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Screen Time vs. Quality Time: Examining the Relationship between Multi-screen Addiction and Marital Relationship Quality through the Lens of maintenance-oriented relationship commitment

Naser Abbasi, Sedigheh Ahmadi, Kianoush Zahrakar • Journal of Family Relations Studies (2025)

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the predictive model of marital relationship quality based on multi-screen addiction with the mediating role of maintenance-oriented relationship commitment in married individuals.Methods: T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22098/jfrs.2024.15064.1190

The heterogeneous herd: Drivers of close‐contact variation in African buffalo and implications for pathogen invasion

Julie Rushmore, Brianna R. Beechler, Hannah Tavalire, Erin E. Gorsich et al. • Ecology and Evolution (2023)

Abstract Many infectious pathogens are shared through social interactions, and examining host connectivity has offered valuable insights for understanding patterns of pathogen transmission across wildlife species. African buffalo are social...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10447

Outbreaks of human respiratory syncytial virus in wild gorillas highlight the importance of prevention measures and integrated surveillance for risk mitigation

Moritz J.S. Jochum, Frédéric S. Singa-Niatou, Crickette Sanz, Sean Brogan et al. • One Health (2026)

Transmission of human respiratory pathogens to wild, human-habituated great apes has been repeatedly documented within research and tourism projects. While the implementation of hygiene measures has significantly reduced the risk of pathoge...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2026.101376

High-throughput analysis of ammonia oxidiser community composition via a novel, amoA-based functional gene array.

Guy C J Abell, Stan S Robert, Dion M F Frampton, John K Volkman et al. • PLoS ONE (2012)

Advances in microbial ecology research are more often than not limited by the capabilities of available methodologies. Aerobic autotrophic nitrification is one of the most important and well studied microbiological processes in terrestrial ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051542

Landscape fragmentation and pollinator movement within agricultural environments: a modelling framework for exploring foraging and movement ecology

Sean A. Rands • PeerJ (2014)

Pollinator decline has been linked to landscape change, through both habitat fragmentation and the loss of habitat suitable for the pollinators to live within. One method for exploring why landscape change should affect pollinator populatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.269

Investigating uptake of N<sub>2</sub>O in agricultural soils using a high-precision dynamic chamber method

N. J. Cowan, D. Famulari, P. E. Levy, M. Anderson et al. • Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (2014)

Uptake (or negative flux) of nitrous oxide (N2O) in agricultural soils is a controversial issue which has proved difficult to investigate in the past due to constraints such as instrumental precision and methodological uncertainties. Using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-4455-2014

Effects of Organic/Synthetic Fertilizers on Stimulated Biosynthesis of Polyphenol Compounds: Efficiency and Sustainability of Plants and Weeds in Monoculture and Competitive Conditions

Danijela Šikuljak, Sanja Đurović, Ana Anđelković, Layth Nesseef et al. • Agronomy (2026)

Intensified use of fertilizers enhances crop yield; however, it can also make weed management more challenging. In addition to providing nutrients to crops, fertilizers also provide nutrients to weeds when they grow together with crops. All...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/agronomy16141334

Field Spectroscopy in the VNIR-SWIR Region to Discriminate between Mediterranean Native Plants and Exotic-Invasive Shrubs Based on Leaf Tannin Content

Jan Rudolf Karl Lehmann, André Große-Stoltenberg, Meike Römer, Jens Oldeland • Remote Sensing (2015)

The invasive shrub, Acacia longifolia, native to southeastern Australia, has a negative impact on vegetation and ecosystem functioning in Portuguese dune ecosystems. In order to spectrally discriminate A. longifolia from other non-native an...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/rs70201225

Growth responses of entire and immunocastrated male pigs to dietary protein with and without ractopamine hydrochloride

T. Needham, L.C. Hoffman, R.M. Gous • Animal (2017)

The interaction between dietary balanced protein, ractopamine (RAC) and Improvac (IMP) on the growth response of 120 individually penned male PICC pigs was evaluated. The pigs entered the trial at 16 weeks of age and were assigned to 12 tre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S1751731117000271

MiRNA Profiles in Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines of Finnish Prostate Cancer Families.

Daniel Fischer, Tiina Wahlfors, Henna Mattila, Hannu Oja et al. • PLoS ONE (2015)

BACKGROUND:Heritable factors are evidently involved in prostate cancer (PrCa) carcinogenesis, but currently, genetic markers are not routinely used in screening or diagnostics of the disease. More precise information is needed for making tr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127427

The role of feedback in supporting trainees who underperform in clinical environments

Rola Ajjawi, Margaret Bearman, Elizabeth Molloy, Christy Noble • Frontiers in Medicine (2023)

IntroductionUnderperformance in clinical environments can be costly and emotional for all stakeholders. Feedback is an important pedagogical strategy for working with underperformance – both formal and informal strategies can make a differe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2023.1121602

Analysis of the cephalometric pattern of Brazilian achondroplastic adult subjects

Renato Cardoso, Sergio Ajzen, Aline Ribeiro Andriolo, Jefferson Xavier de Oliveira et al. • Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics (2012)

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the position of the cranial base, maxilla, and mandible of Brazilian achondroplastic adult subjects through cephalometric measurements of the cranio-dento-facial complex, and to compare the res...

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A Proposal for Marketing Applied Research in Science and Applied Colleges at the Yemeni Universities and Using it in Community Service and Development

Eftehan Abdu Frhan Saif Almikhlafi, Khaled Hassan ali Alhariry • المجلة العربية لضمان جودة التعليم الجامعي (2017)

This study aimed to propose a set of elements and mechanisms of marketing applied research in the Yemeni universities and ways of using such research to support community development. This can be done by assessing the extent of interest in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20428/AJQAHE.10.5.7

Perspectives in the Scientific Literature on the Barriers and Benefits of the Transition to a Plant-Based Diet: A Bibliometric Analysis

Lelia Voinea, Ana-Maria Badea, Răzvan Dina, Dorin Vicențiu Popescu et al. • Foods (2025)

Plant-based diets are increasingly attracting attention as they play a significant role in human health and environmental sustainability and are believed to be key components of sustainable food systems. In the present study, both pros and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods14172942

The Model of Righteous Governance in the Qur’anic Interpretation of Imam Musa al-Sadr

Sharif Lakzaei • مطالعات حکمرانی اسلامی (2025)

In the contemporary world, where societies encounter extensive cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity, the issue of righteous governance and the attainment of an efficient model for managing such diversity constitutes one of the fundamen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22081/jislamicgo.2025.72098.1031

Confronting the figure of the “mad scientist” in psychedelic history: LSD’s use as a correctional tool in the postwar period

Andrew Jones • Frontiers in Psychology (2023)

Since reports about CIA-funded LSD studies came out in the 1970s, psychedelic drugs have invoked images of unethical experimentation and “mad scientists” in the public imagination. Even now, as the stigma surrounding psychedelics diminishes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129428

C no more: a prospective single-arm study to evaluate the effectiveness of a nurse and peer-led mobile model of hepatitis C testing and treatment at community corrections offices

Samara Griffin, Timothy Papaluca, Jacinta A Holmes, Bridget Reid et al. • Health & Justice (2026)

Abstract Background The community corrections population in Australia shares similar risk factors for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with people incarcerated in prisons, but without access to prison-based testing and treatment. While hep...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40352-026-00411-6

The “black box” of treatment: Patients’ perspective on what works in opioid maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Teresa C. Silva, Fredrik B. Andersson • Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2021)

Abstract Background A lack of conceptual modeling of how the components of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) for opioid dependence (OD) work causes it to occasionally be labeled the “black-box” of treatment. This study had a two-fold objec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13011-021-00378-7

Family management risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use in South Africa

Beatrice Wamuyu Muchiri, Monika M. L. dos Santos • Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2018)

Abstract Background An increasingly recognised prevention approach for substance use entails a reduction in risk factors, and the enhancement of promotive, or protective factors in individuals and the environment surrounding them during the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13011-018-0163-4