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The Structure of Medical Informatics Journal Literature

T. A. Morris, Katherine Wootton McCain • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (1998)

OBJECTIVE: Medical informatics is an emergent interdisciplinary field described as drawing upon and contributing to both the health sciences and information sciences. The authors elucidate the disciplinary nature and internal structure of t...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/jamia.1998.0050448 PMC: 61326

Psychometric analysis of the questionnaires for the assessment of upper limbs available in their Italian version: a systematic review of the structural and psychometric characteristics

Luca Barni, María Ruiz-Muñoz, Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez, Antonio I. Cuesta-Vargas et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2021)

Abstract Introduction There is no systematic review that analyzes the psychometric properties of questionnaires in Italian. Previous studies have analyzed the psychometric characteristics of instruments for the measurement of pathologies of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-021-01891-w

Inter-Observer Reliability in Myocardial Blood Flow Measurement Using Rb-82-PET/CT

Sebastian J. Stolte, Ole Christopher Maas, Sebastian Kopp, Hanna Geiger et al. • Tomography (2026)

Background/Objectives: Myocardial perfusion PET/CT, e.g., using Rb-82, enables the measurement of absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) and, hence, the blood flow reserve, which plays a crucial role in the diagnosis of coronary artery diseas...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/tomography12080108

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5

Prediction of the Leaf Primordia of Potato Tubers Using Sensor Fusion and Wavelength Selection

Ahmed Rady, Daniel Guyer, William Kirk, Irwin R Donis-González • Journal of Imaging (2019)

The sprouting of potato tubers during storage is a significant problem that suppresses obtaining high quality seeds or fried products. In this study, the potential of fusing data obtained from visible (VIS)/near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/jimaging5010010

Association of maternal metabolic risk factors with offspring body mass index (BMI) trajectories in early childhood: a retrospective cohort study

Wei Song, Xiao Yang, Liu Yang, Yan Ren et al. • BMJ Open (2025)

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine the independent and additive effects of four maternal metabolic risk factors, namely prepregnancy BMI, the rate of g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088641

Functional limitations and coping mechanisms of women aged 60 years and older with self-reported hand osteoarthritis

J. McIntyre, R.W.E. Joubert, S.S. Ramklass • South African Family Practice (2014)

Background: Hand osteoarthritis (HOA) is common in older women who seem to cope with the associated limitations in hand function. The importance of identifying coping mechanisms within a local context might have implications for interventio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20786190.2014.975487

Prevalence of Constipation in Elderly and Its Association With Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study

Fei Wang, Fei Wang, Min Fei, Min Fei et al. • Frontiers in Neuroscience (2022)

BackgroundConstipation and dementia have similar epidemiological characteristics. Changes in intestinal flora and characteristics of the brain-gut axis play roles in the pathogeneses of the two diseases, suggesting that there may be a close...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.821654

The Cognitive Neurosciences

Laurel J. Buxbaum, Solène Kalénine • The MIT Press eBooks (2020)

The sixth edition of the foundational reference on cognitive neuroscience, with entirely new material that covers the latest research, experimental approaches, and measurement methodologies. Each edition of this classic reference has proved...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11442.001.0001

Liposomal Neostigmine Bromide: A Localized Therapeutic Approach for Detrusor Underactivity

Kunpeng Liu, Haitao Gong, Binbin Jiao, Zhenshan Ding et al. • Advanced NanoBiomed Research (2024)

This study aims to evaluate the therapeutic potential of cationic liposomal neostigmine bromide (NB), a novel drug delivery system, for the treatment of detrusor underactivity. By comparing the characteristics of NB‐liposomes (NLP), NB‐β‐cy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/anbr.202300109

Convergent Adaptation in the Dominant Global Hospital Clone ST239 of Methicillin-Resistant <named-content content-type="genus-species">Staphylococcus aureus</named-content>

Sarah L. Baines, Kathryn E. Holt, Mark B. Schultz, Torsten Seemann et al. • mBio (2015)

ABSTRACT Infections caused by highly successful clones of hospital-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) are a major public health burden. The globally dominant sequence type 239 (ST239) HA-MRSA clone has persiste...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00080-15

Green Microfluidic Method for Sustainable and High-Speed Analysis of Basic Amino Acids in Nutritional Supplements

Iva Pukleš, Csilla Páger, Nikola Sakač, Bojan Šarkanj et al. • Molecules (2024)

Amino acids (AAs) have broad nutritional, therapeutic, and medical significance and thus are one of the most common active ingredients of nutritional supplements. Analytical strategies for determining AAs are high-priced and often limited t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules29235554

YAP1 reactivation in cardiomyocytes following ECM remodelling contributes to the development of contractile force and sarcomere maturation

Vladimir Vinarsky, Stefania Pagliari, Bacel Aldabash, Fabiana Martino et al. • Cell Death Discovery (2025)

Abstract Cardiac diseases are fueled by extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling. Together with the altered ECM chemical composition, the mechanical turmoil associated with ECM maladaptive remodelling in the pathological heart drives the shut...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41420-025-02793-2

Impact of Prolonged COVID-19 Lockdown on Body Mass Index, Eating Habits, and Physical Activity of University Students in Bangladesh: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study

Md. Jamal Hossain, Foyez Ahmmed, Md. Robin Khan, Parisa Tamannur Rashid et al. • Frontiers in Nutrition (2022)

ObjectivesThis current study aims to assess the prevalence and factors associated with body mass index (BMI), dietary patterns, and the extent of physical activities among university students following the prolonged coronavirus disease 2019...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.873105

Effects of women’s economic empowerment interventions on antenatal care outcomes: a systematic review

Zoé Mistrale Hendrickson, Heezy Suh, Shiri Kalai, Niki Trivedi et al. • BMJ Open (2023)

Objectives Early and adequate antenatal care (ANC) has been shown to reduce maternal morbidity and mortality globally. Increasing evidence suggests that women’s economic empowerment (WEE) is a critical factor that may influence uptake of AN...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061693

Secrecy in International Relations and Foreign Policy

Allison Sovey Carnegie • Annual Review of Political Science (2021)

Scholarship on the politics of secrecy in international relations and foreign policy has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. This article begins by providing an overview of this literature, analyzing the conditions under which le...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-041719-102430

Network Analysis for International Relations

Emilie Marie Hafner-Burton, Miles Kahler, Alexander H. Montgomery • International Organization (2009)

International relations research has regarded networks as a particular mode of organization, distinguished from markets or state hierarchies. In contrast, network analysis permits the investigation and measurement of network structures—emer...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020818309090195