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A Focused Review of Smartphone Diet-Tracking Apps: Usability, Functionality, Coherence With Behavior Change Theory, and Comparative Validity of Nutrient Intake and Energy Estimates

Ferrara, Giannina, Kim, Jenna, Lin, Shuhao, Hua, Jenna et al. • JMIR mHealth and uHealth (2019)

BackgroundSmartphone diet-tracking apps may help individuals lose weight, manage chronic conditions, and understand dietary patterns; however, the usabilities and functionalities of these apps have not been well studied. Objecti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.9232

Identify the causal pattern of sustainability principles Environment Based on Leed Regulations with Emphasis on Traditional Iranian Architecture (Case Study: Qom City)

Hassan Haji Amiri, Arash Seghfi Asl, Mehdi Ashjaie • تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی (2024)

The question of resource constraints is an issue for all industrialized, developed and developing countries. Therefore, saving on fossil energy consumption and sustainable development have become very important and common issues internation...

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Higher Education, Innovation, and Regional Economic Development in Kazakhstan: Panel-Data and Difference-in-Differences Evidence, 2010–2024

Aigerim Lambekova, Azamat Zhanseitov, Yuliya Sayfullina, Valentina Berezyuk et al. • Economies (2026)

This study examines the relationship between higher education development, innovation capacity, and regional economic performance across Kazakhstan’s regions during the 2010–2024 period. The analysis is motivated by the growing role of high...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/economies14070261

Measurement the Mentality of Residents of the New Districts and Planned in Relation with the Guality of Life Components (Case Study: Jahed neighborhood of Mashhad)

Fatemeh Mohamad Niaye Qaraee, Marzieh Teimouri, MohamadAli Khanizadeh • جغرافیا و توسعه (2017)

Paying attention only to the growth of cities and to avoid developing developmental approaches toward cities has led to the emergence of macrocosmic phenomena, which has a direct impact on the quality of life in cities. A remarkable point i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22111/gdij.2017.3467

Arts in NEOM project Civilized progress in the northern region in Saudi Arabia kingdom

Wadiah Boker • Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science (2021)

Here in Saudi Arabia kingdom we are facing a scientific revolution that accompany the economic project NEOM that has been launched by the country in the northern lands of the kingdom where a certain set of goals have been assigned for it, t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/mjaf.2020.27853.1578

Evaluation of the performance of several cultivars of bean (Vicia faba L.) for yield and its components under three different cultivation distances

Mohammed Alatawi, Yousif Abd Alhamed Alhajoj, Raeed Mejbel Abdullah • Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences (2024)

This study was conducted in the center of Kirkuk governorate in the farms of a farmer for the agricultural season 2020/2021. The study included two factors, the first is the distance between the meadows, where the following distances were u...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.25130/tjas.24.3.20

A call for congressional action: revisiting the U.S. coordinated framework for the regulation of biotechnology

Leah Buchman, Leah Buchman, Emma Kovak • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2025)

Since the 1986 release of the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology almost 40 years ago, there have been two whole of government updates that made only minor changes, while new regulations and guidance from individual ag...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1702481

Knowledge, Perceptions and Attitude Towards Effect of Screen Time among Undergraduate Students

Mehak Pant, Lubna Salman, Anupama V. Betigeri, Hmangai Sangi et al. • Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences (2026)

Background: Students belong to the most significant groups of individuals that use technology. Screen time impacts several factors including health and behavior. It is still mostly unknown how physical activity and screen-grounded programmi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_948_25

The AST/ALT ratio as a mediator of heavy metal exposure and diabetic kidney disease (DKD) risk: A NHANES study

Yu Li, Juan Chai, Jinjuan Chen, Jiayin Du et al. • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract The potential impact of heavy metal exposure on the progression of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) remains a subject of scientific inquiry. While some studies have hinted at a correlation, definitive evidence is still lacking. It is ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-23843-w

Optimization of GDMT for patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction: can physiological and biological barriers explain the gaps in adherence to heart failure guidelines?

Marilyne Jarjour, Anique Ducharme • Drugs in Context (2023)

Heart failure is a growing epidemic with high mortality rates and recurrent hospital admissions that creates a burden on affected individuals, their caregivers and the whole healthcare system. Throughout the years, many randomized trials ha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7573/dic.2023-5-6

Mpox as Two Global Health Emergencies: Altered Transmission, Genomics, Clinical Manifestation and Public Health Impact

Sanchita Chakraborty, S.R. Rao, Abhijit Poddar • Infectious Microbes & Diseases (2025)

Mpox virus (MPXV) is the only pathogen that triggered two Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) declarations, first in July 2022 and then again in August 2024. The 2022 outbreak was attributed primarily to clade IIb MPXV,...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000196

Unveiling the levels and significance of different serpin family proteins in aqueous humor dynamics

Eliza Williams, Jeremy Altman, Saleh Ahmed, Garrett Jones et al. • BMC Ophthalmology (2025)

Abstract Background Alterations in the constituents of the aqueous humor (AH) are associated with various ocular pathologies, including primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG). AH contains a variety of immunomodulatory molecules, including serin...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12886-025-04119-3

Case reports of latent HBV hepatitis in patients after neurosurgical treatment for hypothalamic and pituitary tumors

Kuniyasu Niizuma, Yoshikazu Ogawa, Takayuki Kogure, Teiji Tominaga • BMC Infectious Diseases (2020)

Abstract Background Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem worldwide. More than 2 billion people have been exposed to HBV, and about 257 million individuals are chronic carriers of HBV. HBV reactivation has been ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-020-04971-2

Generation X, Y and Z values in Ukraine

Nagorniak K. M. • Український соціум (2020)

The paper presents findings of a survey into values of different generations conducted by Academy DTEK jointly with hh.ua|grc During two months of 2019 we polled 2,182 visitors of the Ukrainian Job portal hh.ua|grc (both job seekers and emp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15407/socium2020.02.110

Coworking Spaces: Windows to the Future of Work? Changes in the Organizational Model of Work and the Attitudes of the Younger Generation

Ina Krause • Foresight and STI Governance (2019)

This paper analyzes how the organization of work has changed since the 1990s including the emergence of digital forms of employment. Following the evolution of work over the course of the 20th century and the start of the 21st, this paper i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17323/2500-2597.2019.2.52.60

Prevalence, associated factors and consequence of problematic smartphone use among adolescents and young adults in Bangladesh: A cross-sectional study.

Md Rabiul Islam, Archok Arigan Mondol, Ripa Kundu, Juliana Aditi Baroi et al. • PLoS ONE (2024)

BackgroundProblematic smartphone use (PSU) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, adolescents, and young adults are of major concern to parents. However, the prevalence and associated factors related to these issue...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308621

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