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Intra-seasonal Variation of Rainfall and Climate Characteristics in Kabul River Basin

Jamal Abdul Naser Shokory, Jun-ichiro Giorgos Tsutsumi, Hiroyuki Yamada, Bjørn Kløve • Central Asian Journal of Water Research (2017)

In Afghanistan, spring and summertime flash floods result in 54.3% of all natural disasters with an average annual economic loss of US$92.17 million between 1990 and 2014. Knowledge of climate and rainfall periodicity are urgently needed fo...

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A robust and uncertainty-aware machine learning framework for PM2.5 prediction in a coastal urban Indian environment: implications for sustainable air quality management

Salvator Lawrence, Srimuruganandam Bhathmanabhan • Sustainable Environment Research (2026)

Abstract Accurate prediction of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) remains challenging because atmospheric processes are nonlinear, nonstationary, and influenced by temporal variability, measurement uncertainty, and episodic pollution events. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s42834-026-00296-y

Seasonal variation of pesticides and associated risks in Guangdong's drinking water sources

Zhineng Liu, Xiaolan Lao, Dongjing Zhou, Jianwei Liang et al. • Desalination and Water Treatment (2025)

Pesticides are essential for crop protection and agricultural yield enhancement. However, their entry into water bodies, particularly drinking water sources, poses threats to human health and aquatic ecosystems. The seasonal variation, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dwt.2025.101208

Effects of rye grass coverage on soil loss from loess slopes

Yuequn Dong, Tingwu Lei, Shuqin Li, Cuiping Yuan et al. • International Soil and Water Conservation Research (2015)

Vegetative coverage is commonly used to reduce urban slope soil erosion. Laboratory experimental study on soil erosion under grass covered slopes is conventionally time and space consuming. In this study, a new method is suggested to study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.iswcr.2015.05.006

The effect of chili pepper-Chinese chives intercropping on rhizosphere microorganisms and root-stem endophytes

Nan Sun, Nan Sun, Yuxin Wang, Yuxin Wang et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2025)

IntroductionThis study adopted the intercropping pattern opepper (Capsicum annuum L.) and Chinese chives (Allium tuberosum), combined with high-throughput sequencing and microbial network analysis, to systematically reveal the mechanisms of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1716326

A three-pillar approach to assessing climate impacts on low flows

G. Laaha, J. Parajka, A. Viglione, D. Koffler et al. • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (2016)

The objective of this paper is to present a framework for assessing climate impacts on future low flows that combines different sources of information, termed pillars. To illustrate the framework three pillars are chosen: (a) extrapolation ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/hess-20-3967-2016

Adaptive Tracking Control of Anchoring Unit for Pipeline Intelligent Plugging Robot Based on Improved Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient

Tingting Wu, Yaxin Liu, Laihe Qi, Pu Wang et al. • Machines (2026)

A pipeline intelligent plugging robot (PIPR) is an important tool in subsea pipeline maintenance and emergency repair. Precise position-tracking control is crucial for the in-pipe plugging operation of a PIPR. The anchoring module is the ke...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/machines14060675

Influence of check dams on water and sediment processes and deposition patterns under simulated rainfall conditions

Zhiwei Cui, Peng Li, Tian Wang, Shaobo Xue et al. • Geoderma (2024)

The Loess Plateau in China has the highest soil erosion and water loss rates in the world. Therefore, check dams, which are more useful engineering measures, have been established to improve soil and water conservation in small watershed. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2023.116758

Reservoir ecological operation considering outflow variations across different time scales

Yibo Wang, Pan Liu, Ming Dou, He Li et al. • Ecological Indicators (2021)

The regulation of reservoirs contributes huge socioeconomic benefits to society at the expense of inducing adverse effects on downstream ecosystems. The reservoir average outflow (such as monthly) can be out of the ecological flow range whi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107582

Reusing Effluent Water in Drainage Ditches for Irrigation in Hilly Regions

SHAO Peiyin, LI Yalong, XIONG Yujiang, YUAN Niannian et al. • Guan'gai paishui xuebao (2023)

【Objective】 Most hilly regions in China are short of freshwater resources and recycling the effluent water in their drainage ditches is a way to relieve this pressure and improve water use efficiency. This paper investigates how reusing the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.13522/j.cnki.ggps.2022315

Influence of strain measurement methods on crack initiation and crack damage thresholds of shale

Rongchao Xu, Liang Gao, Yiding Jin, Yibo Wang et al. • Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources (2025)

Abstract The crack initiation stress (σ ci) and crack damage stress (σ cd) are two important stress thresholds for describing the progressive failure process of rocks. Accurately obtaining these two stress thresholds is crucial for analyzin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s40948-025-00940-8

Identifying Key Factors Associated with the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Fish Assemblages in Subtropical River-Type Reservoir Ecosystems: Implications for Fishery Management and Conservation

Chengjie Yin, Rongzhen Zhang, Zewen Feng, Xiaoning Shi et al. • Animals (2026)

Characterizing the spatiotemporal patterns of fish communities in subtropical river-type reservoirs provides useful baseline information for fisheries stewardship and aquatic ecosystem monitoring. This work investigated fish assemblages acr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ani16182892

Operation strategies of n-DAMO and Anammox process based on microbial interactions for high rate nitrogen removal from landfill leachate

Wen-Bo Nie, Guo-Jun Xie, Jie Ding, Lai Peng et al. • Environment International (2020)

Nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-DAMO) coupling to Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) provides an opportunity for simultaneous nitrogen removal and methane emissions mitigation from wastewater. However, to achiev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105596

At the Dawn of the 21st Century: A View-Thought The Red Window (The Critical Time of the World Civilization) An Installation Art Project

Sarawut Chutiwongpeti • Body, Space & Technology Journal (2005)

This study is to investigate the possibilities of developing a cross-culturally common conceptual visual language. In particular, this study evaluates whether it is possible to develop Collaborative New Art that will depict simultaneously b...

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PROCESS AND STRATEGY ANALYSIS IN LEARNING TO DRAW MOUNTAINS IN THE SBDP SUBJECT FOR GRADE 4 AT SD 2 KARANGMALANG

Janita Putri Dwihana, Wasis Wijayanto • Eduarts: Jurnal Pendidikan Seni (2025)

Art education in elementary schools, particularly drawing mountains in the Arts, Culture, and Crafts (SBDP) subject, serves as a means to develop students' creativity, motor skills, and self-expression. This study aims to analyze the proces...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15294/eduarts.v14i4.40563

Effects of dietary basil (Ocimum basilicum) supplementation on reproductive hormones, semen parameters, and testicular development in Zandi male lambs

Golnor Kosari, Mohammad Ali Norouzian, Behzad Khorrami, Abouzar Najafi • Veterinary and Animal Science (2024)

This study investigated the potential impact of feeding whole plant basil on sperm quality and the concentration of certain reproductive hormones in male lambs. A total of 18 Zandi male lambs with an initial weight of 28.8 ± 2.03 kg were in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.vas.2024.100338

Impact of β-glucan dietary supplementation on productive, reproductive performance and physiological response of laying hens under heat stress conditions

Waheed Ezzat, Khalid M. Mahrose, Ahmed M. Rizk, Magdy M.M. Ouda et al. • Poultry Science (2024)

The exploration for effective in-feed additives is growing owing to the global climatic change trend to alleviate the negative effects of heat stress in laying hens. This research assessed the potential of using B-glucan (G) as an antiheat ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103183

Extracellular HMGB1 as Inflammatory Mediator in the Progression of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum Infection

Yingjie Wang, Lulu Wang, Fuli Hu, Mengyun Zou et al. • Cells (2022)

High-mobility group box 1 (HMGB1), a member of damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs), is involved in the immune regulation of several infectious diseases. Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) infection is proved to cause an abnormal immune ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/cells11182817

Feeding Pasteurized Waste Milk to Preweaned Dairy Calves Changes Fecal and Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiota

Georgina Maynou, Hugh Chester-Jones, Alex Bach, Alex Bach et al. • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2019)

In the present study bacterial communities from both, the gastrointestinal and respiratory tract of pre-weaned dairy calves fed two different milk-feeding programs were characterized using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Twenty female Holstein ca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00159

Melatonin Regulates Lipid Metabolism in Porcine Cumulus–Oocyte Complexes via the Melatonin Receptor 2

Jun-Xue Jin, Jing-Tao Sun, Chao-Qian Jiang, Hong-Di Cui et al. • Antioxidants (2022)

Previous studies suggest that the inclusion of melatonin (MTn) in in vitro maturation protocols improves the developmental competence of oocytes by scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS). However, the molecular mechanisms integrating mela...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/antiox11040687