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The Psychosocial Impact of the Romanian Government Measures on the Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Armenia Androniceanu, Doina-Mihaela Marton • Central European Public Administration Review (2021)

The Covid-19 pandemic generated a global crisis involving most countries in the world. State governments worldwide were forced to take appropriate measures impacting different fields. The Romanian government and other local public authoriti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17573/cepar.2021.1.05

Immersive educational innovation: Stakeholder perceptions on metaverse-based vocabulary learning in Saudi Arabia

Abdullah Al Fraidan, Rahaf Alkuwaity • Computers in Human Behavior Reports (2026)

This study investigates the educational potential and implications of Metaverse technologies—including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), lifelogging, and mirror worlds—for vocabulary instruction in the Saudi educational context....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.chbr.2026.101199

Prediction of Sport Participation Motivation among Male Adolescent Students in School Physical Education Classes Based on Basic Psychological Needs and Social Responsibility

Hafez Padervand, Banafsheh Hassanvand, Kaveh Rostami, Asma soleimani • روان‌شناسی تربیتی (2026)

The aim of this study was to predict the sport participation motivation of male adolescent students in school physical education classes based on basic psychological needs and social responsibility. The research method was a correlational s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22054/jep.2026.88261.4266

Does economic policy uncertainty affect insurance premiums? Fresh empirical evidence

Saeed Sazzad Jeris, Shahriar Frances, Mst Taskia Akter, Majed Alharthi • Heliyon (2023)

Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) is the level of uncertainty or unpredictability arising from government policy on topics such as taxes, trade, monetary policy, and regulation. Exploring the relationship between EPU and insurance premiums ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16122

Investigating the influence of monetary policy on the balance sheet performance of commercial banks

Denis Kalua, Andrew Munthopa Lipunga, Fredrick Banda • Journal of Accounting and Investment (2024)

Research aims: The study investigates the influence of monetary policy on the balance sheet performance of commercial banks in Malawi. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study employed an explanatory research design using time series data obt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.18196/jai.v25i3.21052

STRUKTUR MODAL DAN MODAL KERJA PT XYZ SERTA PENGARUHNYA TERHADAP KINERJA PERUSAHAAN

Untung Setiono, Hermanto Siregar, Lukytawati Anggraeni • Jurnal Aplikasi Bisnis dan Manajemen (2017)

n 2012, the electronic payment system transactions reached IDR 104.830 trillion or increase 46,52% from the previous year.  PT. XYZ is the  pioneer in the electronic payment system Indonesia  and still one of the leading companies in electr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17358/jabm.3.1.131

Relationship between green bonds and carbon neutrality: evidence from top five emitting countries’ sectoral CO2 emissions

Ugur Korkut Pata, Mustafa Tevfik Kartal, Zahoor Ahmed, Avik Sinha • Financial Innovation (2025)

Abstract This study analyzes the influence of green bonds on carbon neutrality. It examines the daily data of sectoral CO2 emissions of the top five CO2-emitting nations from January 2, 2019 to December 30, 2022 using wavelet transform cohe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40854-024-00691-7

Continuous positive airway pressure for children with undifferentiated respiratory distress in Ghana: an open-label, cluster, crossover trial

Dr Patrick T Wilson, MD, Frank Baiden, PhD, Joshua C Brooks, MPH, Marilyn C Morris, MD et al. • The Lancet Global Health (2017)

Background: In low-income and middle-income countries, invasive mechanical ventilation is often not available for children at risk of death from respiratory failure. We aimed to determine if continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), a for...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30145-6

Plasma Exchange for ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An International Survey of Patient PreferencesPlain Language Summary

David Collister, Mark Farrar, Lesha Farrar, Paul Brown et al. • Kidney Medicine (2023)

Rationale & Objective: We sought to elicit patient preferences regarding the use of plasma exchange in antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis (AAV) and its tradeoffs of risk of kidney failure and risk of serious infec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100595

Predicting hospital admissions from individual patient data (IPD): an applied example to explore key elements driving external validity

Rafael Perera, Marjan Van Den Akker, Kym I E Snell, Joerg J Meerpohl et al. • BMJ Open (2021)

Objective To explore factors that potentially impact external validation performance while developing and validating a prognostic model for hospital admissions (HAs) in complex older general practice patients.Study design and setting Using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-045572

Association of self-reported dental caries with sex, lifestyle, and problematic Internet use among elementary school children in Japan

Masaaki Yamada, Michikazu Sekine, Takashi Tatsuse, Yukiko Yanai • BMC Oral Health (2025)

Abstract Background Dental caries is the most prevalent disease in elementary schoolchildren in Japan. Problematic Internet use (PIU) has increased among children; however, its association with caries has rarely been studied. We aimed to ex...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12903-025-05475-8

Hyperuricemia and dementia – a case-control study

Bettina Engel, Willy Gomm, Karl Broich, Wolfgang Maier et al. • BMC Neurology (2018)

Abstract Background There is evidence that uric acid may have antioxidant and neuroprotective effects and might therefore alter the risk for neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. So far, the relation between serum uric acid (SUA) lev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12883-018-1136-y

Epidemiology: An introduction

Kenneth Jay Rothman (2016)

1. Introduction to Epidemiologic Thinking 2. Pioneers in Epidemiology and Public Health 3. What is Causation? 4. Measuring Disease Occurrence and Causal Effects 5. Types of Epidemiologic Studies 6. Infectious Disease Epidemiology 7. Dealing...

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Predictors of Five Days Mortality in Diabetic Ketoacidosis Patients: a Prospective Cohort Study

Suhendro Suwarto, Bambang Sutrisna, Sarwono Waspadji, Herdiman T Pohan • Acta Medica Indonesiana (2014)

Aim: to determine the role of serum lactate and diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) severity as predictors for five-days mortality in DKA patients. Methods: a prospective cohort study was conducted in DKA patients admitted to emergency department (...

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Associations of carotid flow velocity with cerebral perfusion and cerebral small vessel disease: a community-based prospective study

Peipei Yang, Xiaoshuai Li, Yuqing Huang, Xinyu Zhao et al. • European Journal of Medical Research (2025)

Abstract Objectives To explore the associations of carotid artery hemodynamic parameters with cerebral perfusion and cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) in a healthy population. Methods A total of 654 participants from the Kailuan communit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40001-025-03238-3

Assessing PM2.5 pollution in the Northeastern United States from the 2023 Canadian wildfire smoke: an episodic study integrating air quality and health impact modeling with emissions and meteorological uncertainty analysis

Hao He, Timothy P Canty, Russell R Dickerson, Joel Dreessen et al. • Environmental Research Letters (2025)

Between June 6 and 8, 2023, wildfires in Quebec, Canada generated massive smoke plumes that traveled long distances and deteriorated air quality across the Northeastern United States (US). Surface daily PM _2.5 observations exceeded 100 µ g...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ae10c9

Trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the United States, 1975–2018: a population-based study

Xianying Cheng, Ping Wang, Li Cheng, Feng Zhao et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2025)

BackgroundCervical cancer incidence and mortality rates in the United States have substantially declined over recent decades, primarily driven by reductions in squamous cell carcinoma cases. However, the trend in recent years remains unclea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1579446

First seroprevalence survey of bovine anaplasmosis: an emerging tick-borne disease in commercial livestock and dairy farms in Bangladesh

Md. Makshuder Rahman Zim, Nurnabi Ahmed, Mostak Ahmed, Md. Abu Haris Miah et al. • Parasitology (2024)

Bovine anaplasmosis is an infectious, tick-borne disease caused by Anaplasma species, which is accountable for huge economic loss in dairy industry. This study was aimed to determine the seroprevalence of bovine anaplasmosis on randomly sel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1017/S0031182024001495

Metabolic perturbations underlying the associations of endocrine-disrupting chemical mixtures with muscle mass and strength in adults: A repeated-measures study

Kun Huang, Shuoshuo Hu, Yilin Zhou, Qingqing Cao et al. • Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology (2025)

Introduction: Adult exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) may reduce muscle mass and strength; however, few studies considered EDC mixtures and their potential mechanisms. Objectives: We aimed to explore associations of EDC mixt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.enceco.2025.08.019