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Social and Cultural Predicaments of Female-Headed Households Related to Charitable Institutions in Behbahan

Zohreh Freydoonian, Maryam Mokhtari, Siroos Ahmadi • مطالعات وقف و امور خیریه (2025)

Introduction The number of female-headed households has significantly increased worldwide. In Iran as well, these households now account for more than 14% of all families. Female heads of households are women who, due to reasons such as div...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22108/ecs.2025.146464.1144

The “black box” of treatment: Patients’ perspective on what works in opioid maintenance treatment for opioid dependence

Teresa C. Silva, Fredrik B. Andersson • Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2021)

Abstract Background A lack of conceptual modeling of how the components of opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) for opioid dependence (OD) work causes it to occasionally be labeled the “black-box” of treatment. This study had a two-fold objec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13011-021-00378-7

PADRÕES ESPACIAIS E CONVERGÊNCIA DA TAXA DE HOMICÍDIOS NO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO

Gustavo Navarro Martins Fonseca, Alexandre Lopes Gomes, Gustavo Carvalho Moreira • Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública (2025)

Este estudo investigou os padrões espaciais das taxas de homicídios e avaliou a hipótese de convergência em microrregiões do estado de São Paulo. Utilizando ferramentas de Análise Exploratória de Dados Espaciais (AEDE) e o modelo espacial d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31060/rbsp.2025.v19.n2.2090

Postmodernism and Rethinking the Concept of Crime

Bagher Shamloo, Mahdi Kazemi Jouybari • Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī (2015)

Defining the concept of crime is the starting point in the criminal thought. Basically, any view taken on the concept of crime formulates the other fundamental criminological concepts (such as the criminal and etiology) as well as basic con...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22054/jclr.2015.1781

Perception among medical students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, regarding alcohol and substance abuse in the community: a cross-sectional survey

Al-Haqwi Ali I • Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2010)

Abstract Background This study was conducted to examine the perception and views of medical students regarding the extent of alcohol and substance abuse in the community and the possible predisposing factors for this problem. Methods It is ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1747-597X-5-2

Family management risk and protective factors for adolescent substance use in South Africa

Beatrice Wamuyu Muchiri, Monika M. L. dos Santos • Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy (2018)

Abstract Background An increasingly recognised prevention approach for substance use entails a reduction in risk factors, and the enhancement of promotive, or protective factors in individuals and the environment surrounding them during the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13011-018-0163-4

Positive leadership and management in residential child care: what do these involve and how do we bring them about?

Leslie Hicks • Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (2015)

This short article reports on an interview with Graham McPheat, Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Strathclyde. Drawing on his experience as a children's homes manager and educator, Graham offers a starting point for debates about the na...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17868/strath.00084875

Open your eyes

Gavin Sinclair • Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care (2014)

In May this year I wrote an article about a theatre play called 'Please Listen' and its successes. Today I'd like to tell you about the development of this work, about stability, opportunity, belief, support, communication, continuity, pros...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17868/strath.00084969

Adolescent victimization and psychosocial well-being in a Finnish population-based sample

Katri Lahti, Heidi Backman, Taina Laajasalo, Markus Kaakinen et al. • International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (2023)

ABSTRACTPotentially traumatizing events are common in adolescence, and these experiences have an impact on psychopathology. Furthermore, these events cumulate for certain individuals. More knowledge about the relationship between well-being...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2023.2273385

Mujeres con pena privativa de libertad: ¿quiénes son y cómo viven en una cárcel de Ecuador?/ Women's imprisonment: Who they are and how they live in a prison in Ecuador?

Laddy Almeida • Urvio (2017)

Los estudios acerca de personas con pena privativa de libertad tradicionalmente han excluido en el análisis al grupo de mujeres presas bajo el argumento de su escaso número. Esta ausencia en el conocimiento motivó la realización del present...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17141/urvio.21.2017.2937

Proteção social, famílias e os desafios em tempos de crises

Dalsiza Cláudia Macedo Coutinho, Lanna Jackelyne de Alencar Arrais, Léia Lediane Gross, Rosemeire dos Santos • Revista Katálysis (2023)

O trabalho apresenta o debate sobre proteção social às famílias no contexto de crises, em que se realiza reflexões sobre o desenvolvimento das políticas de proteção social no capitalismo e os desafios postos a essas políticas diante da cris...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1982-0259.2023.90602

Mini-AFTERc: a controlled pilot trial of a nurse-led psychological intervention for fear of breast cancer recurrence

Calum McHale, Susanne Cruickshank, Tamara Brown, Claire Torrens et al. • Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2024)

Abstract Objectives To determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing the Mini-AFTERc intervention. Design Non-randomised cluster-controlled pilot trial. Setting Four NHS out-patient breast cancer centres in Scotland. Participa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01431-x

On-the-Fly Sleep Scoring Algorithm with Heart Rate, RR Intervals and Accelerometer as Input

Michele Guagnano, Sara Groppo, Luigi Pugliese, Massimo Violante • Sensors (2025)

In many applications, recognizing the depth of sleep (e.g., light, deep, REM sleep) while the subject is sleeping enables innovative features. For instance, in SAE Level 4 autonomous driving, a driver may need to takeover the vehicle contro...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/s25072141

Recent Applications of Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffold in Tissue Engineering

Hamza Abu Owida, Jamal I. Al-Nabulsi, Feras Alnaimat, Muhammad Al-Ayyad et al. • Applied Bionics and Biomechanics (2022)

Tissue engineering is a relatively new area of research that combines medical, biological, and engineering fundamentals to create tissue-engineered constructs that regenerate, preserve, or slightly increase the functions of tissues. To crea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2022/1953861

ITRI Biofilm Prevented Thoracic Adhesion in Pigs That Received Myocardial Ischemic Induction Treated by Myocardial Implantation of EPCs and ECSW Treatment

Jiunn-Jye Sheu, Jui-Ning Yeh, Pei-Hsun Sung, John Y. Chiang et al. • Cell Transplantation (2024)

This study tested the hypothesis that ITRI Biofilm prevents adhesion of the chest cavity. Combined extracorporeal shock wave (ECSW) + bone marrow-derived autologous endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) therapy was superior to monotherapy for i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/09636897241253144