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A review of studies that used B mode ultrasound to estimate age-related changes in anterior thigh skeletal muscle thickness across the adult lifespan

Isobel Jacob, Gareth Jones, Peter Francis, Mark I Johnson • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus (2024)

Background: The purpose of this review was to synthesise and determine the age-related change per annum in muscle thickness of the anterior thigh across the adult lifespan. Methods: Electronic databases (PubMed, SPORTDiscus and MEDLINE) wer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100037

Music therapy-induced changes in salivary cortisol level are predictive of cardiovascular mortality in patients under maintenance hemodialysis

Hou YC, Lin YJ, Lu KC, Chiang HS et al. • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management (2017)

Yi-Chou Hou,1 Yen-Ju Lin,2 Kuo-Cheng Lu,1 Han-Sun Chiang,3 Chia-Chi Chang,4 Li-King Yang1 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical Univ...

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Residential Satisfaction of Rural Older Adults Aging in Place

Sung-Jin Lee PhD, Kathleen Rose Parrott PhD, Minyong Lee PhD, Sheryl Renee Robinson BS et al. • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2021)

This study explored residential (housing and town) satisfaction of rural older adults aging in place, relating to demographic and housing characteristics. We conducted a structured, face-to-face survey with 149 rural older adults. Regressio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2333721421997190

Cloud Radiative Feedback to the Large‐Scale Atmospheric Circulation Greatly Reduces Monsoon‐Season Wet Bias Over the Tibetan Plateau in Climate Modeling

Jiarui Liu, Kun Yang, Dingchi Zhao, Peili Wu et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2024)

Abstract Over‐estimation of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a well‐known and persistent problem in most climate models. This study demonstrates the impact of a Gaussian Probability Density Function cloud fraction schem...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2024GL109180

Modelling effective diffusion for accurate NMR pore size analysis in nano- and microporous rocks

Michał Fajt, Grzegorz Machowski, Bartosz Puzio, Artur T. Krzyżak • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a widely applied technique for evaluating pore size distribution (PSD) in porous materials. Conventional approaches typically assume surface-controlled spin-spin relaxation and negligible diffusion contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20379-x

Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Fabric Study of the Icelandite and Rhyodacite Long Volcanic Sequence at Mauna Kuwale, Wai’anae Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Emilio Herrero-Bervera, Mario Moreira • Geosciences (2023)

In order to understand further the emplacement (i.e., volcanic growth) of 22 Icelandite and 3 Rhyodacite cooling units in one of the long volcanic sequences known as Mauna Kuwale of the Wai’anae volcano (ca. 3.3 Ma), Oahu Hawaii we have con...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/geosciences13040114

Rapakivi K‐Feldspar Megacrysts in Monzogranitic Porphyry: Evidence for Magma Recharge and Mush Rejuvenation

Wang Li, Xuxuan Ma, Roberto Weinberg, Liang Qiu et al. • Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2025)

Abstract The formation, storage, and evolution of granitic magmas are fundamental processes driving the growth of continental crust. While traditionally attributed to crystal fractionation in high‐melt fraction magma chambers, the model inv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2025GC012435

Uncovering the Tradeoffs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Mining Landscapes: Spatiotemporal and Factor Detection Perspective

Jiao Pan, Tao Chen, Antonio Plaza • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2025)

Revealing the spatial-temporal evolution and interactions of ecosystem services (ESs) in mining area is critical for sustainable environmental management. The temporal and spatial characteristics and changing trends of six ESs in Yuzhong mi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3586637

Characteristics of two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Greater Jakarta: case of heavy rainfall period 15–18 January 2013

Danang Eko Nuryanto, Hidayat Pawitan, Rahmat Hidayat, Edvin Aldrian • Geoscience Letters (2019)

Abstract Two different mesoscale convective system (MCS) events that produced the heavy rainfall over the Greater Jakarta (GJ) during 15–18 January 2013 period were investigated. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the atmospheri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40562-019-0131-5

Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

I. Diallo, M. B. Sylla, F. Giorgi, A. T. Gaye et al. • International Journal of Geophysics (2012)

Reliable climate change scenarios are critical for West Africa, whose economy relies mostly on agriculture and, in this regard, multimodel ensembles are believed to provide the most robust climate change information. Toward this end, we ana...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2012/972896

Report on the second academic forum on earthquake hazard chain, 12 November 2022, Beijing, China

Xiangli He, Yuandong Huang, Zhaoning Chen, Lei Li et al. • Natural Hazards Research (2023)

The second academic forum of the Committee on the Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China was held on 12 November 2022 in Beijing, China. The theme of this forum was theoretical research, technical application and populariza...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nhres.2023.03.001

New palaeomagnetic data for Palaeoproterozoic AMCG complexes of the Ukrainian Shield

V.G. Bakhmutov, O.V. Mytrokhyn, I.B. Poliachenko, S.I. Cherkes • Геофизический журнал (2023)

A palaeomagnetic study of rocks for two Palaeoproterozoic anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) complexes in the Ukrainian Shield was done to put additional constraints on the interpretation of palaeogeography of Fennoscandia and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24028/gj.v45i4.286283

A multi-instrumental and modeling analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian region

L. C. A. Resende, L. C. A. Resende, Y. Zhu, C. M. Denardini et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2022)

This work presents an analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse that occurred on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian sector. This event partially covers the south of Brazil, providing an excellent opportunity to study the m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-191-2022

Snow Depth Retrieval Using Detrended SNR From GNSS-R With Bidirectional GRU

Wei Liu, Zihui Lin, Yuan Hu, Aodong Tian et al. • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2024)

Snow depth monitoring is crucial for hydrology, climate research, and avalanche prediction. While traditional global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometer methods offer cost-effective snow thickness retrieval, they suffer from po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3470222

Forward-Looking Geometric Configuration Optimization Design for Spaceborne-Airborne Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar

Deqing Mao, Yongchao Zhang, Jifang Pei, Weibo Huo et al. • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2021)

Spaceborne-airborne multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SA-MuSAR) has the ability to provide high-resolution forward-looking imagery for receivers, but it relies on careful design of the geometric configuration (GC). In this article, a fo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3103802