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Silicon reduces nitrogen stress and improves growth and yield of forage grass under excessive fertilization in tropical soils

Cíntia Cármen de Faria Melo, Danilo Silva Amaral, Renato de Mello Prado, Anderson de Moura Zanine et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Inadequate nitrogen (N) fertilization management in pastures is common and can lead to N deficiency or excess, resulting in physiological imbalances in forage grasses across different regions of the world. Silicon (Si) fertigation ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-03551-1

Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (the HEALTHY trial): study protocol for a randomised trial

Chantel L. Rabusin, Hylton B. Menz, Jodie A. McClelland, Angela M. Evans et al. • Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (2019)

Abstract Background Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition characterised by degeneration of the Achilles tendon, which causes pain and disability. Multiple non-surgical treatments have been advocated for thi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13047-019-0325-2

It’s the Social Interaction That Matters: Exploring Residents’ Motivation to Invest in the Community-Shared Charging Post Co-Construction Project

Junchao Yang, Ziyang Peng • World Electric Vehicle Journal (2025)

Countries worldwide are increasingly focused on addressing the imbalance between the supply and demand for EV charging infrastructure, with the community-shared charging post (CSCP) co-construction project emerging as a promising solution. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/wevj16010054

ATIB: Design and Evaluation of an Architecture for Brokered Self-Sovereign Identity Integration and Trust-Enhancing Attribute Aggregation for Service Provider

Andreas Gruner, Alexander Muhle, Christoph Meinel • IEEE Access (2021)

Identity management is a principle component of securing online services. In the advancement of traditional identity management patterns, the identity provider remained a Trusted Third Party (TTP). The service provider and the user need to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3116095

Identification and evaluation of the effective criteria for detection of congestion in a smart city

Anita Mohanty, Subrat Kumar Mohanty, Bhagyalaxmi Jena, Ambarish G. Mohapatra et al. • IET Communications (2022)

Abstract The delay in transportation of necessary items is due to traffic congestion throughout the world. This is a serious phenomenon which results in waste of time and fuel. The detection of road conditions and dissemination of traffic i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1049/cmu2.12344

Nuclear Engineering

John C. Lee • Wiley eBooks (2016)

Key attributes and activities of nuclear engineering are described in this article, with a focus placed on basic concepts and mathematical formulations to represent the steady state and transient behavior of nuclear fission reactors. Mechan...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/047134608x.w5211.pub3

Field Observations and Failure Analysis of an Excavation Damaged Zone in the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory

Kazuhei AOYAGI, Eiichi ISHII, Tsuyoshi ISHIDA • Journal of MMIJ (2017)

In the construction of a deep underground facility, the hydromechanical properties of the rock mass around an underground opening are changed significantly due to stress redistribution. This zone is called an excavation damaged zone (EDZ). ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2473/journalofmmij.133.25

Scare-quoting climate: The rapid rise of climate denial in the Swedish far-right media ecosystem

Vowles Kjell, Hultman Martin • Nordic Journal of Media Studies (2021)

The final years of the 2010s marked an upturn in coverage on climate change. In Sweden, legacy media wrote more on the issue than ever before, especially in connection to the drought and wildfires in the summer of 2018 and the Fridays for F...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/njms-2021-0005

Was health skepticism accounted for in communication about the COVID-19 vaccine? A content analysis of federally-sponsored public service announcements about the vaccine to protect against COVID-19 in the United States

Margaret E. Tait, Erika Franklin Fowler, Sarah E. Gollust • Preventive Medicine Reports (2025)

Objective: To examine the content of public service announcements (PSAs) sponsored by the United States federal government to promote the COVID-19 vaccine and reveal if PSAs included content that countered health skepticism. Methods: A cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103193

Branding cities, regions and countries: the roadmap of place brand equity

Fabiana Gondim Mariutti, Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi • RAUSP Management Journal (2021)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is two-fold: to expand the understanding of brand equity for places (e.g. countries, regions or cities) and propose two frameworks to increase its value. Design/methodology/approach – By interviewing inte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/RAUSP-06-2020-0131

A Systematic Meta-Synthesis of Factors Influencing University Student Happiness

Seyedkamal Vaezi, Mohammad Pedrami • پژوهشنامه روانشناسی مثبت (2025)

This study aimed to systematically synthesize and prioritize the main factors influencing university students’ happiness and well-being. Employing a rigorous qualitative methodology based on interpretive meta-synthesis, the research compreh...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ppls.2026.142544.2560

The Impact of Residents’ Daily Internet Activities on the Spatial Distribution of Online Fraud: An Analysis Based on Mobile Phone Application Usage

Guangwen Song, Jiajun Liang, Linlin Wu, Lin Liu et al. • ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (2025)

In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the number of online fraud cases. However, research on crime geography has paid little attention to online crimes, especially to the influencing factors behind their spatial distributions....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ijgi14040151

Identification of potential welfare and survival indicators for stranded cetaceans through international, interdisciplinary expert opinion

Rebecca M. Boys, Ngaio J. Beausoleil, Matthew D. M. Pawley, Katherine E. Littlewood et al. • Royal Society Open Science (2022)

Management of live cetacean strandings generally focuses on refloating animals, yet there is a lack of scientific data to inform decision-making. Valid indicators that are practical to measure are needed to assess welfare status and surviva...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220646

Relationship between Pb relative bioavailability and bioaccessibility in phosphate amended soil: Uncertainty associated with predicting Pb immobilization efficacy using in vitro assays

Farzana Kastury, Silvia Placitu, John Boland, Ranju R. Karna et al. • Environment International (2019)

In this study, an in vitro in vivo correlation (IVIVC) between Pb in vitro bioaccessibility (IVBA) and relative bioavailability (RBA) was explored to determine whether the efficacy of Pb immobilization in phosphate amended soils could be pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104967

Depth-wise variations in biofouling community development on aquaculture cage nets in the Red Sea

S. Satheesh, A.A.J. Kumar, Mohammed Broom, Eduardo Padilla Yáñez et al. • Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Research (2025)

This study examined the development of biofouling assemblages on cage net panels submerged at different depths in a fish farm in the Red Sea. Experimental rafts equipped with Dyneema fibre nets were submerged at depths of 5, 10 and 15  m. R...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejar.2025.09.002

Reefs under Siege—the Rise, Putative Drivers, and Consequences of Benthic Cyanobacterial Mats

Amanda K. Ford, Amanda K. Ford, Sonia Bejarano, Maggy M. Nugues et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2018)

Benthic cyanobacteria have commonly been a small but integral component of coral reef ecosystems, fulfilling the critical function of introducing bioavailable nitrogen to an inherently oligotrophic environment. Though surveys may have previ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00018

Post-fire forest management effects on soil metal dynamics in Mediterranean forests

Yener Ulus, Yener Ulus, Shaoyi Wang, Shaoyi Wang et al. • Frontiers in Environmental Science (2025)

Wildfires are an integral component of Mediterranean ecosystems. The forest management practices implemented following such forest fires can significantly influence soil chemistry and metal dynamics. This study investigates the effects of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenvs.2025.1661652

Unveiling Insights into the Whole Genome Sequencing of <i>Mycobacterium</i> spp. Isolated from Siamese Fighting Fish (<i>Betta splendens</i>)

Nguyen Dinh-Hung, Samuel Mwakisha Mwamburi, Ha Thanh Dong, Channarong Rodkhum et al. • Animals (2024)

This study aims to genomically elucidate six isolates of rapidly growing non-tuberculous mycobacteria (RGM) derived from Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens). These isolates had previously undergone phenotypic and biochemical characteriz...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ani14192833