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UNDERWEIGHT AND SLIMNESS AND THEIR RELATION TO DIETARY HABITS AND BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG SAUDI FEMALE STUDENTS IN TAIBAH UNIVERSITY

Eman Sobhy Taha Attia, Afaf Hamza Basheer Amer • مجلة بحوث التربية النوعية (2014)

Background: Underweight is a term describing a human whose body weight is considered too low to be healthy. Underweight is associated with negative health consequences, such as nutritional deficiency, osteoporosis, and unfavorable pregnancy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/mbse.2014.141379

Patient-Partners as Educators: Vulnerability Related to Sharing of Lived Experience

Kateryna Metersky PhD, RN, Rezwana Rahman MN(c), BScN, RN, Jennifer Boyle PhD • Journal of Patient Experience (2023)

Patient-partners are invaluable in health professions’ education. Sharing their lived experiences with prospective and current healthcare providers can provide an opportunity for these participants to hone their patient-centric skills. Howe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/23743735231183677

Impact of a Nursing Strategy for Mechanical Ventilation Liberation on Patients' Outcomes

Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed, Nagwa Ibrahim Abbas Ghoneim, Fatma Shoeib Ali Abd Elraheim, Hala A. Abdelrahman • Egyptian Journal of Health Care (2025)

Background:  Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation is a critical milestone in intensive care, facilitating patient recovery and reducing the risk of ventilator-associated complications. Optimizing this process requires structure...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.417302

It’s the Social Interaction That Matters: Exploring Residents’ Motivation to Invest in the Community-Shared Charging Post Co-Construction Project

Junchao Yang, Ziyang Peng • World Electric Vehicle Journal (2025)

Countries worldwide are increasingly focused on addressing the imbalance between the supply and demand for EV charging infrastructure, with the community-shared charging post (CSCP) co-construction project emerging as a promising solution. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/wevj16010054

Nuclear Engineering Handbook

• CRC Press eBooks (2009)

Section I Introduction: Nuclear Power Reactors * Historical Development of Nuclear Power Kenneth D. Kok * Pressurized Water Reactors Richard Schreiber * Boiling Water Reactors Kevin Theriault * Heavy Water Reactors Alistar I. Miller, John L...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420053913

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering

John R. Lamarsh, Edward Melkonian • Physics Today (1977)

(Most chapters end with References and Problems). 1. Nuclear Engineering. 2. Atomic and Nuclear Physics. Fundamental Particles. Atomic and Nuclear Structure. Atomic and Molecular Weight. Atomic and Nuclear Radii. Mass and Energy. Particle W...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3037597

Phase 2a/b randomised placebo-controlled dose-escalation trial of triheptanoin for ataxia-telangiectasia: treating mitochondrial dysfunction with anaplerosisResearch in context

Matthew Lynch, Sophie Manoy, Peter D. Sly, Claire E. Wainwright et al. • EBioMedicine (2025)

Summary: Background: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is a rare multisystem disease characterised by neurodegenerative cerebellar ataxia, lung disease, immune deficiency, high cancer risk, and mitochondrial dysfunction. A-T cells demonstrate de...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2025.105840

Advances of aptamers in esophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery

Yang Fei, Hui Xu, Chunwei Zhang, Jingjing Wang et al. • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2025)

Esophageal cancer (EC) is a common malignant tumor of the digestive tract with poor prognosis and high mortality. The early diagnosis of EC mainly depends on endoscopic diagnosis, which not only needs to bear certain economic pressure, but ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.16.121

Admission prognostic nutritional index improves risk stratification for the carbapenem-resistant phenotype in culture-positive Klebsiella pneumoniae: a retrospective cohort study

Kaixuan Zhang, Huihui Li, Yuanyuan Xu, Sudi Zhu et al. • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2026)

BackgroundCarbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) remains an infection-control challenge. We assessed whether admission immuno-nutritional status, measured by the Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), is associated with the CRKP phe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2026.1828441

Identification and Validation of PLOD2 as an Adverse Prognostic Biomarker for Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma

Yawei Sun, Shuai Wang, Xingwei Zhang, Zhuhao Wu et al. • Biomolecules (2021)

Background: Procollagen-lysine, 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 (PLOD2), a key enzyme that catalyzes the hydroxylation of lysine, plays a crucial role in the progression of several solid tumors. However, its spatial expression profile and pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biom11121842

Application of TyG index and carotid ultrasound parameters in the prediction of ischemic stroke

Huimin Guo, Huimin Guo, Sen Wang, Haizheng Wang et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2025)

ObjectiveThe triglyceride - glucose (TyG) index has been confirmed as an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke (IS) in numerous studies. In terms of the role of carotid ultrasound in the risk assessment of IS, the focus has shifted fr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2025.1481676

HIV-infection, atherosclerosis and the inflammatory pathway: candidate gene study in a Spanish HIV-infected population.

Laura Ibáñez, Pablo Sebastián Velli, Roser Font, Angeles Jaén et al. • PLoS ONE (2014)

BACKGROUND: Higher prevalence of atherosclerosis and higher cardiovascular risk is observed in HIV-infected individuals. The biological mechanisms underlying these processes are unclear. Several studies have implicated genetic variants in t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112279

Movement behaviors and their association with depressive symptoms in Brazilian adolescents: A cross-sectional study

Bruno Gonçalves Galdino da Costa, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Marcus Vinicius Veber Lopes, Luis Eduardo Argenta Malheiros et al. • Journal of Sport and Health Science (2022)

Background: Physical activity, sleep, and sedentary behaviors compose 24-h movement behaviors and have been independently associated with depressive symptoms. However, it is not clear whether it is the movement behavior itself or other cont...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.08.003

A cluster randomised school-based lifestyle intervention programme for the prevention of childhood obesity and related early cardiovascular disease (JuvenTUM 3)

Haller Bernhard, Lammel Christoph, Hanssen Henner, Siegrist Monika et al. • BMC Public Health (2011)

Abstract Background Childhood obesity is not only associated with adult obesity but also with increased risk of adult onset of type 2 diabetes and subsequent coronary heart disease. The potential effects of school-based health intervention ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-258

Relationship between Pb relative bioavailability and bioaccessibility in phosphate amended soil: Uncertainty associated with predicting Pb immobilization efficacy using in vitro assays

Farzana Kastury, Silvia Placitu, John Boland, Ranju R. Karna et al. • Environment International (2019)

In this study, an in vitro in vivo correlation (IVIVC) between Pb in vitro bioaccessibility (IVBA) and relative bioavailability (RBA) was explored to determine whether the efficacy of Pb immobilization in phosphate amended soils could be pr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.104967

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75 Variant May Be Much More Infective than Preexisting Variants Based on In Silico Model

Aki Sugano, Yutaka Takaoka, Haruyuki Kataguchi, Mika Ohta et al. • Microorganisms (2022)

Previously, we developed a mathematical model via molecular simulation analysis to predict the infectivity of six SARS-CoV-2 variants. In this report, we aimed to predict the relative risk of the recent new variants of SARS-CoV-2 based on o...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10102090

First Report of Ciguatoxins in Two Starfish Species: Ophidiaster ophidianus and Marthasterias glacialis

Marisa Silva, Inés Rodriguez, Aldo Barreiro, Manfred Kaufmann et al. • Toxins (2015)

Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is a syndrome caused by the ingestion of fish contaminated with Ciguatoxins (CTXs). These phycotoxins are produced mainly by dinoflagellates that belong to the genus Gambierdiscus that are transformed in more...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/toxins7093740

Ecological correlates of extinction risk and persistence of direct-developing stream-dwelling frogs in Mesoamerica

Hector Zumbado-Ulate, Kelsey Neam, Adrián García-Rodríguez, Leticia Ochoa-Ochoa et al. • Global Ecology and Conservation (2022)

Understanding the threats to wildlife across space and time is essential for developing effective conservation strategies. In Mesoamerica (i.e., the region that extends from Central Mexico to the most southern point in Panama) at least 40% ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02197