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The Algerian city is a space for protest movements: A study in the sociology of protest

Abdlhalim Mahourbacha • Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences (2022)

This study aims to provide a sociological view of the protest movements known to Algeria. And how the city streets turned in to a space for protest movements. In the first element, we discussed the urban policies and planning tools adopted ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.54940/ss63539717

Sensorimotor-Conceptual Integration in Free Walking Enhances Divergent Thinking for Young and Older Adults

Chun-Yu Kuo, Chun-Yu Kuo, Yei-Yu Yeh • Frontiers in Psychology (2016)

Prior research has shown that free walking can enhance creative thinking. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether bidirectional body-mind links are essential for the positive effect of free walking on creative thinking. Moreover, it is unk...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01580

Integrating Career Development Learning with Work-Integrated Learning: A Multiple Case Study Advancing Education for Sustainable Development

Jennifer Ruskin, Thenaa Visvaruban, Prashan S. M. Karunaratne • Education Sciences (2026)

Engaging in work-integrated learning (WIL) activities helps students develop critical skills, formulate their professional identities, and refine their career direction. Integrating career development learning (CDL) and WIL throughout a deg...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/educsci16101742

Sociodemographic Factors and Depression in Patients With Breast Cancer: A Multicenter, Cross-sectional Study in Georgia

Tamar Kakhniashvili, Nino Okribelashvili, Ivane Kiladze • Breast Cancer: Basic and Clinical Research (2025)

Background: Depression commonly occurs in patients with breast cancer (BC), affecting their quality of life. Objectives: The relationships between depression and different sociodemographic characteristics in patients with BC are under-resea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/11782234251323775

Progression of International Students through their Undergraduate Studies in an Irish Higher Education Institution: A Qualitative Study

Anne Hurley, Deirdre Ryan, Fiona Faulkner, Qi Wang • Irish Journal of Academic Practice (2022)

The focus of this paper is on the progression of international students through their undergraduate studies in an Irish higher education institution. Despite the increasing presence of international students in higher education, their persp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21427/7q75-8272

Course Design using an Authentic Studio Model / Restructuration de cours au moyen d’un authentique modèle de studio de design

Jay R Wilson • Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology (2013)

Educational Technology and Design 879 is a graduate course that introduces students to the basics of video design and production. In an attempt to improve the learning experience for students a redesign of the course was implemented for the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21432/T22S3P

Augmented Reality Intersecting Digital Content into Real-Life Environments: A Case of A Rurally Located Institution of Higher Learning, Eastern Cape Province

Bulelwa Makena, Ntando Elliot Mpahla, Manitshana Mveleli • Journal of Education and Learning Technology (2025)

This paper explored the incorporation of Augmented Reality (AR) within the educational framework in a rurally located university in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The study investigated how digital content within real-lived expe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/jelt.2025686

Reducing Health Anxiety in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using Video Testimonials: Pilot Assessment of a Video Intervention

Joel Shor, Yusuke Miyatani, Etsuko Arita, Pohung Chen et al. • JMIR Formative Research (2023)

BackgroundHealth anxiety has many damaging effects on patients with chronic illness. Physicians are often unable to alleviate concerns related to living with a disease that has an impact on daily life, and unregulated websites can overrepre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/39945

Evaluating the social return on investment of dance movement for wellbeing in the prevention of burnout among healthcare staff: a study protocol

Mary Lynch, Carolyn Wallace, Teresa Filipponi • BMJ Open (2024)

Introduction Improvement in the National Health Service (NHS) employees’ mental well-being and staff retention are current key issues. Evidence indicates that dance movement therapy (DMT) has been effective in improving mental health and we...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083287

Integrating clinical and public health knowledge in support of joint medical practice

Jean-Pierre Unger, Ingrid Morales, Pierre De Paepe, Michel Roland • BMC Health Services Research (2020)

Abstract Background Strong relations between medicine and public health have long been advocated. Today, professional medical practice assumes joint clinical/public health objectives: GPs are expected to practice community medicine; Hospita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12913-020-05886-z

Where Do Hot Jupiters Come from? Revisiting Tidal Disruption and Ejection in High-eccentricity Migration

Qianli Fan, Shang-Fei Liu • The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2026)

The origin of hot Jupiters remains a key open question. In the high-eccentricity migration scenario, traditional coreless models predict a strict tidal exclusion zone within ∼2.7 tidal radii r _t , in which giant planets are either fully di...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae6659

Successive Partial Disruptions with Orbital Precession in a White Dwarf–Black Hole System for Repeating GRB 250702B

Yuri Sato, Rin Oikawa, Kazuma Kato, Tatsuya Matsumoto et al. • The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2026)

The peculiar gamma-ray burst GRB 250702B is the longest event ever observed, lasting about 1 day and exhibiting four prompt-emission flares of ∼100 s with irregular recurrence intervals of at least 1 hr. To explain this hierarchy of timesca...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ae6a8f

Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics

Robert McCarter • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise (2000)

Epidemiology: Beyond the BasicsAuthors: SZKLO, Moyses, MD, DrPH (Johns Hopkins Univ.); NIETO, F. Javier, MD, PhD (Johns Hopkins Univ.) Bibliographic Data: (ISBN: 0–8342-0618–8, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2000, $55.00) 495 pages, soft cover Aud...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00005768-200006000-00031

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

Epidemiology in Medicine

Charles H. Hennekens, Julie E. Buring, Sherry L. Mayrent (1987)

Epidemiology is the simplest and most direct method of studying the causes of disease in humans, and many major contributions have been made by studies that have demanded nothing more than the ability to count, to think logically, and to ha...

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Quality of life, psychological distress and violence among women in close relationships: a population-based study in Finland

Tomomi Hisasue, Marie Kruse, Jani Raitanen, Eija Paavilainen et al. • BMC Women's Health (2020)

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine associations between exposure to violence, quality of life, and psychological distress. Women aged 19–54 years who had been exposed to violence by someone in a close relationship were...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-020-00950-6