UPPER CISURALIAN-LOWER GUADALUPIAN BRACHIOPODS FROM THE QARARI UNIT, BATAIN PLAIN, NORTHEAST OMAN: SYSTEMATICS, PALAEOECOLOGY AND CORRELATION by Marco Viaretti, ALAN P. HEWARD, ALESSANDRO GEMENTI, LUCIA ANGIOLINI

“…Based on the taphonomic attributes and the analysis of the brachiopod life-styles, the assemblages from the Qarari Unit are interpreted as life assemblages thriving on varied substrates, with limited post-mortem exposure on the sea floor and rapid burial at depths around the storm wave base. Based on the generally high biodiversity indices (Shannon-Wiener and Margalef indices), the Qarari brachiopod fauna can be considered a biodiversity hotspot, only comparable, in term of biodiversity, to the coeval faunas from West Texas and South China. …”
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Salicylic acid concentrations and forms of application mitigate water stress in sour passion fruit seedlings by R. T. Fatima, G. S. Lima, L. A. A. Soares, L. L. S. A. Veloso, A. A. R. da Silva, C. N. Lacerda, F. A. Silva, J. S. Nobrega, J. T. A. Ferreira, W. E. Pereira

“…The experimental design was arranged in randomized blocks in a 4 × 4 × 2 factorial scheme, with four concentrations of salicylic acid (SA) via foliar application (0.0, 0.7, 1.4, and 2.1 mM), four SA concentrations via fertigation (0.0, 0.7, 1.4, and 2.1 mM), and two irrigation depths estimated based on the actual evapotranspiration - ETr (50 and 100% of ETr), with three replications. …”
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Estimation of Noise in the In Situ Hyperspectral Data Acquired by Chang’E-4 and Its Effects on Spectral Analysis of Regolith by Honglei Lin, Yangting Lin, Yong Wei, Rui Xu, Yang Liu, Yazhou Yang, Sen Hu, Wei Yang, Zhiping He

“…Using the results, we assessed the effects of noise on the estimation of band centers, band depths, FeO content, optical maturity (OMAT), mineral abundances, and submicroscopic metallic iron (SMFe). …”
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Experimental and Numerical Study of the Influence of Clumped Weights on a Scaled Mooring Line by Tomas Lopez-Olocco, Leo M. González-Gutiérrez, Javier Calderon-Sanchez, Adolfo Marón Loureiro, Leandro Saavedra Ynocente, Ana Bezunartea Barrio, Nicolás Vivar Valdés

“…Similarly to previous experiments, the fairlead tensions increase with higher amplitudes and lower periods, and a clear pattern in the motions of the line at different depths is found. The dissipated energy and the fairlead tension is also increased by the addition of the clumped weight, and the variation of this energy with its position along the line is monitored. …”
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Thermal Effects during Bone Preparation and Insertion of Osseointegrated Transfemoral Implants by Emir Benca, Beatrice Ferrante, Martin Zalaudek, Lena Hirtler, Alexander Synek, Franz M. Kainberger, Reinhard Windhager, Rickard Brånemark, Gerhard M. Hobusch, Ewald Unger

“…The aim of this study was to quantify the temperature increase in the femur at different sites and insertion depths, relative to the final implant position during the stepwise implantation procedure. …”
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The effect of a new process on the environment of soil in ion adsorption rare earth ores by Li Shuangquan, Yan Xiao, Zhu Xuezhe, Zhou Yupin, Zhang Mingjiang, Sun Qi, Long Zhiqi

“…Meanwhile, the microbial community structure before and after the leaching site showed large differences at different points and depths, but didn't cause ecological risks. This study helps us to understand the environmental problems and impacts that may be caused by the new process of magnesium salt, and also helps to promote the application of the new process of magnesium salt leaching of ion adsorption rare earth ore, which lays the foundation for the exploitation of rare earth resources.…”
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Assessment of soil organic carbon stocks in Alberta using 2-scale sampling and 3D predictive soil mapping by Tomislav Hengl, Preston Sorenson, Leandro Parente, Kimberly Cornish, Jeffrey Battigelli, Carmelo Bonannella, Monika Gorzelak, Kris Nichols

“…Soil samples were taken at four standard depths (0–15, 15–30, 30–60, 60–100 cm) using soil probes and analyzed for SOC. …”
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Alum Addition Triggers Hypoxia in an Engineered Pit Lake by Gerdhard L. Jessen, Lin-Xing Chen, Jiro F. Mori, Tara E. Colenbrander Nelson, Gregory F. Slater, Matthew B. J. Lindsay, Jillian F. Banfield, Lesley A. Warren

“…Modest increases in water cap epilimnetic oxygen concentrations, associated with increased Secchi depths and chlorophyll-a concentrations, were co-incident with anoxic waters immediately above the fluid fine tailings (FFT) layer post alum. …”
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Ionic Response and Sorghum Production under Water and Saline Stress in a Semi-Arid Environment by Rodrigo Rafael da Silva, José Francismar de Medeiros, Gabriela Carvalho Maia de Queiroz, Leonardo Vieira de Sousa, Maria Vanessa Pires de Souza, Milena de Almeida Bastos do Nascimento, Francimar Maik da Silva Morais, Renan Ferreira da Nóbrega, Lucas Melo e Silva, Fagner Nogueira Ferreira, Maria Isabela Batista Clemente, Carla Jamile Xavier Cordeiro, Jéssica Christie de Castro Granjeiro, Dárcio Cesar Constante, Francisco Vanies da Silva Sá

“…The design adopted was randomized blocks in a factorial scheme (4 × 4), with four salt concentrations (1.5; 3.0; 4.5, and 6.0 dS m⁻¹) and four irrigation depths (51.3; 70.6; 90.0, and 118.4% of crop evapotranspiration ETc) in three repetitions. …”
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Revisiting the Zingiberales: using multiplexed exon capture to resolve ancient and recent phylogenetic splits in a charismatic plant lineage by Chodon Sass, William J.D. Iles, Craig F. Barrett, Selena Y. Smith, Chelsea D. Specht

“…This is a flexible and cost effective method that gives the broader plant biology community a tool for generating phylogenomic scale sequence data in non-model systems at varying evolutionary depths.…”
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Avoiding 3D Obstacles in Mixed Reality: Does It Differ from Negotiating Real Obstacles? by Bert Coolen, Peter J. Beek, Daphne J. Geerse, Melvyn Roerdink

“…In Experiment 1, we compared the obstacle-avoidance maneuvers of 12 participants stepping over either real or holographic obstacles of different heights and depths. Participants’ avoidance maneuvers were recorded with three spatially and temporally integrated Kinect v2 sensors. …”
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Traveling Planetary-scale Waves Cause Cloud Variability on Tidally Locked Aquaplanets by Maureen Cohen, Massimo A. Bollasina, Denis E. Sergeev, Paul I. Palmer, Nathan J. Mayne

“…We simulate time series of the transit depths of the 1.4 μ m water feature and 2.7 μ m carbon dioxide feature. …”
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Dryland Winter Wheat Production and Its Relationship to Fine-Scale Soil Carbon Heterogeneity—A Case Study in the US Central High Plains by Paulina B. Ramírez, Francisco J. Calderón, Merle F. Vigil, Kyle R. Mankin, David Poss, Steven J. Fonte

“…To document soil–yield relationships at a fine spatial scale, soil sampling (0–15 and 15–30 cm depths) was conducted using a regular 30 m grid spacing in eleven adjacent fields. …”
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Quasistatic and low-velocity impact properties of entangled metallic wire material–silicone rubber composites by Xiaoyuan Zheng, Yiwan Wu, Chao Zheng, Hongbai Bai, Rong Liu

“…Quasistatic compression tests and low-velocity impact tests of the proposed composites were performed, and the deformation model and damage characteristics of the tested EMWM–SR composites were investigated by performing computerized tomography scans and indentation depths. Experimental results show that the stiffness and energy consumption of the EMWM–SR composites are more than twice the sum of those of the individual EMWM and SR in the displacement range of 1.5–4.0 mm. …”
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Soil physico-chemical properties are critical for predicting carbon storage and nutrient availability across Australia by Jinquan Li, Ming Nie, Jeff R Powell, Andrew Bissett, Elise Pendall

“…The importance of physico-chemical properties was evident across soil depths and ecosystem types (i.e. tropical, temperate, arid, and cropland). …”
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Morphological Changes of Sharp Bends in Response to Three Gorges Project Operation at Different Discharges by Hongyang Wang, Hongyang Wang, Shiming Yao, Yongjun Lu, Liqin Zuo, Huaixiang Liu, Zhanchao Zhao

“…Flow separation and development of secondary flow were depended on the shapes of point bars and flow depths nearby, and the strength of secondary flow increased with flow discharge. …”
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Contribution to advancing aquifer geometric mapping using machine learning and deep learning techniques: a case study of the AL Haouz-Mejjate aquifer, Marrakech, Morocco by Lhoussaine El Mezouary, Abdessamad Hadri, Mohamed Hakim Kharrou, Younes Fakır, Abderrahman Elfarchouni, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…This study develops nonlinear machine learning models to infer substrate depths by fusing sparse borehole logs with regional geospatial data. …”
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Past Disturbance–Present Diversity: How the Coexistence of Four Different Forest Communities within One Patch of a Homogeneous Geological Substrate Is Possible by Piotr T. Zaniewski, Artur Obidziński, Wojciech Ciurzycki, Katarzyna Marciszewska

“…The fieldwork, conducted on the fluvioglacial sand area in Central Poland, consisted of vegetation sampling, together with soil identification and sampling, up to depths of 150 cm. Additional soil parameters were measured in the laboratory. …”
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Relationship between TIR and NIR-SWIR as Indicator of Vegetation Water Availability by Mauro Ezequiel Holzman, Raúl Eduardo Rivas, Martín Ignacio Bayala

“…The comparison with soil moisture at different depths (R² > 0.7) showed that the method is sensitive to variations in root zone water availability. …”
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Soil chemical attributes in areas under conversion from forest to pasture in southern Brazilian Amazon by Alan Ferreira Leite de Lima, Milton César Costa Campos, Thalita Silva Martins, Guilherme Abadia Silva, Wildson Benedito Mendes Brito, Luís Antônio Coutrim dos Santos, Ivanildo Amorim de Oliveira, José Maurício da Cunha

“…In the field, soil samples were collected at two depths (0.00–0.10 and 0.10–0.20 m), to carry out chemical analyzes. …”
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