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RANKING DE DESEMPENHO DA EXECUÇÃO ORÇAMENTÁRIA POR FUNÇÕES DE GOVERNO DOS ESTADOS E DO DISTRITO FEDERAL NO ANO DE 2013

Maurício Corrêa da Silva, José Emerson Firmino, José Dionísio Gomes da Silva, Erivan Ferreira Borges • Perspectivas Contemporâneas (2016)

Public policy assessment is, by definition, applied social research: it seeks a balance between the methodological and technical rigor of a social investigation and the pragmatism and flexibility needed by a tool supporting the decision-mak...

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Dynamic linkages between financial inclusion and carbon emissions: Evidence from selected OECD countries

Syed Anees Haider Zaidi, Muzzammil Hussain, Qamar Uz Zaman • Resources, Environment and Sustainability (2021)

This study analyzes the dynamic linkages between financial inclusion, energy consumption, and carbon emissions taking corruption, infrastructure, and economic growth as control variables. The data of 23 OECD countries covering the period fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.resenv.2021.100022

Estimating climate-induced ‘Nowhere to go’ range shifts of the Himalayan Incarvillea Juss. using multi-model median ensemble species distribution models

Santosh Kumar Rana, Hum Kala Rana, Dong Luo, Hang Sun • Ecological Indicators (2021)

Global climate change threatens the range and resilience of species in the major biodiversity, particularly those in mountain regions. As the climatic conditions at high altitudes becomes suitable for colonization, many alpine plants experi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107127

Multi-trait evaluation of almond germplasm using the MGIDI method: optimizing yield and nutritional quality

Soheila Khojand, Mehrshad Zeinalabedini, Reza Azizinezhad, Ali Imani • Scientific Reports (2026)

Abstract Almond (Prunus dulcis) is a nutrient-rich tree nut of global economic and dietary importance, with Iran serving as a key center of genetic diversity. This study evaluated 78 Iranian almond genotypes for pomological traits and major...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-46164-y

Multivariate analysis for agronomic, physiological, macro, and micronutrient traits of exotic vegetable amaranth genotypes

Mirza Abrar, Tanveer Ahmad, Shahid Iqbal, Rana Naveed Ur Rehman et al. • BMC Plant Biology (2024)

Abstract The genus amaranth is comprised of 60–70 species. This climate hardy plant is grown as a vegetable as well as cereal crop in many areas of the world. Current study multivariate analysis was used to characterize the exotic vegetable...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12870-024-05862-3

Field Spectroscopy in the VNIR-SWIR Region to Discriminate between Mediterranean Native Plants and Exotic-Invasive Shrubs Based on Leaf Tannin Content

Jan Rudolf Karl Lehmann, André Große-Stoltenberg, Meike Römer, Jens Oldeland • Remote Sensing (2015)

The invasive shrub, Acacia longifolia, native to southeastern Australia, has a negative impact on vegetation and ecosystem functioning in Portuguese dune ecosystems. In order to spectrally discriminate A. longifolia from other non-native an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs70201225

Assessment of the physicochemical and bacteriological quality of water source and a well in Bakoya aquifer, northern Morocco

Benaissa Chaimae, Rossi Abdelhamid, Bouhmadi Belkacem, El Hammoudani Yahya et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2024)

This study aims to investigate the physical, chemical, and bacteriological quality of water derived from both a well and a spring across three distinct periods (2008, 2012, and 2021) in both summer and winter. These sampling points are situ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202450204001

Research on scientific research system resilience based on WoS data

Feng Zhang, Aolin Wang, Nanrong He, Xiaojing Chen et al. • International Journal of Innovation Studies (2026)

In recent years, research systems have faced increasingly complex sustainability challenges, and improving system resilience has become the key to ensuring their continuous and efficient operation. Based on the data of Web of Science co-aut...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2026.100182

Hydrogeochemical Characterization and Appraisal of Groundwater Quality in Yisr River Catchment, Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia, by Using the GIS, WQI, and Statistical Techniques

Abebaw Demelash, Abunu Atlabachew, Muralitharan Jothimani, Abel Abebe • Journal of Chemistry (2023)

Groundwater is a primary drinking, agricultural, domestic, and nondomestic water source in Ethiopia’s Yisr River watershed of the Blue Nile River basin. There has been no systematic investigation of the hydrogeochemical properties of ground...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2023/8199000

Short‐term effects of grass–legume mixtures on greenhouse gas fluxes in southeastern US cool‐season annual forage systems

Carlos C. V. García, Liliane S. Silva, Leandro Vieira‐Filho, Daniel J. Adkison et al. • Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment (2026)

Abstract The agricultural sector contributes to the greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the United States. In livestock systems, grass–legume mixtures provide agronomic benefits, but their role in GHG mitigation remains understudied. This study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/agg2.70452

The avifauna of Ramanathapuram, Tamil Nadu along the Southeast coast of India: waterbird assessments and conservation implications across key sanctuaries and Ramsar sites

Hameed Byju, Hegde Maitreyi, Raveendran Natarajan, Reshmi Vijayan et al. • PeerJ (2025)

Background Wetlands, globally, face significant threats from human activities, and waterbirds, as key indicators of wetland health, are essential to maintaining ecological balance. Any long-term conservation measures should prioritize coord...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.18899

Assessment of Spatiotemporal Variations in the Water Quality of the Han River Basin, South Korea, Using Multivariate Statistical and APCS-MLR Modeling Techniques

Yong-Chul Cho, Hyeonmi Choi, Soon-Ju Yu, Sang-Hun Kim et al. • Agronomy (2021)

This study evaluated the spatiotemporal variability of water quality in the Han River Basin (HRB) as well as the contributions of potential pollution sources using multivariate statistical and absolute principal component score-multiple lin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11122469

Beverage Consumption Patterns and Their Association with Metabolic Health in Adults from Families at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Europe—The Feel4Diabetes Study

Paris Kantaras, Niki Mourouti, Theodora Mouratidou, Ekaterini Chatzaki et al. • Endocrines (2024)

In total, 3274 adults (65.2% females) from six European countries were included in this cross-sectional analysis using data from the baseline assessment of the Feel4Diabetes study. Anthropometric, sociodemographic, dietary and behavioral da...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/endocrines5030020

Convergence rate of principal component analysis with local-linear smoother for functional data under a unified weighing scheme

Xingyu Yan, Xiaolong Pu, Yingchun Zhou, Xiaolei Xun • Statistical Theory and Related Fields (2020)

The unified weighing scheme for the local-linear smoother in analysing functional data can deal with data that are dense, sparse or of neither type. In this paper, we focus on the convergence rate of functional principal component analysis ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/24754269.2019.1656048

Exploring feature selection and classification methods for predicting heart disease

Robinson Spencer, Fadi Thabtah, Neda Abdelhamid, Michael Thompson • Digital Health (2020)

Machine learning has been used successfully to improve the accuracy of computer-aided diagnosis systems. This paper experimentally assesses the performance of models derived by machine learning techniques by using relevant features chosen b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2055207620914777

A genome-wide association study on meat consumption in a Japanese population: the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort study

Yasuyuki Nakamura, Akira Narita, Yoichi Sutoh, Nahomi Imaeda et al. • Journal of Nutritional Science (2021)

Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on the dietary habits of the Japanese population have shown that an effect rs671 allele was inversely associated with fish consumption, whereas it was directly associated with coffee consumption...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/jns.2021.49

Visual Context and Behavioral Priming in Pedestrian Crossing Decisions: Evidence from a Stated Preference Experiment in Ecuadorian Urban Areas

Yasmany García-Ramírez, Fernando Arrobo-Herrera, Alejandra Cruz-Cortez, Luis Fernández-Garrido et al. • Smart Cities (2026)

Pedestrian safety in developing countries faces critical challenges from rapid urbanization and infrastructure deficiencies. This study investigates how visual context influences pedestrian crossing preferences through a controlled stated p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/smartcities9010019

Neural networks in process fault diagnosis

T. Sorsa, Heikki N. Koivo, Hannu J. Koivisto • IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics (1991)

Fault detection and diagnosis is an important problem in process automation. Both model-based methods and expert systems have been suggested to solve the problem, along with the pattern recognition approach. A number of possible neural netw...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/21.108299

A distinct gut microbiota composition in patients with ankylosing spondylitis is associated with increased levels of fecal calprotectin

Eva Klingberg, Maria K. Magnusson, Hans Strid, Anna Deminger et al. • Arthritis Research & Therapy (2019)

Abstract Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) shares many characteristics with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Intestinal microbiota most likely plays an important role in the development of IBDs and may also be involved in the pathogen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-2018-4

A comparative empirical evaluation of semantic clustering algorithms on static word embeddings

Asefeh Asemi, Rajab Kiani Shahvandy, Mahdi Houshangi • International Journal of Information Management Data Insights (2026)

Objective: This study conducts a comprehensive empirical evaluation of semantic clustering algorithms to identify the most effective approach for automatically organizing and extracting meaning from textual data. By systematically comparing...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jjimei.2026.100396