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Movement behaviors and their association with depressive symptoms in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Luis Eduardo Argenta Malheiros et al. • Journal of Sport and Health Science (2022)

Background: Physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviors compose 24-h movement behaviors and have been independently associated with depressive symptoms. However, it is not clear whether it is the movement behavior itself or other cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.08.003

A cluster randomised school-based lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease (JuvenTUM 3)

Haller Bernhard, Lammel Christoph, Hanssen Henner, Siegrist Monika et al. • BMC Public Health (2011)

Abstract Background Childhood obesity is not only associated with adult obesity but also with increased risk of adult onset of type 2 diabetes and subsequent coronary heart disease. The potential effects of school-based health intervention ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-258

Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma

Claudio Tomi-Andrino, Alina Pandele, Klaus Winzer, John King et al. • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract The manifestation of intra- and inter-tumor heterogeneity hinders the development of ubiquitous cancer treatments, thus requiring a tailored therapy for each cancer type. Specifically, the reprogramming of cellular metabolism has b...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-14721-w

Exposure, hazard, and vulnerability and their contribution to Schistosoma haematobium re-infection in northern Senegal

Andrea J Lund, PhD, Susanne H Sokolow, PhD, Isabel J Jones, PhD, Chelsea L Wood, PhD et al. • The Lancet Planetary Health (2021)

Background: The risk of infectious diseases, including snail-borne schistosomiasis, is determined by three inter-related components: exposure, hazard, and vulnerability. For schistosomiasis, exposure occurs through behaviours involving wate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00094-2

Visual attention and phonological processing in children with developmental language disorder

María Fernanda Lara-Díaz, Judy Costanza Beltrán Rojas, Yennifer Aponte Rippe • Frontiers in Communication (2024)

IntroductionDevelopmental Language Disorder (DLD) is a neurobiological condition characterized by insufficient language and communication development, with no underlying physical, sensory, or cognitive explanations. A prominent feature amon...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1386279

Images of Previous Mothers through Health Education, Additional Food Package Materials and Community Empowerment in Sucopangepok Village District of Jelbuk-Jember

Lantin Sulistyorini • Journal of Agromedicine and Medical Sciences (AMS) (2018)

The period of pregnancy greatly determines the quality of human resources of the future, because the condition of the fetus in the womb determines the growth of children. Factors that affect maternal health is the mother's nutritional condi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.19184/ams.v4i2.7874

Strategies for Supporting Child Development and Care amidst Financial Distress: A Scoping Review

Chiamaka Pamela Uchendu, Ezeda Patricia Kalu • International Journal of Home Economics, Hospitality and Allied Research (2025)

Recognizing the profound impact of economic hardship on children's well-being, this research used a scoping review approach to explore strategies for supporting child development and care amidst financial distress. An extensive search was p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.57012/ijhhr.v4n1.018

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for pediatrics with infective disease: A updated meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis

Peng Li, JiaLe Liu, Junjun Liu • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2022)

ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (PCT) guided therapy on antibiotic exposure in pediatric patients with infectious disease.MethodsWe performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.915463

The recurrent WASF1 nonsense variant identified in two unaffected Chinese families with neurodevelopmental disorder: case report and review of the literatures

Xiang Tang, Guoqing Liu, Li Lin, Nong Xiao et al. • BMC Medical Genomics (2023)

Abstract Background Neurodevelopmental disorder with absent language and variable seizures (NEDALVS, # 618707) are characterized by delayed speech and motor development, ocular abnormalities, and seizures. NEDAVLS is an autosomal dominant d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01630-8

High-quality read-based phasing of cystic fibrosis cohort informs genetic understanding of disease modification

Scott Mastromatteo, Angela Chen, Jiafen Gong, Fan Lin et al. • HGG Advances (2023)

Summary: Phasing of heterozygous alleles is critical for interpretation of cis-effects of disease-relevant variation. We sequenced 477 individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF) using linked-read sequencing, which display an average phase block ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2022.100156

Genetic impact of non-consanguineous marriages in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Alyahya, Taghrid Aloraini, Youseef Al-Harbi, Lamia Alsubaie et al. • Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics (2022)

Background: Physicians and geneticists face challenges in making accurate diagnoses during clinical evaluations; affecting patients and clinicians. The aim of this study was to estimate the hit rate of the non-consanguineous population. Mor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1664872492

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w

Hospitalisations for physical abuse in infants and children less than 5 years, 2013‒2021: a multinational cohort study using administrative data from five European countries

Catherine Quantin, Jonathan Cottenet, Colleen Chambers, Natasha Kennedy et al. • International Journal of Population Data Science (2025)

Objectives Child physical abuse (CPA) is a global public health problem associated with lifelong negative consequences, yet reliable epidemiologic data are lacking. We did a multinational cohort study to analyse trends in CPA hospitalisatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v10i3.3028

Diet in 1-year-old farm and control children and allergy development: results from the FARMFLORA birth cohort

Karin Jonsson, My Green, Malin Barman, Agneta Sjöberg et al. • Food & Nutrition Research (2016)

Background: A farming environment confers strong protection against allergy development. We have previously shown that farming mothers consume more full-fat dairy than control mothers, who instead consume more low-fat dairy, margarine, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v60.32721

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

Clinical features of the course of Hirschsprung’s disease in newborns and infants with consideration of the extent of colonic aganglionosis

V.P. Prytula, O.O. Kurtash, V.F. Rybalchenko, S.F. Hussaini • Український журнал Перинатологія і педіатрія (2024)

The clinical course of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) in newborns and infants depends on the extent of сolonic aganglionosis, the age of patient, the presence of associated malformations and complications. The aim - to study the peculiariti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15574/PP.2024.97.55

Reasoning, Affectivity and School Performance at the end of Portuguese Elementary Education: Which Variables To Consider?

Cristina Costa-Lobo, Joana Matamá, Daniela Nascimento • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) (2020)

Abstract Elementary education is a stage in which children and adolescents develop reasoning and affectivity, variables often associated with school performance. This study aims to analyze the relationship between reasoning, affectivity and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1982-4327e3008