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The formulation of mixed urban land uses is not only intended to find the ideal scenario of land use but also regarded as a way toward sustainable urban development. We propose a geo-semantic mining approach Traj2Vec to quantify the trajectories of residents as high-dimensional semantic vectors. Then, a random forest (RF) method is used to model the relationship between the semantic vectors and mi

China is going through a rapid urbanization process, which will have significant influences on the land use pattern in the nationwide scale. In this context, it is very important for getting more information about the overall trend of land use change in the coming decades. To help develop better land management policies and improve the land resource allocation, this paper provides a system dynamic

The development of geospatial big data makes it possible to study traffic-congestion issues. In particular, floating car data (FCD) is very suitable for it because FCD can help predict traffic-congestion bottlenecks and provide corresponding solutions to address traffic problems. Previous studies have discussed the impacts of rainfall on road speeds, but few studies have focused on the impacts of

The spatial distribution pattern of jobs and housing plays a vital role in urban planning and traffic construction. However, obtaining the jobs-housing distribution at a fine scale (e.g., the perspective of individual jobs-housing attribute) presents difficulties due to a lack of social media data and useful models. With user data acquired from a location-based service provider in China, this stud

Understanding how urban systems and traffic dynamics co-evolve is crucial for advancing sustainable and resilient cities. However, their bidirectional causal relationships remain underexplored due to challenges of simultaneously inferring spatial heterogeneity, temporal variation, and feedback mechanisms. Here we present a spatio-temporal causality framework that bridges correlation and causation

In this article I rethink international migration law by analysing the Model International Mobility Convention (MIMC) through a concrete-utopian lens. Starting from the premise that coloniality remains an active structure of the global order, I show how progressive legal projects often reproduce the hierarchies they seek to overcome. Combining Gary Wilder’s concrete utopianism with Ruth Levitas’s

BACKGROUND: Non-operative treatment for acute appendicitis (AA) in children has gained acceptance as an alternative to surgery in selected cases. Accurate preoperative differentiation between perforated and non-perforated AA is increasingly important, as the former requires emergency surgery while the latter may be managed conservatively. Previous research has suggested that low plasma sodium conc

Dysregulation of alternative splicing is increasingly associated with cancer development and tumor progression. BCL2-associated transcription factor 1 (BCLAF1) is involved in a wide range of biological processes and it is continuously being investigated due to its intricate function in tumorigenesis and drug resistance. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cell lines, we identified two distinct, unbala

BACKGROUND: Secondary peritonitis caused by gastrointestinal perforation is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Effective management includes surgical source control, antibiotic therapy, and intensive resuscitation. The choice between primary abdominal closure (PAC) and vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) in the management of secondary peritonitis remains a subject of debate.METHODS: Th

This Development Dissertation Brief summarises a study of Sweden’s long-term media aid engagement in Vietnam from 1993 to 2007, examining howjournalistic skills, norms and practices were introduced, translated and reshapedwithin an authoritarian media system. Drawing on project documentation andinterviews with Swedish journalism trainers and radio technicians, the disserta-tion analyses how techno

BACKGROUND: Secondary peritonitis is a serious condition with significant morbidity and mortality. Its management requires emergency laparotomy for source control. Vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) and primary abdominal closure (PAC) are the main strategies for managing the laparostomy after source control. Despite the increasing use of VAC, concerns persist regarding its complications and long-term o

Background: Colophony and its derivatives are common allergens. Contact dermatitis from colophony-containing adhesive tapes for blister prevention has previously been reported among Swedish conscripts. Objectives: To present the investigation of suspected allergic contact dermatitis among Norwegian military personnel exposed to medical adhesive tapes during service. Patients/Materials/Methods: Fou

Introduction: Spasticity may introduce bias in passive range of motion (ROM) measurements in children with cerebral palsy. This study aimed to explore the impact of spasticity on the reliability and potential measurement bias of goniometric assessments of ankle dorsiflexion and knee extension in children with unilateral spastic cerebral palsy (USCP). Methods: Thirty-two children aged 6–17 years wi

The aim of this study is to investigate if a researchers presence affects participants performing a virtual reality evacuation, and if by removing the researcher, the results better resemble the results produced in a real world experiment. Initially, a study on previous research in human behaviour in fire, the effect of a researcher's presence and Virtual reality experiments was conducted. 54

This work studied a metal fluoride transition state analogue (TSA) complex of β-phosphoglucomutase (βPGM), a phosphoryl transfer enzyme catalysing the interconversion of glucose-6-phosphate (G6P) and glucose-1-phosphate (G1P), and its P146A and A136N mutants using advanced NMR spectroscopy methods. Conformational exchange rates of βPGM:MgF3–:G6P TSA complex were extracted at a grid of temperatures

During the third long LHC shutdown (2026-2030), one of the four main experiments at CERN, ALICE, will undergo an extensive upgrade of the Inner Tracking System (ITS3). During this, the three innermost layers of the detector will be replaced by a novel technology, where wafer-scale stitched sensors will be bent into half-cylinder shape and placed one on top of the other, wrapping around the beam pi

This thesis investigates the quantum Mpemba effect, where an initially hotter system cools down faster than an initially colder one. This was demonstrated in a qubit system coupled to two environments. A thermal state is chosen as the initial state and then left to freely equilibrate. It was shown that the initial thermal state can be chosen in a way to accelerate the resulting relaxation process.

This study aimed to examine which organizational demands social workers experience in their work with women exposed to intimate partner violence and how these demands influence their professional discretion. The study was conducted as a quantitative survey targeting social workers in Sweden working with intimate partner violence. A total of 58 responses were collected. The results show that high w

Understanding the role of conformational entropy in protein-ligand interactions remains a major challenge in rational drug design. In this work Galectin-3C (Gal-3C) complexes with glycomimetic macrocyclic ligands FS435 and FS471 were investigated using NMR spectroscopy. The ligands exhibit similar binding free energies, and calorimetric studies revealed significant enthalpy-entropy compensation. S