Data from Berlin (Germany) show a significant correlation between the increase in the stork population around the city and the increase in deliveries outside city hospitals (out-of-hospital deliveries). However, there is no correlation between deliveries in hospital buildings (clinical deliveries) and the stork population. The decline in the number of pairs of storks in the German state of Lowe...

objectives:  stroke is a major event in one's life, and patients will inevitably require the use of coping strategies in order to try to reestablish acceptable life equilibrium. due to the extensive role that nurses can be active members in the patient's rehabilitation plan, the mauk model is a model that focuses on stroke patients. for each stage of this model,  mauk has developed ap...

abstract background: acute coronary syndrome is one of the major cardiovascular diseases that leads to a significant amount of morbidity. the purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of cardiac rehabilitation on quality of life in patients with acute coronary syndrome. materials and methods: this was a clinical trial study conducted on 50 patients with acute coronary syndrome ...

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Rapid urbanization has made the inner city change quickly with the urban sprawl of the whole city. In China, a mass of urban renewal projects have been carried out for meeting the new need of people’s life. However, the traditional means of total renewal has destroyed the urban heritage seriously, which especially led to the diminishing of historical district space. It is urgent to protect and ...

Purpose Urban consolidation centres (UCCs) are often conceived to improve services in retail stores and potentially reduce costs. However, few studies have examined how retail stores perceive the services a UCC could provide. The purpose of this article is to explore retail stores’ potential demands for different services that a UCC could provide in order to foster the development and implement...

Social workers delivering services in health care settings face unique challenges and opportunities. The purpose of this study was to solicit input from social workers employed in urban hospitals about their perceptions of the roles, contribution, and professional functioning of social work in a rapidly changing health care environment. Using qualitative methods, the university and hospital-bas...

Rapid urbanization, poor solid waste management and inadequate maintenance of water can lead to flooding, scarcity, pollution, adverse health effects rehabilitation costs that may overwhelm the resilience cities. Cities face significant difficulties as a result these megatrends, cost inactivity is considerable. A capacity building programme was conducted with purpose be strategic step in Urban ...

Urban density must be considered a key concept in the description of a city’s urban spatial structure. Countless studies have provided evidence of a close relationship between built density and activity densities, on the one hand, and urban environmental conditions or social practices, on the other hand. However, despite the concept’s common use in urban research, urban density is a rather fuzz...