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High-throughput analysis of ammonia oxidiser community composition via a novel, amoA-based functional gene array.

Guy C J Abell, Stan S Robert, Dion M F Frampton, John K Volkman et al. • PLoS ONE (2012)

Advances in microbial ecology research are more often than not limited by the capabilities of available methodologies. Aerobic autotrophic nitrification is one of the most important and well studied microbiological processes in terrestrial ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051542

Native and Introduced Plants in a Managed Campus Landscape: Habitat Associations, Functional Overlap, and Taxonomic Patterns

Santosh K. Rana, Gary L. Davenport, Serene Awad, Donald J. Webb et al. • Ecology and Evolution (2026)

ABSTRACT Managed landscapes support diverse vascular plant assemblages, with composition shaped by both regional species pools and human planting and maintenance. This study assessed floristic composition, habitat associations, growth forms...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ece3.74348

Effects of Thinning Intensity on Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Communities in Pinus densiflora Plantations

Yu-Ra Bae, Ju-Kyeong Eo, Ahn-Heum Eom • 한국균학회지 (2025)

Thinning is widely used to regulate tree growth and stand structure. However, its impact on belowground ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi in Korean pine forests remains insufficiently documented. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4489/kjm.2025.53.4.9

Particulate matter, air quality and climate: lessons learned and future needs

S. Fuzzi, U. Baltensperger, K. Carslaw, S. Decesari et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2015)

The literature on atmospheric particulate matter (PM), or atmospheric aerosol, has increased enormously over the last 2 decades and amounts now to some 1500–2000 papers per year in the refereed literature. This is in part due to the enormou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8217-2015

Microbial Biofilms Along a Geochemical Gradient at the Shallow-Water Hydrothermal System of Vulcano Island, Mediterranean Sea

Valentina Sciutteri, Valentina Sciutteri, Francesco Smedile, Salvatrice Vizzini et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Shallow water hydrothermal vents represent highly dynamic environments where strong geochemical gradients can shape microbial communities. Recently, these systems are being widely used for investigating the effects of ocean acidification on...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.840205

Social and biological pathways linking relationships with companion animals to human well-being

Hikari Koyasu, Sakura Ogasawara, Eiji Miyauchi, Kaede Tsuda et al. • Frontiers in Psychology (2026)

IntroductionCompanion animals are widely recognized for their potential to support human mental health and well-being. These benefits may arise through changes in social relationships and physiological processes. This study examined whether...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1810355

Brain plasticity in response to artistic and non-artistic training aimed at promoting creativity: How can we enhance creativity and capture the process in neuroscience?

Anna Arkhipova, Pavel Hok, Pavel Hok, Petr Janata et al. • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience (2026)

Creativity has been consensually defined as an ability to produce novel and original ideas/works, a definition shared both by the general public and among scholars. Since creativity is one of the most important and unique cognitive construc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2026.1632331

The Effect of Time on the Activation of Bayah Natural Zeolite for Application of Palm Oil Shell Pyrolysis

Endang Suhendi, Teguh Kurniawan, Adian Yoga Pradana, Vicky Zayan Giffari • Bulletin of Chemical Reaction Engineering & Catalysis (2021)

Oil palm shell (OPS) constitutes 60% of the waste generated during the processing of palm oil. However, OPS can potentially be converted into energy and chemicals through pyrolysis. The purpose of this study is to determine and analyse the ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.9767/bcrec.16.3.10313.588-600

Chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial potential of essential oils from different parts of Daphne mucronata Royle

Iqra Ashraf, Muhammad Zubair, Komal Rizwan, Nasir Rasool et al. • Chemistry Central Journal (2018)

Abstract This research work was executed to determine chemical composition, anti-oxidant and anti-microbial potential of the essential oils extracted from the leaves and stem of Daphne mucronata Royle. From leaves and stem oils fifty-one di...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13065-018-0495-1

Alzheimer’s Disease as a Membrane Disorder: Spatial Cross-Talk Among Beta-Amyloid Peptides, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors and Lipid Rafts

Camila Fabiani, Camila Fabiani, Silvia S. Antollini, Silvia S. Antollini • Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience (2019)

Biological membranes show lateral and transverse asymmetric lipid distribution. Cholesterol (Chol) localizes in both hemilayers, but in the external one it is mostly condensed in lipid-ordered microdomains (raft domains), together with satu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00309

The Vibrio vulnificus stressosome is an oxygen-sensor involved in regulating iron metabolism

Veronika Heinz, Wenke Jäckel, Susann Kaltwasser, Laura Cutugno et al. • Communications Biology (2022)

A cryo-electron microscopy reconstruction of a stressosome complex from a Gram-negative bacterium, Vibrio vulnificus, reveals variations in subunit composition and symmetry, which could serve to adjust the activation threshold in the respon...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03548-w

Constraining PERMANOVA and LDM to within-set comparisons by projection improves the efficiency of analyses of matched sets of microbiome data

Zhengyi Zhu, Glen A. Satten, Caroline Mitchell, Yi-Juan Hu • Microbiome (2021)

Abstract Background Matched-set data arise frequently in microbiome studies. For example, we may collect pre- and post-treatment samples from a set of individuals, or use important confounding variables to match data from case participants ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40168-021-01034-9

Investigation of the Friction Performance of G3000 (Variant), GG20, and GG15 (High Carbon) Cast Brake Discs Using the SAE J2522 Procedure

Talha İkbal Çığır, Melih Hakan Samur, Mevlüt Yasin Igdeli • International Journal of Automotive Science and Technology (2025)

This study compares the friction performance of three commonly used cast brake disc materials in the automotive industry: the G3000 variant, GG20, and GG15 (high carbon content). Samples were tested on an inertia dynamometer following the S...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30939/ijastech..1811564

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

The Numerical Solution of Fractional Parabolic Partial Integro-Differential Eequations by Gaussian and Inverse Multiquadric Radial Basis Functions

F. S. Aghaei Maybodi, M. H. Heydari, F. M. Maalek Ghaeini, M. H. Akrami • پژوهش‌های ریاضی (2021)

Introduction Many mathematical formulations of physical phenomena contain integro-differential equations. These equations arise in fluid dynamics, biological models, chemical kinetics, ecology, control theory of financial mathematics, aeros...

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Research on the Quality Variation Patterns During the Fermentation Process of Coffee-Grounds Craft Beer

Jiashun Jiang, Jingan Yang, Tong Zhu, Yongjin Hu et al. • Foods (2025)

To investigate the metabolic differences and mechanisms during the fermentation process of coffee-grounds craft beer, HS-SPME-GC/MS untargeted metabolomics technology was used to study the metabolic differences during the fermentation proce...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods14061014

Effects of supplementing sweet sorghum with grapeseeds on carcass parameters, and meat quality, amino acid, and fatty acid composition of lambs

Jianxin Jiao, Ting Wang, Shanshan Li, Nana Gou et al. • Animal Bioscience (2023)

Objective Sweet sorghum is an important forage crop for ruminants, especially in low rainfall areas. Grapeseeds are an abundant by-product of wine-making and contain bioactive substances that can improve the antioxidant capacity of meat. We...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5713/ab.22.0189

Using DNA metabarcoding and a novel canid-specific blocking oligonucleotide to investigate the composition of animal diets of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) inhabiting the waterside area in Korea

Cheolwoon Woo, Priyanka Kumari, Kyung Yeon Eo, Woo-Shin Lee et al. • PLoS ONE (2022)

The raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) is known to be an opportunistic generalist who feeds on a wide variety of foods. Historically, their diet has been investigated by morphological observation of undigested remains in feces, requirin...

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Habitat availability shapes composition and climate change response of alpine butterfly communities

Korbinian Schrauth, Matthias Plattner, Jörg Müller, Jérôme Pellet • Alpine Entomology (2026)

Climate change is known to cause range shifts to higher elevations in mountainous regions. Butterflies are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions and their response to climate change has been extensively studied. Howeve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/alpento.10.186978