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Associations of subclinical autistic-like traits with brain structural variation using diffusion tensor imaging and voxel-based morphometry

Yvonne Schröder, Daniela Michelle Hohmann, Tina Meller, Ulrika Evermann et al. • European Psychiatry (2021)

Abstract Background Previous case–control studies of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) have identified altered brain structure such as altered frontal and temporal cortex volumes, or decreased fractional anisotropy (FA) within the inferior ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2021.15

Data resource profile: a nationally representative linked pregnancy cohort in Canada integrating clinical, social, and environmental data

Sabrina Chiodo, Sonia M. Grandi, Jessica Gronsbell, Laura C. Rosella • International Journal of Population Data Science (2026)

Introduction Perinatal outcomes are shaped by clinical, social, and environmental factors, yet Canada lacks a nationally representative pregnancy cohort capturing these influences at the individual-level. This gap has limited the ability to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v8i6.3358

Development and validation of an online dynamic nomogram based on the atherogenic index of plasma to screen nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Hewei Peng, Junchao Zhang, Xianhua Huang, Miao Xu et al. • Lipids in Health and Disease (2023)

Abstract Background Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), a common liver disease worldwide, can be reversed early in life with lifestyle and medical interventions. This study aimed to develop a noninvasive tool to screen NAFLD accuratel...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12944-023-01808-0

A multi-year analysis of Canadian Arctic historical weather data in support of solar and wind renewable energy deployment

Wills Adam, Banister Carsen, Pellissier Mathieu, Berquist Justin • E3S Web of Conferences (2021)

This work explores the importance of renewable resource temporal distribution for solar and wind energy deployment in Arctic communities to meet building and ancillary loads. An analysis of ten years of historic weather data was performed f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202124603006

The human lung microbiome progressively diminishes in the distal alveolar regions

Pauline Potratz, Antje Häder, Laura Kursawe, Judith Kikhney et al. • npj Biofilms and Microbiomes (2026)

Abstract Extensive investigations with sequencing methods demonstrate a large and diverse microbiome even in profound areas of the lung. However, there is still substantial lack of cultivation-based evidence and of the viability of the resi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41522-026-01047-y

Unrevealing the dual role of paired box and sex determining region Y related high mobility group box in glioblastoma

Kallol Polley, Sayed Mohammed Firdous • Discover Oncology (2026)

Abstract This narrative review summarises glioblastoma (GBM), a very frequent invasive kind of brain tumour in the elderly that is extremely aggressive, resistant to treatment, and has a bad prognosis because of its substantial genetic and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1007/s12672-026-04671-4

High helminthic co-infection in tuberculosis patients with undernutritional status in northeastern Ethiopia

Fikru Gashaw, Samuel Bekele, Yalemtsehay Mekonnen, Girmay Medhin et al. • Infectious Diseases of Poverty (2019)

Abstract Background Tuberculosis and parasitosis are the widely distributed diseases in Ethiopia with the leading cause of mortality and morbidity, respectively. There has been no information on the status of co-infections of tuberculosis a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0600-2

Toll-like receptor 2 coordinates induction of IL-22 in lung macrophages following organic dust-induced inflammation

Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Emmanuel O. Oyewole, Pinaki Mondal et al. • Frontiers in Physiology (2026)

IntroductionOrganic dust exposures, particularly in occupational settings, induce airway inflammation and contribute to the development and progression of chronic lung disease and impaired tissue regeneration. Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is a pl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2026.1880821

Epigenetic deregulation of lamina-associated domains in Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome

Florian Köhler, Felix Bormann, Günter Raddatz, Julian Gutekunst et al. • Genome Medicine (2020)

Abstract Background Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a progeroid disease characterized by the early onset of age-related phenotypes including arthritis, loss of body fat and hair, and atherosclerosis. Cells from affected indiv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13073-020-00749-y

Elastic modulus of β-Ga2O3 nanowires measured by resonance and three-point bending techniques

Annamarija Trausa, Sven Oras, Sergei Vlassov, Mikk Antsov et al. • Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology (2024)

Due to the recent interest in ultrawide bandgap β-Ga2O3 thin films and nanostructures for various electronics and UV device applications, it is important to understand the mechanical properties of Ga2O3 nanowires (NWs). In this work, we inv...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.15.58

Impact of Nanotechnology on Drug Delivery

Omid Cameron Farokhzad, Róbert Langer • ACS Nano (2009)

Nanotechnology is the engineering and manufacturing of materials at the atomic and molecular scale. In its strictest definition from the National Nanotechnology Initiative, nanotechnology refers to structures roughly in the 1-100 nm size re...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/nn900002m

Simulação na validação de sistemas computacionais para a agricultura de precisão Simulation in the validation of precision farming computing systems

Braulio A. de Mello, Luciano L. Caimi • Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agrícola e Ambiental (2008)

Sistemas computacionais têm tido aplicação crescente na construção de sistemas para o setor agrícola; contudo, o trabalho de projeto desse tipo de sistemas tem-se tornado mais complexo devido à necessidade de se estabelecer cooperação entre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S1415-43662008000600015

Investigation on Individual and Collective PV Self-Consumption for a Fifth Generation District Heating Network

Jacopo Vivian, Mattia Chinello, Angelo Zarrella, Michele De Carli • Energies (2022)

Renewable Energy Communities have been recently introduced in European legislation to promote distributed generation from renewable energy sources. In fact, they allow to produce and consume energy from shared local power plants. Low temper...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en15031022

Plasmodium vivax Transmission in Africa.

Rosalind E Howes, Robert C Reiner, Katherine E Battle, Joshua Longbottom et al. • PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases (2015)

Malaria in sub-Saharan Africa has historically been almost exclusively attributed to Plasmodium falciparum (Pf). Current diagnostic and surveillance systems in much of sub-Saharan Africa are not designed to identify or report non-Pf human m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004222

Video-based communication assessment for weight management counseling training in medical residents: a mixed methods study

Jamie M. Faro, Angelo D’Addario, Ann M. King, Kathleen M. Mazor et al. • BMC Medical Education (2022)

Abstract Background Physician delivered weight management counseling (WMC) occurs infrequently and physicians report lack of training and poor self-efficacy. The purpose of this study was to develop and test the Video-based Communication As...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12909-022-03984-6

Prevalence of comorbid depression and associated factors among hospitalized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Hunan, China

Rehanguli Maimaitituerxun, Wenhang Chen, Jingsha Xiang, Atipatsa C. Kaminga et al. • BMC Psychiatry (2023)

Abstract Background Depression and diabetes are major health challenges, with heavy economic social burden, and comorbid depression in diabetes could lead to a wide range of poor health outcomes. Although many descriptive studies have highl...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12888-023-04657-4

Lessons Learned From a Sequential Mixed-Mode Survey Design to Recruit and Collect Data From Case-Control Study Participants: Formative Evaluation

Amanda D Tran, Alice E White, Michelle R Torok, Rachel H Jervis et al. • JMIR Formative Research (2024)

BackgroundSequential mixed-mode surveys using both web-based surveys and telephone interviews are increasingly being used in observational studies and have been shown to have many benefits; however, the application of this survey design has...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2196/56218

Beyond Herd Immunity Against Strategic Attackers

Vilc Queupe Rufino, Leandro Pfleger De Aguiar, Daniel Sadoc Menasche, Cabral Lima et al. • IEEE Access (2020)

Herd immunity, one of the most fundamental concepts in network epidemics, occurs when a large fraction of the population of devices is immune against a virus or malware. The few individuals who have not taken countermeasures against the thr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2983652

Practical Employment of Granular Computing to Complex Application Layer Cyberattack Detection

Rafał Kozik, Marek Pawlicki, Michał Choraś, Witold Pedrycz • Complexity (2019)

Network and information security are regarded as some of the most pressing problems of contemporary economy, affecting both individual citizens and entire societies, making them a highlight for homeland security. Innovative approaches to ha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2019/5826737