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Recent studies of the Middle and Upper Paleolithic in the northwestern Caucasus are focused on the research of relations between natural (climate and environment) and social (behavior and adaptations) factors that govern...

Abstract Posture adjustment of open-type hard rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) can be achieved by properly adjusting the hydraulic pressure of gripper cylinder and torque cylinders. However, the time-varying inhomogeneou...

Rotenone, a broad-spectrum insecticide, piscicide and pesticide, produces a complete and selective suppression of axonogenesis in cultured hippocampal neurons. This effect is associated with an inhibition of actin dynami...

Drought threatens ecosystem resilience in the fragile karst rocky desertification zone of Southwest China. Based on meteorological observations from 1992 to 2022, this study assessed drought dynamics using the Reconnaiss...

Mineral-associated organic matter, the dominant form of relatively stable carbon (C) in soil, often co-occurs with reactive iron (Fe) and aluminum (Al) phases across soils. Yet, how organo-metallic associations at the mo...

Abstract Background During infection, alterations of the endothelium’s barrier function are multifaceted and virus-specific. Rubella virus (RuV) infection during pregnancy damages the endothelium in the placental and f...

The minimum size of sexual maturity and sexual dimorphism are important life history traits useful to study and understand the population dynamics of any species. In this study, we determined the minimum size at sexual m...

Temporal variations in prevalence and intensity of infection of larval trematodes in their second intermediate host, the bivalve Neolepton cobbi, were studied relative to the host population dynamics and season in the in...

Abstract As global warming continues, the Earth's cryosphere is experiencing severe degradation. This study leverages a novel combination of distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) and artificial intelligence to monitor and d...

Os indicadores convencionais de fertilidade de solo, mais comumente utilizados, enfatizam o balanço ácido-base e o conteúdo de elementos químicos, mas não consideram adequadamente as propriedades biológicas do solo...

The aerospike engine was first devised in the early 1960s where it provided new means of reaching orbit in a single stage. The paper aimes to demonstrate the viability of the technology by showcasing the increased nozzle...

China's karst ecosystems represent a global hotspot of rocky desertification and ecological vulnerability, posing significant challenges for balancing ecological preservation with socioeconomic development. However, pers...

Abstract Groundwater is a central component of the Earth system. However, our understanding of how it is dynamically interlinked with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere, geosphere, and anthroposphere rema...

This study employs geospatial analysis using Shannon’s Entropy to quantify urban sprawl over four epochs (2009, 2013, 2018, and 2023) in Argungu, Kebbi state, Nigeria, which is currently facing rapid urbanization. ...

Over the last decade, studies of large samples of binary systems have identified chemical anomalies and shown that they might be attributed to planet formation or planet engulfment. However, both scenarios have primarily...

Abstract Background Dynamics of infection by Bartonella and Rickettsia species, which are epidemiologically associated in dogs, have not been explored in a controlled setting. Objectives Describe an outbreak investigatio...

Este estudo foi desenvolvido na Plataforma Continental do Amazonas (PCA) com o objetivo de determinar os níveis de Hg total no sedimento de fundo, e assim contribuir como matriz ambiental indicadora para o plano geral d...

Este trabajo investiga el potencial y los límites de la fotogrametría terrestre en el estudio de la dinámica de los glaciares de escombros, y en particular sus cambios superficiales interanuales. La contribución util...

Contagious processes such as fire and seed dispersal may affect landscape structure, composition and dynamics, and are in turn modulated by structural landscape attributes. Vegetation-fire self-reinforcing processes that...

Fluvial basins located on the NE side of the Sierra de Aconquija and facing the Tafí valley (NW Argentina) enable a study of the sedimentary records of valleys and alluvial fans that have been subject to glacial and per...

Neogene sedimentary deposits cover approximately 10,000 km2 in the southern sector of San Luis province, in the central-western region of Argentina. These sediments mainly consist of sandy loessoid continental deposits a...

Abstract Marine magnetic anomalies are pivotal to our understanding of plate tectonics, geomagnetic fields, and deep Earth dynamics. However, the question of how Ti‐rich titanomagnetites, the primary remanence carriers...

ABSTRACT Reproduction is crucial for species survival, influencing population dynamics and fitness. For female small mammals, pregnancy and lactation are energetically costly activities and thus are typically timed to co...

Exosomes, as key mediators of intercellular communication, play a central regulatory role in cellular physiological and pathological processes through their dynamic interaction with the cytoskeleton. The cytoskeleton is ...