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Psychometric analysis of the questionnaires for the assessment of upper limbs available in their Italian version: a systematic review of the structural and psychometric characteristics

Luca Barni, María Ruiz-Muñoz, Manuel Gonzalez-Sanchez, Antonio I. Cuesta-Vargas et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2021)

Abstract Introduction There is no systematic review that analyzes the psychometric properties of questionnaires in Italian. Previous studies have analyzed the psychometric characteristics of instruments for the measurement of pathologies of...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-021-01891-w

Patient-reported outcomes and measures for vaginal relaxation syndrome management: a systematic review

Hongqin Chen, Jian Meng, Qiao Li, Xin Luo et al. • Health and Quality of Life Outcomes (2025)

Abstract Background The heterogeneity of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in published clinical studies on vaginal relaxation syndrome (VRS) hinders cross-study comparisons and integration of ev...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12955-025-02432-5

Role of Coffee Caffeine and Chlorogenic Acids Adsorption to Polysaccharides with Impact on Brew Immunomodulation Effects

Cláudia P. Passos, Rita M. Costa, Sónia S. Ferreira, Guido R. Lopes et al. • Foods (2021)

Coffee brews have High Molecular Weight (HMW) compounds with described immunostimulatory activity, namely polysaccharides and melanoidins. Melanoidins are formed during roasting and are modified during brews technological processing. In add...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/foods10020378

Dynamical Systems in Neuroscience

Eugene M. Izhikevich • The MIT Press eBooks (2006)

Explains the relationship of electrophysiology, nonlinear dynamics, and the computational properties of neurons, with each concept presented in terms of both neuroscience and mathematics and illustrated using geometrical intuition. In order...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2526.001.0001

Storage Properties of Double-Layer Films Enriched with <i>Phytolacca americana</i> L. Extract as Active Packaging for African Catfish, with a New Approach to Antioxidant Film Assay and Additional Analysis of <i>P. americana</i> Extract Toxicity on Human Cell Lines

Joanna Maria Jasińska, Klaudia Michalska, Joanna Tkaczewska, Katarzyna Tkacz et al. • Molecules (2025)

Novel double-layer films based on furcellaran (FUR) and gelatin (GEL) with the addition of Phytolacca americana L. (PA) extract were used as active packaging for African catfish fillets. Films with PA extract have been shown to minimize the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules30071447

Soil Geochemical Properties Influencing the Diversity of Bacteria and Archaea in Soils of the Kitezh Lake Area, Antarctica

Qinxin Li, Nengfei Wang, Wenbing Han, Botao Zhang et al. • Biology (2022)

It is believed that polar regions are influenced by global warming more significantly, and because polar regions are less affected by human activities, they have certain reference values for future predictions. This study aimed to investiga...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology11121855

Emerging mutations in envelope protein of SARS-CoV-2 and their effect on thermodynamic properties

Kejie Mou, Mohnad Abdalla, Dong Qing Wei, Muhammad Tahir Khan et al. • Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2021)

Structural proteins of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are potential drug targets due to their role in the virus life cycle. The envelope (E) protein is one of the structural proteins; plays a critical role in v...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2021.100675

In vitro inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 Infection by dry algae powders

Daniel Garcia-Ruiz, Erendira Villalobos-Sánchez, David Alam-Escamilla, Darwin Elizondo-Quiroga • Scientific Reports (2022)

Abstract Chlorella spp., Spirulina spp., and fucoidan dry powders, are commercialized as food supplements and are considered safe for human consumption. Their broad-spectrum antiviral properties have been studied, however, their effect agai...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-22148-6

Distribution of Soil Extracellular Enzymatic, Microbial, and Biological Functions in the C and N-Cycle Pathways Along a Forest Altitudinal Gradient

Mohammad Bayranvand, Mohammad Bayranvand, Moslem Akbarinia, Gholamreza Salehi Jouzani et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2021)

The diverse chemical, biological, and microbial properties of litter and organic matter (OM) in forest soil along an altitudinal gradient are potentially important for nutrient cycling. In the present study, we sought to evaluate soil chemi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.660603

Photoluminescent Nanomaterials for Medical Biotechnology

Evgenii L. Guryev, Samah Shanwar, Andrei V. Zvyagin, Sergey Mikhailovich Deyev et al. • Acta Naturae (2021)

Creation of various photoluminescent nanomaterials has significantly expanded the arsenal of approaches used in modern biomedicine. Their unique photophysical properties can significantly improve the sensitivity and specificity of diagnosti...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.32607/actanaturae.11180 PMC: 8327149

Expression of Recombinant Human Amelogenin in Iranian Lizard Leishmania and Its Biological Function Assay

Zahra YADEGARI, Mojgan BANDEHPOUR, Bahram KAZEMI, Khojasteh SHARIFI-SARASIABI • Iranian Journal of Public Health (2015)

Background: Amelogenins are the major components of enamel matrix proteins. Enamel matrix derivatives (EMD) can be used in periodontal diseases to regenerate periodontal tissues. The main aim of this study was to evaluate ex-pression of ful...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ)

YAP1 reactivation in cardiomyocytes following ECM remodelling contributes to the development of contractile force and sarcomere maturation

Vladimir Vinarsky, Stefania Pagliari, Bacel Aldabash, Fabiana Martino et al. • Cell Death Discovery (2025)

Abstract Cardiac diseases are fueled by extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling. Together with the altered ECM chemical composition, the mechanical turmoil associated with ECM maladaptive remodelling in the pathological heart drives the shut...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41420-025-02793-2

Flexibility-powered Pickering emulsion enhances mucus permeability to alleviate ulcerative colitis

Jiali Lv, Chen Cheng, Xinran Liu, Jinhua Song et al. • Journal of Nanobiotechnology (2025)

Abstract The physicochemical properties of oral drug delivery carriers significantly influence their interactions with the intestinal barrier, which, in turn, affect their in vivo fate and therapeutic efficacy. As a delivery system with a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12951-025-03829-6

Comparative Phytochemical Analysis of the Aerial Parts of <i>Pelargonium radula</i> and <i>Geranium macrorrhizum</i> Cultivated in Bulgaria Using GC-MS and HPLC

Debora Sabotinova, Petya Boycheva, Nadezhda Ivanova, Velichka Andonova et al. • Pharmaceuticals (2026)

Background: Geraniaceae species are widely used in traditional medicine. Pelargonium radula and Geranium macrorrhizum are aromatic medicinal plants traditionally used in Bulgaria for their antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, and wound-healing...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ph19030346

Accomplishments in genome‐scale in silico modeling for industrial and medical biotechnology

Caroline B. Milne, Pan‐Jun Kim, James A. Eddy, Nathan D. Price • Biotechnology Journal (2009)

Driven by advancements in high-throughput biological technologies and the growing number of sequenced genomes, the construction of in silico models at the genome scale has provided powerful tools to investigate a vast array of biological sy...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/biot.200900234 PMC: 3160784

Medical Biotechnology

Firdos Alam Khan • CRC Press eBooks (2020)

Biotechnology has many applications in medicine. While dealing with diseases, biotechnology tools and techniques have been used in the prevention, diagnosis, and cure of diseases. Through human genetics, biotechnology has found use in genet...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003024750-9

RESEARCH OF PROPERTIES OF SEDIMENTS FORMED IN COURSE OF WHEY AND ITS CONCENTRATES SEPARATION

E. A. Chebotarev, A. D. Lodygin • Современная наука и инновации (2022)

Five types of protein precipitate can be obtained in the course of whey and its concentrates separation, which, in turn, are divided into precipitates derived from cheese and curd whey. The main factors affecting the moisture content in the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.37493/2307-910X.2020.3.16

Casticin as potential anticancer agent: recent advancements in multi-mechanistic approaches

Katya Carbone, Fabio Gervasi, Latipa Kozhamzharova, Nazgul Altybaeva et al. • Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (2023)

Plants, with their range of pharmacologically active molecules, represent the most promising source for the production of new anticancer drugs and for the formulation of adjuvants in chemotherapy treatments to reduce drug content and/or cou...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1157558