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GIS Based Appraisal of Waste Disposal for Environmental Assessment and Management in Mainland Area of Lagos State, NG

Rafiu Jimoh, Adeniji Moradeyo, Vivian Chuma, Ogungbade Olubukola et al. • International Journal of Environment and Geoinformatics (2019)

An appraisal of Waste disposal for environmental assessment and management in Lagos Mainland of Lagos state using the GIS has been carried out. GIS has been a veritable tool for analyzing, storing, querying, capturing, displaying and manag...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.30897/ijegeo.476449

Sedative-hypnotic drug use and risk of falls and fractures in elderly patients: a cross-sectional study

Mohammad Hossein Imani, Amir Hossein Imani, Amirhossein Saem, Maryam Niksolat • BMC Geriatrics (2025)

Abstract Background Falls are a leading cause of injury, hospitalization, and mortality among older adults. Sedative-hypnotic medications, especially benzodiazepines and Z-drugs, have been implicated as potential contributors to fall risk a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-025-06624-y

Statistical Relations of The Agricultural Workforce in the Rural of ‎Ramadi ‎District

Hind Waleed Farhan, Khalid Akbar Abdullah • مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإنسانية (2025)

Aims: This current study aimed to analyze the demographic characteristics of ‎the agricultural workforce and demonstrate the impact of these characteristics ‎on agricultural activity in terms of production and diversity. It also aimed to ‎c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.37653/juah.2025.188309

Where and How Do Aging Processes Take Place in Everyday Life? Answers From a New Materialist Perspective

Grit Höppner, Monika Urban • Frontiers in Sociology (2018)

In the last decade, the focus of studies on age and aging has fundamentally changed from biological to symbolic, discursive, and cultural phenomena. Currently, the most studied topic in material gerontology is the materiality of age and agi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2018.00007

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for pediatrics with infective disease: A updated meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis

Peng Li, JiaLe Liu, Junjun Liu • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2022)

ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (PCT) guided therapy on antibiotic exposure in pediatric patients with infectious disease.MethodsWe performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.915463

Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Hearing: Observations From the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Pei-Lun Kuo, Ann Zenobia Moore, Frank R. Lin, Frank R. Lin et al. • Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience (2021)

Objectives: Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is highly prevalent among older adults, but the potential mechanisms and predictive markers for ARHL are lacking. Epigenetic age acceleration has been shown to be predictive of many age-associated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2021.790926

Constructing the concept of healthy ageing and examining its association with loneliness in older adults

Ivy Yan Zhao, Mu-Hsing Ho, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Sasha Yuanjie Deng et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background World Health Organization (WHO) has defined healthy ageing by highlighting five functional ability domains to (meet basic needs, make decisions, be mobile, build and maintain relationships, and contribute to society), wh...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04019-5

Residential Satisfaction of Rural Older Adults Aging in Place

Sung-Jin Lee PhD, Kathleen Rose Parrott PhD, Minyong Lee PhD, Sheryl Renee Robinson BS et al. • Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine (2021)

This study explored residential (housing and town) satisfaction of rural older adults aging in place, relating to demographic and housing characteristics. We conducted a structured, face-to-face survey with 149 rural older adults. Regressio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/2333721421997190

Modelling effective diffusion for accurate NMR pore size analysis in nano- and microporous rocks

Michał Fajt, Grzegorz Machowski, Bartosz Puzio, Artur T. Krzyżak • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a widely applied technique for evaluating pore size distribution (PSD) in porous materials. Conventional approaches typically assume surface-controlled spin-spin relaxation and negligible diffusion contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20379-x

Characteristics of two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Greater Jakarta: case of heavy rainfall period 15–18 January 2013

Danang Eko Nuryanto, Hidayat Pawitan, Rahmat Hidayat, Edvin Aldrian • Geoscience Letters (2019)

Abstract Two different mesoscale convective system (MCS) events that produced the heavy rainfall over the Greater Jakarta (GJ) during 15–18 January 2013 period were investigated. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the atmospheri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40562-019-0131-5

The emission factor of volatile isoprenoids: stress, acclimation, and developmental responses

Ü. Niinemets, A. Arneth, U. Kuhn, R. K. Monson et al. • Biogeosciences (2010)

The rate of constitutive isoprenoid emissions from plants is driven by plant emission capacity under specified environmental conditions (<i>E</i><sub>S</sub>, the emission factor) and by responsiveness of the emissio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/bg-7-2203-2010

Detecting the dominant contributions of runoff variance across the source region of the Yellow River using a new decomposition framework

Jingkai Xie, Yue-Ping Xu, Yuxue Guo, Yitong Wang • Hydrology Research (2021)

Quantifying the contributions of climatic variables to runoff variance is still a great challenge to water resource management. This study adopted an extended Budyko framework to investigate the effects of terrestrial water storage changes ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2166/nh.2021.179

Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomics analysis of Camellia rubituberculata provide insights into adaptation to karst habitats

Chao Yan, Ming-tai An, Ming Tang, Xin-xiang Bai et al. • Plant Diversity (2026)

Karst flora confined to isolated ‘habitat islands’ evolve specialized adaptations and unique traits, serving as ideal models for investigating adaptive evolution and species diversification mechanisms. Camellia rubituberculata, endemic to t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.pld.2025.09.004

EFFECT OF VERY HIGH LEVELS OF NITROGEN AND PHOSPOURS FERTILIZERS, PINCHING, AND SEED RATE SOWING ON GROWTH, SEED YIELD AND COMPONENTES OF Nigella sativa L. 2- SEED COMPENENTS

Yousif H. Hammo • Mesopotamia Journal of Agriculture (2008)

This field experiment was conducted during the season 2005-2006 in Singar - Mosul city to investigate the effects of very high level (320 N, 300 P2O5) kg ha-1, and high level (280 N, 260 P2O5) kg ha-1 of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizer, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33899/magrj.2008.26610