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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

Research Progresses of Flash Evaporation in Aerospace Applications

Wei Ma, Siping Zhai, Ping Zhang, Yaoqi Xian et al. • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering (2018)

Liquid is overheated and evaporated quickly when it enters into the environment with lower saturation pressure than that corresponding to its initial temperature. This phenomenon is known as the flash evaporation. A natural low-pressure env...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2018/3686802

Attitude Control of a Vehicle with Active Airfoil and Suspension Systems Using Integral Action for Body Angle and Tire Deflection

Syed Babar Abbas, Iljoong Youn • Actuators (2026)

This paper presents a novel approach to design an attitude motion control strategy of a vehicle to mitigate lateral or longitudinal inertial forces acting on the passenger during cornering, braking, and acceleration maneuvers. The collabora...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/act15060317

Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems

Jurgen Vanhamel, Marc Berwaerts, Stefano Speretta, Sevket Uludag • Atmosphere (2024)

Current monitoring systems to detect sporadic E use ground-based setups, ionosondes, and the network of GNSS satellites in order to assess the phenomenon of sporadic E. This paper aims to monitor sporadic E using a miniature space-based pla...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/atmos15111306

Numerical Simulation of an Intramedullary Elastic Nail: Expansion Phase and Load-Bearing Behavior

Giulia Pascoletti, Filippo Cianetti, Giovanni Putame, Mara Terzini et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2018)

The Marchetti-Vicenzi's nail is an intramedullary device where six curved nails are kept straight by a closing ring in order to allow their insertion into the medullary canal of a long bone; in a following step, these nails stabilize the fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2018.00174

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

Disturbance Compensation Model Predictive Control for Free‑Floating Space Robots

LIU Jianxing, ZHANG Ouyang, MA Xiaolong, CHEN Meng et al. • Nanjing Hangkong Hangtian Daxue Xuebao (2026)

Free-floating space robots (FFSRs) have emerged as critical unmanned platforms for long-term in-orbit services thanks to their high mobility and extended operational lifespan. However, external disturbances caused by dynamic space environme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16356/j.2097-6771.2026.01.015

Observer-Based Robust Finite-Time Trajectory Tracking Control for a Stratospheric Satellite Subject to External Disturbance and Actuator Saturation

Shurui Huang, Yueneng Yang, Ye Yan, Shifeng Zhang et al. • International Journal of Aerospace Engineering (2022)

The stratospheric satellite is regarded as an ideal stratosphere flight platform and is able to accomplish various missions such as surveillance, earth observation, and remote sensing, which requires a robust and effective trajectory tracki...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2022/1601771

Blood pressure and mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: a population-based cohort study

Chung-woo Lee, Joo Kyung Lee, Yeon Joo Choi, Hyunjin Kim et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract Revascularization procedures, including percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), for coronary artery disease (CAD) are increasingly performed in Korea. However, studies on blood pressure control targets in these patients remain in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06627-4

Smoking behavior change and the risk of pneumonia hospitalization among smokers with diabetes mellitus

Dong-Woo Han, Wonyoung Jung, Kyu Na Lee, Kyungdo Han et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Smoking patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are at greater risk of developing pneumonia. How smoking behavior changes affect the risk of pneumonia hospitalization, however, remains unclear. Therefore, we investigated the associati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-40658-9

Determination of Novel Estimations for the Slater Difference and Applications

Muhammad Adil Khan, Hidayat Ullah, Tareq Saeed, Zaid M. M. M. Sayed et al. • Complexity (2024)

The field of mathematical inequalities has exerted a profound influence across a multitude of scientific disciplines, making it a captivating and expansive domain ripe for research investigation. This article offers estimations for the Slat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2024/8481103

Novel fractional integral inequalities for GA-Cr-convex functions and connections with information systems

Asfand Fahad, Zammad Ali, Shigeru Furuichi, Yuanheng Wang • Alexandria Engineering Journal (2025)

Due to applicability of mathematical inequalities in control systems, actuarial science, information theory and its utilization in other sciences, several researchers are inclined to prove their refinements and generalizations. In the study...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.aej.2024.11.034

Empirical study on optimal reinsurance for crop insurance in China from an insurer's perspective

Xian-hua ZHOU, Yun-bo WANG, Hua-dong ZHANG, Ke WANG • Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2015)

This study investigates the optimal reinsurance for crop insurance in China in an insurer's perspective using the data from Inner Mongolia, Jilin, and Liaoning, China. On the basis of the loss ratio distributions modeled by AnHua Crop Risk ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60998-9

Modelling the adsorption of iron and manganese by activated carbon from teak and shea charcoal for continuous low flow

Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabi, Emmanuel Degraft-Johnson Owusu-Ansah, Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, Nana Yaw Asiedu • Water-Energy Nexus (2021)

Nearly 6494 boreholes with iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) concentrations above permissible limits of 0.3 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L respectively in Ghana have been abandoned because of ineffective water treatment solutions. Activated carbon prepared f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.wen.2021.02.001

Long-Term Prognosis and Systemic Impact of Acromegaly: Analyses Utilizing Korean National Health Insurance Data

Sangmo Hong, Kyungdo Han, Cheol-Young Park • Endocrinology and Metabolism (2025)

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder caused by excessive growth hormone secretion. Its low prevalence poses challenges in studying its long-term prognosis and systemic effects. To address this research gap, we conducted five studies usin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2024.2285

Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

Yan Dora Zhang, Amber N. Hurson, Haoyu Zhang, Parichoy Pal Choudhury et al. • Nature Communications (2020)

In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16483-3

Robustness analysis of a Continuous-Time Markov Jump Process model for herd behaviour under stochastic shocks

Samuel Kipsang Kaptum, Jane Aduda Akinyi, Philip Ngare, Amos Kipkorir Langat • Scientific African (2025)

Herd behaviour in socio-economic systems is characterised by asynchronous, stochastic decision-making that traditional models capture imperfectly. Discrete-time DTMCs impose fixed-tick synchrony and require binning, which distorts event tim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e03042

Seemingly unrelated time series model for forecasting the peak and short-term electricity demand: Evidence from the Kalman filtered Monte Carlo method

Frank Kofi Owusu, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Nana Kena Frempong, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu et al. • Heliyon (2023)

In this extant paper, a multivariate time series model using the seemingly unrelated times series equation (SUTSE) framework is proposed to forecast the peak and short-term electricity demand using time series data from February 2, 2014, to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18821