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Mass variation observing system by high low inter-satellite links (MOBILE) – a new concept for sustained observation of mass transport from space

Pail R., Bamber J., Biancale R., Bingham R. et al. • Journal of Geodetic Science (2019)

As changes in gravity are directly related to mass variability, satellite missions observing the Earth’s time varying gravity field are a unique tool for observing mass transport processes in the Earth system, such as the water cycle, rapid...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1515/jogs-2019-0006

Different Transport Behaviors between Asian Dust and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Areas: Monitoring in Fukuoka and Kanazawa, Japan

Kim-Oanh Pham, Akinori Hara, Jiaye Zhao, Keita Suzuki et al. • Applied Sciences (2022)

To clarify different effects of Asian dust (AD), long-range transported from Asian continent, on total suspended particles (TSP) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Japan, TSP were simultaneously collected during AD periods (from...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app12115404

Visit-to-visit variability of serum uric acid measurements and the risk of all-cause mortality in the general population

Xue Tian, Anxin Wang, Yingting Zuo, Shuohua Chen et al. • Arthritis Research & Therapy (2021)

Abstract Background Evidence on longitudinal variability of serum uric acid (SUA) and risk of all-cause mortality in the general population is limited, as many prior studies focused on a single measurement of SUA. Methods A total of 53,956 ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02445-7

Evaluating stool microbiome integrity after domestic freezer storage using whole-metagenome sequencing, genome assembly, and antimicrobial resistance gene analysis

Paula Momo Cabrera, Nicholas A. Bokulich, Petra Zimmermann • Microbiology Spectrum (2025)

ABSTRACT The gut microbiome is crucial for host health. Early childhood is a critical period for the development of a healthy gut microbiome, but it is particularly sensitive to external influences. Recent research has focused on using adva...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02278-24

The evolution of digital health technologies in cardiovascular disease research

Clara C. Zwack, Milad Haghani, Matthew Hollings, Ling Zhang et al. • npj Digital Medicine (2023)

When implemented in practice, digital technologies have shown improvements in morbidity and mortality outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD). For scholars, research into digital technologies in cardiovascular care has been r...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-022-00734-2 PMC: 9808768

Semi-enclosed experimental system for coal spontaneous combustion for determining regional distribution of high-temperature zone of coal fire

Jingyu Zhao, Hanqi Ming, Tao Guo, Yuxuan Zhang et al. • International Journal of Coal Science & Technology (2022)

Abstract Temperature variation and gas generation at different depths and positions in the coal combustion process were studied to determine the propagation and evolution of high temperature regions in the process of coal spontaneous combus...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s40789-022-00535-8

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN CANADA

Devidas Menon, Leigh-Ann Topfer • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2000)

OBJECTIVES: Since 1988, four government-funded health technology assessment (HTA) agencies have been established in Canada. This paper is a descriptive review of reports issued by these organizations during the period from 1988 to 1998. MET...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300102168

Time dynamics of symptom progression in patients with acute pancreatitis: a Dynamic Time Warping analysis

Rui Han, Xiaoyu Deng, Hebing Liu, Yujie Duan et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

BackgroundAcute pancreatitis (AP) morbidity has been increasing in recent years. Patients with AP exhibit highly variable symptom patterns over time, posting challenges to traditional analytical methods. Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) effective...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1703268

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Pan-Genotypic Sofosbuvir-Based Regimens for Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Infection in China

Hui Jun Zhou, Jing Cao, Hui Shi, Nasheen Naidoo et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2021)

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 1 is the most prevalent HCV infection in China. Sofosbuvir-based direct antiviral agent (DAA) regimens are the current mainstays of treatment. Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) and sofosbuvir/ledi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.779215

Health technology assessment: history and demand

Andrew J Stevens, Ruairidh Milne, Amanda Burls • Journal of Public Health (2003)

Health technology assessment (HTA)--the provision to decision makers of information on the value of treatments and tests--has come of age in the last two decades. But it has deep roots in health care, with notable landmarks in (1) the mid e...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdg022

Remote Consultations in England During COVID-19: Challenges in Data Quality, Linkage, and Research Validity

Liliana Hidalgo-Padilla, Massar Dabbous, Kristoffer Halvorsrud, Thomas Beaney et al. • Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (2025)

AbstractThe COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of remote consultations across health care, requiring rapid adjustments in service delivery. Consequently, there is an urgent need to understand the impact of remote consultations on he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/66672

Exploring barriers and enablers to implementing a digital mental health crisis risk mitigation pathway in acute paediatric care: A multi-site, exploratory mixed-methods study

Takawira C Marufu, Jane Coad, Zaki Albelbisi, Tim Carter et al. • Digital Health (2026)

Objective Children and young people (CYP) presenting in mental health crisis to acute paediatric settings represent a growing clinical and system-level challenge. These environments, primarily designed for physical healthcare, frequently la...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/20552076261431890

SNPPhenA: a corpus for extracting ranked associations of single-nucleotide polymorphisms and phenotypes from literature

Behrouz Bokharaeian, Alberto Diaz, Nasrin Taghizadeh, Hamidreza Chitsaz et al. • Journal of Biomedical Semantics (2017)

Abstract Background Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are among the most important types of genetic variations influencing common diseases and phenotypes. Recently, some corpora and methods have been developed with the purpose of extra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13326-017-0116-2

G-Aligner: a graph-based feature alignment method for untargeted LC–MS-based metabolomics

Ruimin Wang, Miaoshan Lu, Shaowei An, Jinyin Wang et al. • BMC Bioinformatics (2023)

Abstract Background Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry is widely used in untargeted metabolomics for composition profiling. In multi-run analysis scenarios, features of each run are aligned into consensus features by feature alignment ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12859-023-05525-4

A genome-wide association study on meat consumption in a Japanese population: the Japan Multi-Institutional Collaborative Cohort study

Yasuyuki Nakamura, Akira Narita, Yoichi Sutoh, Nahomi Imaeda et al. • Journal of Nutritional Science (2021)

Recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on the dietary habits of the Japanese population have shown that an effect rs671 allele was inversely associated with fish consumption, whereas it was directly associated with coffee consumption...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/jns.2021.49

In silico analysis of ciprofloxacin analogs as inhibitors of DNA gyrase of Staphylococcus aureus

Md. Rakhibul Hasan, Surid Mohammad Chowdhury, Md. Abdul Aziz, Asif Shahriar et al. • Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2021)

In this in silico study, thirty-five ciprofloxacin analogs were docked to the active site of DNA gyrase, the prime target of ciprofloxacin type antibiotics. Prior to docking all the structures were optimized using MM2 force field parameters...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100748

Brain perfusion imaging in neonates

Jérôme Baranger, Olivier Villemain, Matthias Wagner, Mariella Vargas-Gutierrez et al. • NeuroImage: Clinical (2021)

Abnormal variations of the neonatal brain perfusion can result in long-term neurodevelopmental consequences and cerebral perfusion imaging can play an important role in diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making. To identify at-risk situati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2021.102756

A novel and accelerated method for integrated alignment and variant calling from short and long reads

Jinnan Hu, Donald Freed, Hanying Feng, Hong Chen et al. • Frontiers in Bioinformatics (2026)

BackgroundIntegrating short- and long-read sequencing technologies has become a promising approach for achieving accurate and comprehensive genomic analysis. Although short-read sequencing (Illumina, etc.) offers high base accuracy and cost...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbinf.2025.1691056

A Focus on Simulation in Medical Informatics

James G. Anderson • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (2002)

This special issue of JAMIA addresses simulation, a methodology that holds great promise for the advancement of information technology in health care. Simulation has been termed a third domain, complementing both natural language and mathem...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1197/jamia.m1167 PMC: 346642