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The Biomechanical Characteristics of Swallowing in Tracheostomized Patients with Aspiration following Acquired Brain Injury: A Cross-Sectional Study

Xiao-Xiao Han, Jia Qiao, Zhan-Ao Meng, Dong-Mei Pan et al. • Brain Sciences (2023)

Objectives: Investigate the biomechanical characteristics in tracheostomized patients with aspiration following acquired brain injury (ABI) and further explore the relationship between the biomechanical characteristics and aspiration. Metho...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13010091

Development of Representative Urban Driving Cycles for Congested Traffic Conditions in Guayaquil Using Real-Time OBD-II Data and Weighted Statistical Methods

Roberto López-Chila, Henry Abad-Reyna, Joao Morocho-Cajas, Pablo Fierro-Jimenez • Vehicles (2025)

Standardized driving cycles such as the FTP-75 fail to represent traffic conditions in cities like Guayaquil, where high congestion and varied driving behaviors are not captured by external models. This study aimed to develop representative...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vehicles7030095

Nozzle atomizing performance evaluation in complex environment using residual atrous spatial pyramid network

Ya Yang, Chuanchang Li, Xiaonan Hou, Chunlei Wang et al. • AIP Advances (2022)

Conventional spray particle detection methods have disadvantages such as spray field interference, large subjective standard error, and an inability to specifically analyze the spray particle movement. Manual methods used the uniformity of ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1063/5.0083129

Enhanced Absorption with Graphene-Coated Silicon Carbide Nanowires for Mid-Infrared Nanophotonics

Patrick Rufangura, Iryna Khodasevych, Arti Agrawal, Matteo Bosi et al. • Nanomaterials (2021)

The mid-infrared (MIR) is an exciting spectral range that also hosts useful molecular vibrational fingerprints. There is a growing interest in nanophotonics operating in this spectral range, and recent advances in plasmonic research are aim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/nano11092339

POLICE SURVEILLANCE OR METHODS OF WORKING WITH «POLITICALLY UNRELIABLE PERSONS» IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE XIX- EARLY XX CENTURIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF KURSK PROVINCE)

Zarubina K.A. • Вестник Брянского государственного университета (2022)

Using the example of the Kursk province, the article examines the main methods of government work with persons with dubious «political reliability», «potential» and «real» political criminals in the second half of the XIX - early XX centuri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22281/2413-9912-2022-06-02-57-62

ALL-IN-ONE LASER SCANNING METHODS FOR SURVEYING, REPRESENTING AND SHARING INFORMATION ON ARCHAEOLOGY. VIA FLAMINIA AND THE FURLO TUNNEL COMPLEX

P. Clini, R. Nespeca, A. Bernetti • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2013)

The aim of this paper is to describe the results of the laser scanner survey of an archaeological complex, aimed at knowledge, documentation and diagnostic operations to make premises secure. Archaeology has always been the most complex su...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprsarchives-XL-5-W2-201-2013

Metal Adornments of Clothing and Headwear in the Bronze Age of Western Siberia (issues of research and reconstruction) ..

Umerenkova Olga V. • Поволжская археология (2017)

The article considers issues related to the principals of scientific approach, methods and procedure of costume reconstruction on the basis of archaeological materials dating back to the Bronze Age discovered in the territory of Western Sib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24852/pa2017.3.21.280.288

An Adaptive JPEG Double Compression Steganographic Scheme Based on Irregular DCT Coefficients Distribution

Ju Jia, Zhaoxia Xiang, Lina Wang, Yan Xu • IEEE Access (2019)

Steganography is to embed secret information into digital media and minimize the distortion caused by data embedding. The JPEG is a widely used image compression format, and many JPEG images transmitted on the network are double compressed....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2926226

The Numerical Solution of Fractional Parabolic Partial Integro-Differential Eequations by Gaussian and Inverse Multiquadric Radial Basis Functions

F. S. Aghaei Maybodi, M. H. Heydari, F. M. Maalek Ghaeini, M. H. Akrami • پژوهش‌های ریاضی (2021)

Introduction Many mathematical formulations of physical phenomena contain integro-differential equations. These equations arise in fluid dynamics, biological models, chemical kinetics, ecology, control theory of financial mathematics, aeros...

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Evaluating key predictors of breast cancer through survival: a comparison of AFT frailty models with LASSO, ridge, and elastic net regularization

Senyefia Bosson-Amedenu, Emmanuel Ayitey, Francis Ayiah-Mensah, Luyton Asare • BMC Cancer (2025)

Abstract Background Frailty models are extensively utilized in survival analysis to address unobserved heterogeneity among individuals. However, selecting the most robust model for survival prediction, especially in the context of high-dime...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-14040-z

Ethical and social implications of approaching death prediction in humans - when the biology of ageing meets existential issues

Marie Gaille, Marco Araneda, Clément Dubost, Clémence Guillermain et al. • BMC Medical Ethics (2020)

Abstract Background The discovery of biomarkers of ageing has led to the development of predictors of impending natural death and has paved the way for personalised estimation of the risk of death in the general population. This study inten...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12910-020-00502-5

gllvm 2.0: fast fitting of advanced ordination methods and joint species distribution models

Pekka Korhonen, Francis K.C. Hui, Jenni Niku, Sara Taskinen et al. • PeerJ (2025)

Background Over the past decade, joint species distribution models (JSDMs) and model-based ordination have emerged as powerful tools for the analysis of community ecology data. Generalized linear latent variable models (GLLVMs) offer a flex...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.20338

Beyond airborne spread: a dual-route Wells-Riley extension for estimating norovirus infection risk in Ghanaian pediatric wards

Jennifer Belt Antwi, Nana Kena Frempong • Mathematics in Medical and Life Sciences (2026)

Background: The classic Wells–Riley model (CWRM) is a well-established framework for estimating airborne infection risk in shared indoor environments. This study extends the framework to simultaneously incorporate fecal–oral transmission, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/29937574.2026.2714847

Changes in the geographical distribution of youth poverty and social exclusion in EU member countries between 2008 and 2017

Šoltés Erik, Vojtková Mária, Šoltésová Tatiana • Moravian Geographical Reports (2020)

With respect to the fulfillment of the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy, the threat of poverty and social exclusion has not been sufficiently reduced in the European Union (EU) over the past decade, and large regional disparities pers...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/mgr-2020-0001

Modeling antiretroviral therapy adherence among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study at Pantang Hospital, Ghana

Eric Nyarko, Irene A. Kretchy, Grace Lovia Allotey-Babington, Adwoa Oforiwaa Kwakye et al. • BMC Infectious Diseases (2026)

Abstract Background Poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) continues to undermine HIV treatment outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. Objective This study aimed to quantify ART treatment adherence among people living with...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12879-026-13836-z

Ranking of treatments in network meta-analysis: incorporating minimally important differences

Tristan Curteis, Augustine Wigle, Christopher J. Michaels, Adriani Nikolakopoulou • BMC Medical Research Methodology (2025)

Abstract Background In network meta-analysis (NMA), the magnitude of difference between treatment effects is typically ignored in the calculation of ranking metrics, such as probability best and surface under the cumulative ranking curve (S...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12874-025-02499-0

Ozonation, electrochemical, and biological methods for the remediation of malachite green dye wastewaters: A mini review

Peter Olusakin Oladoye, Timothy Oladiran Ajiboye, Wycliffe Chisutia Wanyonyi, Elizabeth Oyinkansola Omotola et al. • Sustainable Chemistry for the Environment (2023)

The extensive usage of malachite green (MG) dyes in the fish and dye industries cause serious water pollution, leading to catastrophic effects on living organisms and the environment. In addressing the challenges of health risks related to ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.scenv.2023.100033