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Assessment of the response of tropical dry forests to El Niño southern oscillation

Lidong Zou, Sen Cao, Zaichun Zhu, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa • Ecological Indicators (2021)

Tropical Dry Forests (TDFs) in the Americas are significantly affected by drought related to El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). The analysis builds upon two drought indices: the MODIS-derived Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) and Temperatu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.108390

Visual Context and Behavioral Priming in Pedestrian Crossing Decisions: Evidence from a Stated Preference Experiment in Ecuadorian Urban Areas

Yasmany García-Ramírez, Fernando Arrobo-Herrera, Alejandra Cruz-Cortez, Luis Fernández-Garrido et al. • Smart Cities (2026)

Pedestrian safety in developing countries faces critical challenges from rapid urbanization and infrastructure deficiencies. This study investigates how visual context influences pedestrian crossing preferences through a controlled stated p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/smartcities9010019

Measuring the Impact of Public Display Advertising in Smart Cities: An Advertising Effectiveness Test

Solovyeva Elena, Deorari Rajesh, Pushkarna Gaurav, Ranjan Rajiv et al. • BIO Web of Conferences (2024)

The average age of the participants in this research, which evaluated the effects of public display advertising in smart cities, was found to be 31.2 years, with a gender distribution that is balanced. When compared to a prior review, expos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/bioconf/20248601107

Study of the Architecture of a Smart City

Jose Antonio Rodriguez, Francisco Javier Fernandez, Pablo Arboleya • Proceedings (2018)

In recent years, we are experiencing a digital revolution in many contexts, the digitalization of industry (Industry 4.0), the digitalization of public administrations, the digitalization of people and things (Internet of Things) and, of co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/proceedings2231485

Will the Construction of Smart Cities Increase the Urban-Rural Income Gap? An Analysis Based on the Perspective of Economic Agglomeration

Zhi Zhang • SAGE Open (2025)

As smart city development deepens, its impact on the urban-rural income gap has become a key concern for both the government and society. This article uses panel data from Chinese prefecture-level cities between 2010 and 2022, treating the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21582440251405566

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

Air cargo logistics automation and digital airport process management: comprehensive empirical insights from Germany

Manuel Wehner, Christian Blesing, Niklas Ullrich, Max Gössner et al. • Logistics Research (2025)

PurposeThis paper investigates an integration of automation and digital technologies within air cargo logistics, focusing on empirical testing of the O3dyn pallet transport robot prototype at Munich Airport. The presented research identifie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/LORE-04-2025-0054

A Comparison of Energy Consumption and Quality of Solutions in Evolutionary Algorithms

Francisco Javier Luque-Hernández, Sergio Aquino-Britez, Josefa Díaz-Álvarez, Pablo García-Sánchez • Algorithms (2025)

Evolutionary algorithms are extensively used to solve optimisation problems. However, it is important to consider and reduce their energy consumption, bearing in mind that programming languages also significantly affect energy efficiency. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/a18090593

sEMG-controlled forearm bracelet and serious game-based rehabilitation for training manual dexterity in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial

Selena Marcos-Antón, Alberto Jardón-Huete, Edwin Daniel Oña-Simbaña, Aitor Blázquez-Fernández et al. • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (2023)

Abstract Background Muscle strength and dexterity impairments are common among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) producing limitations in activities of daily living related to the upper limb (UL). This study aimed to evaluate the effect...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01233-5

Subduction, collision and plumes in the epoch of the Late Paleozoic magmatism of the Magnitogorsk zone (the Southern Urals)

D. N. Salikhov, V. V. Kholodnov, V. N. Puchkov, I. R. Rakhimov • Литосфера (2019)

Subject. A systematization of Late-Paleozoic magmatic formations of the Magnitogorsk zone of the Southern Urals in the process of an accretion of the Magnitogorsk paleoarc to the margin of the East European continent (EEC) with formation in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24930/1681-9004-2019-19-2-191-208

Extrapolative prediction in multiphase flow pipelines: a multi-fidelity surrogate approach with stacking ensemble

Pengcheng Cao, Kai Wang, Ting Zhang, Lihui Yang • Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics (2026)

Accurate extrapolation of multiphase flow behaviour in offshore pipelines is hindered by limited field data, simulator bias, and strong nonlinearities. A multi-fidelity surrogate approach with stacking ensemble is proposed to address these ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/19942060.2026.2646081

Physical model test study on shear strength characteristics of slope sliding surface in Nanfen open-pit mine

Zhigang Tao, Yu Shu, Xiaojie Yang, Yanyan Peng et al. • International Journal of Mining Science and Technology (2020)

A physical model for the footwall slope of Nanfen open-pit mine, China was established using a self-developed deep geological engineering disaster model test system. A thermosensitive similar material, paraffin, was selected to simulate a w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmst.2020.05.006

Strengthening Crypto-1 Cipher Against Algebraic Attacks

Farah Afianti, Ari M. Barmawi • Journal of ICT Research and Applications (2015)

In the last few years, several studies addressed the problem of data security in Mifare Classic. One of its weaknesses is the low random number quality. This causes SAT solver attacks to have lower complexity. In order to strengthen Crypto-...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5614/itbj.ict.res.appl.2015.9.1.5