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Extremes of Product of Gaussian Random Variables

Džiugas Chvoinikov, Svyatoslav Novikov, Jonas Šiaulys • Axioms (2026)

We investigate the asymptotic behavior of the product of Gaussian random variables, with a focus on tail probabilities. Although sums of normal variables are well understood through classical limit theorems, their products exhibit significa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/axioms15060425

Cost of inaction: a framework to estimate the economic cost of missing a patient with tuberculosis in the Indian context

Salmaan Keshavjee, Meredith B Brooks, Tom Nicholson, Viswanath Pingali • BMJ Open (2023)

Objectives To estimate the economic impact of failure to find and treat tuberculosis disease and prevent tuberculosis infection from progressing to active disease.Design Estimating the economic cost of not finding and treating a patient suf...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070717

Drugs, dogs and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles

Anne J. Carter, Emily J. Hall, Sophie L. Connolly, Zoe F. Russell et al. • Open Veterinary Journal (2020)

Background: Dogs are regularly transported or housed in vehicles, with guidelines for housing dogs suggesting that the ambient temperature should be maintained between 15 – 24 °C. Veterinary drugs are routinely stored and carried in vehicle...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.11

mtDNA variation of humpback whales in their wintering grounds of Guerrero, southern Mexican Pacific

L Medrano-González, K Audley, CS Baker, D Steel • Endangered Species Research (2024)

Here, we describe variation in mtDNA haplotypes among 22 individual humpback whales off the Guerrero coast in southern Mexico and compare this to other wintering regions in the eastern North Pacific Ocean using published data. After correct...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3354/esr01332

Compost Quality and Markets Are Pivotal for Sustainability in Circular Food-Nutrient Systems: A Case Study of Sri Lanka

Eric D. Roy, Eric D. Roy, Eric D. Roy, Mohamed Esham et al. • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2021)

Sustainable management of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a critical issue around the world, especially in South Asia where waste generation is expected to double by 2050. Closing the food-nutrient cycle through composting biodegradable MSW ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2021.748391

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

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

Bioecological Study on the Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in Sari County, North of Iran

Nasibeh Hosseini-Vasoukolaei, Leila Ghavibazou, Amir Ahmad Akhavan, Ahmad Ali Enayati et al. • Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases (2023)

Background: Phlebotomine sand flies are vectors of Leishmania species, the causative agents of leishmaniasis in the world. Present study aimed to evaluate the bioecological aspects of sand flies in different ecotopes in Sari County, north o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18502/jad.v16i2.11806

Modeling Sediment Production In Urban Environments: Case Of Russian Cities

A. V. Shevchenko, A. A. Seleznev, G. P. Malinovsky, I. V. Yarmoshenko • Geography, Environment, Sustainability (2024)

The aim of this study is to provide a tool to assess sediment production in an urban area. The urban environment is affected by a variety of anthropogenic and natural factors that, in particular, lead to the sediment production. The storage...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24057/2071-9388-2023-3022

Designing tax incentives and disincentives for urban cultural heritage conservation: a behavioral policy framework

Zijian Yao • Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering (2026)

This study proposes a systematic policy framework that leverages special tax measures to steer stakeholder behavior toward urban cultural heritage conservation. Integrating comparative policy analysis, microeconomic modeling, systematic pol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/13467581.2026.2639088

Attribute-Based Management of Secure Kubernetes Cloud Bursting

Mauro Femminella, Martina Palmucci, Gianluca Reali, Mattia Rengo • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society (2024)

In modern cloud computing, the need for flexible and scalable orchestration of services, combined with robust security measures, is paramount. In this paper, we propose an innovative approach for managing secure cloud bursting in Kubernetes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/OJCOMS.2024.3367461

The influence of roadway characteristics and built environment on the extent of over-speeding: An exploration using mobile automated traffic camera data

Boniphace Kutela, Frank Ngeni, Cuthbert Ruseruka, Tumlumbe Juliana Chengula et al. • International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology (2025)

Over-speeding is a pivotal factor in fatal traffic crashes globally, necessitating robust speed management strategies to augment road safety. In 2021, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported over 12 000 speed-related fat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijtst.2024.03.003

Countermeasures Analysis of Tourism Development in Hubei Province in Post-Pandemic Era -- Based on SWOT-PEST Model

Lei Zhao, Ying Wang • E3S Web of Conferences (2021)

In the post-pandemic era. tourism industry in Hubei Province has entered a critical period of transformation in the face of post-pandemic development. Based on the matrix model of SWOT-PEST analysis method, in this paper, the strengths, wea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202125102011

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

Structure of Spatial Correlation Network and Influencing Factors of Urban-Rural Integration in China

Wang Kai, Liu Meilun, Tan Jiaxin, Gan Chang • Redai dili (2025)

Urban-rural integration is a necessary way to realize the strategy of rural revitalization in the new era, and exploring the characteristics of the spatial correlation network of China's urban-rural integration and its formation mechanism i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.20230678

Infrared Thermographic Evaluation Following Hemilaminectomy in Dogs with Thoracolumbar Intervertebral Disc Extrusion: A Pilot Study

Cristian Zaha, Larisa Schuszler, Liliana Cărpinișan, Alina Ghișe et al. • Animals (2026)

(1) Background: Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD) represents one of the most frequently encountered neurological disorders in canine patients and often necessitates surgical decompression by means of hemilaminectomy. Objective methods for ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ani16121796

FRB 121102 casts new light on the photon mass

Luca Bonetti, John Ellis, Nikolaos E. Mavromatos, Alexander S. Sakharov et al. • Physics Letters B (2017)

The photon mass, mγ, can in principle be constrained using measurements of the dispersion measures (DMs) of fast radio bursts (FRBs), once the FRB redshifts are known. The DM of the repeating FRB 121102 is known to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2017.03.014

Women’s Water Access Is Associated With Measures of Empowerment and Social Support: A Cross-sectional Study in Sub-Saharan Africa

Hiliary Monteith, Davod Ahmadi, Kate Sinclair, Narges Ebadi et al. • Journal of Rural and Community Development (2020)

Water access is an important global issue that impacts health and wellbeing and has been recognized by the United Nations as a significant area for improvement. Despite some global improvements from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) t...

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