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Genetic impact of non-consanguineous marriages in Saudi Arabia.

Mohammed Alyahya, Taghrid Aloraini, Youseef Al-Harbi, Lamia Alsubaie et al. • Journal of Biochemical and Clinical Genetics (2022)

Background: Physicians and geneticists face challenges in making accurate diagnoses during clinical evaluations; affecting patients and clinicians. The aim of this study was to estimate the hit rate of the non-consanguineous population. Mor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24911/JBCGenetics/183-1664872492

Detection Techniques for Synthetic Cannabinoids in Body Fluids and Tissues: A Systematic Review

Sachil Kumar, Tulsidas R. Baggi • Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine (2026)

Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), originally developed for research purposes in the 1960s, have emerged as a significant concern in clinical and forensic toxicology due to their widespread abuse and unpredictable toxicological effects. These co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_128_25

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w

The Challenge of Timely, Responsive and Rigorous Ethics Review of Disaster Research: Views of Research Ethics Committee Members.

Matthew Hunt, Catherine M Tansey, James Anderson, Renaud F Boulanger et al. • PLoS ONE (2016)

Research conducted following natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods or hurricanes is crucial for improving relief interventions. Such research, however, poses ethical, methodological and logistical challenges for researchers. Oversig...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157142

Let's Play it Safe: Ethical Considerations from Participants in a Photovoice Research Project

Karin Hannes PhD, Oksana Parylo PhD • International Journal of Qualitative Methods (2014)

The use of images and other visual data in qualitative research projects poses new ethical challenges, particularly in the context of participatory research projects that engage research participants in conducting fieldwork. Little is known...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/160940691401300112

Roles of loneliness and life satisfaction in the relationship between perceived friend social support, positive feelings about the future and loss of motivation

Yavuz Aslan, Orhan Koçak, Aysel Basmacı Kaya, Abdulmohsen Mohammed Abdullah Alkhulayfi et al. • Acta Psychologica (2025)

Purpose: University students often face psychological challenges, particularly loneliness and hopelessness, which are exacerbated by factors such as limited social interactions, economic uncertainty, lack of employment opportunities, and th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105315

Agent-based multi-tier SLA negotiation for intercloud

Lin Li, Li Liu, Shalin Huang, Shibiao Lv et al. • Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications (2022)

Abstract The evolving intercloud enables idle resources to be traded among cloud providers to facilitate utilization optimization and to improve the cost-effectiveness of the service for cloud consumers. However, several challenges are rais...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13677-022-00286-6

Multi-step prediction in linearized latent state spaces for representation learning

Andrii Tytarenko • Sistemnì Doslìdženâ ta Informacìjnì Tehnologìï (2022)

In this paper, we derive a novel method as a generalization over LCEs such as E2C. The method develops the idea of learning a locally linear state space by adding a multi-step prediction, thus allowing for more explicit control over the cur...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20535/SRIT.2308-8893.2022.3.09

Problem-Based Tasks in Mathematics Learning: Opportunities and Challenges for Teachers

Sri Suryanti, Toto Nusantara, I Nengah Parta, Santi Irawati • JTAM (Jurnal Teori dan Aplikasi Matematika) (2023)

Mathematics education and teaching should not only include routine tasks; but tasks that need practice and memorization are mathematically more prosperous and more difficult because they promote problem-solving, investigation, and the disco...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31764/jtam.v7i2.12864

The indispensability of mathematics

Mark Colyvan • Choice Reviews Online (2002)

Looks at the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of mathematics. This argument urges us to place mathematical entities on the same ontological footing as other theoretical entities indispensable to our best scientific t...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.39-2845

A compact model for the home healthcare routing and scheduling problem

Roberto Montemanni, Sara Ceschia, Andrea Schaerf • EURO Journal on Computational Optimization (2025)

Home healthcare has become more and more central in the last decades, due to the advantages it can bring to both healthcare institutions and patients. Planning activities in this context, however, presents significant challenges related to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ejco.2024.100101

DAF-UNet: Deformable U-Net with Atrous-Convolution Feature Pyramid for Retinal Vessel Segmentation

Yongchao Duan, Rui Yang, Ming Zhao, Mingrui Qi et al. • Mathematics (2025)

Segmentation of retinal vessels from fundus images is critical for diagnosing diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. However, the inherent challenges posed by the complex geometries of vessels and the highly imbalanced distribution of ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/math13091454

The Indispensability of Mathematics

Mark Colyvan (2001)

Abstract Looks at the Quine–Putnam indispensability argument in the philosophy of mathematics. This argument urges us to place mathematical entities on the same ontological footing as other theoretical entities indispensable to our best sci...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/019513754x.001.0001

Progress and Perspective of CRISPR‐Cas9 Technology in Translational Medicine

Ruixuan Zheng, Lexiang Zhang, Rokshana Parvin, Lihuang Su et al. • Advanced Science (2023)

Abstract Translational medicine aims to improve human health by exploring potential treatment methods developed during basic scientific research and applying them to the treatment of patients in clinical settings. The advanced perceptions o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/advs.202300195

Wellbeing intervention for chronic kidney disease (WICKD): a randomised controlled trial study protocol

Kylie M. Dingwall, Tricia Nagel, Jaquelyne T. Hughes, David J. Kavanagh et al. • BMC Psychology (2019)

Abstract Background Incidence of end stage kidney disease (ESKD) for Indigenous Australians is especially high in remote and very remote areas of Australia (18 and 20 times the rate of comparable non-Indigenous people). Relocating away from...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40359-018-0264-x