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Expression of Renal Vitamin D and Phosphatonin-Related Genes in a Sheep Model of Osteoporosis

Keren E. Dittmer, Anastasia Chernyavtseva, Jonathan C. Marshall, Diana Cabrera et al. • Animals (2021)

Osteoporosis is a significant public health issue around the world, with post-menopausal osteoporosis due to estrogen deficiency resulting in approximately ¾ of cases. In this study, 18 aged Merino ewes were ovariectomized, and 10 were cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ani12010067

Effect of companion and midwife presence during mother-infant skin-to-skin contact on breastfeeding and postpartum pain: A clinical trail

Seyedeh Saeedeh Mousavi, Shima Haghani, Fatemeh Harati Kabir, Maryam Keshavarz • Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān (2025)

Introduction: Skin-to-skin contact between mother and baby is very important in the first minutes after birth. Despite the great emphasis on its implementation, due to the lack of manpower and the numerous responsibilities of midwives, it i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22038/ijogi.2025.83361.6263

A Single Simulated Heliox Dive Modifies Endothelial Function in the Vascular Wall of ApoE Knockout Male Rats More Than Females

Simin Berenji Ardestani, Simin Berenji Ardestani, Vladimir V. Matchkov, Ingrid Eftedal et al. • Frontiers in Physiology (2019)

IntroductionThe number of divers is rising every year, including an increasing number of aging persons with impaired endothelial function and concomitant atherosclerosis. While diving is an independent modulator of endothelial function, lit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2019.01342

With advancement in health technology comes great responsibility – Ethical and safety considerations for using digital health technology: A narrative review

Liza Grosman‐Rimon, Pete Wegier • Medicine (2024)

The accelerated adoption of digital health technologies in the last decades has raised important ethical and safety concerns. Despite the potency and usefulness of digital health technologies, addressing safety, and ethical considerations n...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/md.0000000000039136 PMC: 11332755

Neuropsychological Health Technologies

Svitlana Hryshchenko, Nataliia А. Beseda, Volodymyr Slobodianyk, Мирослава Миронівна Кулеша-Любінець et al. • BRAIN BROAD RESEARCH IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEUROSCIENCE (2022)

The article reveals the problem of neuropsychological technologies for maintaining, strengthening and developing human health from early to adulthood as a set of corrective and developmental measures to ensure the relationship of an optimal...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.18662/brain/13.3/360

Methods for studying health disparities in U.S. nursing homes: a scoping review

Hanne Marie Rostad, Lucille Xiang, Elizabeth M. White • BMC Health Services Research (2025)

Abstract Background Health disparities exist across healthcare settings, including nursing homes, contributing to preventable differences in care quality. Health disparities are a global issue, yet most studies on nursing home health dispar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-025-13071-3

European Law and New Health Technologies

Mark Leslie Flear • Oxford University Press eBooks (2013)

Health is a matter of fundamental importance in European societies, both as a human right in itself, and as a factor in a productive workforce and therefore a healthy economy. New health technologies promise improved quality of life for pat...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199659210.001.0001

Cross-national validation of the MHQoL: psychometric evaluation and open-source tools for assessing mental health quality of life

Beatriz Olaya, Christina Maria van der Feltz-Cornelis, Leona Hakkaart-van Roijen, Frederick W Thielen et al. • BMJ Open (2026)

Objectives To validate the cross-national psychometric properties of the Mental Health Quality of Life questionnaire (MHQoL) and to develop an open-source toolbox for its scoring, transformation and presentation.Design Secondary analysis of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108598

Serum amyloid beta 42 levels correlated with metabolic syndrome and its components

Kecheng Li, Kecheng Li, Xiaoli Zhou, Xiaoli Zhou et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2024)

IntroductionBeta-amyloid accumulation in the brain appears to be a key initiating event in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and factors associated with increased deposition of beta-amyloid are of great interest. Enhanced deposition of amyloid-β pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1278477

Depressive phenotype shapes behavioral, neuroendocrine and molecular responses to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in preclinical models of depression

Marta Boffa, Marta Boffa, Sara Spalletti, Sara Spalletti et al. • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience (2026)

IntroductionRepetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is an established non-invasive treatment for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), yet its neurobiological mechanisms remain only partially understood. We investigated whether ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2026.1939025

Inequities in Health Care Services Caused by the Adoption of Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review

Rui Yao, Wenli Zhang, Richard David Evans, Guang Cao et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2022)

BACKGROUND: Digital health technologies (ie, the integration of digital technology and health information) aim to increase the efficiency of health care delivery; they are rapidly adapting to health care contexts to provide improved medical...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/34144 PMC: 8981004

Older people and local public transit: Mobility effects of accessibility improvements in Sweden

Anders Wretstrand, Helena Svensson, Sofi Fristedt, Torbjörn Falkmer • Journal of Transport and Land Use (2009)

Several transportation factors concerning older and disabled people are under transition in Sweden at present. By the year 2010, the public transit system must be fully accessible for all passengers. The present survey studied older people,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.v2i2.87

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT

Kapil Sayal, Laura Wyatt, Louise Thomson, Grace Holt et al. • Health Technology Assessment (2025)

Background Emotional disorders are common in children and young people and can significantly impair their quality of life. Evidence-based treatments require a timely and appropriate diagnosis. The utility of standardised diagnostic assessme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/GJKS0519

Effectiveness of Back care education Programme among school children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Canice Chukwudi Anyachukwu, Confidence Chinemerem Amarah, Blessing Chiagozikam Atueyi, Ifeanyi Anthony et al. • BMC Pediatrics (2024)

Abstract Study design Systematic review of Randomised controlled trials. Objectives With the increasing incidence of back pain among children and its untold implications to their future, back education tailored in an effective way would be ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04563-y

Evaluation of Lens Doses among Medical Staff Involved in Nuclear Medicine: Current Eye Radiation Exposure among Nuclear-Medicine Staff

Masaki Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Haga, Masahiro Sota, Mitsuya Abe et al. • Applied Sciences (2023)

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has lowered the annual equivalent eye-lens dose to 20 mSv. Although occupational exposure can be high in nuclear medicine (NM) departments, few studies have been conducted regarding ey...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app13169182

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

François Schubert • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2002)

Increasingly, health technology assessment (HTA) is used to aid decisions on the reimbursement of pharmaceuticals or recommendations for their use. The pharmaceutical industry seeks to work in partnership with HTA agencies; however, this pr...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462302000193

Health technology and health technology assessment

Konrad Obermann, Christian Thielscher • Medical economics (2021)

In addition to the doctor, technology is an essential aspect of healthcare. In many parts of the world, a visit to the doctor does not feel complete without a prescription for a drug. Advanced laboratory and imaging technology is indispensa...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781788211918.015

Oh brother, where art tau? Amyloid, neurodegeneration, and cognitive decline without elevated tau

Lauren E. McCollum, Sandhitsu R. Das, Long Xie, Robin de Flores et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) can be an early manifestation of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology, other pathologic entities [e.g., cerebrovascular disease, Lewy body disease, LATE (limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy)], ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102717

SAP BusinessObjects in Medical Informatics

Iwan Sofjan, Irim Salik, Peter Panzica • Cureus (2023)

Electronic health record (EHR) generates a large amount of data filled with opportunities to enhance documentation compliance, quality improvement, and other metrics. Various software tools exist, but many clinicians are unaware of them. Ou...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40208 PMC: 10331897