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Effects of maternal exercise during pregnancy on neonatal weight and subcutaneous fat thickness

Mengbi SHEN, Zixia WANG, Jiaqi ZHENG, Yan ZHANG et al. • 环境与职业医学 (2022)

BackgroundExercise during pregnancy is closely related to maternal and infant health. Previous studies in developed countries have linked maternal exercise during pregnancy with newborn body weight as well as subcutaneous fat thickness. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11836/JEOM22103

The Emergence of AI-Based Wearable Sensors for Digital Health Technology: A Review

Shaghayegh Shajari, Kirankumar Kuruvinashetti, Amin Komeili, Uttandaraman Sundararaj • Sensors (2023)

Disease diagnosis and monitoring using conventional healthcare services is typically expensive and has limited accuracy. Wearable health technology based on flexible electronics has gained tremendous attention in recent years for monitoring...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s23239498 PMC: 10708748

Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and behaviours in rugby league; influences of age, body composition and ancestry

Alice Sharples, Rob Duffield, Jarrod Wade, Hugh H. K. Fullagar • Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (2024)

Introduction Rugby league is a physically demanding sport that necessitates considerable nutritional intake, focusing on quality and type, in order to optimize training and competition demands. However, rugby league athletes are reported to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/15502783.2024.2411714

Inspiratory pressure waveform influences time to failure, respiratory muscle fatigue, and metabolism during resistive breathing

Mathias Krogh Poulsen, Stephen E. Rees, John Hansen, Andrew J. T. Stevenson et al. • Physiological Reports (2023)

Abstract Increased ventilatory work beyond working capacity of the respiratory muscles can induce fatigue, resulting in limited respiratory muscle endurance (Tlim). Previous resistive breathing investigations all applied square wave inspira...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.14814/phy2.15668

Compounds of Marine Origin with Possible Applications as Healing Agents

Nektaria-Ioanna Karma, Fotini Mellou, Panagoula Pavlou, Angeliki Siamidi et al. • Marine Drugs (2024)

It is well established that marine organisms consist of a great variety of active compounds that appear exclusively in the marine environment while having the ability to be vastly reproduced, irrespective of the existing conditions. As a re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/md23010005

Innovative polymer-based electrochemical platform for detecting ESAT-6 in human blood for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis

Xiu-An Ye, Shu-Hong Lin, Liang-Yu Chen, Jie-Ren Li et al. • Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research (2025)

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), necessitates early diagnosis for effective patient care. Despite advancements in TB diagnostics, there remains an urgent need to discover innovative non-sputum-based m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2025.100816

Health technology in perspective

Tae‐Il Kim • Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science (2015)

The ongoing development of information and communication technology (ICT) is taking the healthcare industry to the next level. It allows an independent healthcare system by which anyone can easily obtain tne real-time measurement of individ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.5051/jpis.2015.45.1.1 PMC: 4341201

Understanding rice preferences and awareness of brown rice among persons with diabetes: A mixed methods study from South India

Rani Mohanraj, Shuba Kumar, Sylvia Jayakumar, Shanmugam Shobana et al. • Social Sciences and Humanities Open (2026)

Polished white rice (WR), high in refined carbohydrates, the main staple in South India is associated with enhanced risk of diabetes. Brown Rice (BR), with lower glycemic load, high fibre content and micronutrients, is a healthier choice. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102385

Serum amyloid beta 42 levels correlated with metabolic syndrome and its components

Kecheng Li, Kecheng Li, Xiaoli Zhou, Xiaoli Zhou et al. • Frontiers in Endocrinology (2024)

IntroductionBeta-amyloid accumulation in the brain appears to be a key initiating event in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and factors associated with increased deposition of beta-amyloid are of great interest. Enhanced deposition of amyloid-β pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1278477

Development and usability of VRainSUD’s cognitive training virtual reality platform for substance use disorders

Tânia Caetano, Maria Salomé Pinho, Hugo Freire, Dany Mota et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Cognitive deficits have been shown to increase the likelihood of relapse in individuals with substance use disorders (SUD). As such, cognitive training programs are important interventions for this population. In this study, we des...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00922-6

Evidence Center structural and operational conditions and challenges: a descriptive study, Brazil, 2024

Y. Juliana Cardozo Amaya, Pedro Henrique Alves Santos, Aurelina Aguiar Lima, Camila Lasse Silva et al. • Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde (2026)

Abstract Objective: To describe the physical, structural and operational conditions, as well as the main challenges faced by Evidence Centers (NEvs) recognized by the Evidence-Informed Policy Network (EVIPNet) Brazil. Methods: This is a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/s2237-96222026v35e20250457.en

Comparing a Mobile Phone Automated System With a Paper and Email Data Collection System: Substudy Within a Randomized Controlled Trial

Bond, Diana M, Hammond, Jeremy, Shand, Antonia W, Nassar, Natasha • JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2020)

BackgroundTraditional data collection methods using paper and email are increasingly being replaced by data collection using mobile phones, although there is limited evidence evaluating the impact of mobile phone technology as part of an au...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/15284

Impact of Competitiveness on Economic Growth: Case Study of WEF Countries

Mohsen Mohammadi Khyareh, Nasrin Rostami • Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī (2020)

Many scholars emphasize the importance of economic competitiveness in the improvement of economic growth. However, studies that quantitatively analyze the interconnection between different components of competitiveness in one economy and th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22054/joer.2020.11903

Inequities in Health Care Services Caused by the Adoption of Digital Health Technologies: Scoping Review

Rui Yao, Wenli Zhang, Richard David Evans, Guang Cao et al. • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2022)

BACKGROUND: Digital health technologies (ie, the integration of digital technology and health information) aim to increase the efficiency of health care delivery; they are rapidly adapting to health care contexts to provide improved medical...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/34144 PMC: 8981004

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of a standardised diagnostic assessment for children and adolescents with emotional difficulties: the STADIA multi-centre RCT

Kapil Sayal, Laura Wyatt, Louise Thomson, Grace Holt et al. • Health Technology Assessment (2025)

Background Emotional disorders are common in children and young people and can significantly impair their quality of life. Evidence-based treatments require a timely and appropriate diagnosis. The utility of standardised diagnostic assessme...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3310/GJKS0519

Health technology transfer

E.C. Harris • BMJ (2000)

Global health relies on biomedical scientists and public health workers to solve infectious disease and other health problems at a local level. Yet investigators in developing countries face tremendous obstacles; scientific isolation, insuf...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7264.817 PMC: 1118623

Introduction to Health Technology Assessment

Vitantonio Di Bello, Gianni Tonti, Giuseppe Barletta, Giovanni Di Salvo et al. • Journal of Cardiovascular Echography (2012)

Abstract The objective of this review is to introduce the readers of this journal to the knowledge of some basic aspects of Health Technology Assessment (HTA). HTA starts from the need of the “political governance” to provide adequate healt...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcecho.2012.05.002

Clinical yarning with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples—a systematic scoping review of its use and impacts

Alexander W. Burke, Susan Welch, Tamara Power, Cherie Lucas et al. • Systematic Reviews (2022)

Abstract Objectives To explore how clinical yarning has been utilised as a health intervention for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples and if there are any reported impacts yarning might have on health outcomes. Study design Sy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13643-022-02008-0

Effectiveness of Back care education Programme among school children: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Canice Chukwudi Anyachukwu, Confidence Chinemerem Amarah, Blessing Chiagozikam Atueyi, Ifeanyi Anthony et al. • BMC Pediatrics (2024)

Abstract Study design Systematic review of Randomised controlled trials. Objectives With the increasing incidence of back pain among children and its untold implications to their future, back education tailored in an effective way would be ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12887-024-04563-y