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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,408 Views
13 Pages

Single-Crystal Growth of a Cubic Laves-Phase Ferromagnet HoAl2 by a Laser Floating-Zone Method

  • Naoki Kikugawa,
  • Takashi Kato,
  • Momoko Hayashi and
  • Hitoshi Yamaguchi

3 May 2023

The successful growth of single crystals of a cubic Laves-phase material HoAl2 with the space group Fd-3m is reported in this study. The crystals were grown by a floating-zone method with five laser diodes as a heat source. Al-rich feed rods were pre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,461 Views
14 Pages

Latent Tuberculosis Infection Is Associated with an Enrichment of Short-Chain Fatty Acid-Producing Bacteria in the Stool of Women Living with HIV

  • Suventha Moodley,
  • Elouise Kroon,
  • Charissa C. Naidoo,
  • Georgina R. Nyawo,
  • Benjamin G. Wu,
  • Selisha Naidoo,
  • Tinaye L. Chiyaka,
  • Happy Tshivhula,
  • Shivani Singh and
  • Grant Theron
  • + 7 authors

Latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is common in people living with HIV (PLHIV) in high-TB-burden settings. Active TB is associated with specific stool taxa; however, little is known about the stool microbiota and LTBI in PLHIV. We characterised the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
8,680 Views
26 Pages

Multi-Step Calibration Approach for SWAT Model Using Soil Moisture and Crop Yields in a Small Agricultural Catchment

  • Francis Kilundu Musyoka,
  • Peter Strauss,
  • Guangju Zhao,
  • Raghavan Srinivasan and
  • Andreas Klik

17 August 2021

The quantitative prediction of hydrological components through hydrological models could serve as a basis for developing better land and water management policies. This study provides a comprehensive step by step modelling approach for a small agricu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
428 Views
16 Pages

The Effect of Applied Hydrostatic Pressures in Ferromagnetic Ordered HoM2 [M = (Al, Ni)] Laves Phases: A DFT Study

  • Tomás López-Solenzal,
  • David Ríos-Jara,
  • Manuel Ramos and
  • César Fidel Sánchez-Valdés

8 December 2025

In this study, density functional theory (DFT) with Hubbard U correction calculations (DFT+U) was used to examine the ferromagnetic properties of HoM2 Laves phases (M = {Al, Ni}) under external hydrostatic pressure from 0 GPa to 1.0 GPa. The resultin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,873 Views
34 Pages

13 December 2024

The rapid growth of the digital economy has significantly enhanced the convenience of information transmission while reducing its costs. As a result, the participation in social networks (SNs) has surged, intensifying the mutual influence among netwo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,483 Views
16 Pages

High-Frequency Stable-Isotope Measurements of Evapotranspiration Partitioning in a Maize Field

  • Patrick Hogan,
  • Juraj Parajka,
  • Markus Oismüller,
  • Lee Heng,
  • Peter Strauss and
  • Günter Blöschl

30 October 2020

Knowledge of the evaporation (E) and transpiration (T) components of evapotranspiration (ET) is important for ecohydrological modeling and agricultural productivity. The stable-isotope method offers the possibility to partition E and T due to the dis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,562 Views
19 Pages

Characterizing Antimicrobial Resistance in Clinically Relevant Bacteria Isolated at the Human/Animal/Environment Interface Using Whole-Genome Sequencing in Austria

  • Adriana Cabal,
  • Gerhard Rab,
  • Beatriz Daza-Prieto,
  • Anna Stöger,
  • Nadine Peischl,
  • Ali Chakeri,
  • Solveig Sølverød Mo,
  • Harald Bock,
  • Klemens Fuchs and
  • Werner Ruppitsch
  • + 8 authors

24 September 2022

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a public health issue attributed to the misuse of antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine. Since AMR surveillance requires a One Health approach, we sampled nine interconnected compartments at a hydrological ope...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,626 Views
23 Pages

Improving the Seasonal Representation of ASCAT Soil Moisture and Vegetation Dynamics in a Temperate Climate

  • Isabella Pfeil,
  • Mariette Vreugdenhil,
  • Sebastian Hahn,
  • Wolfgang Wagner,
  • Peter Strauss and
  • Günter Blöschl

11 November 2018

Previous validation studies have demonstrated the accuracy of the Metop-A ASCAT soil moisture (SM) product, although over- and underestimation during different seasons of the year suggest a need for improving the retrieval algorithm. In this study, w...