemic on morbidity and mortality. …”
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