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Exploring the social life of urban spaces through AI.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-y period in four urban public spaces located in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. Building on William Whyte's observational work, which involved manual video analysis of pedestrian behaviors, we e...

Data-driven nutritional assessment of urban food landscapes: insights from Boston, London, and Dubai.

Scientific reports
Urban food landscapes significantly influence dietary habits and health outcomes, with disparities in food access contributing to obesity, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods. This study presents a data-driven approach to as...

Urban-rural inequality in soil heavy metal health risks: Insights from Baoding, China.

Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
Soil heavy metal contamination poses serious health risks, but few studies have quantitatively assessed disparities in these risks between urban and rural populations. To address this gap, we introduce a novel framework integrating machine learning a...

The urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity in early midlife: a FinnTwin12 study.

Health & place
Under the exposome framework, this study examined the relationship between the urban physical environment and leisure-time physical activity during early midlife based on 394 participants (mean age: 37, range 34-40) from the FinnTwin12 cohort, residi...

Social media interaction and built environment effects on urban walking experience: A machine learning analysis of Shanghai Citywalk.

PloS one
In fast-paced urban environments, Citywalk has emerged as a key leisure activity for urban residents to alleviate stress and enhance emotional well-being. From the perspective of virtual-physical interaction, this study integrates social media data w...

Urban walkability through different lenses: A comparative study of GPT-4o and human perceptions.

PloS one
Urban environments significantly shape our well-being, behavior, and overall quality of life. Assessing urban environments, particularly walkability, has traditionally relied on computer vision and machine learning algorithms. However, these approach...

Urban and rural disparities in stroke prediction using machine learning among Chinese older adults.

Scientific reports
Stroke is a significant health concern in China. Differences in stroke risk between rural and urban areas have been highlighted in prior research. However, there is a scarcity of studies on urban-rural differences in predicting stroke. This study aim...

Risk factor assessment of prediabetes and diabetes based on epidemic characteristics in new urban areas: a retrospective and a machine learning study.

Scientific reports
To explore in depth the characteristics of the risk factors for diabetes and prediabetes pathogenesis and progression in special regions. We investigated medical data from 160 thousand cases in the newly developing urban area of a large modern city f...

The influence of factors related to public health campaigns on vaccination behavior among population of Wuxi region, China.

Frontiers in public health
BACKGROUND: Public health campaigns are essential for promoting vaccination behavior, but factors such as socioeconomic status, geographical location, campaign quality, and service accessibility influence vaccine uptake. In the Wuxi region of China, ...

Prevalence and Correlates of Vitamin D Deficiency among Adult Population in Urban and Rural Areas of the National Capital Region of Delhi, India.

WHO South-East Asia journal of public health
High prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency has been reported among selective population, but its population prevalence from representative adult population is lacking in India. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and identify the correl...