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Towards the technological maturity of membrane distillation: the MD module performance curve

Pablo López-Porfiri, Sebastián Ramos-Paredes, Patricio Núñez, Patricia Gorgojo • npj Clean Water (2023)

Abstract Membrane distillation (MD) is constantly acknowledged in the research literature as a promising technology for the future of desalination, with an increasing number of studies reported year after year. However, real MD applications...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41545-023-00234-0

The Mediating Role of Religiosity in the Influence of Social Culture and Sharia Financial Literacy on Islamic Banking Product Adoption Among MSMEs in Sembalun

Muaidy Yasin, Akung Daeng, Busaini Busaini, Mohammad Najib Roodhi et al. • Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Sharia Economics (2026)

This study investigates the influence of Sharia financial literacy and financial social culture on the adoption of Islamic banking products among micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Sembalun, Lombok, Indonesia, with religiosity ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.31538/iijse.v9i2.9679

A Systematic Review of Self-directed Learning in Medical Education in Undergraduate Medical Students

Dharmendra Kumar Gupta, Arunima Chaudhuri, Dip Gaine • Current Medical Issues (2025)

Self-directed learning (SDL), which emphasizes the need for students to take ownership of their learning, has become a crucial part of medical education. With the increasing complexity of health care, SDL is seen as a crucial skill for fost...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/cmi.cmi_96_24

Low-proficiency students’ engagement with combined written and audio feedback in an EFL writing class

Listiani Listiani, Ágnes Hódi and Marianne Nikolov • Educational Technology & Society (2025)

In recent years, there has been an increase in research on English as a foreign language (EFL) learners’ engagement with teachers’ feedback; however, little is known about how students engage with feedback combining written and audio feedba...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202510_28(4).RP07

Exploring the intersection between sustainable finance and achieving carbon neutrality in the transportation sector

Jingfu Lu, Fatime Gulzar, Yifan Lai • Heliyon (2024)

In the context of China's transportation sector, which has faced escalating challenges in carbon emissions, this study delves into the intricate nexus between sustainable finance strategies and the imperative of achieving carbon neutrality....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e34467

WORKPLANS: Workshop on Planetary Nebula Observations

Isabel Aleman, Jeronimo Bernard-Salas, Joel H. Kastner, Toshiya Ueta et al. • Galaxies (2020)

This workshop is the second of the WORKPLANS series, which we started in 2016. The main goal of WORKPLANS is to build up a network of planetary nebulae (PNe) experts to address the main open questions in the field of PNe research. The speci...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/galaxies8010023

Seroprevalence and risk factors of porcine cysticercosis in Mpwapwa district, eastern-Central Tanzania

Justine Daudi Maganira, Noel Mark Makwinya, Beda John Mwang'onde • Parasite Epidemiology and Control (2025)

Porcine cysticercosis, caused by the larval stage of Taenia species, poses significant health and economic challenges in low and lower-middle-income regions. This study assessed the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with the transm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.parepi.2025.e00445

Epidemiology of Bladder Cancer

Kalyan Saginala, Adam A. Barsouk, John Sukumar Aluru, Prashanth Rawla et al. • Medical Sciences (2020)

Based on the latest GLOBOCAN data, bladder cancer accounts for 3% of global cancer diagnoses and is especially prevalent in the developed world. In the United States, bladder cancer is the sixth most incident neoplasm. A total of 90% of bla...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/medsci8010015 PMC: 7151633

Epidemiology of Nosocomial Pneumonia

Donald Edward Craven, Kathleen A. Steger • CHEST Journal (1995)

"Keep an open mind toward pneumonia. Our grandchildren will be interested and are likely to have as many differences of opinion.. as we have." William Osier, circa 1900 As Osier predicted nearly a century ago, controversies ^* * persist ove...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.108.2_supplement.1s

Nutritional Epidemiology

Walter Churchill Willett • Oxford University Press eBooks (2012)

Abstract This book is about the complex relationships between diet and risks of important diseases, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutritional epidemiology—still a relat...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199754038.001.0001

Personal preventive protocols and travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic

Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Hamid Sharifi, Mahdi Rezaei et al. • Russian Open Medical Journal (2025)

Background — Travel restrictions and adhering to health protocols while traveling was among the key strategies to combat COVID-19 pandemic. Objective — The present study aims to measure and evaluate travel patterns and compliance with COVI...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15275/rusomj.2025.0102

Nutritional Epidemiology

Walter Churchill Willett • Oxford University Press eBooks (1998)

This book is intended to increase understanding of the complex relationships between diet and the major diseases of western civilization, such as cancer and atherosclerosis. The book starts with an overview of research strategies in nutriti...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195122978.001.0001

Introduction to Epidemiology

Sajid Suleman • Elsevier eBooks (1978)

This chapter introduces the foundational concepts of epidemiology as the scientific study of health and disease patterns in populations. It outlines the distinction between descriptive and analytical approaches, establishing the importance ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-745250-0.50015-1

Epidemiology for the Uninitiated

• Postgraduate Medical Journal (1980)

Epidemiology is the study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why. Epidemiological information is used to plan and evaluate strategies to prevent illness and as a guide to the management of patients in whom disease...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/pgmj.56.653.217-d

Cost effective reproduction number based strategies for reducing deaths from COVID-19

Christopher Thron, Vianney Mbazumutima, Luis V. Tamayo, Léonard Todjihounde • Journal of Mathematics in Industry (2021)

Abstract In epidemiology, the effective reproduction number R e $R_{e}$ is used to characterize the growth rate of an epidemic outbreak. If R e > 1 $R_{e} >1$ , the epidemic worsens, and if R e < 1 $R_{e}< 1$ , then it subsides and eventual...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13362-021-00107-6

Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences (2026)

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210

Theoretical framework of the neuro and psychomotor therapist for developmental age: an Italian perspective for paediatric rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities

Giulia Purpura, Giulia Purpura, Giulia Purpura, Andrea Bordin et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2026)

PurposeThe rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities is a complex process aimed at enhancing children’s functional abilities, minimizing the impact of disabilities on family dynamics, and promoting autonomy in daily life. Although s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1798306

Augmented Reality and Robotics: A Survey and Taxonomy for AR-enhanced Human-Robot Interaction and Robotic Interfaces

Ryo Suzuki, Adnan Karim, Tian Xia, Hooman Hedayati et al. • CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2022)

This paper contributes to a taxonomy of augmented reality and robotics based on a survey of 460 research papers. Augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) have emerged as a new way to enhance human-robot interaction (HRI) and robotic interfaces (...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3491102.3517719