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gllvm 2.0: fast fitting of advanced ordination methods and joint species distribution models

Pekka Korhonen, Francis K.C. Hui, Jenni Niku, Sara Taskinen et al. • PeerJ (2025)

Background Over the past decade, joint species distribution models (JSDMs) and model-based ordination have emerged as powerful tools for the analysis of community ecology data. Generalized linear latent variable models (GLLVMs) offer a flex...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20338

Modelling the adsorption of iron and manganese by activated carbon from teak and shea charcoal for continuous low flow

Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabi, Emmanuel Degraft-Johnson Owusu-Ansah, Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, Nana Yaw Asiedu • Water-Energy Nexus (2021)

Nearly 6494 boreholes with iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) concentrations above permissible limits of 0.3 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L respectively in Ghana have been abandoned because of ineffective water treatment solutions. Activated carbon prepared f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.wen.2021.02.001

Long-Term Prognosis and Systemic Impact of Acromegaly: Analyses Utilizing Korean National Health Insurance Data

Sangmo Hong, Kyungdo Han, Cheol-Young Park • Endocrinology and Metabolism (2025)

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disorder caused by excessive growth hormone secretion. Its low prevalence poses challenges in studying its long-term prognosis and systemic effects. To address this research gap, we conducted five studies usin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3803/EnM.2024.2285

Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

Yan Dora Zhang, Amber N. Hurson, Haoyu Zhang, Parichoy Pal Choudhury et al. • Nature Communications (2020)

In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16483-3

APPLICATION OF THE EQUIVALENCE PRINCIPLE TO THE CALCULATION OF EDUCATION INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR VILLAGE-OWNED ENTERPRISES (BUMDes)

I Nyoman Widana, Ni Luh Putu Suciptawati, Sulma Sulma • Barekeng (2024)

Program Education plays a vital role in improving human resources. But on the other hand, education costs are not cheap. For this reason, people need to prepare education funds from an early age. One way is to take part in an education insu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30598/barekengvol18iss4pp2555-2562

Robustness analysis of a Continuous-Time Markov Jump Process model for herd behaviour under stochastic shocks

Samuel Kipsang Kaptum, Jane Aduda Akinyi, Philip Ngare, Amos Kipkorir Langat • Scientific African (2025)

Herd behaviour in socio-economic systems is characterised by asynchronous, stochastic decision-making that traditional models capture imperfectly. Discrete-time DTMCs impose fixed-tick synchrony and require binning, which distorts event tim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e03042

Ranking of treatments in network meta-analysis: incorporating minimally important differences

Tristan Curteis, Augustine Wigle, Christopher J. Michaels, Adriani Nikolakopoulou • BMC Medical Research Methodology (2025)

Abstract Background In network meta-analysis (NMA), the magnitude of difference between treatment effects is typically ignored in the calculation of ranking metrics, such as probability best and surface under the cumulative ranking curve (S...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12874-025-02499-0

An artificial neural network-based model for predicting paratransit travel time

George Ukam, Charles Adams, Atinuke Adebanji, Williams Ackaah • Cogent Engineering (2024)

The nature of paratransit services makes for increased uncertainty in trip time, leading to reported unreliability and dissatisfaction by the users. While providing travel information has proved helpful in formal bus services and has been r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/23311916.2024.2386383

Ozonation, electrochemical, and biological methods for the remediation of malachite green dye wastewaters: A mini review

Peter Olusakin Oladoye, Timothy Oladiran Ajiboye, Wycliffe Chisutia Wanyonyi, Elizabeth Oyinkansola Omotola et al. • Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment (2023)

The extensive usage of malachite green (MG) dyes in the fish and dye industries cause serious water pollution, leading to catastrophic effects on living organisms and the environment. In addressing the challenges of health risks related to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.scenv.2023.100033

The risk of colorectal cancer according to obesity status at four-year intervals: a nationwide population-based cohort study

Ji Yeon Seo, Eun Hyo Jin, Goh Eun Chung, Young Sun Kim et al. • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract Obesity is a risk factor for colorectal cancer. However, the effect of body weight change on colorectal cancer is uncertain. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between difference in body mass index and the risk of col...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-36111-6

Metabolomic sweet spot clock predicts mortality and age-related diseases in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Olga Vishnyakova, Joosung Min, Stephen Leach, Xiaowei Song et al. • Communications Medicine (2026)

Abstract Background Chronological age does not capture individual health or resilience. Advances in metabolomics have enabled development of molecular aging biomarkers that capture deviations between biological and chronological age, highli...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01375-2

How to measure consumer's inconsistency in sensory testing?

László Sipos, Kolos Csaba Ágoston, Péter Biró, Sándor Bozóki et al. • Current Research in Food Science (2025)

Consumer sensory testing is the basis for determining directions of product development in the food industry. However, while compliance assessment by trained and expert assessors is well developed, few information is available on testing co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2025.100982

Increased prevalence of loneliness and associated risk factors during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)

Susan A. Kirkland, Lauren E. Griffith, Urun Erbas Oz, Mary Thompson et al. • BMC Public Health (2023)

Abstract Background Older adults have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 and related preventative measures undertaken during the pandemic. Given clear evidence of the relationship between loneliness and health outcomes, it is impe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15807-4

BUGSnet: an R package to facilitate the conduct and reporting of Bayesian network Meta-analyses

Audrey Béliveau, Devon J. Boyne, Justin Slater, Darren Brenner et al. • BMC Medical Research Methodology (2019)

Abstract Background Several reviews have noted shortcomings regarding the quality and reporting of network meta-analyses (NMAs). We suspect that this issue may be partially attributable to limitations in current NMA software which do not re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12874-019-0829-2

Factors Affecting High Body Weight Variability

Kyungdo Han, Mee Kyoung Kim • Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (2023)

Background : High body weight variability (BWV) is associated with many metabolic and cardiovascular diseases in adults. The study was designed to explore the baseline characteristics associated with high BWV. Methods : Using a nationally r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7570/jomes22063

Clustering of Unhealthy Lifestyle and the Risk of Adverse Events in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

So-Ryoung Lee, Eue-Keun Choi, Eue-Keun Choi, Sang-Hyeon Park et al. • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2022)

BackgroundLittle is known regarding the risk of clinical outcomes depending on the clustering of lifestyle behaviors after atrial fibrillation (AF) diagnosis. This study evaluated the association between a cluster of healthy lifestyle behav...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.885016

Improved representation of laminar and turbulent sheet flow in subglacial drainage models

Tim Hill, Gwenn Elizabeth Flowers, Matthew James Hoffman, Derek Bingham et al. • Journal of Glaciology (2024)

Subglacial hydrology models struggle to reproduce seasonal drainage patterns that are consistent with observed subglacial water pressures and surface velocities. We modify the standard sheet-flow parameterization within a coupled sheet–chan...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/jog.2023.103

Entropy Measures for Plithogenic Sets and Applications in Multi-Attribute Decision Making

Shio Gai Quek, Ganeshsree Selvachandran, Florentin Smarandache, J. Vimala et al. • Mathematics (2020)

Plithogenic set is an extension of the crisp set, fuzzy set, intuitionistic fuzzy set, and neutrosophic sets, whose elements are characterized by one or more attributes, and each attribute can assume many values. Each attribute has a corres...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/math8060965

Optimality conditions in multiobjective programming models with semi-infinite constraints using generalized (h,φ)-G-type I functions

Tareq Saeed, Vinay Singh, Savin Treanţă, Solomon Lalmalsawma • Results in Control and Optimization (2024)

In this paper, we introduce a new class of generalized (h,φ)-G-type I vector-valued functions, by combining the notions of (h,φ)-differentiable functions, G-invex functions, and type I functions. By using these new concepts, we formulate an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rico.2024.100395

Impact of power outages: Unveiling their influence on micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa - An in-depth literature review

Timothy King Avordeh, Adam Salifu, Christopher Quaidoo, Rockson Opare-Boateng • Heliyon (2024)

The paper explores the review on the impact of electricity outages on MSMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa, analyzing their effects on productivity and poverty levels based on a review of 102 studies spanning from 2010 to 2023. The review organizes ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e33782