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To Be or Not to Be: Alicante-8, a Cluster or Not?

Randa Asa’d, V. D. Ivanov, I. Negueruela, J. M John et al. • The Astronomical Journal (2023)

Recent surveys have uncovered new young massive clusters that host dozens of red supergiants (RSGs) near the inner Galaxy. However, many of them have still not been fully studied. Using Very Large Telescope/X-shooter near-infrared spectra, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/acc841

Natural Earth Pigments as Geological Polymineral Systems: A Structured Approach to Provenance and Degradation Assessment in Heritage Science

Sebastiano Ettore Spoto, Roberta Somma • Heritage (2026)

Natural earth pigments are polymineral materials whose present composition may differ from the source because of selection, grinding, heating, mixing, binder incorporation, and later alteration. This study develops a structured method for s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/heritage9080322

A Preliminary Study on the Efficacy of Essential Oils Against <i>Trichoderma longibrachiatum</i> Isolated from an Archival Document in Italy

Benedetta Paolino, Maria Cristina Sorrentino, Severina Pacifico, Maria Carmen Garrigos et al. • Heritage (2025)

In this study, a historically significant journal subject to fungal colonization was used as a case study for experimenting with a fumigation treatment using essential oils. The experiments were carried out both in vitro and in vivo directl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/heritage8060187

Compression and Tensile Testing of L-PBF Ti-6Al-4V Lattice Structures with Biomimetic Porosities and Strut Geometries for Orthopedic Implants

Dimitri P. Papazoglou, Amy T. Neidhard-Doll, Margaret F. Pinnell, Dathan S. Erdahl et al. • Metals (2024)

In an effort to contribute to the ongoing development of ASTM standards for additively manufactured metal lattice specimens, particularly within the field of medicine, the compressive and tensile mechanical properties of biomimetic lattice ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/met14020232

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification of Nanoparticle Deposition from Tongue Morphological Variations

Tiancheng Yang, Xiuhua Si, Jinxiang Xi • Life (2024)

The human tongue has highly variable morphology. Its role in regulating respiratory flows and deposition of inhaled aerosols remains unclear. The objective of this study was to quantify the uncertainty of nanoparticle deposition from the va...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/life14030406

An Adaptive JPEG Double Compression Steganographic Scheme Based on Irregular DCT Coefficients Distribution

Ju Jia, Zhaoxia Xiang, Lina Wang, Yan Xu • IEEE Access (2019)

Steganography is to embed secret information into digital media and minimize the distortion caused by data embedding. The JPEG is a widely used image compression format, and many JPEG images transmitted on the network are double compressed....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2926226

Ground calibration tests of the laser altimeter (LIDAR) for MMX mission

Hiroki Senshu, Takahide Mizuno, Toru Nakura, Ryo Suetsugu et al. • Progress in Earth and Planetary Science (2025)

Abstract The spacecraft for the Japanese Martian Moon eXploration mission is equipped with a LIDAR laser altimeter. The slant range continuously measured by the LIDAR is used for the correction of the local topography and the orbit and atti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40645-025-00705-7

Application of Microwave Polarimetry to the Characterization of Fiber Misalignment in Composites

Matthew Dvorsky, Daniela Munalli, Mohammad Tayeb Al Qaseer, Reza Zoughi • IEEE Open Journal of Instrumentation and Measurement (2022)

In this paper synthetic aperture radar (SAR) polarimetry techniques are applied to detect and characterize fiber misalignment in both carbon fiber sheets and glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composites. The principle behind SAR polarim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/OJIM.2022.3184347

Investigation of Defect Effects on Adhesively Bonded Joint Strength Using Cohesive Zone Modeling

Majid Jamal-Omidi, Mohammad Reza Mohammadi Suki • Journal of Mechanical Engineering (2018)

In this paper, effects of the defect in an adhesively bonded joint have been investigated using cohesive zone modeling. Consequently, a 3D finite element model of a single lap-joint is constructed and validated with experiments. Strength pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/scjme-2018-0023

Study on Flight Performance of Propeller-Driven UAV

Rui-lin Liu, Zhong-jie Zhang, Yu-fei Jiao, Chun-hao Yang et al. • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering (2019)

The engine performance test at altitudes of 0-7000 m was carried out on the high-performance test bench of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) piston engine. The flight performance of UAV was studied, including propeller thrust characteristic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2019/6282451

Urban Sprawl and Changes in Land-Use Efficiency in the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei Region, China from 2000 to 2020: A Spatiotemporal Analysis Using Earth Observation Data

Meiling Zhou, Linlin Lu, Huadong Guo, Qihao Weng et al. • Remote Sensing (2021)

Sustainable development in urban areas is at the core of the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Analysis of SDG indicator 11.3.1—Land-use efficiency based on functional urban boundaries—provide...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs13152850

Lie similarity analysis of MHD Casson fluid flow with heat source and variable viscosity over a porous stretching sheet

Thenmozhi D, M. Eswara Rao, Ch. Nagalakshmi, RLV.Renuka Devi et al. • International Journal of Thermofluids (2024)

The current study presents a novel examination of heat transfer properties in a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) flow of Casson fluid across a porous stretching sheet, uniquely incorporating the effects of heat source and variable viscosity. Unlik...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijft.2024.100804

Controlling Frost Propagation on Polymeric Surfaces Using SI‐ATRP Chemical Micropatterning

Miisa J. Tavaststjerna, Stephen J. Picken, Santiago J. Garcia • Advanced Materials Interfaces (2025)

Abstract Micropatterned surfaces with both hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions are relevant for a wide range of applications from fuel cells to water harvesting systems. The preferential nucleation of water on hydrophilic regions can also b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/admi.202400838

Intense laser interaction with micro-bars

Michal Elkind, Itamar Cohen, David Blackman, Talia Meir et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Intense laser fields interact very differently with micrometric rough surfaces than with flat objects. The interaction features high laser energy absorption and increased emission of MeV electrons, ions, and of hard x-rays. In this...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-48866-z

Evaluation of joint and muscle function of paediatric upper and lower extremities

Mohamed Afifi, Mohamed Afifi, Muhammad Uba Abdulazeez, Muhammad Uba Abdulazeez et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2025)

Road traffic crashes are the leading cause of injuries, disabilities, and fatalities for children and young adults. Extremity joint injuries have been identified as one of the contributing factors to chronic disabilities among children in r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1667865

Heterogeneous Cytoskeletal Force Distribution Delineates the Onset Ca2+ Influx Under Fluid Shear Stress in Astrocytes

Mohammad M. Maneshi, Mohammad M. Maneshi, Frederick Sachs, Susan Z. Hua et al. • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2018)

Mechanical perturbations increase intracellular Ca2+ in cells, but the coupling of mechanical forces to the Ca2+ influx is not well understood. We used a microfluidic chamber driven with a high-speed pressure servo to generate defined fluid...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2018.00069