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Framework for Enhancing Urban Living Through Sustainable Plant Selection in Residential Green Spaces

Udayasoorian Kaaviya Priya, Ramalingam Senthil • Urban Science (2024)

Residential greening is a critical strategy for mitigating the negative impacts of urbanization on the environment, biodiversity, and human well-being. Proper plant species selection is essential for the success of residential greening proj...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/urbansci8040235

DETERMINATION OF AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY OPERATORS’ OPINIONS ABOUT THE CABIN COMFORT IN ESKİŞEHİR

Özge Acarbaş Baltacı, Savaş Yapıcı, Ömer Faruk Erol, Zeki Yıldız • Trakya University Journal of Natural Sciences (2015)

Comfort has a great importance in the interior design of tractor and agricultural machinery cabins. Operators are exposed to muscoskeletal system disorders since they spend long time periods during the day in these vehicles. There is a few ...

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Vulnerability assessment of urban remnant mountain ecosystems based on ecological sensitivity and ecosystem services

Qiuyu Luo, Yu Bao, Zhitai Wang, Xintong Chen et al. • Ecological Indicators (2023)

Urban remnant mountains (URMs) are precious natural green habitat patches that can provide a series of ecosystem services for multi-mountainous cities. The increase in ecological sensitivity and degradation of ecosystem services affected by...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110314

In Vitro Propagation of the Endangered <i>Kosteletzkya pentacarpos</i> (L.) Ledeb: Conservation Applications and Horticultural Prospects

Konstantinos Bertsouklis, Eireni Dima, Konstantina-Stamatina Arfani, Apostolos-Emmanouil Bazanis et al. • Horticulturae (2025)

Employing rare or threatened species in ornamental horticulture offers a dual benefit by promoting climate adaptation and enhancing species conservation. Kosteletzkya pentacarpos, an endangered halophytic species, holds potential for introd...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/horticulturae11091086

Research on the Cooling and Humidifying Effects of <em>Cinnamomum camphora</em> Roadside Plantings in Wuhan and Optimization of Thermal Comfort

HU Chenwei, HU Jichun, CHEN Dexuan, HUANG Yi • 园林 (2026)

Street trees in high-density urban areas play a crucial role in mitigating the urban heat island effect and enhancing spatial thermal comfort. However, the cooling and humidifying effects of street trees are influenced by complex factors su...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12193/j.laing.20260123001

Variation in leaf economics spectrum between plant functional types and the coordination with vein density in a subtropical urban forest of Eastern China

Longfei Li, Zhuxuan Tan, Liuting Li, Hui Fan et al. • Annals of Forest Science (2025)

Abstract Key message Evergreen and deciduous species in a subtropical urban forest of Eastern China exhibit pronounced differences in leaf traits, with evergreens species showing lower photosynthetic rate on a leaf mass basis and leaf nutri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13595-025-01312-8

Spatial Prioritizing of Integrated Management Systems in Urban Districts (Case Study: Tehran municipality districts)

Seyedali Alavi, Mahammad Molayee Ghelich, Hadi Javadzad Aghdam, Bahman Najafpour • نشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی (2015)

The city as part of a hierarchy of spatial systems and divisions of political-geographical in each country based on various criteria such as type of governance, management, knowledgement, social interest and public participation in decision...

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Energy management and power quality improvement of microgrid system through modified water wave optimization

Subhashree Choudhury, George Tom Varghese, Satyajit Mohanty, Venkata Ratnam Kolluru et al. • Energy Reports (2023)

A comparative study of energy management strategies and PQ improvement schemes for a Fuel Cell, Battery, and SuperCapacitor integrated Microgrid system has been projected utilizing the MATLAB/Simulink architecture in this research article. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.05.068

Research on Dispersion Compensation of FD-OCT System via Pix2Pix GAN Technique

Eddy Wijanto, Hsu-Chih Cheng, Bo-Hong Liao, Chun-Ming Huang et al. • IEEE Access (2024)

Dispersion in optical coherence tomography (OCT) poses a challenge that is exacerbated by the increased spectral bandwidth, which leads to image blur and feature loss. In this paper, we present a straightforward and cost-effective approach ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3368051

Research on Parameter Influence of Offshore Wind Turbines Based on Measured Data Analysis

Renfei Kuang, Jinhai Zhao, Tuo Zhang, Chengyang Li • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2025)

Offshore wind turbines are prone to structural damage over time due to environmental factors, which increases operational costs and the risk of accidents. Early detection of structural damage through monitoring systems can help reduce maint...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jmse13040629

The identification and customization of IUCN and CIFOR criteria and indicators for the sustainable management of national parks

Sareh Hosseini, Jafar Oladi, Hamid Amirnejad • تحقیقات جنگل و صنوبر ایران (2015)

Criteria and indicators for national park assessment are tools for supervising the stability of national parks, which yet should be include high environmental, economic and social standards. The purpose of this study is to identify and cust...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22092/ijfpr.2015.106594

WATER-RISK MANAGEMENT IN TCHOGHA ZANBIL WORLD HERITAGE SITE IN IRAN, WITH A FOCUS ON THE ANCIENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

M. Nakhaei, M. Correia • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2020)

Water-risk management is one of the most challenging issues in the conservation of earthen sites, because of the inherent weakness of earth to moisture, and also the severe damage after rainfall as a result of a combination of many factors ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLIV-M-1-2020-683-2020

Techno-economic feasibility analyses of grid- connected solar photovoltaic power plants for small scale industries of Punjab, Pakistan

Monib Ahmad, Abraiz Khattak, Abdul Kashif Janjua, Ahmad Aziz Alahmadi et al. • Frontiers in Energy Research (2022)

The globally soaring energy prices and electricity shortfall are major hurdles in the economic development of Pakistan. To cope with periodic power outages, small and medium enterprise (SME) business owners have to fall back on alternate po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.1028310

Impacts of Sugarcane Vinasses on the Structure and Composition of Bacterial Communities in Brazilian Tropical Oxisols

Paulo Roger Lopes Alves, German Andres Estrada-Bonilla, Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva, Thiago Gumiere et al. • Soil Systems (2025)

This study explored how different sugarcane vinasses influence the structure and composition of soil bacterial communities in two tropical Oxisols with contrasting textures. In a controlled microcosm experiment with sugarcane seedlings, two...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/soilsystems9030102

Behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium on Fresh Strawberries Under Different Storage Temperatures and Wash Treatments

Wen Wang, Yu Zhou, Yu Zhou, Xingning Xiao et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2018)

Fresh strawberries are one of the most popular fruits in China and are vulnerable to microbial contamination. In this study, the behavior of Salmonella Typhimurium on fresh strawberries stored at refrigeration and room temperatures, as well...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02091

Mutations at the Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase Impact Its Interaction with a Soluble NSF Attachment Protein and a Pathogenesis-Related Protein in Soybean

Naoufal Lakhssassi, Sarbottam Piya, Dounya Knizia, Abdelhalim El Baze et al. • Vaccines (2020)

Resistance to soybean cyst nematodes (SCN) in “Peking-type” resistance is bigenic, requiring Rhg4-a and rhg1-a. Rhg4-a encodes a serine hydroxymethyltransferase (GmSHMT08) and rhg1-a encodes a soluble NSF attachment protein (GmSNAP18). Rece...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8030349

Preclinical ex-vivo Testing of Anti-inflammatory Drugs in a Bovine Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Model

Zhen Li, Yannik Gehlen, Yannik Gehlen, Fabian Heizmann et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2020)

Discogenic low back pain (LBP) is a main cause of disability and inflammation is presumed to be a major driver of symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Anti-inflammatory agents are currently under investigation as they demonst...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00583

Functionalising Collagen-Based Scaffolds With Platelet-Rich Plasma for Enhanced Skin Wound Healing Potential

Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Noora M. A. Zayed et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2019)

Porous collagen-glycosaminoglycan (collagen-GAG) scaffolds have shown promising clinical results for wound healing; however, these scaffolds do not replace the dermal and epidermal layer simultaneously and rely on local endogenous signaling...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00371