22 December 2016
Research indicates that higher levels of traffic-related pollution exposure increase the risk of diabetes, but the association between road proximity and diabetes risk remains unclear. To assess and quantify the association between residential proxim...
Interest in biomass has increased due to current environmental issues, and biomass analysis is usually performed using element and proximate analyses to ascertain its fuel characteristics. Mainly, element component prediction models have been develop...
The frequently occurring heterogeneity of cancer cells and their functional interaction with immune cells in the tumor microenvironment raises the need to study signaling pathways at the single cell level with high precision, sensitivity, and spatial...
Proximate analysis of coal is of great significance to ensure the safe and economic operation of coal-fired and biomass-fired power generation units. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) assisted by chemometric methods could realize the predic...
Promoting equitable and sustainable urban mobility requires accessibility assessment approaches that extend beyond purely geometric proximity measures toward service-sensitive and behavior-informed evaluation. This study develops an open-source GIS w...
Adding a fibular strut bone graft to locking plate fixation has been introduced to improve stability and prevent varus collapse. The purpose of this study was to perform finite element analysis (FEA) of the biomechanical characteristics of different...
Proximate analysis, including ash, volatile matter, moisture, fixed carbon, and calorific value, is a fundamental aspect of fuel testing and serves as the primary method for evaluating coal quality, which is critical for the processing and utilizatio...
The past decades have witnessed a paradigm shift from the traditional drug discovery shaped around the idea of “one target, one disease” to polypharmacology (multiple targets, one disease). Given the lack of clear-cut boundaries across di...
This study investigates the dynamics of innovation element flows among metropolitan areas and examines the underlying proximity mechanisms that are crucial for elevating urban agglomerations’ innovation levels and spurring their development. Ut...
Fine-scale spatial information on soil properties is needed to successfully implement precision agriculture. Proximal gamma-ray spectroscopy has recently emerged as a promising tool to collect fine-scale soil information. The objective of this study...
Multiturn coils are required for manufacturing sheet metal parts with varying depths and special geometrical features using electromagnetic forming (EMF). Due to close coil turns, the physical phenomena of the proximity effect and Lorentz forces betw...
Analysis of the dependency of the trabecular structure on loading conditions is essential for understanding and predicting bone structure formation. Although previous studies have investigated the relationship between loads and structural adaptations...
Vernonia amygdalina (VA) and Ocimum gratissimum (OG) are among the most frequently consumed vegetables in Kokori and Abraka communities of Delta State, Nigeria. However, the continuous crude oil exploration and spillages in Kokori may threaten their...
This study investigates the non-destructive analysis of proximate parameters (moisture content, MC; volatile matter, VM; fixed carbon, FC; ash content) in various chipped and ground biomass using a combination of destructive thermogravimetric analysi...
The paper aims to provide spatial evidence on where to prioritize place-based support for women’s entrepreneurship by linking the geography of female founders to the proximity of formal support infrastructure in Germany. To pursue this objectiv...
The accurate estimation of the higher heating value (HHV) of wood biomass is essential to evaluating the latter’s energy potential as a renewable energy material. This study proposes an Artificial Neural Network (ANN) model to predict the HHV b...
Plant microbiomes play a major role in plant health, growth, and development, enhancing resistance to pathogen invasion. However, despite the extensive research on the phyllosphere microbiome, it remains unclear how the microbiome of leaves in proxim...
This study advances a configurational perspective on domestic tourism in protected areas by introducing the Applied Cultural Proximity Model (ACPM). While dominant tourism frameworks rely on causal relationships grounded in cultural distance, novelty...
Advances in IoT, AI, Cyber-Physical Systems, Computational Intelligence, and Big Data Analytics require organizations and workforce to be able and willing to learn how to interact with digital technology. In organizations, coordination and cooperatio...
This paper addresses the design, analysis, and validation of safe close-proximity operations around uncooperative targets, with an application to the ClearSpace-1 (CS-1) mission. It is focused on the areas of Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC),...
Better and more detailed analyses of global human exposure to hazards and associated disaster risk require improved geoinformation on population distribution and densities. In particular, issues of temporal and spatial resolution are important for de...
Osthole, a natural coumarin found in various medicinal plants, has been previously reported to have neuroprotective effects. However, the specific mechanism by which Osthole alleviates dysmnesia associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) remains...
13 December 2021
Disproportionate distribution of air pollution is a major burden on the health of people living in proximity to toxic facilities. There are over 1000 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities distributed across the state of Illinois. This study inves...
There is a lack of reliable biomarkers for disorders of the central nervous system (CNS), and diagnostics still heavily rely on symptoms that are both subjective and difficult to quantify. The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a promising source of biomar...
The proliferation of gambling infrastructure within the urban environment has emerged as a significant public health concern, particularly in contexts where commercial interests intersect with the socio-economic vulnerability of resident populations....
Accessibility and urban walkability are the cornerstones of urban policies for the contemporary city, which needs to be oriented towards sustainable development principles and models. Such aims are included in the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, as we...
The use of agroforestry residues for energy purposes has long been a reality in Brazil. About 84.8% of the produced electricity comes from renewable resources; vegetable biomass contributes 9.1% to this total. This percentage has the potential to inc...
Plant biomass is one of the most promising and easy-to-use sources of renewable energy. Direct determination of higher heating values of fuel in an adiabatic calorimeter is too expensive and time-consuming to be used as a routine analysis. Indirect c...
Proximal humerus fractures are becoming more common due to the aging of the population, and more related scientific research is also emerging. Biomechanical studies attempt to optimize treatments, taking into consideration the factors involved, to ob...
28 January 2022
Transboundary water cooperation (TWC) is an important theme of international cooperation. We conducted macro-level research on TWC from the perspective of inter-country relations and constructed a theoretical framework in which multidimensional proxi...
Vehicle collisions with animals pose serious issues in countries with well-developed highway networks. Both expanding wildlife populations and the development of urbanised areas reduce the potential contact distance between wildlife species and vehic...
The COVID-19 pandemic has renewed interest in proximity tourism as a driver for culturally sustainable local development. Against this backdrop, this study examines the Province of Latina, Italy, evaluating the potential of proximity tourism flows or...
The X-minute city has gained prominence as a planning paradigm for promoting sustainable local living, yet its operationalisation remains methodologically heterogeneous. This paper conducts a systematic review (Scopus, last search 4 March 2026) of 45...
Improper land application of excess poultry waste (PW) causes environmental issues and other problems. Meanwhile there is an increasing trend of using PW as an alternative energy resource. The Higher Heating Value (HHV) is critical for designing and...
Social bond analysis is of major importance for the evaluation of social relationships in group housed horses. However, in equine behaviour literature, studies on social bond analysis are inconsistent. Mutual grooming (horses standing side by side an...
Developing analysis models that promote the sustainability, compactness and social balance of cities is particularly important in addressing post-pandemic urban planning. In this context, the population’s proximity to public facilities is essen...
The main aim of this paper is twofold. Our first objective is to study a new system of generalized multivalued variational-like inequalities in Banach spaces and to establish its equivalence with a system of fixed point problems utilizing the concept...
Proximal humerus fractures increase with the aging of the population. Due to the high failure rates of surgical treatments such as open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF), biomechanical studies seek to optimize the treatments and intervening fact...
Seven disposable diaper brands that are commonly used in Clermont, Kwa-Zulu Natal (South Africa) and some frequently found along river bodies (due to illegal dumping) were characterised through proximate analysis, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), ul...
This study assesses and characterizes six woody biomass (WB) species commonly harvested in the Republic of Congo: Millettia laurentii (WB1), Millettia eetveldeana (WB2), Hymenocardia ulmoides (WB3), Markhamia tomentosa (WB4), Pentaclethra eetveldeana...
This study addresses the critical challenge of optimizing spatial arrangements for the elderly in rapidly aging societies. It investigates the proximity preference preferences among nine types of facilities frequently used by senior citizens in Dubai...
(1) Background: The treatment of proximal humeral fractures (PHFs) is debated controversially. Current clinical knowledge is mainly based on small single-center cohorts. The goal of this study was to evaluate the predictability of risk factors for co...
Elephant grass is an outstanding crop biomass for sustainable energy generation. Here, the effect of plant parts (stem, leaf, and whole plant) at four ages (90, 120, 150, and 180 days) on the proximate, chemical, and elemental characteristics of elep...
Many correlations are available in the literature to predict the higher heating value (HHV) of raw biomass using the proximate and ultimate analyses. Studies on biomass torrefaction are growing tremendously, which suggest that the fuel characteristic...
Nature is essential to urban quality of life, yet green spaces are under pressure. In an attempt to strengthen the case for urban greening and to reclaim nature into cities, this research considered green spaces from an economic spatial perspective....
Diverse methodologies exist to determine the chemical composition, proximate analysis, and calorific value of biomass. Researchers select and apply a specific methodology according to the lignocellulosic material they study and the budgetary resource...
The Super-Conserved Receptors Expressed in the Brain (SREBs) form a subfamily of orphan G protein-coupled receptors, highly conserved in evolution and characterized by a predominant expression in the brain. The signaling pathways activated by these r...
Background and Objectives: To evaluate the influence of proximal box design on primary stability and adhesive bond strength of indirect partial bonded restorations (IPBR) in posterior teeth. Materials and Methods: Thirty extracted human third upper m...
In 2008, a medieval wooden shipwreck was discovered at the port of Rhodes, Greece. The shipwreck was party burned, presenting a challenge for conservators, as uncharred, semi-charred and charred waterlogged wood were often encountered on the same pie...
The objective of the study was to analyze chemical structure of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by employing ultimate, proximate and thermo-gravimetric techniques. Samples from different anatomical parts of date palm, namely trunk, frond base, fro...
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