Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-04-14DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7
Nancy M. Abdel-Moneim, H. Khalil, R. R. Kamel
{"title":"Developing QOL Index for Resettlement Projects of Unsafe Areas in Egypt","authors":"Nancy M. Abdel-Moneim, H. Khalil, R. R. Kamel","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"349 - 371"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09419-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42194768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2021-03-20DOI: 10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x
E. D. Kuusaana, E. A. Kosoe, Rockson Niminga-Beka, Abubakari Ahmed
{"title":"Spatial Justice and Inner-City Development in Secondary Cities of Ghana: Implications for New Urban Agenda in the Global South","authors":"E. D. Kuusaana, E. A. Kosoe, Rockson Niminga-Beka, Abubakari Ahmed","doi":"10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"373 - 391"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-021-09415-x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44142937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-11-18DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09413-5
Lennert Jongh
{"title":"The “Gray Spacing” of Market Vendors and Their Associations and Vendors’ Collective Agency in the Zambian City of Kitwe","authors":"Lennert Jongh","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09413-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09413-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"245 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09413-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43643865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-10-01Epub Date: 2019-10-09DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2019.1671608
S Melanie Lee, Silena Te, Elizabeth C Breen, Richard Olmstead, Michael R Irwin, Joshua H Cho
{"title":"Circulating versus lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory markers as correlates of subthreshold depressive symptoms in older adults.","authors":"S Melanie Lee, Silena Te, Elizabeth C Breen, Richard Olmstead, Michael R Irwin, Joshua H Cho","doi":"10.1080/15622975.2019.1671608","DOIUrl":"10.1080/15622975.2019.1671608","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Objectives:</b> Circulating cytokines have been associated with depression, but their detection has limitations, which may be overcome by direct detection of intracellular cytokines (ICCs) after lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation <i>in vitro</i>. This study compared circulating versus LPS-induced inflammatory markers as correlates of subthreshold depressive symptoms.<b>Methods:</b> Secondary data analysis of a cross-sectional insomnia study in healthy community-dwelling older adults was conducted. In 117 participants (≥55 years), plasma tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), C-reactive protein (CRP) and <i>in vitro</i> LPS-induced monocyte production of IL-6 and TNF-α were assayed. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the clinician-rated Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology (IDS-C). Multivariate linear regression was conducted to test the associations between inflammatory markers and subthreshold depressive symptoms in the entire sample as well as in subgroups stratified into higher and lower inflammation levels.<b>Results:</b> LPS-induced TNF-α (adjusted <i>β</i> = 0.28, <i>p = </i>.04), IL-6 (0.29, <i>p = </i>.03) and TNF-α + IL-6 (0.43, <i>p = </i>.001) significantly positively correlated with subthreshold depressive symptoms only in higher inflammation subgroups. No circulating biomarkers positively correlated in any subgroups. In the entire sample, no biomarkers were significantly associated with subthreshold depressive symptoms.<b>Conclusions:</b> LPS-induced cytokines may be more sensitive correlates of subthreshold depressive symptoms than circulating cytokines, particularly in older adults with higher systemic inflammation.<b>Clinical Trials Registry:</b> ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00280020.</p>","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"24 1","pages":"634-641"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15622975.2019.1671608","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74655050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-09-29DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09411-7
A. Mabin
{"title":"A Century of South African Housing Acts 1920–2020","authors":"A. Mabin","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09411-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09411-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"31 1","pages":"453 - 472"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09411-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44597878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-09-22DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09409-1
Uyi Ezeanah
{"title":"Quality Housing: Perception and Insights of People in Benin City, Nigeria","authors":"Uyi Ezeanah","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09409-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09409-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"32 1","pages":"87 - 110"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09409-1","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"53042545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-07-31DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09402-8
A. Hammar, M. Millstein
{"title":"Juxtacity: an Approach to Urban Difference, Divide, Authority, and Citizenship","authors":"A. Hammar, M. Millstein","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09402-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09402-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"31 1","pages":"273 - 288"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09402-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43826765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-07-30DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09400-w
S. Roque, Miguel Mucavele, Nair Noronha
{"title":"The City and the Barracas: Urban Change, Spatial Differentiation and Citizenship in Maputo","authors":"S. Roque, Miguel Mucavele, Nair Noronha","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09400-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09400-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"31 1","pages":"331 - 349"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09400-w","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42066871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Urban ForumPub Date : 2020-07-29DOI: 10.1007/s12132-020-09397-2
M. Millstein
{"title":"‘If I Had My House, I’d Feel Free’: Housing and the (Re)Productions of Citizenship in Cape Town, South Africa","authors":"M. Millstein","doi":"10.1007/s12132-020-09397-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s12132-020-09397-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35221,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forum","volume":"31 1","pages":"289 - 309"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2020-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s12132-020-09397-2","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49119884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}