Urban forests provide benefits in terms of the environment and society. Many people living urban areas could profit from recreational services provided by to alleviate physical psychological stresses caused closure restrictions during COVID-19 epidemic. However, limited research has been conducted on role forest recreation lockdown support future policy decisions regarding such dramatic circums...

BACKGROUND A surge in pro-inflammatory markers, Il-6 and TNF-α, has been associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, there is no data on the dynamics of these markers in T2DM Ghanaian populations. The aim of this study was to determine variations in the levels of IL-6 and TNF-α in T2DM patients. This study also examined the associations of IL-6 and TNF-α with anthropometric measur...

The vas t majority of crimes commit ted against city, suburban, and rural residents in 1983 occurred in the general a r e a where the victims lived. Xowever, suburban dwellers were more likely t o be victims of cr imes of violence within the ci ty limits of the cen t ra l c i t ies of their metropolitan areas (12%) than were ci ty dwellers t o become victims in the suburban a reas surrounding t...

Dung beetles belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, and are mostly within the subfamilies of Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae. They are given their name because they feed partially or exclusively on feces. Each species of dung beetles can be classified as one of several types: rollers, tunnelers and dwellers. Rollers roll the dung into round balls, which are then used for brooding chambers or as a...

Cohort Profile: The PERU MIGRANT Study– A prospective cohort study of rural dwellers, urban dwellers and rural-to-urban migrants in Peru Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco, Andrea Ruiz-Alejos, Antonio Bernabé-Ortiz, Robert H Gilman, Liam Smeeth and J Jaime Miranda* CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru, Faculty of Epidemiology and Population H...

Based on the authors' fieldwork, this article examined the spatial and demographic growth of a slum community in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in association with the inhabitants' socioeconomic conditions. In this slum community, which is near the industrial and commercial centers and has developed especially since the early 1970s, most dwellers are migrants from other parts of Colombo. The increase of d...