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Preoperative Radiological Findings Prior Endoscopic Dacryocystorhinostomy in Patients with Nasolacrimal Duct Obstruction

Heba Mahmoud Hamdy, Ahmed Abdelrahman • Zagazig University Medical Journal (2025)

Background: Epiphora is a common condition brought on by blockage of the nasolacrimal duct. In order to diagnose and treat these patients, it is critical to evaluate their lacrimal drainage system. This study aimed to identify and analyze t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2025.395057.4007

Longevity of dental restorations in Sjogren’s disease patients using electronic dental and health record data

Grace Gomez Felix Gomez, Mei Wang, Zasim A. Siddiqui, Theresa Gonzalez et al. • BMC Oral Health (2024)

Abstract Background Decreased salivary secretion is not only a risk factor for carious lesions in Sjögren’s disease (SD) but also an indicator of deterioration of teeth with every restorative replacement. This study determined the longevity...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-03957-9

Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases – results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial

Gloria Metzner, Lukas Maximilian Horstmeier, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03797-2

Agricultural Use of Lands Affected by Deep-Seated Landslides in the Transylvanian Basin and Its Consequences on Soil Physicochemical Properties

Gheorghe Roșian, Mihai Buta, Csaba Horvath • Applied Sciences (2026)

Land leveling deep-seated landslides for agricultural use alters soil profile integrity and soil functionality. In the mid-20th century, such interventions in the Transylvanian Basin (Romania) involved grading and converting landslide bodie...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app16083744

Analysis of Long-Term Impact of Maintenance Policy on Maintenance Capacity Using a Time-Driven Activity-Based Life-Cycle Costing

Orlando Durán, Paulo Afonso, Vinicius Minatogawa • Mathematics (2020)

In capital-intensive industries, physical assets and maintenance activities play a relevant and strategic role in terms of providing operational continuity and business sustainability. As a result, maintenance support structures are highly ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/math8122208

Mathematical modeling of the COVID-19 pandemic with intervention strategies

Subhas Khajanchi, Kankan Sarkar, Jayanta Mondal, Kottakkaran Sooppy Nisar et al. • Results in Physics (2021)

Mathematical modeling plays an important role to better understand the disease dynamics and designing strategies to manage quickly spreading infectious diseases in lack of an effective vaccine or specific antivirals. During this period, for...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2021.104285

A compact model for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem

Roberto Montemanni, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf • EURO Journal on Computational Optimization (2025)

Home healthcare has become more and more central in the last decades, due to the advantages it can bring to both healthcare institutions and patients. Planning activities in this context, however, presents significant challenges related to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejco.2024.100101

Understanding older adults’ continuance intention toward smart locks: a socio-technical study based on the Expectation-Confirmation Model of Information Systems and Task-Technology Fit Model

Yuan Wang, Norazmawati Md Sani, Jing Cai, Pei Lu et al. • PeerJ Computer Science (2026)

Background As aging populations continue to grow, smart home technologies—such as smart locks—have become increasingly essential to support older adults’ independent living. Long-term use remains a challenge, however, with most studies focu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj-cs.3621

Wellbeing intervention for chronic kidney disease (WICKD): a randomised controlled trial study protocol

Kylie M. Dingwall, Tricia Nagel, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, David J. Kavanagh et al. • BMC Psychology (2019)

Abstract Background Incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) for Indigenous Australians is especially high in remote and very remote areas of Australia (18 and 20 times the rate of comparable non-Indigenous people). Relocating away from...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-018-0264-x

Historical Evolution in STI Policy-making in Iran: a Network Governance Approach

Zohreh Karim Mian, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mohammad Mahdi Zolfagharzadeh, Sepehr Ghazinoory • بهبود مدیریت (2019)

The governance of the STI policy covers a wide range of practices and activities related to complex interactions among different actors in order to converge the conflicting interests in the policy process. Since the concept of innovation is...

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Knowledge sharing of health technology for students in universities of technology

Chin-Mou Cheng, Li‐Jung Chen, Chi-Kao Chang • ACOS'07 Proceedings of the 6th Conference on WSEAS International Conference on Applied Computer Science - Volume 6 (2007)

Knowledge sharing of technology innovation is the main developmental force in the 21st century knowledge-based economy. This study aims to research the factors of students' knowledge sharing of health technology in universities of technolog...

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HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN ITALY

George France • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

Italy has a national health service (SSN) dating to 1978. Italy's system of government is characterized by a rather high degree of decentralization of power, and the health system is likewise decentralized. Most of the responsibilities for ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300101102

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN SPAIN

Alı́cia Granados, Laura Sampietro-Colom, José Asua, José Conde et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

The Spanish Constitution of 1978 established a healthcare system available to everyone and free at the point of service. The General Health Law of 1986 also established the framework for a National Health System (NHS). The Constitution and ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s026646230010114x

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN DENMARK

Torben Jørgensen, Anne Hvenegaard, Finn Børlum Kristensen • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

The Danish healthcare services are mainly provided by public sector institutions. The system is highly decentralized. The state has little direct influence on the provision of healthcare services. State influence is exercised through legisl...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300101047

Psychosocial Risk Factors on Mining Workers Processing Copper and Gold Minerals during Covid-19 Pandemic

Khaerani Suci Lestari, Aditya Fadilah Muhamad, Arif Susanto, Edi Karyono Putro et al. • The Indonesian Journal of Occupational Safety and Health (2021)

Introduction: In the era of the Covid-19 pandemic, psychosocial issues as part of health and safety have become a popular mental health issue, particularly among gold and copper miners. This situation has led some companies to fire their un...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20473/ijosh.v10i3.2021.309-315

Human Rights and Digital Health Technologies.

Nina Sun, Kenechukwu Esom, Mandeep Dhaliwal, Joseph J Amon • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (2020)

Digital health technologies have been heralded as a critical solution to challenges and gaps in the delivery of quality health care and essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet they also present threats to privacy and c...

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