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  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,165 Views
21 Pages

14 January 2025

Forest stands are developing in changeable climate conditions that influence stand health and consequently assortment quality. Narrow-leaved ash is strongly affected by dieback because of new fungal diseases. The main aim of this study was to determi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,443 Views
15 Pages

Does Larval Rearing Diet Lead to Premating Isolation in Spodoptera litura (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)?

  • Xue-Yuan Di,
  • Bin Yan,
  • Cheng-Xu Wu,
  • Xiao-Fei Yu,
  • Jian-Feng Liu and
  • Mao-Fa Yang

27 February 2021

Host plant preference during the larval stage may help shape not only phenotypic plasticity but also behavioral isolation. We assessed the effects of diet on population parameters and mate choice in Spodoptera litura. We raised larvae fed on tobacco,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
492 Views
25 Pages

4 July 2025

Pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.), an ecologically and economically important tree species has been significantly affected by oak dieback in recent years. Since one of the symptoms of oak dieback is crown defoliation, this research aimed to determin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,544 Views
11 Pages

Sawlog Recovery in Birch, Black Alder, and Aspen Stands of Hemiboreal Forests in Latvia

  • Jānis Donis,
  • Guntars Šņepsts,
  • Pauls Zeltiņš,
  • Jurģis Jansons,
  • Pēteris Zālītis and
  • Āris Jansons

8 February 2024

In any forest stand, the theoretically modelled output of sawlogs (the most valuable roundwood assortments) will differ from what is actually obtained. The aim of this study was to assess whether it is possible to characterise this difference by site...

  • Article
  • Open Access
36 Citations
7,140 Views
13 Pages

11 August 2017

Shallow foundations are often situated on unsaturated zones above the groundwater table. In this study, the influence of rainfall infiltration on the settlement behavior of shallow foundations was investigated using numerical analyses. The numerical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,138 Views
22 Pages

Using Biased-Randomized Algorithms for the Multi-Period Product Display Problem with Dynamic Attractiveness

  • Mage Marmol,
  • Leandro do C. Martins,
  • Sara Hatami,
  • Angel A. Juan and
  • Vicenc Fernandez

1 February 2020

From brick-and-mortar stores to omnichannel retail, the efficient selection of products to be displayed on store tables, advertising brochures, or online front pages has become a critical issue. One possible goal is to maximize the overall ‘att...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,395 Views
15 Pages

Combined Effects of Binary Chemical Reaction/Activation Energy on the Flow of Sisko Fluid over a Curved Surface

  • Luthais B. McCash,
  • Iffat Zehra,
  • Abdou Al-Zubaidi,
  • Mohammad Amjad,
  • Nadeem Abbas and
  • Sohail Nadeem

16 August 2021

In this study, a modified Sisko fluid with Buongiorno model effects over a curved surface was considered. The MHD was applied normally to the flow direction, and the effects of chemical reacted and active energy at the curved surface is also discusse...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,344 Views
44 Pages

17 April 2023

Perceptual encryption (PE) hides the identifiable information of an image in such a way that its intrinsic characteristics remain intact. This recognizable perceptual quality can be used to enable computation in the encryption domain. A class of PE a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,513 Views
22 Pages

25 July 2023

The demand for woody biomass as a key raw material of the developing circular bioeconomy is expected to increase. This has led to the need of increased timber productivity and the search for new procurement methods, new assortments, and innovative su...