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Innovative polymer-based electrochemical platform for detecting ESAT-6 in human blood for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis

Xiu-An Ye, Shu-Hong Lin, Liang-Yu Chen, Jie-Ren Li et al. • Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research (2025)

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), necessitates early diagnosis for effective patient care. Despite advancements in TB diagnostics, there remains an urgent need to discover innovative non-sputum-based m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2025.100816

Health technology in perspective

Tae‐Il Kim • Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science (2015)

The ongoing development of information and communication technology (ICT) is taking the healthcare industry to the next level. It allows an independent healthcare system by which anyone can easily obtain tne real-time measurement of individ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.5051/jpis.2015.45.1.1 PMC: 4341201

Is SARS-CoV-2 a concern in the largest wastewater treatment plant in middle east?

Hasan Pasalari, Angila Ataei-Pirkooh, Mitra Gholami, Iman Rezaei Azhar et al. • Heliyon (2023)

The surveillance of wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) as the end point of SARS-CoV-2 shed from infected people arise a speculation on transmission of this virus of concern from WWTP in epidemic period. To this end, the present study was dev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16607

Hormonal Influences on ADC Values in Breast Tissues: A Scoping Review of DWI in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

Neil Barnes Abraham, Abhimanyu Pradhan, Suresh Sukumar, Sneha Ravichandran et al. • F1000Research (2025)

Background Breast cancer remains a significant global health concern, with early diagnosis and risk factor identification crucial for improving outcomes. Diffusion-Weighted Imaging (DWI) and Apparent Diffusion Coefficient (ADC) measurements...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.153999.3

Evaluation of Lens Doses among Medical Staff Involved in Nuclear Medicine: Current Eye Radiation Exposure among Nuclear-Medicine Staff

Masaki Fujisawa, Yoshihiro Haga, Masahiro Sota, Mitsuya Abe et al. • Applied Sciences (2023)

The International Commission on Radiological Protection has lowered the annual equivalent eye-lens dose to 20 mSv. Although occupational exposure can be high in nuclear medicine (NM) departments, few studies have been conducted regarding ey...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app13169182

Statistical assessment of the learning curves of health technologies

Craig Robert Ramsay, Adrian Grant, Sheila A. Wallace, Paul H. Garthwaite et al. • Health Technology Assessment (2001)

OBJECTIVES: (1) To describe systematically studies that directly assessed the learning curve effect of health technologies. (2) Systematically to identify 'novel' statistical techniques applied to learning curve data in other fields, such a...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta5120

Dichloroacetate as a metabolic modulator of heart mitochondrial proteome under conditions of reduced oxygen utilization

Natalia Andelova, Iveta Waczulikova, Lukas Kunstek, Ivan Talian et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract Myocardial compensatory mechanisms stimulated by reduced oxygen utilization caused by streptozotocin-induced diabetes mellitus (DM) and treated with dichloroacetate (DCA) are presumably associated with the regulation of mitochondri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-20696-5

Evaluation of pragmatic oxygenation measurement as a proxy for Covid-19 severity

Maaike C. Swets, Steven Kerr, James Scott-Brown, Adam B. Brown et al. • Nature Communications (2023)

Abstract Choosing optimal outcome measures maximizes statistical power, accelerates discovery and improves reliability in early-phase trials. We devised and evaluated a modification to a pragmatic measure of oxygenation function, the $$S/F$...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42205-6

Automated measurement of CD8+ T-cell distribution at the tumor epithelial–stromal interface is associated with NSCLC immunotherapy benefit and transcriptomic pathways

Patrick Leo, Hauke Kolster, Hartmut Koeppen, Jennifer Giltnane et al. • Journal of Pathology Informatics (2026)

Whereas anti-PD-(L)1 therapies are widely used in cancer treatment, only a subset of patients achieve long-term survival. Companion diagnostics based on PD-L1 expression have limited predictive power for these therapies, motivating developm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpi.2026.100688

Performance of computational algorithms to deconvolve heterogeneous bulk ovarian tumor tissue depends on experimental factors

Ariel A. Hippen, Dalia K. Omran, Lukas M. Weber, Euihye Jung et al. • Genome Biology (2023)

Abstract Background Single-cell gene expression profiling provides unique opportunities to understand tumor heterogeneity and the tumor microenvironment. Because of cost and feasibility, profiling bulk tumors remains the primary population-...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13059-023-03077-7

The effect of structured medication review followed by face-to-face feedback to prescribers on adverse drug events recognition and prevention in older inpatients – a multicenter interrupted time series study

Joanna E. Klopotowska, Paul F. M. Kuks, Peter C. Wierenga, Clementine C. M. Stuijt et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2022)

Abstract Background The effectiveness of interventions to improve medication safety in older inpatients is unclear, given a paucity of properly designed intervention studies applying clinically relevant endpoints such as hospital-acquired p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-022-03118-z

Dataset for the dimethyl sulfoxide as a novel thermodynamic inhibitor of carbon dioxide hydrate formation

Anton P. Semenov, Rais I. Mendgaziev, Andrey S. Stoporev, Vladimir A. Istomin et al. • Data in Brief (2022)

The temperatures and pressures of the three-phase equilibrium V-Lw-H (gas – aqueous solution – gas hydrate) were measured in the CO2 – H2O – dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) system at concentrations of organic solute in the aqueous phase up to 50 ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108289

Artificial intelligence-driven anthropometric assessment for young children: evaluating the accuracy and practicality of a digital image-based length and weight prediction tool

Fabian Yap, Daniel Chan, Mei Chien Chua, Matthew Hadimaja et al. • BMJ Health & Care Informatics (2025)

Background Monitoring early childhood growth is vital, as growth faltering could indicate nutritional or health issues requiring prompt intervention. Our study’s aim was to assess the performance of a length-weight artificial intelligence (...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjhci-2025-101540

An Integrated Approach for Designing and Analyzing Lumbar Vertebral Biomodels with Artificial Disc Replacement

Mhd Ayham Darwich, Katreen Ebrahem, Maysaa Shash, Hasan Mhd Nazha et al. • Applied Mechanics (2023)

This study aims to develop an integrated approach for 3D lumbar vertebral biomodel design and analysis, specifically targeting unilevel disc degeneration and the replacement of lumbar artificial discs. Key objectives include improving exist...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/applmech4040063

Image-Based RCS Estimation from Near-Field Data

Tushar Rajvanshi, Maria Antonia Maisto, Angela Dell’Aversano, Raffaele Solimene • Journal of Imaging (2019)

This paper deals with the problem of estimating the RCS from near-field data by image-based approaches. In particular, a rigorous focusing procedure based on a weighted adjoint scheme, which is also applicable to an arbitrary measurement cu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jimaging5060061

The Late Bronze Age settlement site of Březnice: Magnetometer survey data

Martin Kuna, Roman Křivánek, Ondřej Chvojka, Tereza Šálková • Data in Brief (2021)

The archaeological site of Březnice (Czechia) represents one of the large settlements of the Late Bronze Age (Ha A2/B1, 14C: 1124–976 BC) in Bohemia. The site became known mainly for a high number of so-called ‘trenches’, oblong pit feature...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106793

Lifestyle Change Interventions for Children and Adolescents With Diabetes or Kidney Disease

Lori L. Sanderson MSW, MPH • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2010)

The purpose of this research letter is to report on the availability of evidence-based interventions for promoting lifestyle change in children and adolescents with diabetes or kidney disease. References for this review were obtained using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2150131909358185

Central vein sign: A diagnostic biomarker in multiple sclerosis (CAVS-MS) study protocol for a prospective multicenter trial

D. Ontaneda, P. Sati, P. Raza, M. Kilbane et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

The specificity and implementation of current MRI-based diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis (MS) are imperfect. Approximately 1 in 5 of individuals diagnosed with MS are eventually determined not to have the disease, with overrelianc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102834

Solar spectra datasets at optimum and vertical installation angles in central Europe (Berlin) during 2020, 2021 and 2022

Guillermo A. Farias-Basulto, Maximilian Riedel, Mark Khenkin, Rutger Schlatmann et al. • Data in Brief (2023)

This article provides datasets containing three years worth of solar spectra for the optimum installation angle of 35° and the building-integrated-photovoltaics relevant vertical angle of 90°. These datasets were obtained by measuring the s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109273