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Drivers of respiratory health care demand in Acre state, Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study

Thiago Morello, Aldo Santos Lima, Rubicleis Gomes da Silva • BMC Public Health (2022)

Abstract Background The scarce knowledge about the drivers of demand for respiratory health care in the Brazilian Amazon, where the gap of human and physical health care resources is wide, is expanded with two surveys conducted in the west ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14171-z

Assessing the preparedness of Nigeria’s diagnostic and laboratory infrastructure for Mpox surveillance and response

Amaka Perpetual Muoneke, Victor Godwin Essien, Tolulope Joseph Ogunniyi, Fortune Benjamin Effiong • Discover Public Health (2025)

Abstract Nigeria has recorded recurrent Mpox outbreaks since the 1970s, with the most recent resurgence underscoring weaknesses in the country’s diagnostic and laboratory infrastructure. Despite improvements in molecular diagnostics, such a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00877-z

Higher Education, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development in Kazakhstan: Panel-Data and Difference-in-Differences Evidence, 2010–2024

Aigerim Lambekova, Azamat Zhanseitov, Yuliya Sayfullina, Valentina Berezyuk et al. • Economies (2026)

This study examines the relationship between higher education development, innovation capacity, and regional economic performance across Kazakhstan’s regions during the 2010–2024 period. The analysis is motivated by the growing role of high...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/economies14070261

Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Reveals Rare Sialylated Glycosphingolipid Structures in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

Mirela Sarbu, Dragana Fabris, Željka Vukelić, David E. Clemmer et al. • Molecules (2022)

Gangliosides (GGs) represent an important class of biomolecules associated with the central nervous system (CNS). In view of their special role at a CNS level, GGs are valuable diagnostic markers and prospective therapeutic agents. By ion m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030743

Evaluation of Indicators for the Realization of the Development of Public-Oriented Urban Transportation (Study Case: District 11 of Tehran)

Sayyed Jalal Aldin Hosseini, Azita Rajabi, Afshin Safahan, Aliasghar Rezvani • برنامه‌ریزی توسعه شهری و منطقه‌ای (2024)

Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) represents a significant facet of sustainable urban planning aimed at addressing urban traffic challenges through the strategic expansion of public transportation systems. District 11 within the municipali...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22054/urdp.2023.55092.1248

Mpox as Two Global Health Emergencies: Altered Transmission, Genomics, Clinical Manifestation and Public Health Impact

Sanchita Chakraborty, S.R. Rao, Abhijit Poddar • Infectious Microbes & Diseases (2025)

Mpox virus (MPXV) is the only pathogen that triggered two Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) declarations, first in July 2022 and then again in August 2024. The 2022 outbreak was attributed primarily to clade IIb MPXV,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000196

Associated Factors of Pre-Anesthesia Blood Pressure Elevation in Elective Non-Cardiac Surgical Patients: A Case-Control Study Comparing Two Diagnostic Thresholds

Li XM, Yang Y, Pan H, Li W et al. • Risk Management and Healthcare Policy (2026)

Xiao-Min Li,1 Yan Yang,1 Hao Pan,2 Wang Li,2 Ge-Yi Ai,2 Xi-Jiang Liu,2 Guang-Fen Zhang,2 Jie Guo31Department of Anesthesiology, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Anesthesiology, Shandong Provincial Hosp...

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A Pilot Study to Non-Invasively Track PIK3CA Mutation in Head and Neck Cancer

Henri Schmidt, Arutha Kulasinghe, Richard J.N. Allcock, Lit Yeen Tan et al. • Diagnostics (2018)

Background: PIK3CA pathways are the most frequently mutated oncogenic pathway in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC), including virally driven HNCs. PIK3CA is involved in the PI3K-PTEN-mTOR signalling pathway. PIK3CA has been impl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/diagnostics8040079

On the Use of Transfer Entropy to Investigate the Time Horizon of Causal Influences between Signals

Andrea Murari, Michele Lungaroni, Emmanuele Peluso, Pasquale Gaudio et al. • Entropy (2018)

Understanding the details of the correlation between time series is an essential step on the route to assessing the causal relation between systems. Traditional statistical indicators, such as the Pearson correlation coefficient and the mut...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/e20090627

ZOTMPo–INAR(1) Process: Entropy and Modeling of Epidemiological Count Time Series Data

Manik Awale, Shrirang Pund, Hassan S. Bakouch, Aishwarya Ghodake et al. • Entropy (2026)

In this article, we propose a first-order integer-valued autoregressive (INAR(1)) model based on binomial thinning, in which the innovation sequence follows a zero–one–two-modified Poisson (ZOTMPo) distribution. The proposed model accommoda...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/e28080889

A Predictive Model Based on the Gut Microbiota Improves the Diagnostic Effect in Patients With Cholangiocarcinoma

Tan Zhang, Tan Zhang, Sina Zhang, Sina Zhang et al. • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2021)

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a malignant hepatic tumor with a poor prognosis, which needs early diagnosis urgently. The gut microbiota has been shown to play a crucial role in the progression of liver cancer. Here, we explored a gut microbio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.751795

Epidemiology and risk factors of dementia

Wiesje M. van der Flier • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry (2005)

ementia refers to a syndrome that is characterised by progressive deterioration of cognitive functions.Neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as apathy, agitation, and depression, are also common.With increasing loss of function, a patient is grad...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2005.082867 PMC: 1765715

Doenças do sistema nervoso central em caprinos e ovinos no semi-árido Diseases of the central nervous system in goats and sheep of the semiarid

Karla M.R. Guedes, Franklin Riet-Correa, Antônio Flávio M. Dantas, Sara V.D. Simões et al. • Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira (2007)

O conhecimento das doenças dos animais domésticos, nas diferentes regiões do Brasil é importante para determinar formas eficientes de profilaxia e controle. Este trabalho tem como objetivo descrever a epidemiologia, sinais clínicos e patolo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2007000100006

Association of self-reported dental caries with sex, lifestyle, and problematic Internet use among elementary school children in Japan

Masaaki Yamada, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Yukiko Yanai • BMC Oral Health (2025)

Abstract Background Dental caries is the most prevalent disease in elementary schoolchildren in Japan. Problematic Internet use (PIU) has increased among children; however, its association with caries has rarely been studied. We aimed to ex...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12903-025-05475-8

Epidemiology of ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia in Spain: A cross-sectional study

G. Ortega Suero, M.J. Abenza Abildúa, C. Serrano Munuera, I. Rouco Axpe et al. • Neurología (English Edition) (2023)

Introduction: Ataxia and hereditary spastic paraplegia are rare neurodegenerative syndromes. We aimed to determine the prevalence of these disorders in Spain in 2019. Patients and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, multicentre, retros...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2023.04.003

Psychiatric disorders and traumatic brain injury

Marcelo Schwarzbold, Alexandre Diaz, Evandro Tostes Martins, Armanda Rufino et al. • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment (2008)

Marcelo Schwarzbold1, Alexandre Diaz1, Evandro Tostes Martins2, Armanda Rufino1, Lúcia Nazareth Amante1,3, Maria Emília Thais1, João Quevedo4, Alexandre Hohl1, Marcelo Neves Linhares1,5,6, Roger Walz1,61N&am...

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Fascioliasis, revisión clínico-epidemiológica y diagnóstico

Raydel Martínez Sánchez, Ingrid Domenech Cañete, Juan Carlos Millán Marcelo, Adonis Pino Santos • Revista Cubana de Higiene y Epidemiología

La fascioliasis es una infección parasitaria causada por trematodos del género Fasciola, y la especie más frecuente es Fasciola hepatica, la cual se encuentra distribuida en todos los continentes e infecta a gran cantidad de mamíferos, incl...

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Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences (2026)

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210

Nanoparticles: Taking a Unique Position in Medicine

Tomy Muringayil Joseph, Debarshi Kar Mahapatra, Amin Esmaeili, Łukasz Piszczyk et al. • Nanomaterials (2023)

The human nature of curiosity, wonder, and ingenuity date back to the age of humankind. In parallel with our history of civilization, interest in scientific approaches to unravel mechanisms underlying natural phenomena has been developing. ...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13030574 PMC: 9920911

Dentists’ perception and use of AI and robotics in the care of persons with disabilities

Najla A. Barnawi, Fay A. AlAmmar, Sultan A. Aldabeis, Salma M. Alahmar et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Despite the growing role of AI and robotics in healthcare, little is known about their integration into dental care for persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Saudi Arabia. This study aimed to assess dentists’ perceptions and attitude...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-10988-x