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(In)consistency in the official spatial data in assessments of deforestation in Slovenia

Mojca Nastran, Laura Žižek Kulovec • Geodetski Vestnik (2014)

Inconsistencies in official spatial data found in different government organisations and different periods are a commonly known problem and all the attempts to solve it are slow and fortuitous. Differences between data can have an impact on...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15292/geodetski-vestnik.2014.04.724-745

The estimation of canopy attributes from digital cover photography by two different image analysis methods

Chianucci F, Chiavetta U, Cutini A • iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry (2014)

Proximal sensing methods using digital photography have gained wide acceptance for describing and quantifying canopy properties. Digital hemispherical photography (DHP) is the most widely used photographic technique for canopy description. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3832/ifor0939-007

Impacts of land use and cover changes on ecosystem service values from 1992 to 2052 in Gena District, Southwest Ethiopia

Tesfaye Tadesse, Yericho Berhanu, Ginjo Gitima, Meseret Kassie et al. • Scientific African (2024)

Land use and cover changes alter the functions and structures of ecosystem, resulting in variations in Ecosystem Service Values (ESVs). Thus, we examined the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on ESVs from 1992 to 2052 using geos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02244

Expert projections on the development and application of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage technologies

Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a crucial element in most modelling studies on emission pathways of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to limit global warming. BECCS can substitute fossil fuels in energy prod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ada16f

Effect of Accelerated Weathering on Color and Physico-mechanical Properties of Wood-plastic Composites with Nano Titanium Dioxide

Seyyed Khalil HosseiniHashemi, Ahad Rahimi, Nadir Ayrilmis • BioResources (2024)

Polypropylene (PP) with black locust wood flour and maleic grafted polypropylene were used to prepare wood plastic composites (WPC) by injection molding. The effect of the addition of nano titanium oxide (nano TiO2) on the properties of the...

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Systematic evolution of bZIP transcription factors in Malvales and functional exploration of AsbZIP14 and AsbZIP41 in Aquilaria sinensis

Hao Zhang, Xupo Ding, Xupo Ding, Hao Wang et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2023)

IntroductionAgarwood, the dark-brown resin produced by Aquilaria trees, has been widely used as incense, spice, perfume or traditional medicine and 2-(2-phenethyl) chromones (PECs) are the key markers responsible for agarwood formation. But...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1243323

Inhibition of Citrus Huanglongbing Disease by <i>Paenibacillus polymyx</i> KN-03 and Analysis with Transcriptome and Microflora

Yuehua Yang, Fangkui Wang, Jialin Jiang, Ling Jiang • Agronomy (2023)

Soil drench treatment using Paenibacillus polymyxa strain KN-03 was applied to citrus plants infected with Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). The infection status was assessed using PCR and a real-time quantitative PCR detection syst...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy13122958

MRI Application in Quantification of Epiphyseal Development in the Wrist and Bone Age Estimation of Han Male Adolescents in East China

ZHOU Zhi-lu, ZHANG Dong-fei, CHEN Jie-min, WANG Ya-hui et al. • Fayixue Zazhi (2024)

ObjectiveTo investigate the value of wrist MRI in bone age estimation for male adolescents in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.MethodsA total of 124 Han male adolescents aged 6.0 to 18.0 years from Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu were selected...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2023.231203

Analysis of Cathinone Alkaloids in Khat by HPLC-Q-TOF In-source Fragmentation Multistage Mass Spectrometry

SHI Hong-fei1, XU Bo-peng1, QUAN Yang-ke2, XU Cheng-xin1, ZHOU Xiu-qi1 • Zhipu Xuebao (2024)

Khat is a kind of common drug plant. Many experiments have shown that the content of cathinone norpseudoephedrine and norephedrine in some varieties of Khat are similar. However, some studies showed that there are differences in the intensi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7538/zpxb.2023.0065

A Coarse-to-Fine Approach for Rectifying Distorted Latent Fingerprints From Crime Scenes

Qing Bao, Ya-Gang Wang, Chang Gao, Liangxiao Sha et al. • IEEE Access (2023)

With the widely used fingerprints to identify criminals, the influence of fingerprint deformation arouses attention in forensic science. To date, many approaches have been proposed to rectify distorted fingerprints. However, the performance...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3344465

Forensic Discrimination of White Architectural Paints via ATR FT-IR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics

Sweety Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Chongtham Nimi, Rajinder Singh • Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine (2024)

The present work entailed the comparative examination and discrimination of white architectural paint samples of different brands/manufacturers. The analysis of this evidence can facilitate exhibiting a linkage between the victim, and the c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26735/GCNC4529

miR-3113-5p, miR-223-3p, miR-133a-3p, and miR-499a-5p are sensitive biomarkers to diagnose sudden cardiac death

Fengping Yan, Yuanyuan Chen, Xing Ye, Fu Zhang et al. • Diagnostic Pathology (2021)

Abstract Background Sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains a great health threat and diagnostic challenge, especially those cases without positive autopsy findings. Molecular biomarkers have been urgently needed for the diagnosis of SCD display...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13000-021-01127-x

Comparative analysis of chemical toxicological studies of pregabalin in neuropathic pain management (review)

Nargiz Parkhatkyzy, Alma Shukirbekova, Zumrad Usmanalieva, Kundyzay Mirzakir et al. • Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research (2026)

Context: The use of pregabalin in neuropathic pain management has been increasingly associated with concerns regarding toxicity, particularly in cases of overdose, misuse, and co-exposure with central nervous system depressants. In parallel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.56499/jppres_14.3.2550

Lipofuscin: Wear Pigment or Alarm Signal for Cardiac AlloGraft Vasculopathy?

Anca Otilia Farcas, Mihai Ciprian Stoica, Septimiu Voidazan, Carmen Corina Radu et al. • Diagnostics (2026)

Background: CAV (cardiac allograft vasculopathy) is considered the leading cause of late post-transplant mortality and affects approximately 50% of transplant patients at 10 years post-transplant. Its etiopathogenetic mechanism is considere...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics16152432

Simultaneous analysis of creatinine and uric acid in human urine samples using mean centering, ratio subtraction, and derivative spectrophotometric techniques as a green analytical protocol

Dashty K. Ali, Hemn A. Qader, Nabil A. Fakhre • Green Analytical Chemistry (2025)

Four rapid, accurate, and straightforward derivative spectrophotometric methods were developed to quantify a binary mixture of creatinine (CRT) and uric acid (UA) in human urine samples. The first technique was based on a zero-crossing tech...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.greeac.2025.100289

Forensic Application of Next Generation Sequencing Technology in the Typing of Y Chromosome Genetic Marker

YANG Yue , TAO Rui-yang , LI Min , et al. • Fayixue Zazhi (2021)

The paternal inheritance characteristics of Y chromosome have been widely used in the forensic genetics field to detect the genetic markers in the non-recombining block, and used in the studies such as, genetic relationship identification, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2020.501205

Improving Minutiae Image of Latent Fingerprint Detection on Non-Porous Surface Materials under UV Light Using Sulfur Doped Carbon Quantum Dots from Magnolia Grandiflora Flower

David Nugroho, Won-Chun Oh, Saksit Chanthai, Rachadaporn Benchawattananon • Nanomaterials (2022)

In this study, carbon quantum dots (CQDs) from Magnolia Grandiflora flower as a carbon precursor were obtained using a hydrothermal method under the optimized conditions affected by various heating times (14, 16, 18, and 20 min) and various...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/nano12193277

Preparation of Modified Kaolin Filler with Cesium and Its Application in Security Paper

Houssni El-Saied, Samya El-Sherbiny, Omnia Ali, Wafaa El-Saied et al. • Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (2013)

In this study, cesium was added intentionally during paper manufacture for protecting the papers against forgery and counterfeiting by sorbing cesium ions (Cs+) on kaolin, used as special filler in papermaking. The sorption of cesium from a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2013/274245