A SEMI-AUTOMATIC APPROACH FOR DOLINE MAPPING IN BRAZILIAN COVERED KARST: THE WAY FORWARD TO VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

A semi-automatic approach for doline mapping in Brazilian covered karst: the way forward to vulnerability assessment

Doline mapping is paramount in the vulnerability and risk assessment of the underground karst environment by identifying cave-ground connectivity points at the surface.However, manual mapping is labour-intensive, slow and subjective, especially on a large scale.Therefore, the present study adopted a GIS-based semi-automatic approach for mapping lar

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Palaeoecology of the Hiraiso Formation (Miyagi Prefecture, Japan) and implications for the recovery following the end-Permian mass extinction

The Hiraiso Formation of northeast Japan represents an important and under-explored archive of Early Triassic marine ecosystems.Here, we present a palaeoecological analysis of its benthic faunas in order to explore the temporal and spatial variations of diversity, ecological structure and taxonomic composition.In addition, we utilise redox proxies

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Effect of vitamin D3-fortified fruit juice supplementation of 4000 IU daily on the recovery of iron status in childbearing-aged women with marginally low iron stores: Protocol for an 8-week, parallel group, double-blind randomized controlled trial.

BackgroundIn recent years, emerging evidence has highlighted the role of vitamin D as an iron absorption enhancer by suppressing hepcidin concentration, albeit with an unclear underlying mechanism.Dietary-based vibrating table for chocolate approach in improving iron status has been widely practised, however, there is a scarcity in randomized contr

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Size at onset of sexual maturity in Macrobrachium amazonicum (Heller, 1862) phenotypes: an integrative approach

Abstract The size at the onset of sexual maturity (SOM) was determined in four hololimnetic populations of Macrobrachium amazonicum using morphometric, physiological and functional criteria.Male prawns from two populations analyzed had hypertrophied chelipeds and large body proportions, showing the presence of four morphotypes, ut solution gel for

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