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Antibacterial activity of selenium nanoparticles/copper oxide (SeNPs/CuO) nanocomposite against some multi-drug resistant clinical pathogens

Ahmed Morad Asaad, Sara A. Saied, Mohammad M. Torayah, N. I. Abu-Elsaad et al. • BMC Microbiology (2025)

Abstract Background Recent advances in nanomedicine have derived novel prospects for development of various bioactive nanoparticles and nanocomposites with significant antibacterial and antifungal properties. This study aims to investigate ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12866-025-03743-9

Uncertainties in the effects of organic aerosol coatings on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations and their estimated health effects

S. Lou, S. Lou, S. Lou, M. Shrivastava et al. • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2025)

We used the CAM5 model to examine how different particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) degradation approaches affect the spatial distribution of benzo(a)pyrene (BaP). Three approaches were evaluated: NOA (no effect of OA coati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/acp-25-8163-2025

The use of plant waste to ensure the functioning of agricultural energy complexes

M. F. Nabiullina, G. R. Mingaleeva, O. V. Afanaseva, S. S. Timofeeva • Известия высших учебных заведений: Проблемы энергетики (2024)

RELEVANCE. Agricultural enterprises generate vegetable waste, which is difficult to utilize. Such waste can be used for combustion in boilers, providing thermal and electric energy to an agricultural energy complex. A hybrid mini-thermal po...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30724/1998-9903-2024-26-3-120-131

Photocatalytic degradation using Bi-doped SnS Quantum dots and phytotoxicity evaluation of treated effluents through seed germination

Govindhasamy Murugadoss, Nachimuthu Venkatesh, Pandurengan Sakthivel, Govindhan Thiruppathi et al. • Chemical Physics Impact (2025)

Quantum dots (QDs) are employed in photocatalytic applications because of their distinctive optical characteristics, such as high absorption coefficients and tunable bandgaps, enabling efficient visible light absorption and charge carrier g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.chphi.2025.100944

GROWTH AND YIELD RESPONSES OF SOYBEAN (Glycine max L.) TO ZINC OXIDE (ZnO) NANOPARTICLES FOLIAR APPLICATION

Fayomi Omotola Michael, Olasan Joseph Olalekan, Aguoru Celestine Uzoma, Terhemba Mamnenge Sarah • Biotechnologia Acta (2024)

Aim. This study was purposed to investigate the effects of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) on the growth and yield performance of two soybean (Glycine max L.) varieties, TGX1904-6F and TGX1951-3F, under controlled experimental conditions...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15407/biotech17.06.056

Electrospinning: A Powerful Tool to Improve the Corrosion Resistance of Metallic Surfaces Using Nanofibrous Coatings

Pedro J. Rivero, Deyo Maeztu Redin, Rafael J. Rodríguez • Metals (2020)

The use of surface engineering techniques to tune-up the composition of nanostructured thin-films for developing functional coatings with advanced properties is a hot topic within the scientific community. The control of the coating structu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/met10030350

The microwave-absorption properties and mechanism of phenyl silicone rubber/CIPs/graphene composites after thermal-aging in an elevated temperature

Xiao Yan, Jianhua Guo, Xinghua Jiang • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract Recently, the application and development of flexible microwave-absorption composites based on silicone rubber have gradually become a research hot spot. In this study, methyl vinyl phenyl silicone rubber (MPVQ)/carbonyl iron parti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08415-6

Predicting Microbial Protein Synthesis in Cattle: Evaluation of Extant Equations and Steps Needed to Improve Accuracy and Precision of Future Equations

Michael L. Galyean, Luis O. Tedeschi • Animals (2024)

Predictions of microbial crude protein (MCP) synthesis for beef cattle generally rely on empirical regression equations, with intakes of energy and protein as key variables. Using a database from published literature, we developed new equat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ani14192903

Semimetallization induced Hall anomaly in doped polymers

Zean Guo, Jiawei Wang, Mengmeng Li, Yawei Lv et al. • Physical Review Research (2024)

Hall anomaly related to deviations in Hall carrier concentrations have always been recognized as signs of charge incoherence in organic semiconductors, which lack ordered lattices. In this paper, we show that the Hall carrier concentration ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.043180

Construction of the cancer patients’ database based on the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) datasets for cancer epidemiology research

Jinyoung Moon, Yongseok Mun • BMC Medical Research Methodology (2025)

Abstract Background The US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset does not include a specific question or laboratory test to confirm a history of cancer diagnosis. However, if straightforward variables for cancer ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12874-025-02478-5

Encapsulation of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor in liposomes prepared by thin film hydration and their transfer to mesenchymal stem cells and cord blood hematopoietic stem cells

Sławomir Lewicki, Monika Leśniak, Agnieszka Sobolewska-Ruta, Aneta Lewicka et al. • Archives of Medical Science (2020)

Introduction Cytokines are important immune modulator factors controlling homeostasis of the body and are involved in tissue regeneration after wound healing. The encapsulation of cytokines in liposomes has many advantages potentially usefu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2020.94527

Heme iron amplifies azoxymethane initiating effect on rat colon preneoplastic lesions

Julia Keller, Pascale Plaisancié, Edwin Fouché, Edwige-Marie Pralet et al. • Redox Experimental Medicine (2025)

Objective: Colorectal cancer is a major public health issue for which dietary factors such as red and processed meat consumption seem to play a prominent role. Heme iron, which is present in important concentration in those food products, w...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1530/REM-25-0001

High‐Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I and T Response Following Strenuous Activity is Attenuated by Smokeless Tobacco: NEEDED (North Sea Race Endurance Exercise Study) 2014

Julia Brox Skranes, Øyunn Kleiven, Kristin Moberg Aakre, Øyvind Skadberg et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (2020)

Background Use of snus, a smokeless tobacco product, is increasing in Scandinavia. Strenuous physical activity is associated with an acute increase in high‐sensitivity cardiac troponin (swhs‐cTn) concentrations. Current smoking is associate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017363

Behavior Responses to Chemical and Optogenetic Stimuli in Drosophila Larvae

David A. Clark, David A. Clark, Seth R. Odell, Seth R. Odell et al. • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (2018)

An animal’s ability to navigate an olfactory environment is critically dependent on the activities of its first-order olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs). While considerable research has focused on ORN responses to odorants, the mechanisms by...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00324

Inhibition of methyltransferase activity of enhancer of zeste 2 leads to enhanced lipid accumulation and altered chromatin status in zebrafish

Marjo J. den Broeder, Jarle Ballangby, Leonie M. Kamminga, Peter Aleström et al. • Epigenetics & Chromatin (2020)

Abstract Background Recent studies indicate that exposure to environmental chemicals may increase susceptibility to developing metabolic diseases. This susceptibility may in part be caused by changes to the epigenetic landscape which conseq...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13072-020-0329-y

Efficacious role of silica nanoparticles in improving growth and yield of wheat under drought stress through stress-gene upregulation

Rekha Boora, Neelam Rani, Santosh Kumari, Shikha Yashveer et al. • Plant Nano Biology (2023)

Climate change is now evident and severe water shortage due to unpredictable raining season along with extended summers is expected to hamper crop production across the globe. Application of nanoparticle based formulations is one of the mos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.plana.2023.100051

Metabolomic Profile Alterations Associated with the SLC16A11 Risk Haplotype Following a Lifestyle Intervention in People With Prediabetes

Magdalena Sevilla-González, Maria Fernanda Garibay-Gutiérrez, Arsenio Vargas-Vázquez, Andrea Celeste Medina-García et al. • Current Developments in Nutrition (2024)

Background: A risk haplotype in SLC16A11 characterized by alterations in fatty acid metabolism emerged as a genetic risk factor associated with increased susceptibility to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Mexican population. Its role on treatment r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.104444

Bio-Engineered Graphene-Based Cage for Efficient Local Enrichment and Biodegradation of Aqueous Organic Wastes

Jixiang Fan, Dongyun Chen, Najun Li, Qingfeng Xu et al. • Scientific Reports (2017)

Abstract Microorganism immobilization has attracted great attention as a traditional method to overcome aqueous organic wastes containing N, N-dimethylformamide (DMF). In this approach, graphene oxide was modified with functional polymer fi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01539-0

Maternal cardiovascular adaptation to twin pregnancy: a population-based prospective cohort study

Maria C. Adank, Zoe A. Broere-Brown, Romy Gonçalves, M. Kamran Ikram et al. • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth (2020)

Abstract Background In women with singleton pregnancies, maternal adaptation is considered a stress test for later life cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess maternal adaptation in women with twin pregnancies compared ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12884-020-02994-w