MainReads

Discover Books. Explore Knowledge.

Home » Academic Articles & Research Papers

Academic Articles & Research Papers

Search and discover peer-reviewed scholarly literature, open-access articles, and research citations across DOAJ, PubMed Central, and OpenAlex.

Reset
Showing 20 of 9,867 academic articles

Joint Costs in Electricity and Natural Gas Distribution Infrastructures: The Role of Urban Factors

Muzeyyen Anil Senyel, Jean-Michel Guldmann • Urban Science (2018)

This paper analyzes the joint cost structure of electricity and natural gas distribution investments. Assessing the joint costs is critical for urban development and public policy regarding competition at the local level. The paper accounts...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/urbansci2020035

Estimating Chinese bilateral aid for health: an analysis of AidData’s Global Chinese Official Finance Dataset Version 2.0

Gavin Yamey, Kaci Kennedy McDade, Wenhui Mao, Paige Kleidermacher • BMJ Global Health (2022)

Background Although it is difficult to quantify, previous estimates suggested that China’s global health aid has increased sharply since the early 2000s. Unlike many donors, China has no official aid reporting obligations, nor does it volun...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010408

New spatial records of vascular plants in the Azores Archipelago: the PRIBES project and the Azorean Biodiversity Portal (ABP) initiatives - I. São Jorge Island (Azores)

Andrea Petrone, Paulo Borges, Fernando Pereira, Rui Elias • Biodiversity Data Journal (2026)

The Azores Archipelago is known for its important natural heritage, yet its ecosystems face a “green tsunami” in the form of numerous exotic and invasive species. This influx has wrought serious biodiversity loss and degradation of ecosyste...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.14.e167704

Organizational Responsibilities of Managers in Commanding and Forbidding Employees Based on the Holy Quran

Amir Hossein Shaddel, Mohammad Saeid Taslimi, Mohammad Ali Lessani Fesharaki • مدیریت دولتی (2023)

Objective This study aims to identify the organizational responsibilities of managers in providing employees with “commands” and its related derivatives by examining the verses of the Holy Quran. Methods The methodology used in this study t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22059/jipa.2023.356107.3305

Co-creation, co-design, co-production for public health – a perspective on definition and distinctions

Carmen Vargas, Jill Whelan, Julie Brimblecombe, Steven Allender • Public Health Research & Practice (2022)

Collaboration between community members, researchers, and policy makers drives efforts to solve complex health problems such as obesity, alcohol misuse, and type 2 diabetes. Community participation is essential to ensure the optimal design,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17061/phrp3222211

Getting involved: Uganda cancer society´s efforts to build strategic partnerships for tobacco tax increments and strong tobacco industry monitoring

Evelyn Angiji, Paul Ebusu • Tobacco Induced Diseases (2018)

Background and challenges to implementation Uganda Cancer Society's (UCS) purpose is to coordinate civil society efforts for a systematic contribution towards effective cancer control in Uganda. UCS is moving towards fully integrating tobac...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18332/tid/84466

Green Technology and Governance in Sustainable Tourism: A Roadmap for Human and Social Sustainability in Cirebon, Indonesia

Kawuryan Megandaru Widhi, Fahlevvi Mohammad Rezza, Putri Titis Sari, Bingamawa Mohammad Tosan et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2025)

This study examines the combination of governance and green technology to facilitate the sustainable development of tourism in Cirebon City, Indonesia. Employing a qualitative case study design, data were collected through document analysis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202565702001

Evaluating the effect of comprehensive land consolidation on spatial reconstruction of rural production, living, and ecological spaces

Pengfei Gao, Chaoxian Yang, Yong Liu, Guixin Xin et al. • Ecological Indicators (2024)

China’s long-standing dual-track institutions, which differentiate between urban and rural areas, have prioritized urban development, exacerbating the urban–rural divide and contributing to the ongoing decline of rural regions. In response,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2024.112785

Correlations between oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) initiations and policies that enable the use of PrEP to address HIV globally.

Janki Tailor, Jessica Rodrigues, John Meade, Kate Segal et al. • PLOS Global Public Health (2022)

Policies facilitating access to HIV prevention services, specifically for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), can foster enabling environments for service uptake. This analysis aims to establish whether policies enabling broad PrEP eligibility...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001202

Effect of the mHealth-supported Healthy Future programme delivered by community health workers on maternal and child health in rural China: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Huan Zhou, Sean Sylvia, Scott Rozelle, Gary L Darmstadt et al. • BMJ Open (2023)

Introduction Millions of young rural children in China still suffer from poor health and malnutrition, partly due to a lack of knowledge about optimal perinatal and child care among rural mothers and caregivers. Meanwhile, there is an urgen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065403

Tobacco smoking using Midwakh is an emerging health problem--evidence from a large cross-sectional survey in the United Arab Emirates.

Mohammed Al-Houqani, Raghib Ali, Cother Hajat • PLoS ONE (2012)

IntroductionAccurate information about the prevalence and types of tobacco use is essential to deliver effective public health policy. We aimed to study the prevalence and modes of tobacco consumption in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), part...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039189

Going beyond the flood insurance rate map: insights from flood hazard map co-production

A. Luke, B. F. Sanders, B. F. Sanders, K. A. Goodrich et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2018)

Flood hazard mapping in the United States (US) is deeply tied to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Consequently, publicly available flood maps provide essential information for insurance purposes, but they do not necessarily pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/nhess-18-1097-2018

Investigating the factors affecting the disclosure of intellectual capital in companies listed on the Tehran stock exchange

A. Gilani, M. Geraily Safari • Marketing i Menedžment Innovacij (2017)

The aim of the article. This research studies the effective factor of disclosing intellectual capital of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. The results of the analysis. Intellectual capital is one of the most valuable assets of the or...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21272/mmi.2017.1-25

PUBLIC POLICY AND MORALITY IN TRADEMARK LAW

Viorel ROȘ, Andreea LIVĂDARIU • Challenges of the Knowledge Society (2023)

The existence of signs registered as trademarks (national, European, international) is necessary in the public interest, as they serve producers of goods and services and consumers alike. While any sign may in principle constitute a tradema...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ)

Toward optimal implementation of cancer prevention and control programs in public health: a study protocol on mis-implementation

Margaret Padek, Peg Allen, Paul C. Erwin, Melissa Franco et al. • Implementation Science (2018)

Abstract Background Much of the cancer burden in the USA is preventable, through application of existing knowledge. State-level funders and public health practitioners are in ideal positions to affect programs and policies related to cancer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-018-0742-9