To assess the environmental risks of carbon capture and storage (CCS) due to underground CO2 leakage, many studies have examined the impact on plant growth; however, the effect of leaked CO2 on root morphology remains poorly understood. This study si...
The optimized cultivation process of wolfberry (Lycium barbarum L.) to maintain a consistently high and stable yield relies on the prolonged use of significant amounts of nitrogen fertilizers. However, this practice leads to increased production cost...
(1) Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the morphology and linear dimensions of sella turcica in Romanian participants from all three skeletal classes to see whether there were any differences. (2) Method: We examined 90 lateral cep...
We investigated the early root development of Salix nigra L. willow grown from cuttings in the different riverbank sediments; silt, sand and stones. Cuttings were grown for 10 weeks in layered sediment types in five large planter boxes, each box havi...
Open-grown trees in cities can improve environmental conditions by providing sustainable ecosystem services. Reliable data are necessary for assessing the functions of urban trees. The diameter at breast height (DBH), diameter increment, and annual r...
The aim of the present work was to investigate the upper airway dimensions in adult non-orthodontic patients, equally divided according to their skeletal class. Methods: In this retrospective cross-sectional study, lateral cephalometric radiographs o...
In this paper, numerical simulations were used to study the decomposition and combustion processes inside the 0.2 N-class ADN-based thruster, and the effects of two geometrical parameters (length and diameter) of the combustion chamber on the combust...
This article presents microneedles analyses where the design parameters studied included length and inner and outer diameter ranges. A mathematical model was also used to generalize outer and inner diameter ratios in the obtained ranges. Following th...
The outstanding properties of graphene-based components, such as twisted graphene, motivates nanoelectronic researchers to focus on their applications in device technology. Twisted graphene as a new class of graphene structures is investigated in the...
Dynamic prices and markets create value for contractors who can readily evaluate the gross and net income differences for alternative merchandizing systems. The majority of the southern U.S.A. relies on tree-length merchandizing, with occasional iden...
Cypress (Cupressus funebris Endl.) is a major tree species planted for forestland restoration in low-fertility soil and in areas where rocky desertification has occurred. Calcium (Ca) fertilizer can adjust the pH of soil and has an important effect o...
Subirrigation (SI), where water is provided to container seedlings from below and rises through the growing media via capillary action, is regarded as an environmentally-responsible method of delivering water and fertilizer to nursery-grown plants, r...
Volume or biomass estimates of downed woody debris are crucial for numerous applications such as forest carbon stock assessment, biodiversity assessments, and more recently for environmental evaluations of biofuel harvesting practices. Both fixed-are...
An accurate model for the prediction of the rheological behavior of surrounding rocks is essential to the designing of rock bolts for tunnels under squeezing conditions. Our understanding of the state of the art suggests that the rheology of rock con...
Bearing condition monitoring and prognosis are crucial tasks for ensuring the proper operation of rotating machinery and mechanical systems. Vibration signal analysis is one of the most effective techniques for bearing condition monitoring and progno...
The accurate prediction of the volume of standing trees is a prerequisite for planning and decision making in sustainable forest management. In Nepal, limited information on form factor (i.e. the ratio of the volume of a tree to the product of its ba...
The age, size and morphology of trees, including crown dimensions, can influence crown defoliation. In Croatia, the selection management of silver fir (Abies alba Mill.) forests involves pure or mixed stands, either of which can be affected by variou...
Persian oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) is a valuable native species in Iranian forests with very limited availability of data on its wood properties. The objective of the current study was to determine the influence of altitude and slope on physical pr...
(1) Background: The destruction of peatlands caused by forest fire can significantly damage the ecosystems, flora, and fauna found in forests. Swamp jelutung (Dyera polyphylla) is a tree species that can be planted on peatland and combined with seaso...
The physical properties of growing media are dependent on the morphological characteristics of the particles composing them. Thus, their characteristics can be more precisely altered for specific purposes by a better morphological design of materials...
The study investigates selected parameters describing the fibers of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) wood with regard to tree age and size (diameter). The material was collected in stands aged 38, 60, and 71 years growing on the mesotrophic sit...
A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine the potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to mitigate the allelopathic effects of invasive Nicotiana glauca on the growth of Acacia gerrardii seedlings. Aqueous extracts from N. glauca leav...
The field of material science is continually evolving with first-class discoveries of new nanomaterials. The element carbon is ubiquitous in nature. Due to its valency, it can exist in various forms, also known as allotropes, like diamond, graphite,...
An appropriate management and valuation of Pyrenean oak (Quercus pyrenaica Willd.) forests are essential in order to ensure their multiple functions and uses. Many coppice forests of Pyrenean oak have been converted into high forests mostly due to ch...
Urban water infrastructure faces increasing deterioration, necessitating accurate, cost-effective condition assessment. Traditional inspection techniques are intrusive and inefficient, creating demand for scalable machine learning (ML) solutions. Thi...
This prospective cross-sectional study aimed to: (1) characterize echocardiographic features of mitral valve in MMVD affected Cavalier King Charles Spaniels (CKCS), focusing on dogs classified as American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVI...
The Douglas fir crown structure serves important ecological functions in regulating the ecosystem of the Pacific Northwest (PNW). Mapping and modeling of the Douglas-fir crown has traditionally focused on young plantations or old-growth forests. The...
This research provides a comparative analysis of the optimization of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) using artificial neural network (ANN) and response surface methodology (RSM). By using ANN and RSM, the yield of UHPC was modeled and optimize...
In 2008, an unexpected and severe ice storm affected the forest of southern China. This storm caused damage in regeneration of an important dominant tree, Schima superba (Gugertree). To study this damage, we set up permanent monitoring plots in an ic...
Tree root system development alters forest soil properties, and differences in root diameter frequency and root length per soil volume reflect differences in root system function. In this study, the relationship between vertical distribution of very...
Background: Radiological high-resolution computed tomography-based evaluation of cochlear implant candidates’ cochlear duct length (CDL) has become the method of choice for electrode array selection. The aim of the present study was to evaluate...
Elucidating the influence mechanisms of seed germination and seedling growth is important for revealing the natural regeneration of forest plantations. We collected the seeds from 58-year-old Quercus acutissima Carruth. forest, and the seeds were fur...
Due to a sharp decline in resources, Schizothorax waltoni Regan and Percocypris retrodorslis have been listed as wildlife under second-class protection in China. Under culture conditions, the early development and allometric growth patterns of S. wal...
This paper investigates the feasibility of an interior permanent magnet (IPM) rotor for 1 MW-class high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) in a hybrid propulsion system of electrified aviation. A double-layer IPM machine and a surfac...
This study investigates the effect of the spatial distribution of soil water and nutrients on cork oak (Quercus suber) architecture. Fertirrigation is being tested in cork oak plantations to accelerate tree growth up to the production stage. To asses...
Dento-alveolar disharmony with crowding is a common reason for orthodontic treatment with not fully understood or unequivocally demonstrated causes. This study investigated the correlations between teeth dimensions, arch lengths, and crowding during...
Root system architecture plays a crucial role in water and nutrient acquisition in maize. Cytokinins, which can be irreversibly degraded by the cytokinin oxidase/dehydrogenase (CKX), are important hormones that regulate root development in plants. In...
A60 class bulkhead penetration piece is a fire-resistance apparatus installed on bulkhead compartments to protect lives and to prevent flame diffusion in case of fire accident in ships and offshore plants. In this study, approximate optimization with...
Introducing smart and sustainable tools for climate change adaptation and mitigation is a major need to support agriculture’s productivity potential. We assessed the effects of the processed gypsum seed dressing SOP® COCUS MAIZE+ (SCM), combined with...
As nanoparticle syntheses on a large scale usually yield products with broad size and shape distributions, the properties of nanoparticle-based products need to be tuned after synthesis by narrowing the size and shape distributions or via the removal...
Tree age has an important effect on the form and function of fine roots. Previous studies have focused on the variations in root morphological and chemical traits among tree ages, while less attention has been given to the physiological traits, imped...
The mechanical properties of screw-thread steel bars used for prestressing concrete and their threaded ribs’ bearing mechanism have not been quantitatively studied, in contrast to the extensive qualitative research on ordinary steel mechanical...
Firing test campaigns were carried out on a 200 N thrust-class hybrid rocket engine, using gaseous oxygen as an oxidizer and a paraffin-wax-based fuel. Different fuel grain lengths were adopted to extend the fuel characterization under different oper...
The profitability of modern apple orchard plantings depends largely on how rapidly the costs of planting are returned. Tree establishment and growth in the formative years are often can be limited by transplant shock associated with bare-root trees....
Hardwood has a variety of applications and can be used for low-value products, such as firewood, or for high-value applications, achieving significantly higher prices. Therefore, assessing the quality of raw material is essential for allocating the w...
Natural regeneration is crucial for the development of sustainable forestry practices in light of the current global climate changes. In this paper, we compared the size distributions of Quercus acutissima seedlings in the understory of Q. acutissima...
Understanding environmental information is necessary for functions correlated with human activities to improve healthcare quality and reduce ecological risk. Tapered optical fibers reduce some limitations of such devices and can be considerably more...
Background/Objectives: Sex-related differences in the presentation and outcomes of patients with mitral regurgitation (MR) undergoing mitral valve (MV) surgery remain unclear. We aimed to identify these differences to inform personalized management....
A vigorous root system in barley promotes water uptake from the soil under water-limited conditions. We investigated three spring barley genotypes with varying water stress responses using rhizoboxes at the seedling stage. The genotypes comprised two...
Lighting systems in sports venues have a significant impact on both the user experience and quality of events. However, owing to the large number of luminaires, high individual lamp power, and strict lighting standards, the lighting energy consumptio...
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