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How Are China’s Urban Commercial Spaces Being Reshaped in the Digital Era
Across China, urban commercial establishments are experiencing horizontal and vertical expansion from streets, which have increasingly moved away from reliance on street-facing and ground-floor locations.
Enjia Zhang, Jingxuan Hou, Ying Long
Promoting adult health: the neurophysiological benefits of watering plants and engaging in mental tasks within designed environments
Indoor, sedentary lifestyles have disconnected individuals from nature, necessitating interventions to reestablish this bond. Performing horticultural activities, such as watering houseplants, offers a potential solution.
Understanding Local Politics in Mexico: A Precinct-Level Dataset for Municipal Elections
We present a newly published open-access dataset that standardizes and harmonizes electoral results for municipal elections in Mexico at the precinct level, enabling granular, comparative, and causal research on local politics in Mexico.
Discovering Europe's Last Hunter-Gatherers
A chance discovery led to evidence of a vanished people - and the epic sea voyages they were never supposed to have undertaken.
