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Comparison of working conditions and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms among dairy farmers in southern Sweden over a 25-year period

Stefan ePinzke • Frontiers in Public Health (2016)

Working conditions and the prevalence of perceived musculoskeletal symptoms (MSSs) among dairy farmers in 2013 were monitored by repeating a mail survey of dairy workers in Scania, southern Sweden, using the same method for collecting data...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2016.00098

Structural analysis of key factors in poverty alleviation for policy development in persistently impoverished provinces in Thailand

Phimlikid Kaewhanam, Kathanyoo Kaewhanam, Eko Priyo Purnomo, Noppakun Thongmual et al. • Frontiers in Sustainability (2025)

IntroductionPoverty remains a persistent and complex challenge in Thailand, particularly in structurally disadvantaged provinces such as Kalasin. Despite multiple national development strategies, poverty rates in Kalasin have remained consi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/frsus.2025.1620149

Berberine protects against hypoxia-induced intestinal injury through modulation of gut microbiota and bile acid metabolism

Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Hao Zhang, Penghui Ye et al. • Frontiers in Immunology (2026)

BackgroundHigh-altitude hypoxia disrupts intestinal homeostasis by impairing the epithelial barrier, triggering inflammation, and promoting microbial translocation. Berberine (BER), a natural isoquinoline alkaloid with antimicrobial and ant...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1784245

Alleviating D-Galactose-Induced Aging in Mice by Modulating Gut-Liver Axis Using <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> TY-Y10

Shaoqi Shi, Xiaoxia Li, Feng Zhang, Zhengqiang Jiang et al. • Foods (2024)

Oxidative stress is closely linked to aging. Probiotics, whether viable or heat-inactivated, have shown antioxidant properties; however, their effect and mechanism of action in reducing oxidative stress during aging remains underexplored. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods13223618

Operating pesticide use reduction within the boundary of food security in peri-urban settings

Yuquan W. Zhang, Bruce A. McCarl, Zhengwei Cao, Qiang Li et al. • Fundamental Research (2022)

Pesticide use in peri-urban areas affects the urban environment and public health, and reducing the use may present food security issues for urban dwellers. In this study, we explore how a municipality-adopted goal of a 20% reduction in pes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fmre.2022.04.003

Antimicrobial compound from Trichoderma harzianum, an endophytic fungus associated with ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Harwoko Harwoko, Jungho Lee, Georgios Daletos, Michael Feldbrügge et al. • JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia) (2021)

Background: Genus Trichoderma of fungal kingdom are largely used as biological control agents due to broad-spectrum activity against plant pathogens. Objective: This study aimed to investigate Trichoderma harzianum, an endophytic fungus obt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20885/JKKI.Vol12.Iss2.art8

Fine mapping of QYrsv.swust-1BL for resistance to stripe rust in durum wheat Svevo

Xinli Zhou, Guoyun Jia, Yuqi Luo, Xin Li et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2024)

Stripe rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (Pst), is a serious disease that affects wheat worldwide. There is a great need to develop cultivars with combinations of all-stage resistance (ASR) and adult-plant resistance (APR)...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1395223

Astaxanthin biofortification enhances tobacco tolerance to lead stress through boosting antioxidant defense, reducing Pb accumulation, and modulating detoxification pathways

Zhongyang Du, Mengjing Liang, Xiaodan Wang, Yizhen Liu et al. • Journal of Advanced Research (2026)

Introduction: Heavy metal pollution including lead (Pb) has become one of the serious global issues threatening food security, human health, and the ecosystem. Exogenous application of astaxanthin (ATX), a potent natural antioxidant, has be...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jare.2025.07.038

Preparation and evaluation of mushroom (Lentinus edodes) and mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) as dog food attractant

Tao Feng, Zhongshan Hu, Yanzun Tong, Lingyun Yao et al. • Heliyon (2020)

Chicken liver is a main protein source to prepare attractant for dog food. However, animal proteins are costly. Seeking high quality and low-cost protein sources has been a goal for the industry. Mushroom Lentinus edodes (L. edodes) and Mea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05302

The effects of women's empowerment on the nutritional status of children in Nigeria using the 2018 demographic health survey

Ademola Akinlade, Mercy Olateju, Mayowa Salami, Oluwaseyifunmi Akinlade et al. • Babcock University Medical Journal (2026)

Objectives: The empowerment of women critically influences child nutrition in Nigeria, where malnutrition remains a major public health challenge. This study examines the relationship between dimensions of women’s empowerment, economic, edu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.38029/babcockuniv.med.j..v9i3.1114

Phosphorus runoff from Canadian agricultural land: A dataset for 30 experimental fields

Jian Liu, Jane A. Elliott, Henry F. Wilson, Merrin L. Macrae et al. • Data in Brief (2021)

Phosphorus (P) runoff from agricultural land plays a critical role in downstream water quality. This article summarizes P and sediment runoff data for both snowmelt and rainfall runoff from 30 arable fields in the Canadian provinces of Sask...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.107405

Dataset on Women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia

Progress H. Nyanga, Bridget Bwalya Umar, Douty Chibamba, Wilma S. Nchito • Data in Brief (2020)

A survey was conducted with 235 randomly selected households to investigate women's empowerment, land and donor-driven agricultural interventions in Eastern Zambia [1] for aid programmes with (Norwegian) and without (Chinese) women empowerm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106113

Medical Informatics

Sanjay P. Sood, Sandhya Keeroo, Victor W. A. Mbarika, Nupur Prakash et al. • IGI Global eBooks (2009)

It is claimed that seeds of ‘medical informatics’ were sown in 1960s.From this time until the 1990s experts have described the discipline as emerging. This perennial state of advancement can be dedicated to the pioneers of medical informati...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-002-8.ch001

Prediction of the Leaf Primordia of Potato Tubers Using Sensor Fusion and Wavelength Selection

Ahmed Rady, Daniel Guyer, William Kirk, Irwin R Donis-González • Journal of Imaging (2019)

The sprouting of potato tubers during storage is a significant problem that suppresses obtaining high quality seeds or fried products. In this study, the potential of fusing data obtained from visible (VIS)/near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jimaging5010010

Surface Modified Activated Carbons: Sustainable Bio-Based Materials for Environmental Remediation

Manoj Kumar Jha, Sahira Joshi, Ram Kumar Sharma, Allison A Kim et al. • Nanomaterials (2021)

Global warming and water/air contamination caused by human activities are major challenges in environmental pollution and climate change. The improper discharge of a large amount of agro-forest byproduct is accelerating these issues mainly ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/nano11113140

Students' knowledge of, and attitudes towards biotechnology revisited, 1995–2014: Changes in agriculture biotechnology but not in medical biotechnology

Shao‐Yen Chen, Yih‐Ru Chu, Chen‐Yung Lin, Tzen‐Yuh Chiang • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (2016)

Modern biotechnology is one of the most important scientific and technological revolutions in the 21st century, with an increasing and measurable impact on society. Development of biotechnology curriculum has become important to high school...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.20969

Antibacterial and antioxidant effects of Punicalagin extracts from Punica granatum peels

Saidakhon T. Islamova, Moxira A. Nazarova, Aktam U. Burkhanov, Fayzulla Khamraev et al. • Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences (2025)

The growing recognition of the health-promoting potential of compounds derived from natural sources, particularly those exhibiting antimicrobial and antioxidant activities, has resulted in a surge of research publications dedicated to explo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22124/cjes.2025.8570