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Revisiting Mobility Limitations of Seniors in Singapore, 1995 to 2011

Soon-Hock Kang Phd, Vanessa Yong PhD, Angelique Chan PhD, Yasuhiko Saito PhD • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2016)

Singapore’s life expectancy at birth and at age 65 continues to improve. Although this is a positive development, it is necessary to understand how much of this increased life expectancy is spent with and without mobility limitations. This ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2333721416645034

Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Hearing: Observations From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Pei-Lun Kuo, Ann Zenobia Moore, Frank R. Lin, Frank R. Lin et al. • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2021)

Objectives: Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is highly prevalent among older adults, but the potential mechanisms and predictive markers for ARHL are lacking. Epigenetic age acceleration has been shown to be predictive of many age-associated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.790926

Constructing the concept of healthy ageing and examining its association with loneliness in older adults

Ivy Yan Zhao, Mu-Hsing Ho, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Sasha Yuanjie Deng et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing by highlighting five functional ability domains to (meet basic needs, make decisions, be mobile, build and maintain relationships, and contribute to society), wh...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04019-5

Rapakivi K‐Feldspar Megacrysts in Monzogranitic Porphyry: Evidence for Magma Recharge and Mush Rejuvenation

Wang Li, Xuxuan Ma, Roberto Weinberg, Liang Qiu et al. • Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (2025)

Abstract The formation, storage, and evolution of granitic magmas are fundamental processes driving the growth of continental crust. While traditionally attributed to crystal fractionation in high‐melt fraction magma chambers, the model inv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2025GC012435

Uncovering the Tradeoffs and Synergies of Ecosystem Services in Mining Landscapes: Spatiotemporal and Factor Detection Perspective

Jiao Pan, Tao Chen, Antonio Plaza • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2025)

Revealing the spatial-temporal evolution and interactions of ecosystem services (ESs) in mining area is critical for sustainable environmental management. The temporal and spatial characteristics and changing trends of six ESs in Yuzhong mi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2025.3586637

Magnetic Field Dipolarization and Its Associated Ion Flux Variations in the Dawnside Deep Inner Magnetosphere: Arase Observations

M. Nosé, A. Matsuoka, S. Kasahara, S. Yokota et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2018)

Abstract The Arase satellite observed clear dipolarization signatures at r~4.3–4.6 RE, GMLAT~16°–18°, and MLT~5.5–5.7 hr around 15:00 UT on 27 March 2017 when Dst~−70 nT. Strong magnetic field fluctuations were embedded and their characteri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2018GL078825

Snow Depth Retrieval Using Detrended SNR From GNSS-R With Bidirectional GRU

Wei Liu, Zihui Lin, Yuan Hu, Aodong Tian et al. • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2024)

Snow depth monitoring is crucial for hydrology, climate research, and avalanche prediction. While traditional global navigation satellite system (GNSS) reflectometer methods offer cost-effective snow thickness retrieval, they suffer from po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3470222

Forward-Looking Geometric Configuration Optimization Design for Spaceborne-Airborne Multistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar

Deqing Mao, Yongchao Zhang, Jifang Pei, Weibo Huo et al. • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing (2021)

Spaceborne-airborne multistatic synthetic aperture radar (SA-MuSAR) has the ability to provide high-resolution forward-looking imagery for receivers, but it relies on careful design of the geometric configuration (GC). In this article, a fo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2021.3103802

GPS network observation of traveling ionospheric disturbances following the Chelyabinsk meteorite blast

F. Ding, F. Ding, T. Mao, L. Hu et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2016)

We use the Global Positioning System (GPS) network in northwest China and central Asia to monitor traveling ionospheric disturbances (TIDs), which were possibly excited by the large meteorite blast over Chelyabinsk, Russia, on 15 Februar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-34-1045-2016

Topology and seasonal evolution of the network of extreme precipitation over the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka

V. Stolbova, P. Martin, B. Bookhagen, N. Marwan et al. • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2014)

This paper employs a complex network approach to determine the topology and evolution of the network of extreme precipitation that governs the organization of extreme rainfall before, during, and after the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) season...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/npg-21-901-2014

Interplanetary external driven quasidynamo as the origin of geomagnetic jerks correlated with length of day and gravity anomaly

Mohsen LUTEPHY • Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy (2018)

We report phenomenological inevitable correlation between the Sun’s magnetic field oscillation through the Earth and the Jupiter, with sinusoidal geomagnetic jerks observed at the Earth, additionally aligned with the gravity and length of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/congeo-2018-0002

Structural Properties of Syngenetic Ice-Rich Permafrost, as Revealed by Archaeological Investigation of the Yana Site Complex (Arctic East Siberia, Russia): Implications for Quaternary Science

Vladimir V. Pitulko, Elena Y. Pavlova • Frontiers in Earth Science (2022)

Ice-rich syncryogenic (termed “Ice Complex”) deposits are common in northern East Siberia and constitute the most important feature of the Quaternary geology of the region. The Ice Complex formed throughout the Late Pleistocene and not only...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/feart.2021.744775

Detecting the dominant contributions of runoff variance across the source region of the Yellow River using a new decomposition framework

Jingkai Xie, Yue-Ping Xu, Yuxue Guo, Yitong Wang • Hydrology Research (2021)

Quantifying the contributions of climatic variables to runoff variance is still a great challenge to water resource management. This study adopted an extended Budyko framework to investigate the effects of terrestrial water storage changes ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2166/nh.2021.179

MRI Application in Quantification of Epiphyseal Development in the Wrist and Bone Age Estimation of Han Male Adolescents in East China

ZHOU Zhi-lu, ZHANG Dong-fei, CHEN Jie-min, WANG Ya-hui et al. • Fayixue Zazhi (2024)

ObjectiveTo investigate the value of wrist MRI in bone age estimation for male adolescents in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu.MethodsA total of 124 Han male adolescents aged 6.0 to 18.0 years from Shanghai, Zhejiang and Jiangsu were selected...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12116/j.issn.1004-5619.2023.231203

Comparative analysis of chemical toxicological studies of pregabalin in neuropathic pain management (review)

Nargiz Parkhatkyzy, Alma Shukirbekova, Zumrad Usmanalieva, Kundyzay Mirzakir et al. • Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacognosy Research (2026)

Context: The use of pregabalin in neuropathic pain management has been increasingly associated with concerns regarding toxicity, particularly in cases of overdose, misuse, and co-exposure with central nervous system depressants. In parallel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.56499/jppres_14.3.2550

Autism Spectrum Disorder and collective catering service: results of the pilot study FOOD-AUT

Maria Vittoria Conti, Sara Santero, Chiara Breda, Sara Basilico et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2024)

ObjectiveIndividuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often exhibit a low dietary diversity due to food selectivity that leads them to a marked preference for high-energy-density food, exposing them to risk of malnutrition. Despite these...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1298469

TRACK-CF prospective cohort study: Understanding early cystic fibrosis lung disease

Eva Steinke, Eva Steinke, Eva Steinke, Olaf Sommerburg et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2023)

BackgroundLung disease as major cause for morbidity in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) starts early in life. Its large phenotypic heterogeneity is partially explained by the genotype but other contributing factors are not well delineated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.1034290

What motivates SARS-CoV-2 vaccine trial participants? A pre- and post-participation survey study

Olivia A. C. Lamers, Meta Roestenberg, Martine C. de Vries, Marie-Astrid Hoogerwerf • Trials (2024)

Abstract Background Scientific advancement, including the testing and licensing of new drugs, relies heavily on clinical trials with healthy individuals. The motivations of clinical trial participants have been discussed intensively, as som...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08582-z