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Impacts of trail running and mountain biking: Resilience of a Mediterranean mountain ecosystem

Francisco Gómez-Prieto, Pablo Tejedo, Miguel Faucha, Adrián Escudero et al. • iScience (2026)

Summary: Rising outdoor activities have created major challenges for managing protected natural areas due to uncertain ecological effects. This study analyzes the impacts of two expanding sports, trail running and mountain biking, on flat a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2026.117721

RESEARCH ON THE POSITIONING OF PROTECTION AND UTILIZATION OF HISTORIC DISTRICTS UNDER BIG DATA ANALYSIS

J. Zhang, J. Zhang, X. Huo, W. Zheng et al. • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2017)

Historic districts are a special type of cultural heritage, as living cultural heritage, the utilization and development of historical districts is an inevitable issue. How to accurately position the protection and utilization of districts...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-W5-731-2017

The strategy of digital scenic area planning from the perspective of intangible cultural heritage protection

Yue Zhang, Mingqing Han, Weiwei Chen • EURASIP Journal on Image and Video Processing (2018)

Abstract Intangible cultural heritage has the characteristics of regionality, uniqueness, and liveness. Its protection and inheritance are faced with many challenges, and can be resolved by integrating with the scenic areas. The constructio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13640-018-0366-7

Examining the Adoption Barriers of Big Data Applications from the Perspective of Tourism Authorities in Egypt

Tamer M. Elsawy, Nehal Eltayeb • Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Sīyāḥaẗ wa Al-Fanādiq (Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Mansoura) (2023)

تركز هذه الدراسة على تحديات تبني واستخدام تطبيقات البيانات الضخمة في صناعة السياحة لإحدى البلدان النامية، وكيفية الاستفادة من التكنولوجيا في تحسين عملية صنع القرار. على وجه التحديد، يهدف الباحثان إلى التحقيق في عوائق تبني تطبيقات البيانات ا...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/mkaf.2023.299783

Assessing the importance of spectators to soccer clubs in South Africa: A management perspective

Victor S. Mogajane, Engelina du Plessis, Elmarie Slabbert • Acta Commercii (2019)

Orientation: This study investigates and analyses the perceptions of soccer club managers based on spectators’ loyalty factors, values and challenges concerning soccer clubs in South Africa. Research purpose: These results could assist man...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/ac.v19i1.633

Slow Solar Wind Connection Science during Solar Orbiter’s First Close Perihelion Passage

Stephanie L. Yardley, Christopher J. Owen, David M. Long, Deborah Baker et al. • The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (2023)

The Slow Solar Wind Connection Solar Orbiter Observing Plan (Slow Wind SOOP) was developed to utilize the extensive suite of remote-sensing and in situ instruments on board the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission to answer significant outstandin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/1538-4365/acd24b

Investigation of dipole emission near a dielectric metasurface using a dual-tip scanning near-field optical microscope

Abbasirad Najmeh, Barreda Angela, Arslan Dennis, Steinert Michael et al. • Nanophotonics (2021)

A wide variety of near-field optical phenomena are described by the interaction of dipole radiation with a nanophotonic system. The electromagnetic field due to the dipole excitation is associated with the Green’s function. It is of great i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/nanoph-2021-0429

Review of Supramolecular Oleogel Lubricants

Lei Wei, Minghui Xiong, Haoye Wang, Yuelin Chen et al. • Gels (2026)

Supramolecular oleogel lubricants construct a three-dimensional network structure within base oils through gelator-mediated non-covalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, van der Waals forces, and π–π stacking. These materials demonst...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/gels12040338

Do China State-Level Economic and Technological Development Zones Have a Positive Effect on Regional Total Factor Productivity? A Perspective Based on the Moderating Effect of Transportation Infrastructure

Mengshang Liang, Changxin Xu, Mingxian Li, Yang Lu • Systems (2025)

With the deceleration of China’s economic growth, the crude economic model will progressively diminish in its competitive edge, thereby posing challenges for state-level economic and technological development zones (ETDZs) in terms of trans...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/systems13080620

Practice and challenges of humanitarian logistics management within the Ethiopian public pharmaceutical supply chain

Biniam Bahiru Tufa, Shiferaw Mitiku Tebeka • BMC Health Services Research (2025)

Abstract Background Humanitarian logistics involves the coordinated movement of relief goods, personnel, information, and funds between beneficiaries, donors, and suppliers, which is crucial for successful emergency response operations. In ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13279-3

Leveraging AI to optimize vaccines supply chain and logistics in Africa: opportunities and challenges

Sulaiman Muhammad Musa, Usman Abubakar Haruna, Lukman Jibril Aliyu, Mubarak Zubairu et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2025)

Examining the current situation of the vaccine supply chain in Africa, the article highlights the importance of AI technologies while outlining the prospects and problems in vaccine supply chain management in Africa. Despite the significanc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2025.1531141

Evaluation of artificial intelligence technology success factors for an effective supply chain using interval-valued intuitionistic fuzzy AHP method

Gülçin Büyüközkan, Celal Alpay Havle • Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi (2026)

The increasing complexity of supply chains in today's globalizing world has increased the importance of effective supply chain management. Consequently, businesses increasingly rely on new technologies to maintain flexibility, efficiency, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33707/akuiibfd.1689304

Implications of climate change on freshwater ecosystems and their biodiversity

Divya Nimma, Okram Ricky Devi, Bibek Laishram, Janjhyam Venkata Naga Ramesh et al. • Desalination and Water Treatment (2025)

Global warming is a phenomenon whereby the planet's exposure to the sun's radiation worsens from the high emission of gasses believed to trap heat within the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is the leading greenhouse gas majorly responsible...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dwt.2024.100889

Mapping the landscape of work-life balance of teachers: a bibliometric review of scholarly contributions

Ruby Bisht, Amit Kumar Uniyal, Amar Johri, Seema Khurshid Qureshi et al. • Discover Sustainability (2025)

Abstract The research on work-life balance of teachers highlights the significant challenges faced by educators in balancing their professional and personal lives. The study emphasizes the evolving role of teachers, the impact of technology...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s43621-025-02222-5

Disability-inclusive community development: A case of a community garden in Limpopo province in South Africa

Brian Tigere, Theresa Moyo • African Journal of Disability (2022)

Background: Persons with disabilities living in rural areas are marginalised and excluded in most developmental initiatives in South Africa. They face many economic, political and social problems; hence, improving their quality of life is a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v11i0.850

Miscellanea

• Babylonia (2005)

[Summary generated by ChatGPT] Overview: Babylonia 4/2005 is a miscellanea issue offering a wide range of reflections, research, and classroom practices rather than focusing on a single theme. Key concerns include language policy in Swis...

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Deployment-related mental health support: comparative analysis of NATO and allied ISAF partners

Eric Vermetten, Neil Greenberg, Manon A. Boeschoten, Roos Delahaije et al. • European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2014)

Background: For years there has been a tremendous gap in our understanding of the mental health effects of deployment and the efforts by military forces at trying to minimize or mitigate these. Many military forces have recently systematize...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3402/ejpt.v5.23732

Reconstructing lost memories: Social memory as a foundation for disaster mitigation in Pandai Sikek

Handrian Ginting Jonson, Afrida Afrida, Zulkifli Addina, Subhiati Nur et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2025)

This study examines the 2024 flash flood in Pandai Sikek, West Sumatra, through the lens of disaster anthropology and social memory. Based on preliminary research and one week of ethnographic fieldwork, the research reveals that while extre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202567702011