Comparison of whole body bone mineral density measurements between dual energy X-ray absorptiometry and novel bioelectrical impedance analysis by Chih-Lin Chuang, Chung-Liang Lai, Ai-Chun Huang, Po-Hua Su, Lee-Ping Chu, Kuen-Chang Hsieh, Hsueh-Kuan Lu

“…BIA is widely used to measure body composition, but its application to the measurement of BMD represents a novel technological breakthrough.…”
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Evaluation of Urban Composite Carbon Sink Value: A Case Study of Shenyang by Tiemao SHI, Di WANG, Yu TANG, Peiying LI

“…Therefore, this research endeavors to address this issue by proposing a method for calculating the composite carbon sink value of urban areas, which is based on the distinct characteristics of urban ecosystems, with the ultimate aim of comprehensively uncovering the true composite carbon sink value of cities.MethodsOn the basis of the analysis of carbon sink elements in urban spaces, a carbon storage estimation model for vegetation, soil and buildings is established by combining remote sensing imagery with plot data. …”
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LANDSCAPE ENVIRONMENTAL HETEROGENEITY SHAPING TREE COMMUNITY COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE IN RIPARIAN FORESTS by Israel Marinho Pereira, Soraya Alvarenga Botelho, Eduardo van den Berg, Eric Bastos Gorgens, Evandro Luiz Mendonça Machado, Marcio Leles Romarco de Oliveira, Luciano Cavalcante de Jesus França, Múcio Mágno de Melo Farnezi, Anne Prinscila Dias Gonzaga, Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio, Ary Teixeira de Oliveira Filho

“…Ten 400 m2 plots were set up in each area. All trees and shrubs within the plots with diameter at breast height (DBH) greater than 5 cm were recorded. …”
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Effects of Grazing and Shrub Management on Species Composition and Soil Properties in Patagonian Grasslands by Braian Vogel, Lucia Molina, César M. Rostagno, Ludmila La Manna

“…We monitored soil properties, vegetation cover, and species composition. The treatments explained twice as much of the variation in community composition as the annual climatic variations (0.26 vs. 0.13). …”
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Diversity and composition of herbaceous angiosperms along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity. by Jorge Antonio Gómez-Díaz, Thorsten Krömer, Holger Kreft, Gerhard Gerold, César Isidro Carvajal-Hernández, Felix Heitkamp

“…We recorded the occurrence of all herbaceous angiosperm species within 120 plots of 20 m x 20 m each. The plots were located at eight study locations separated by ~500 m in elevation and within three different habitats that differ in forest-use intensity: old-growth, degraded, and secondary forest. …”
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Ionic Conductance, Thermal and Morphological Behavior of PEO-Graphene Oxide-Salts Composites by Mohammad Saleem Khan, Abdul Shakoor

“…Thin films composites of poly(ethylene oxide)-graphene oxide were fabricated with and without lithium salts by solvent cast method. …”
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Exploring the Forest Structure and Floristic Composition Patterns of the Equatorial Chocó, Esmeraldas Province by Pablo Enrique Lozano Carpio, Bente Klitgaard, Walter Palacios, Janeth Santiana, Byron Medina, Carlos Morales, Juan Iglesias

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Surfactant Incorporated Co Nanoparticles Polymer Composites with Uniform Dispersion and Double Percolation by Tajamal Hussain, Mirza Nadeem Ahmad, Aneela Nawaz, Adnan Mujahid, Farrukh Bashir, Ghulam Mustafa

“…On the other hand, FTIR spectra indicated the physical interaction between the two phases of the composite. Moreover, the electrical nature of the composites was studied by plotting graphs between electrical conductivity (measured using LCR meter at 100 kHz) and contents of the filler particles as introduced in the polymer matrix. …”
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Plant Species Composition and Their Conspecific Association in Natural Tropical Rainforest, South Papua by Agustinus Murdjoko, Djoko Marsono, Ronggo Sadono, Suwarno Hadisusanto

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Floristic status of the Himalayan foothills in Haryana – vegetation composition, diversity and population structure by Dhiman Himanshi, Saharan Harikesh, Punia Harish, Jakhar Somveer

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Experimental Research and Numerical Analysis on Fire Resistance of Prefabricated Concrete Composite Beams by LIU Yanchun, SUN Shuqi, LIU Caiwei, WANG Pengfei, LU Xiuliang, MAO Jiayuan, MIAO Jijun

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Floristic composition, structure and regeneration status of trees as affected by agro-climatic variation in the Bale mountains national park, South-eastern Ethiopia by Annissa Muhammed, Eyasu Elias

“…To gather representative vegetation data, 144 sampling plots spanning 5.76 ha were set up along three altitudinal gradients with four replications. …”
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Study of Basic Vegetation Composition in Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Grand Forest Park Area by Nursanti Nursanti, Ade Adriadi

“…Research studies on the composition of basic vegetation in Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Grand  Forest Park area have been conducted from July to August 2018 with multiple plot vegetation method.. …”
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Investigating the mineralogical and geochemical composition of fluvial sediments of Watari river system, Kano, Nigeria by Abdullah Musa Ali, Mohammed Yerima Kwaya, Ahmed Alhassan Aminu

“…In addition, the plot of Al2O3/(CaO + Na2O) against Fe2O3+MgO shows the sandstone and quartzite facies fall under the foreland basin. …”
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Woody Species Composition, Structure, and Diversity of Dindin Natural Forest, South East of Ethiopia by Tamiru Lemi, Solomon Guday, Yosef Fantaye, Abeje Eshete, Nesru Hassen

“…Information on species composition, structure, and diversity is essential to introduce and select different management activities to improve the forest productivity. …”
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Temporal generalization in evergreen leaf type classification using tailored Sentinel-2 composites by Peter Hofinger, Jan Dempewolf, Simon Ecke, Hans-Joachim Klemmt

“…Key contributions include recursive feature elimination to identify the most relevant spectral bands and indices, and optimizing compositing methods to boost classification accuracy, balancing robustness and temporal detail. …”
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Microplastic Categories Distinctively Impact Wastewater Bacterial Taxonomic Composition and Antimicrobial Resistance Genes by Tam Thanh Tran, Kabelo Stephans Stenger, Marte Strømmen, Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout, Odd-Gunnar Wikmark

“…Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plot on full-length 16S sequencing data at the species level showed that samples were clustered into distinct material groups, which were in line with the ANOSIM test. …”
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Response of seedling community to season and topography in mid-mountain moist evergreen broad-leaved forest in Ailaoshan, Yunnan by SHEN Jinfeng1,2, SONG Xiaoyang1*, WEN Handong1, LU Zhiyun1,3, YANG Jie1, CAO Min1

“…Seedling stage is the most important stage of plant development and plays a critical role in the forest regeneration. Species composition, seasonal dynamics and spatial distribution of the tree seedlings in the 20 hm2 Ailaoshan forest dynamic plot were studied. …”
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Results of modern radiation-hygienic surveys of settlements of Bryansk Oblast of the Russian Federation bordering the Republic of Belarus. Part 1: Characteristics of the settlement... by I. K. Romanovich, A. B. Bazyukin, A. N. Barkovsk, A. M. Biblin, A. A. Bratilova, G. Ya. Bruk, K. V. Varfolomeev, A. V. Gromov, E. A. Drozdova, T. V. Zhesko, S. A. Ivanov, M. V. Kaduka, T. A. Kormanovskaya, O. S. Kravtsova, V. A. Nekrasov, V. P. Ramzaev, K. A. Saprykin, N. V. Titov, O. A. Isakov, E. I. Zlotnikova, A. G. Sosnitskiy, V. I. Filin, A. V. Kudryashov, A. A. Ladik, V. A. Lalayan

“…The modern demographic composition of the population is considered; the structure of private subsidiary plots is investigated. …”
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Komposisi Rayap Dapat Menentukan Tingkat Ketergangguan Habitat : Studi Kasus di Kabupaten Dharmasraya Provinsi Sumatera Barat by Sri Heriza, Damayanti Buchori, Idham Sakti Harahap, Nina Maryana

“…For observations, conducted in each habitat with an observation plot measuring 50 m x 10 m. One observation plot in the observation sub-plot with a size of 5 m x 5 m in order to obtain 20 observation sub-plots. …”
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