Reset
Showing 20 of 355 academic articles

The efficacy of Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) as a treatment for traumatized young refugees versus treatment as usual: update to the study protocol for the multi-center randomized controlled trial YOURTREAT

Jasmin Wittmann, Melissa Groß, Claudia Catani, Telja Schmidt et al. • Trials (2022)

Abstract Background The trial YOURTREAT aims to compare the pragmatic, short-term psychotherapy Narrative Exposure Therapy for Children (KIDNET) with treatment as usual (TAU) for the treatment of young refugees in Germany. This update outli...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06288-8

Cross-platform mobile app development for disseminating public health information to travelers in Thailand: development and usability

Pongthep Meankaew, Saranath Lawpoolsri, Watcharapong Piyaphanee, Peerawat Wansatid et al. • Tropical Diseases, Travel Medicine and Vaccines (2022)

Abstract Background The risk of disease is a key factor that travelers have identified when planning to travel abroad, as many people are concerned about getting sick. Mobile devices can be an effective means for travelers to access informa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40794-022-00174-6

Towards the crafting of personal health technologies

Swamy Ananthanarayan, Nathan Lapinski, Katie A. Siek, Michael Eisenberg • Designing Interactive Systems Conference (2014)

We introduce a novel approach that merges craft and health technologies to empower people to design and build their own personal health visualizations. In this mutually beneficial union, health technologies can be more meaningful to an indi...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/2598510.2598581

Musculoskeletal pain is not clearly associated with the risk of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in adolescents

John-Anker Zwart, Kjersti Storheim, Anne Marie Fenstad, Maren Hjelle Guddal et al. • BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine (2023)

Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate whether self-reported musculoskeletal pain (MSP) was associated with a future anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction (ACLR).Methods In this population-based prospective cohort study...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001453

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

Melanopsin and Cone Photoreceptor Inputs to the Afferent Pupil Light Response

Andrew J. Zele, Andrew J. Zele, Prakash Adhikari, Prakash Adhikari et al. • Frontiers in Neurology (2019)

Background: Retinal photoreceptors provide the main stage in the mammalian eye for regulating the retinal illumination through changes in pupil diameter, with a small population of melanopsin-expressing intrinsically photosensitive retinal ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00529

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

Physical, psychological and behavioural responses of aircraft occupants to volcanic emissions

C. J. Horwell, S. Ravenhall, R. Clarkson, M. Edmonds et al. • Journal of Applied Volcanology (2025)

Abstract Volcanic eruptions produce plumes of ash, gas and aerosols that present a risk to aviation at all standard flight levels. Here, we investigate atmospheric dispersal of volcanic emissions, whether and how they infiltrate aircraft, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13617-025-00153-4

Hackathons as Stepping Stones in Health Care Innovation: Case Study With Systematic Recommendations

Poncette, Akira-Sebastian, Rojas, Pablo-David, Hofferbert, Joscha, Valera Sosa, Alvaro et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2020)

BackgroundUntil recently, developing health technologies was time-consuming and expensive, and often involved patients, doctors, and other health care professionals only as passive recipients of the end product. So far, users have been mini...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/17004

Injury death certificates without specification of the circumstances leading to the fatal injury – the Norwegian Cause of Death Registry 2005–2014

Christian Lycke Ellingsen, Marta Ebbing, G. Cecilie Alfsen, Stein Emil Vollset • Population Health Metrics (2018)

Abstract Background For injury deaths, the underlying cause of death is defined as the circumstances leading to the injury. When this information is missing, the ICD-10 code X59 (Exposure to unspecified factor) is used. Lack of knowledge of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12963-018-0176-2

Data on the cytotoxicity of chlorogenic acid in 3D cultures of HT-29 cells

M. Daniela Vélez, Johanna Pedroza-Díaz, Gloria A. Santa-González • Data in Brief (2023)

Functional foods, beyond basic nutrition, offer health benefits to consumers thanks to the presence of bioactive compounds such as some phytochemicals [1,2]. Today, these foods are of particular interest in biomedical research due to their ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109527

An updated database of human maximum skin fluxes and epidermal permeability coefficients for drugs, xenobiotics, and other solutes applied as aqueous solutions

Hanumanth Srikanth Cheruvu, Xin Liu, Jeffrey E Grice, Michael S. Roberts • Data in Brief (2022)

The dataset represented in this article is referred to by the review article entitled “Topical drug delivery: history, percutaneous absorption, and product development” (MS Roberts et al., 2021) [1]. The dataset contains maximal flux (Jmax)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108242

Adherence to Blended or Face-to-Face Smoking Cessation Treatment and Predictors of Adherence: Randomized Controlled Trial

Siemer, Lutz, Brusse-Keizer, Marjolein G J, Postel, Marloes G, Ben Allouch, Somaya et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2020)

BackgroundBlended face-to-face and web-based treatment is a promising way to deliver smoking cessation treatment. Since adherence has been shown to be an indicator of treatment acceptability and a determinant for effectiveness, we explored ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/17207

Data describing the poor outcome associated with a breast cancer diagnosis in the post-weaning period

Hanne Lefrère, Giuseppe Floris, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Patrick Neven et al. • Data in Brief (2021)

Postpartum breast cancer (PPBC) - which according to new data, can extend to 5–10 years after the birth - are estimated to represent 35–55% of all cases of breast cancer in women younger than 45 years. Increasing clinical evidence indicates...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107354

Effects of environmentally relevant ibuprofen and valproic acid exposure on zebrafish behavior

Ionuț-Alexandru Chelaru, Ramona-Alexandra Ciausu, Alexandra Savuca, Camelia Ureche et al. • Biomolecules & Biomedicine (2026)

Active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are increasingly entering aquatic environments due to human and veterinary use, wastewater discharges, and inadequate waste containment, raising significant concerns for both ecosystems and human hea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17305/bb.2026.14030 PMC: PMC13667952

Peer Education and the Uptake of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Female Sex Workers in South Africa

Nosipho Faith Makhakhe • E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (2025)

The distribution of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in South Africa was instituted in 2016. Female sex workers (FSWs) were targeted as a priority group to curb the rise in new HIV infections. Certain organizations working with FSWs wer...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256115

Association of maternal metabolic risk factors with offspring body mass index (BMI) trajectories in early childhood: a retrospective cohort study

Wei Song, Xiao Yang, Liu Yang, Yan Ren et al. • BMJ Open (2025)

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine the independent and additive effects of four maternal metabolic risk factors, namely prepregnancy BMI, the rate of g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088641