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Shaping Sustainable Urban Environments by Addressing the Hydro-Meteorological Factors in Landslide Occurrence: Ciuperca Hill (Oradea, Romania)
(Basel : MDPI, 2021)
Romania is one of the countries severely affected by numerous natural hazards, where landslides constitute a very common geomorphic hazard with strong economic and social impacts. The analyzed area, known as the "Ciuperca ...
Changes in Soil Erosion Intensity Caused by Land Use and Demographic Changes in the Jablanica River Basin, Serbia
(Basel : MDPI, 2020)
The aim of this research is to determine the change in the spatial distribution of erosion intensity in the territory of the Jablanica River Basin in the period 1971-2016 caused by land use and demographic changes. The ...
The chemical composition of the secretions, their antibacterial activity, and the pygidial gland morphology of selected European Carabini ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
(Frontiers Media SA, 2023)
The pygidial glands of carabids produce strong-smelling vapours. In this study, we examined the chemical composition of the gland secretions and the structure of the glands in five species of Carabini ground beetles (one ...
Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge and Behaviors Regarding Drug–Dietary Supplement and Drug–Herbal Product Interactions
(Basel : MDPI, 2022)
Given the widespread use of dietary supplements (DS) and herbal products (HP), healthcare professionals (HCPs) will increasingly encounter patients who use these preparations with conventional drugs and who need their ...
Testing a New Ensemble Vegetation Classification Method Based on Deep Learning and Machine Learning Methods Using Aerial Photogrammetric Images
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)
The objective of this research is to report results from a new ensemble method for
vegetation classification that uses deep learning (DL) and machine learning (ML)
techniques. Deep learning and machine learning architectures ...
Factors Controlling the Change of Soil Erosion Intensity in Mountain Watersheds in Serbia
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)
The intensity of soil erosion is the result of a combined action of natural factors and different
human activities. This work aims to determine the factors controlling the change of soil
erosion. Eleven watersheds from ...
The Role of Gender in Preparedness and Response Behaviors towards Flood Risk in Serbia
(Basel : MDPI, 2018)
Adverse outcomes from 2014 flooding in Serbia indicated problematic response phase management accentuated by a gender imbalance. For this reason, we investigated the risk perceptions and preparedness of women and men ...
Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Green Areas Using Change Detection: A Case Study of Kharkiv, Ukraine
(Frontiers Media SA, 2022)
Тhe contemporary globalized world characterizes the rapid population growth, its significant concentration in cities, and an increase in the urban population. Currently, many socio-cultural, economic, environmental, and ...
The pygidial gland secretion of Laemostenus punctatus (Coleoptera, Carabidae): a source of natural agents with antimicrobial, anti-adhesive, and anti-invasive activities
(Frontiers Media SA, 2023)
In the present study, we investigated in vitro the antimicrobial activity of the pygidial gland secretion of the guanophilic ground beetle Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus (Dejean, 1828) and some of its chemicals against ...
Beyond symbolic: the role of tourism ethnocentrism in domestic travel
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2023)
As a positive ingroup bias, tourism ethnocentrism (TE) is considered a symbolic reason for travelling that drives tourists to choose domestic destinations as a way of supporting their country and its tourism industry. To ...