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Performance and farmers preferred traits of Jersey × local cows in the tropics: the case of Angolelana Tera district, North Shewa zone, Ethiopia

Abebe Bereda, Beshah Agune, Zelalem Yilma • Cogent Social Sciences (2024)

The objectives of this research were to assess the productive and reproductive performances, and crossbred Jersey farmers preferences traits in Angolelana Tera district, Amhara region, Ethiopia. A total of 158 smallholders holding Jersey cr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/23311886.2024.2368948

Effect of chemical treatment on the mechanical and thermal performance of flax fiber reinforced aluminium 6082 laminate: a machine learning-enhanced investigation

M. Vinod, B. S. Nithyananda, Shrishail B. Sollapur, Satish Gajbhiv et al. • Scientific Reports (2026)

Abstract This work examined the role of alkaline and epoxy-based surface chemical treatments on the mechanical and thermal properties of flax fiber reinforced Aluminum Alloy 6082 hybrid Fiber Metal Laminates (FMLs), integrated with machine ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-58852-w

Bayesian ANN-Based Prediction and Multi-Objective Optimization of Tribological Behavior in Magnesium Alloy AZ91D at Elevated Temperature Using Pareto GA

Beniyel Muthuraj, Sivapragash Murugesan, Rajesh Rajamony, Michael Thomas Rex Francis • Materials Research (2025)

This study uses an artificial neural network (ANN) model to predict the wear rate and friction coefficient of the magnesium alloy AZ91D, based on experimental data from a pin-on-disc tribometer. The model includes three essential process pa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1980-5373-mr-2025-0388

Effects of natural plant growth regulator iron chlorin on photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelons grown in greenhouses

Qian Feng, Lu Lu, Qingyun Li, Liu Wang et al. • Horticultural Science (2024)

Iron chlorin is known to affect plant growth, but its potential applications in watermelon production have rarely been explored. To better understand its effects on the growth, photosynthesis, yield, and quality of watermelon in a greenhous...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17221/132/2023-HORTSCI

Evaluation of the performance of several cultivars of bean (Vicia faba L.) for yield and its components under three different cultivation distances

Mohammed Alatawi, Yousif Abd Alhamed Alhajoj, Raeed Mejbel Abdullah • Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences (2024)

This study was conducted in the center of Kirkuk governorate in the farms of a farmer for the agricultural season 2020/2021. The study included two factors, the first is the distance between the meadows, where the following distances were u...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.25130/tjas.24.3.20

Preliminary screening of biostimulative effects of Göemar BM-86 on eggplant cultivars grown under field conditions in Poland

Alicja Pohl, Aneta Grabowska, Andrzej Kalisz, Agnieszka Sękara • Acta Agrobotanica (2018)

Seaweed extracts are widely used in agriculture as ecological focus substances applied to improve crop growth and quality. One of the primary benefits they bring is increased effectiveness of fruit setting as well as improved stress toleran...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5586/aa.1752

Photosynthesis and Rubisco kinetics in spring wheat and meadow fescue under conditions of simulated climate change with elevated CO2 and increased temperatures

K. HAKALA, R. HELIÖ, E.-M. TUHKANEN • Agricultural and Food Science (2008)

Spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.cv.Polkka)and meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Hudson cv. Kalevi)cwere grown in ambient and elevated (700 µl l -1 )carbon dioxide concentration both at present ambient temperatures and at temperatures 3°C h...

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Application of biologically active substances in agriculture preparations

L. Krychkovska, M. Bobro, G. Birta, S. Karpushyna et al. • Рослинництво та ґрунтознавство (2025)

High-quality, naturally protected seeds prior to sowing, along with growth activation of seedlings, represent a promising approach to stabilising crop yield and quality. Enhancing plant resistance to dynamic environmental stresses, includin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31548/plant1.2025.09

Maxillary Resection Prosthesis Retained by Telescopic Crowns and a Rotational Latching Mechanism: A Case Report

Panagiota Chatzidou, Savvas Kamalakidis, John Fanourgiakis, Mathildi Tsekou et al. • Surgeries (2026)

Context: Prosthetic rehabilitation of acquired maxillary defects with Maxillary Resection Prostheses (MRPs) remains biomechanically challenging, particularly in partially edentulous patients, where conventional clasp-retained designs often ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/surgeries7020062

Resting-state EEG measures cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease

Md Fahim Anjum, Arturo I. Espinoza, Rachel C. Cole, Arun Singh et al. • npj Parkinson's Disease (2024)

Abstract Cognitive dysfunction is common in Parkinson’s disease (PD). We developed and evaluated an EEG-based biomarker to index cognitive functions in PD from a few minutes of resting-state EEG. We hypothesized that synchronous changes in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41531-023-00602-0

Quenching factors for Na recoils as a function of Tl dopant concentrations in NaI(Tl) crystals

G. Angloher, M. R. Bharadwaj, A. Böhmer, M. Cababie et al. • European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields (2026)

Abstract Thallium-doped sodium iodide (NaI(Tl)) scintillation detectors play an important role in the field of direct dark matter (DM) searches. The DAMA/LIBRA experiment stands out for its reported observation of an annually modulating DM-...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-026-15738-5

The Maximum Offsets of Binary Neutron Star Mergers from Host Galaxies

Ilya Mandel, Om Sharan Salafia, Andrew Levan, Paul Disberg • The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2026)

We analytically derive, and illustrate with a population synthesis model, the maximum offset of binary neutron star mergers ejected from their host galaxies. This approximate maximum offset is 300 kpc $\times \,{({v}_{{\rm{esc}}}/500\,{\rm{...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae4332

Highly Purified versus Filtered Crude Collagenase: Comparable Human Islet Isolation Outcomes

Yong Wang, Daniel Paushter, Shusen Wang, Barbara Barbaro et al. • Cell Transplantation (2011)

This study was designed to retrospectively compare the impact of crude Sigma V collagenase (Sigma V, n = 52) with high-purified Serva NB1 collagenase (Serva NB1, n = 42) on human islet isolation outcomes. A three-step filtration was applied...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3727/096368911X564994

Construct validity and factor structure of a Spanish-language Social Support Questionnaire during early pregnancy

Friedman LE, Manriquez Prado AK, Santos Malavé GF, Vélez JC et al. • International Journal of Women's Health (2018)

Lauren E Friedman,1 Ana Karen Manriquez Prado,2,* Gabriel Fidel Santos Malavé,2,* Juan Carlos Vélez,3 Rodrigo Winston Gillibrand Esquinazi,4 Sixto E Sanchez,5,6 Qiu-Yue Zhong,1 Bizu Gelaye,1 Michelle A Williams1 1Department o...

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Nanoparticles: Taking a Unique Position in Medicine

Tomy Muringayil Joseph, Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Amin Esmaeili, Łukasz Piszczyk et al. • Nanomaterials (2023)

The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel mechanisms underlying natural phenomena has been developing. ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030574 PMC: 9920911

Computation offloading and information freshness in edge-assisted networked robotic systems

Junyeong Jeon, Daniel Poul Mtowe, Dong Min Kim, Dong Min Kim • Frontiers in Robotics and AI (2026)

Camera-based wireless networked control systems must move visual information across a shared wireless link before a command can be applied, so the placement of the perception computation fixes both the communication load and the freshness o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2026.1999591

Design and modelling of an anisotropic continuum robot end-effector for single-port access surgery suturing

Tom Vandebroek, Julie Legrand, Tom Vercauteren, Sebastien Ourselin et al. • Advances in Mechanical Engineering (2023)

Single port access surgery has brought many advantages and new challenges to the field of minimally invasive surgery. In principle, many of these challenges can be addressed through robotics. Continuum robots in particular have seen a surge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/16878132221140207