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Does Practice Make Perfect? The Effects of an Eight-Week Manualized Deliberate Practice Course With Peer Feedback on Patient-Rated Working Alliance in Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Håkan Lagerberg, James F. Boswell, Michael J. Constantino, Gerhard Andersson et al. • Clinical Psychology in Europe (2024)

[Background] Deliberate Practice (DP), which underscores the importance of expert mentorship, personalized learning objectives, feedback, and repetition, has been suggested as a method to enhance the effectiveness of therapists. [Method] Th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.32872/cpe.12353

Condições do Trabalho da Mulher: Uma Revisão Integrativa da Literatura Brasileira

Natalia Lopes Braga, Noália Magna de Araújo, Regina Heloisa Maciel • Psicologia (2019)

A pesquisa objetivou identificar e descrever as condições do trabalho da mulher relatadas na literatura científica brasileira. Para isso, foi realizada uma revisão sistemática integrativa nas bases de dados Scielo e Pepsic, utilizando como ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5935/1980-6906/psicologia.v21n2p232-251

Children’s memory “in the wild”: examining the temporal organization of free recall from a week-long camp at a local zoo

Thanujeni Pathman, Lina Deker, Puneet Kaur Parmar, Mark Christopher Adkins et al. • Cognitive Research (2023)

Abstract Free-recall paradigms have greatly influenced our understanding of memory. The majority of this research involves laboratory-based events (e.g., word lists) that are studied and tested within minutes. This literature shows that adu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s41235-022-00452-z

Curcumin Inhibits Growth of Human NCI-H292 Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells by Increasing FOXA2 Expression

Lingling Tang, Jinjin Liu, Linyun Zhu, Qingge Chen et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2018)

Lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC) is a common histological lung cancer subtype, but unlike lung adenocarcinoma, limited therapeutic options are available for treatment. Curcumin, a natural compound, may have anticancer effects in various ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00060

Epoetin zeta in the management of anemia associated with chronic kidney disease, differential pharmacology and clinical utility

Davis-Ajami ML, Wu J, Downton K, Ludeman E et al. • Biologics: Targets & Therapy (2014)

Mary Lynn Davis-Ajami,1 Jun Wu,2 Katherine Downton,3 Emilie Ludeman,3 Virginia Noxon4 1Organizational Systems and Adult Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA; 2South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of...

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Efficient electrochemical determination of dopamine in the presence of uric acid in real samples using tungsten disulfide nanostructure modified electrode

Ibrahim Ayad Jihad, Thekrayat Joodi Jassim, Zainab Naeif Mageed • ADMET and DMPK (2025)

Background and purpose: Research on the detection of uric acid (URA) and dopamine (DPA) is ongoing because of the difficulties posed by their closely overlapping oxidation potentials. Tungsten disulfide nanostructures have become attractive...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5599/admet.2968

Celiac artery in New Zealand rabbit: anatomical study of its origin and arrangement for experimental research and surgical practice Artéria celíaca em coelhos Nova Zelândia: estudo anatômico de sua origem e arranjo para a pesquisa experimental e a prática cirúrgica

Marcelo Abidu-Figueiredo, Bárbara Xavier-Silva, Themis M. Cardinot, Márcio A. Babinski et al. • Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira (2008)

Rabbits have been used as an experimental model in many diseases and for the study of toxicology, pharmacology and surgery in many universities. However, some aspects of their macro anatomy need a more detailed description, especially the a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S0100-736X2008000500002

A time-motion study of the COVID-19 vaccination process in an urban primary health center of Odisha, India

G. Alekhya, Prajna Paramita Giri, Arjun M.C., Binod Kumar Behera et al. • Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics (2022)

Vaccination is a critical tool in protecting against COVID-19. It is essential to know the time for each activity in a COVID-19 vaccination process for better management, especially during a pandemic. Thus, we conducted a time-motion study ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2022.2073759

Low-grade chronic inflammation and transcriptomics: how molecular pharmacognosy can help find new natural treatment alternatives—a narrative review

Massimo Fioranelli, Maria Grazia Roccia, Bianca Przybylek, Francesca Romana Sconci et al. • Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences (2024)

Abstract Background The inflammatory response is fundamental to the maintenance of an organism’s physiological homeostasis. Inflammation is controlled by a series of biological events driven by specific inflammatory molecules. When inflamma...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s43088-024-00506-9

Insufficient Expression of Cyclooxygenase-2 Protein Is Associated With Retarded Degradation of Aggregated Protein in Diabetic Glomeruli

Yasushi Hirasawa, Aiko Muramatsu, Yoshio Suzuki, Tadashi Nagamatsu • Journal of Pharmacological Sciences (2006)

To elucidate the involvement of cyclooxygenase (COX) in degradation of aggregated protein in diabetic glomeruli, we used streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic mice and aggregated bovine serum albumin (a-BSA) as a model protein. There was a ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1254/jphs.FPJ06010X

Heat transfer by three types of hot pack and its implication on the flexibility of the lower back: a randomized, controlled trial

Paulina Fuentes-León, Natalia Jara-Poblete, Pía Bastías-Sánchez, Kaio Fernando Vitzel et al. • Fisioterapia e Pesquisa (2016)

ABSTRACT The use of hot pack is a common superficial thermotherapy strategy and one of its benefits is the increase of muscle flexibility. However, there is a lack of information about the effects of the heat pack alone, without being used ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1809-2950/15088923022016

Plexiform Neurofibroma Treated with Pharmacopuncture

Chungsan Lim, Kirok Kwon, Kwangho Lee • Journal of Pharmacopuncture (2014)

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report a case of a plexiform neurofibroma (PNF) in the pelvic region treated with sweet bee venom (SBV) and mountain ginseng pharmacopuncture (MGP). Methods: A 16-year-old girl was diagnosed as h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3831/KPI.2014.17.030

Effects of urea, metal ions and surfactants on the binding of baicalein with bovine serum albumin

Atanu Singha Roy, Amit Kumar Dinda, Nitin Kumar Pandey, Swagata Dasgupta • Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (2016)

The interaction of baicalein with bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated with the help of spectroscopic and molecular docking studies. The binding affinity of baicalein towards BSA was estimated to be in order of 105 M−1 from fluoresce...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2016.04.001

The Utilization of Plant-Material-Loaded Vesicular Drug Delivery Systems in the Management of Pulmonary Diseases

Bongani Sannyboy Lukhele, Kokoette Bassey, Bwalya Angel Witika • Current Issues in Molecular Biology (2023)

Medicinal plants have been utilized to treat a variety of conditions on account of the bioactive properties that they contain. Most bioactive constituents from plants are of limited effectiveness, due to poor solubility, limited permeabilit...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/cimb45120624

Efficacy, safety, and quality of life 4 years after valoctocogene roxaparvovec gene transfer for severe hemophilia A in the phase 3 GENEr8-1 trial

Andrew D. Leavitt, Johnny Mahlangu, Priyanka Raheja, Emily Symington et al. • Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2024)

Background: Valoctocogene roxaparvovec, an adeno-associated virus-mediated gene therapy for severe hemophilia A, enables endogenous factor (F)VIII expression and provides bleed protection. Objectives: Determine valoctocogene roxaparvovec du...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102615

The Association of Parent-Child Communication With Internet Addiction in Left-Behind Children in China: A Cross-Sectional Study

Jingjing Cai, Yun Wang, Feng Wang, Jingjing Lu et al. • International Journal of Public Health (2021)

Objective: Internet addiction has emerged as a growing concern worldwide. This study aimed to compare the prevalence of Internet addiction between left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind children (non-LBC), and explore the role of pa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/ijph.2021.630700

Standardized Extract of Atractylodis Rhizoma Alba and Fructus Schisandrae Ameliorates Coughing and Increases Expectoration of Phlegm

Hee-Sung Chae, Sun Young Kim, Pisey Pel, Jungmoo Huh et al. • Molecules (2020)

Cough and phlegm frequently occur in respiratory diseases like upper respiratory tract infections, acute bronchitis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. To relieve these symptoms and diseases, various ingredients are being used desp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules25133064

Exercise Training and Circulating Small Extracellular Vesicles: Appraisal of Methodological Approaches and Current Knowledge

Ian A. J. Darragh, Lorraine O’Driscoll, Lorraine O’Driscoll, Lorraine O’Driscoll et al. • Frontiers in Physiology (2021)

In response to acute exercise, an array of metabolites, nucleic acids, and proteins are enriched in circulation. Collectively termed “exercise factors,” these molecules represent a topical area of research given their speculated contributio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.738333