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Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practices regarding the relationship of obesity with diabetes among the general community of Pakistan

Arooj Kiran, Naseer Ali Shah, Shujaul Mulk Khan, Haroon Ahmed et al. • Heliyon (2024)

This study sought to evaluate the influence of knowledge, attitude, and practices assessment on diabetes related to obesity in Pakistani society. Data was collected both through door to door and online survey approaches from 518 participant...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29081

Prophylactic Absorbable Antibiotic Beads for High-risk, Implant-based Prepectoral Reconstruction

Shahnur Ahmed, MD, Jason T. C. Lee, MD, MSc, Dylan Roth, BS, Mithun Sinha, PhD et al. • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open (2023)

Summary:. Infections are problematic in postmastectomy implant-based reconstruction with infection rates as high as 30%. Strategies to reduce the risk of infection have demonstrated various efficacies. A prolonged course of systemic, oral a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000005353

Anti-ceramide antibody and sphingosine-1-phosphate as potential biomarkers of unresectable non-small cell lung cancer

Lilla Bűdi, Dániel Hammer, Rita Varga, Veronika Müller et al. • Pathology and Oncology Research (2025)

ObjectivesSpingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) and ceramides are bioactive sphingolipids that influence cancer cell fate. Anti-ceramide antibodies might inhibit the effects of ceramide. The aim of this study was to assess the potential role of circ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/pore.2024.1611929

The Cardiorespiratory Network in Healthy First-Degree Relatives of Schizophrenic Patients

Steffen Schulz, Jens Haueisen, Karl-Jürgen Bär, Andreas Voss • Frontiers in Neuroscience (2020)

Impaired heart rate- and respiratory regulatory processes as a sign of an autonomic dysfunction seems to be obviously present in patients suffering from schizophrenia. Since the linear and non-linear couplings within the cardiorespiratory s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2020.00617

Longevity of dental restorations in Sjogren’s disease patients using electronic dental and health record data

Grace Gomez Felix Gomez, Mei Wang, Zasim A. Siddiqui, Theresa Gonzalez et al. • BMC Oral Health (2024)

Abstract Background Decreased salivary secretion is not only a risk factor for carious lesions in Sjögren’s disease (SD) but also an indicator of deterioration of teeth with every restorative replacement. This study determined the longevity...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12903-024-03957-9

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotic therapy for pediatrics with infective disease: A updated meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis

Peng Li, JiaLe Liu, Junjun Liu • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (2022)

ObjectiveWe aimed to evaluate the effect of procalcitonin (PCT) guided therapy on antibiotic exposure in pediatric patients with infectious disease.MethodsWe performed an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.915463

Alpha-Band EEG Modulation as a Potential Aged-Related Biomarker for Biofeedback-Driven Motor–Cognitive Adaptability

Swapno Aditya, Adam Clarke, Lucy Armitage, Wing-Kai Lam et al. • Sensors (2026)

Background: Age-related changes in motor–cognitive function are associated with altered neural adaptability, particularly during tasks requiring integration of cognitive and motor processes. Dual-task paradigms are commonly used to assess s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/s26144575

Why did an effective Dutch complex psycho-social intervention for people with dementia not work in the German healthcare context? Lessons learnt from a process evaluation alongside a multicentre RCT

Sebastian Voigt-Radloff, Maud Graff, Myrra Vernooij-Dassen, Rainer Leonhart et al. • BMJ Open (2011)

Background The positive effects of the Dutch Community Occupational Therapy in Dementia programme on patients' daily functioning were not found in a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Germany.Objectives To evaluate possible ef...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000094

Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases – results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial

Gloria Metzner, Lukas Maximilian Horstmeier, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03797-2

Types of Skin Afferent Fibers and Spinal Opioid Receptors that Contribute to Touch-Induced Inhibition of Heart Rate Changes Evoked by Noxious Cutaneous Heat Stimulation

Nobuhiro Watanabe, Mathieu Piché, Harumi Hotta • Molecular Pain (2015)

Background In anesthetized rats and conscious humans, a gentle touch using a soft disc covered with microcones (with a texture similar to that of a finger), but not with a flat disc, inhibits nociceptive somatocardiac reflexes. Such an inhi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12990-015-0001-x

HEART Camp Connect—Promoting adherence to exercise in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

Windy W. Alonso, Sara E. Bills, Scott W. Lundgren, Steven J. Keteyian et al. • ESC Heart Failure (2025)

Abstract Aims Most adults with stable heart failure are safe to exercise at a moderate intensity for 150 min/week. Regular participation in exercise may improve outcomes in adults with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)....

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.15341

Decreased Daily Melatonin Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - A Short Report

Ralitsa Robeva, Georgi Kirilov, Dobromir Tanev, Analia Tomova et al. • Balkan Medical Journal (2013)

Background: The neuroendocrine system is known to influence immunity, but the precise interactions between different hormones and autoimmune disorders remain obscure. Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the role of daily serum ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.8064

Having More Daughters Independently Predicts Home Discharge in Stroke Patients Admitted to Inpatient Rehabilitation Ward

Shiau-Fu Hsieh, Kuo-Liong Chien, Chu-Hao Weng, Yi-Ping Chiang • International Journal of Gerontology (2017)

Background: The predictors for failure of home discharge after post-acute inpatient stroke rehabilitation need investigation. Methods: With this retrospective case-control study conducted in a stroke rehabilitation unit in one tertiary hosp...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2017.07.005

Music therapy-induced changes in salivary cortisol level are predictive of cardiovascular mortality in patients under maintenance hemodialysis

Hou YC, Lin YJ, Lu KC, Chiang HS et al. • Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management (2017)

Yi-Chou Hou,1 Yen-Ju Lin,2 Kuo-Cheng Lu,1 Han-Sun Chiang,3 Chia-Chi Chang,4 Li-King Yang1 1Department of Internal Medicine, Cardinal Tien Hospital, School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, 2Department of Nursing, Taipei Medical Univ...

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Modelling effective diffusion for accurate NMR pore size analysis in nano- and microporous rocks

Michał Fajt, Grzegorz Machowski, Bartosz Puzio, Artur T. Krzyżak • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a widely applied technique for evaluating pore size distribution (PSD) in porous materials. Conventional approaches typically assume surface-controlled spin-spin relaxation and negligible diffusion contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20379-x

Jianghan plain, the locale of China’s Great Flood four thousand years ago

Li-Xin Guo, Meng-Long Hsieh, Olga Gorodetskaya, Zi-Hao Fan et al. • Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (2023)

Abstract The Yellow River Plain (YRP), being regarded as the cradle of Chinese civilization, is traditionally thought to be the locale of the Great Flood, a hazardous flood (or floods) tamed by Yu who started China’s first “dynasty”, Xia, i...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s44195-023-00044-4

Report on the second academic forum on earthquake hazard chain, 12 November 2022, Beijing, China

Xiangli He, Yuandong Huang, Zhaoning Chen, Lei Li et al. • Natural Hazards Research (2023)

The second academic forum of the Committee on the Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China was held on 12 November 2022 in Beijing, China. The theme of this forum was theoretical research, technical application and populariza...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nhres.2023.03.001

Extreme heat in India and anthropogenic climate change

G. J. van Oldenborgh, S. Philip, S. Kew, M. van Weele et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2018)

On 19 May 2016 the afternoon temperature reached 51.0 °C in Phalodi in the northwest of India – a new record for the highest observed maximum temperature in India. The previous year, a widely reported very lethal heat wave occurred...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/nhess-18-365-2018

Changes in the Association between GDP and Night-Time Lights during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Subnational-Level Analysis for the US

Taohan Lin, Nataliya Rybnikova • Geomatics (2023)

Night-time light (NTL) data have been widely used as a remote proxy for the economic performance of regions. The use of these data is more advantageous than the traditional census approach is due to its timeliness, low cost, and comparabili...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/geomatics3010008