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Perceptions of Industrial Design: The “Means” and the “Ends”

Pietro G. Micheli, Joe Jaina, Keith Goffin, Fred Lemke et al. • Journal of Product Innovation Management (2012)

It is widely accepted that industrial design can play an important role in the development of innovative products, but integrating design‐thinking into new product development ( NPD ) is a challenge. This is because industrial designers hav...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5885.2012.00937.x

Discharge preparation experiences of intergenerational caregivers for premature infants in China’s NICU: a qualitative study

Yan Zhang, Ling Jiang, Jinyu Zhu, Sijia Shen et al. • BMJ Paediatrics Open (2026)

Background Proper discharge preparation by family caregivers is essential for improving the growth and development of preterm infants and lowering their readmission rates. Within China’s unique family cultural context, intergenerational car...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2026-004695 PMC: PMC13691880

Protocol for the Tallaght University Hospital Institute for Memory and Cognition-Biobank for Research in Ageing and Neurodegeneration

Eimear Connolly, Shane Lyons, Cliona O’Farrelly, Graham Knight et al. • BMJ Open (2023)

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias affect >50 million individuals globally and are characterised by broad clinical and biological heterogeneity. Cohort and biobank studies have played a critical role in advancing the un...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077772

Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Their Associations with Mortality in Old Age: A Literature Review

Hiroshi Murayama, Benjamin A. Shaw • Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (2017)

This article reviewed studies to investigate the association between trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and mortality among older adults. Investigators conducted a systematic search of published peer-reviewed literature in the PubMed dat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.3.181

Exploring stress mediation: self-efficacy, sense of coherence, and self-esteem among nursing students in Poland—a multicenter cross-sectional observational study

Anna Maria Cybulska, Ewa Kupcewicz, Kamila Rachubińska, Mariusz Panczyk et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2025)

BackgroundNursing students frequently encounter stressful and demanding situations during clinical training, which may hinder their well-being and professional development. A strong sense of coherence is thought to buffer the negative effec...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1713759

Advances in the Development of PET Ligands Targeting Histone Deacetylases for the Assessment of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Tetsuro Tago, Jun Toyohara • Molecules (2018)

Epigenetic alterations of gene expression have emerged as a key factor in several neurodegenerative diseases. In particular, inhibitors targeting histone deacetylases (HDACs), which are enzymes responsible for deacetylation of histones and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules23020300

The Gerontological Imagination: Social Influences on the Development of Gerontology, 1945-Present

Carroll L. Estes, Elizabeth A. Binney, Richard Culbertson • The International Journal of Aging and Human Development (1992)

This article presents a framework for the analysis of the development of gerontology since 1945. Three distinct historical periods and several forces that have shaped the field are examined. These forces reside in the political, economic, s...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.2190/ywl3-wx80-um2u-yeun

Gerontology

L. K. Frank • Journal of Gerontology (1946)

With millions of men and women growing older, baffled by changes in themselves and in the world around them, the country has a definite need for not only large scale provisions for their care but also for a specific and individual service f...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/1.1_part_1.1

The Challenge of Cultural Gerontology

Julia Twigg, Wendy E. Martin • The Gerontologist (2014)

Over the last decade, Cultural Gerontology has emerged as one of the most vibrant elements of writing about age (Twigg, J., & Martin, W. (Eds.) (2015). The Routledge handbook of cultural gerontology. London: Routledge). Reflecting the wider...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnu061

Improved object detection method for autonomous driving based on DETR

Huaqi Zhao, Songnan Zhang, Xiang Peng, Zhengguang Lu et al. • Frontiers in Neurorobotics (2025)

Object detection is a critical component in the development of autonomous driving technology and has demonstrated significant growth potential. To address the limitations of current techniques, this paper presents an improved object detecti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnbot.2024.1484276

Fast Timing Techniques in FLIM Applications

Liisa M. Hirvonen, Klaus Suhling • Frontiers in Physics (2020)

Fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM) is increasingly used in many scientific disciplines, including biological and medical research, materials science and chemistry. The fluorescence label is not only used to indicate its location, but also...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2020.00161

The electrochemical effects of pitch stabilization for supercapacitor-grade activated carbon precursors

Jeong Han Lee, Min Ju O, Yong-Mook Kang, Kwang Chul Roh • Electrochemistry Communications (2024)

Petroleum pitch (PP) is a by-product generated during the petroleum refining process, characterized by its high carbon content, tunable structure, and cost-effectiveness. These attributes have spurred extensive research into its potential a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2023.107638

EXARIS Model Development: Enhancing Elementary Scientific and Digital Literacy

Exsaris Januar, Nurhizrah Gistituati, Yanti Fitria, Alwen Bentri et al. • Educational Process: International Journal (2025)

Background/purpose. Study addresses the problem of low scientific and digital literacy among Grade 6 students (Phase C) in the IPAS (Science and Social Studies) subject under the Merdeka Curriculum, particularly in the theme “Our Endangered...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22521/edupij.2025.18.450

Recent advances of two-dimensional materials in smart drug delivery nano-systems

Hua Zhang, Taojian Fan, Wen Chen, Yingchun Li et al. • Bioactive Materials (2020)

Smart drug delivery nano-systems show significant changes in their physical or chemical properties in response to slight change in environmental physical and/or chemical signals, and further releasing drugs adjusted to the progression of th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.06.012

Information-analytical aspects of the reception organisation of powder microcomposites on an iron basis

A.V. LYULKO, V.V. GRITSENKO, B.B. JMAILOV, V.G. LYULKO • Вестник Донского государственного технического университета (2018)

The basic stages of a complex development direction of a science and practice of powder metallurgy as method of information-analytical representation of its basic aspects are presented. The basic algorithm of carrying out of operations and ...

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The Coming of Materials Science

David A. Weitz • Physics Today (2002)

The Coming of Materials Science , Robert W. Cahn Pergamon, New York, 2001. $64.00 (568 pp.). isbn 0-08-042679-4 If one takes the broadest view, a significant fraction of modern-day physicists are materials scientists. Similarly, many chemis...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1496379

Big data and machine learning for materials science

Jose Fernando Rodrigues Junior, Larisa Florea, Maria Cristina Ferreira de Oliveira, Dermot Diamond et al. • Discover Materials (2021)

Herein, we review aspects of leading-edge research and innovation in materials science that exploit big data and machine learning (ML), two computer science concepts that combine to yield computational intelligence. ML can accelerate the so...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43939-021-00012-0 PMC: 8054236