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Equity and efficiency of public hospitals’ health resource allocation in Guangdong Province, China

Wanmin Su, Liulin Du, Yujun Fan, Peixi Wang • International Journal for Equity in Health (2022)

Abstract Background To better meet people’s growing demand for medical and health services, 21 cities in Guangdong Province were involved in the reform of public hospitals in 2017. This paper evaluates the equity and efficiency of public ho...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-022-01741-1

Study on PM2.5 pollution and the mortality due to lung cancer in China based on geographic weighted regression model

Qilong Cao, Guoqiang Rui, Ying Liang • BMC Public Health (2018)

Abstract Background PM2.5 has become a major component of air pollution in China and has led to a series of health problems. The mortality rate caused by lung cancer has reached the point where it cannot be ignored in China. Air pollution i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-018-5844-4

Saccharomyces boulardii RC009 as an alternative to prophylactic antibiotics: effects on broiler chickens, performance, and gut microbiome

Alejandra Magnoli, María Luna, Laureano Giordano, Maite Isgro et al. • Iraqi Journal of Veterinary Sciences (2026)

This study evaluates the effects of supplementing broiler chicken feed with the probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii RC009 as a sustainable alternative to prophylactic antibiotics. The focus was on productive performance, gut m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33899/ijvs.2025.166858.4600

Long-term exposure to air pollution and incidence risk of various arrhythmias: A prospective cohort study

Lu Zhou, Qingli Zhang, Huihuan Luo, Kexin Yu et al. • Eco-Environment & Health (2024)

To investigate the association of long-term exposure to air pollution with incident arrhythmia from various causes, this prospective cohort study included 442,386 participants from the UK Biobank cohort. Residential annual average exposures...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.eehl.2024.05.006

Improving Muscle Function Through a Multimodal Behavioural Intervention for Knee Osteoarthritis and Obesity: The POMELO Trial

Kristine Godziuk, Mary Forhan, Flavio T. Vieira, Joao F. Mota et al. • Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle (2025)

ABSTRACT Background Treatments aimed at improving physical function and body composition, including reducing fat mass (FM) and increasing muscle mass, may benefit individuals with advanced knee osteoarthritis (OA) and obesity. We investigat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jcsm.70025

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

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

Dielectric and impedance spectroscopic studies of three phase graphene/titania/poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite films

Saira Ishaq, Farah Kanwal, Shahid Atiq, Mahmoud Moussa et al. • Results in Physics (2018)

Flexible dielectric polymer composites with high dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss have many applications in different areas of electronic industry. In this paper, we propose synthesis of flexible dielectric materials with eff...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rinp.2018.09.049

Evaluation of Respiratory Protection Program in Petrochemical Industries: Application of Analytic Hierarchy Process

Hadi Kolahi, Mehdi Jahangiri, Haleh Ghaem, Akbar Rostamabadi et al. • Safety and Health at Work (2018)

Background: Respiratory protection equipment (RPE) is the last resort to control exposure to workplace air pollutants. A comprehensive respiratory protection program (RPP) ensures that RPE is selected, used, and cared properly. Therefore, R...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2017.05.003

Transcriptome and DNA Methylome Analysis in a Mouse Model of Diet-Induced Obesity Predicts Increased Risk of Colorectal Cancer

Ruifang Li, Sara A. Grimm, Deepak Mav, Haiwei Gu et al. • Cell Reports (2018)

Colorectal cancer (CRC) tends to occur at older age; however, CRC incidence rates have been rising sharply among young age groups. The increasing prevalence of obesity is recognized as a major risk, yet the mechanistic underpinnings remain ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.12.071

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

Dietary effects of protein and lipid levels on growth performance and flesh quality of large-size largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)

Yunfeng Chen, Hang Yang, Beibei Guo, Xiaoqin Li et al. • Aquaculture Reports (2023)

The aim of this trial was to investigate the effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on growth performance and flesh quality of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides). A 3 × 3 two-factor design was used, including three crude protein l...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.aqrep.2023.101852

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

Development of Rice Variety With Durable and Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Blast Disease Through Marker-Assisted Introduction of Pigm Gene

Zhiming Feng, Zhiming Feng, Mingyou Li, Zhiwen Xu et al. • Frontiers in Plant Science (2022)

Rice blast, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (M. oryzae), is one of the most destructive diseases threatening rice production worldwide. Development of resistant cultivars using broad-spectrum resistance (R) genes with high breeding value is th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.937767

Causal analysis between altered levels of interleukins and obstructive sleep apnea

Minhan Yi, Minhan Yi, Minhan Yi, Wangcheng Zhao et al. • Frontiers in Immunology (2022)

BackgroundInflammation proteins including interleukins (ILs) have been reported to be related to obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). The aims of this study were to estimate the levels for several key interleukins in OSA and the causal effects be...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.888644

Research on Personalized Recommendation Algorithm Integrating Cross-Grained Sentiment and Rating Interaction Features

Bing Li, Jiangtao Dong, Xile Wang, Yuqi Hou et al. • IEEE Access (2025)

To investigate the impact of cross-grained sentiments on user feature representation and address the issue of data sparsity, this paper proposes a Personalized Recommendation Algorithm Integrating Cross-Grained Sentiment and Rating Interact...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3530431

Utilization of mobile health applications and determinant factors among health science students at Debre Markos University, northwest Ethiopia in 2022.

Gizaw Hailiye Teferi, Maru Meseret Tadele, Getaye Tizazu, Zegeye Regasa Hordofa et al. • PLoS ONE (2023)

BackgroundHigh penetration of smartphones and ownership among the young generation increased the utilization of mobile health applications for health management among university students more than ever. Compared to other health service prov...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275689

The Effects of N-acetylcysteine on Inflammatory Markers and Homocysteine: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Jamal Hallajzadeh, Alireza Milajerdi, Željko Reiner, Fariba Kolahdooz et al. • Pharmaceutical Sciences (2020)

Background: Recently a number of trials investigated the effect of N-acetylcysteine (NAC) administration on inflammatory markers and homocysteine (Hcy). However, their findings are controversial. The aim of this paper is to present a meta-a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.34172/PS.2020.30

Large datasets of water vapor sorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion and mechanical properties of flax fibre/shape memory epoxy hygromorph composites

Qinyu Li, Rujie Sun, Antoine Le Duigou, Jianglong Guo et al. • Data in Brief (2022)

This data article presents four experimental sets of results related to flax fibre composites with epoxy shape memory polymer matrix: water vapor absorption, mass diffusion immersed in water, hygroscopic expansion, mechanical properties. Th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108367