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The structural characteristics and influential factors of psychological stress of urban residents in Jiangxi province during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross sectional study

Zewen Huang, Lejun Zhang, Junyu Wang, Lu Xu et al. • Heliyon (2021)

Aims: To explore the structural characteristics and influential factors of psychological stress of urban residents in Jiangxi province during the COVID-19 pandemic through a survey of psychological stress, personality traits, family functio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07829

Melatonin: dual players mitigating drought-induced stress in tomatoes via modulation of phytohormones and antioxidant signaling cascades

Shifa Shaffique, Anis Ali Shah, Sang-Mo Kang, Md. Injamum-Ul-Hoque et al. • BMC Plant Biology (2024)

Abstract Drought stress significantly retards the plant production. Melatonin is a vital hormone, signaling molecule, and bio-regulator of diverse physiological growth and development processes. Its role in boosting agronomic traits under d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05752-8

Sexual Dimorphism in Growth Rate and Gene Expression Throughout Immature Development in Wild Type Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Macquart

Meaghan L. Pimsler, Meaghan L. Pimsler, Meaghan L. Pimsler, Carl E. Hjelmen et al. • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2021)

Reliability of forensic entomology analyses to produce relevant information to a given case requires an understanding of the underlying arthropod population(s) of interest and the factors contributing to variability. Common traits for analy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.696638

Assessment of Safety and Probiotic Traits of Enterococcus durans OSY-EGY, Isolated From Egyptian Artisanal Cheese, Using Comparative Genomics and Phenotypic Analyses

Walaa E. Hussein, Walaa E. Hussein, Ahmed G. Abdelhamid, Ahmed G. Abdelhamid et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2020)

An Enterococcus durans strain, designated OSY-EGY, was previously isolated from artisanal cheese. In this work, comparative genomic and phenotypic analyses were utilized to assess the safety characteristics and probiotic traits of the bacte...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.608314

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

Impact of β-glucan dietary supplementation on productive, reproductive performance and physiological response of laying hens under heat stress conditions

Waheed Ezzat, Khalid M. Mahrose, Ahmed M. Rizk, Magdy M.M. Ouda et al. • Poultry Science (2024)

The exploration for effective in-feed additives is growing owing to the global climatic change trend to alleviate the negative effects of heat stress in laying hens. This research assessed the potential of using B-glucan (G) as an antiheat ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2023.103183

Trait impulsivity prospectively predicts lower methadone treatment retention: moderation by pain catastrophizing

Annabelle M. Belcher, Kristen R. Hamilton-Moseley, Ebonie Massey, Mark Yoon et al. • Addiction Science & Clinical Practice (2026)

Abstract Background Empirical evidence supports the use of methadone as the standard of care for opioid use disorder. However, low retention in methadone treatment is one of the largest impediments to treatment success. Although several psy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13722-026-00699-7

Association Mapping of Seed Coat Color Characteristics for Near-Isogenic Lines of Colored Waxy Maize Using Simple Sequence Repeat Markers

Tae Hyeon Heo, Hyeon Park, Nam-Wook Kim, Jungeun Cho et al. • Plants (2024)

Waxy maize is mainly cultivated in South Korea for the production of food and snacks, and colored maize with increased anthocyanin content is used in the production of functional foods and medicinal products. Association mapping analysis (A...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/plants13152126

Nuclear Engineering Fundamentals

Robert E. Masterson • CRC Press eBooks (2017)

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS is the most modern, up-to-date, and reader friendly nuclear engineering textbook on the market today. It provides a thoroughly modern alternative to classical nuclear engineering textbooks that have not been...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315156781

Potassium mobilization and plant growth promotion by soil bacteria isolated from different agroclimatic zones of Odisha, India

Aiswarya PANDA, Ankita DASH, Bibhuti Bhusan MISHRA • Acta Agriculturae Slovenica (2021)

Potassium is essential for plant metabolism; improves immunity to stress and increase crop productivity. Soil contains insoluble form of potassium, which is unavailable for plant absorption. Potash mobilizing bacteria (KMB) solubilise compl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14720/aas.2021.117.3.1794

A macrozoobenthic data set of the Black Sea northwestern shelf

Séverine Chevalier, Olivier Beauchard, Adrian Teacă, Tatiana Begun et al. • Scientific Data (2025)

Abstract Benthic ecological data are crucial to study and manage ecosystems. On the one hand, abiotic and species data provide complementary information to identify habitats. On the other hand, trait data, describing taxon characteristics, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41597-025-05311-2

Dissecting the genetic basis of fruiting efficiency for genetic enhancement of harvest index, grain number, and yield in wheat

Dipendra Shahi, Jia Guo, Md Ali Babar, Sumit Pradhan et al. • BMC Plant Biology (2025)

Abstract Background Grain number (GN) is one of the key yield contributing factors in modern wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties. Fruiting efficiency (FE) is a key trait for increasing GN by making more spike assimilates available to reprod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12870-025-06072-1

Exploring resilience among hospital workers: a Bayesian approach

Laura Uccella, Ilenia Mascherona, Sebastiano Semini, Sara Uccella et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2024)

Background and importanceHealthcare professionals face significant workloads, as their roles are among the most demanding and stressful. Resilience serves as a crucial factor in helping them cope with the challenges encountered in their wor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1403721

Trans-ethnic meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with longitudinal blood pressure traits

Mateus H. Gouveia, Amy R. Bentley, Hampton Leonard, Karlijn A. C. Meeks et al. • Scientific Reports (2021)

Abstract Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic loci associated with cross-sectional blood pressure (BP) traits; however, GWAS based on longitudinal BP have been underexplored. We performed ethnic-specif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83450-3

Divergent biological consequences of APOE isoforms across industrialized and non-industrial environments.

Marina M Watowich, Rachel M Petersen, Layla Brassington, Audrey M Arner et al. • PLoS Genetics (2026)

The apolipoprotein ε4 (APOE ε4) isoform directly alters cholesterol and immune biology and is associated with an increased risk of neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic disease in industrialized settings; nevertheless, APOE ε4-which is ance...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012285

Genetic diversity in pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica) genotypes for fruit yield and quality traits under eastern plateau and hill region

ANKIT KUMAR SINHA, BHAVANA P, A K SINGH, H CHOUDHARY et al. • The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2024)

The experiment was conducted during summer seasons of 2021–22 and 2022–2023 at ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Farming System Research Centre for Hill and Plateau Region, Plandu, Ranchi, Jharkhand focused on assessing the genetic ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.56093/ijas.v94i7.148891

ESTIMATING THE GENETIC PARAMETERS OF YIELD AND YIELD COMPONENT TRAITS IN SQUASH (Cucurbita pepo, L.)

A. H. Abd El-Hadi, K. A. Zaied, Eman A. Abd El-Raziq • Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Biotechnology (2013)

The main objective of this investigation was to determine the genetic parameters, heritability in both broad and narrow senses, combining abilities and correlation foryield and yield component traitsin squash (Cucurbita pepo, L.). For this ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/jacb.2013.53217

Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomics analysis of Camellia rubituberculata provide insights into adaptation to karst habitats

Chao Yan, Ming-tai An, Ming Tang, Xin-xiang Bai et al. • Plant Diversity (2026)

Karst flora confined to isolated ‘habitat islands’ evolve specialized adaptations and unique traits, serving as ideal models for investigating adaptive evolution and species diversification mechanisms. Camellia rubituberculata, endemic to t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2025.09.004

Compost Increases Soil Fertility and Promotes the Growth of Five Tropical Species Used in Urban Forestry

Silvia Melissa Manrique-Veja, Oscar Alvarado-Sanabria • Floresta e Ambiente (2023)

Abstract This study aims at assessing the impact of compost application on the physical (porosity, volumetric-moisture and bulk density) and the chemical traits of soil (pH, organic carbon, electrical conductivity, cation exchange capacity ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/2179-8087-floram-2023-0018