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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

Empirical study on optimal reinsurance for crop insurance in China from an insurer's perspective

Xian-hua ZHOU, Yun-bo WANG, Hua-dong ZHANG, Ke WANG • Journal of Integrative Agriculture (2015)

This study investigates the optimal reinsurance for crop insurance in China in an insurer's perspective using the data from Inner Mongolia, Jilin, and Liaoning, China. On the basis of the loss ratio distributions modeled by AnHua Crop Risk ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(14)60998-9

Modelling the adsorption of iron and manganese by activated carbon from teak and shea charcoal for continuous low flow

Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabi, Emmanuel Degraft-Johnson Owusu-Ansah, Helen Michelle Korkor Essandoh, Nana Yaw Asiedu • Water-Energy Nexus (2021)

Nearly 6494 boreholes with iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) concentrations above permissible limits of 0.3 mg/L and 0.4 mg/L respectively in Ghana have been abandoned because of ineffective water treatment solutions. Activated carbon prepared f...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.wen.2021.02.001

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

Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

Yan Dora Zhang, Amber N. Hurson, Haoyu Zhang, Parichoy Pal Choudhury et al. • Nature Communications (2020)

In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16483-3

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

Seemingly unrelated time series model for forecasting the peak and short-term electricity demand: Evidence from the Kalman filtered Monte Carlo method

Frank Kofi Owusu, Peter Amoako-Yirenkyi, Nana Kena Frempong, Akoto Yaw Omari-Sasu et al. • Heliyon (2023)

In this extant paper, a multivariate time series model using the seemingly unrelated times series equation (SUTSE) framework is proposed to forecast the peak and short-term electricity demand using time series data from February 2, 2014, to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18821

An artificial neural network-based model for predicting paratransit travel time

George Ukam, Charles Adams, Atinuke Adebanji, Williams Ackaah • Cogent Engineering (2024)

The nature of paratransit services makes for increased uncertainty in trip time, leading to reported unreliability and dissatisfaction by the users. While providing travel information has proved helpful in formal bus services and has been r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/23311916.2024.2386383

Metabolomic sweet spot clock predicts mortality and age-related diseases in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

Olga Vishnyakova, Joosung Min, Stephen Leach, Xiaowei Song et al. • Communications Medicine (2026)

Abstract Background Chronological age does not capture individual health or resilience. Advances in metabolomics have enabled development of molecular aging biomarkers that capture deviations between biological and chronological age, highli...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s43856-026-01375-2

Entropy Measures for Plithogenic Sets and Applications in Multi-Attribute Decision Making

Shio Gai Quek, Ganeshsree Selvachandran, Florentin Smarandache, J. Vimala et al. • Mathematics (2020)

Plithogenic set is an extension of the crisp set, fuzzy set, intuitionistic fuzzy set, and neutrosophic sets, whose elements are characterized by one or more attributes, and each attribute can assume many values. Each attribute has a corres...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/math8060965

Active querying approach to epidemic source detection on contact networks

Martin Sterchi, Lorenz Hilfiker, Rolf Grütter, Abraham Bernstein • Scientific Reports (2023)

Abstract The problem of identifying the source of an epidemic (also called patient zero) given a network of contacts and a set of infected individuals has attracted interest from a broad range of research communities. The successful and tim...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-38282-8

Response Surface Analysis: A Tutorial for Examining Linear and Curvilinear Effects

Antonio Carlos Rodrigues • RAC: Revista de Administração Contemporânea (2021)

Context: response surface analysis (RSA) is an approach that allows examining the extent to which combinations of two predictive variables relate to one outcome variable. The method is particularly interesting in cases where (in)congruence ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/1982-7849rac2021200293.en

Improvement of the external municipal financial control system in the context of public authority reform

S. M. Mironova, A. I. Mordvintsev, I. A. Eremenko • Правоприменение (2021)

The subject. The implementation of external municipal financial control cannot be called fully competent in Russia. Many practical problems are currently being addressed mainly through the transfer of powers to implement external financial ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.52468/2542-1514.2021.5(1).96-107

Factors Affecting Quality of Accounting Information and its impact on local government fixed assets management's effectiveness: A study on Local Government of Indonesia

Fitra Dharma, Mega Metalia, Sari Indah Oktanti Sembiring • The Indonesian Journal of Accounting Research (2023)

Inseparable from managing regional fixed assets is the quality of information or data utilized by each unit. The quality of accounting information in government is heavily dependent on the leadership's commitment, the effectiveness of inter...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.33312/ijar.636

Which scoring systems are useful for predicting the prognosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding? Old and new

Ku Bean Jeong, Hee Seok Moon, Kyung Ryun In, Sun Hyung Kang et al. • BMC Gastroenterology (2025)

Abstract Background The incidence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is on the rise, prompting the creation of various scoring systems to forecast patient’s outcomes. But there is no single unified scoring system and these scoring systems c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12876-025-03638-z

Predicting the distribution and habitat suitability of the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) in lowland Nepal

Paras Mani Acharya, Panu Thainiramit, Kuaanan Techato, Suraj Baral et al. • Global Ecology and Conservation (2023)

Ever increasing anthropogenic pressures and natural threats to freshwater ecosystems are impacting global biodiversity. Otters are an indicator species that have an important role in maintaining the integrity and stability of wetland ecosys...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2023.e02578

Active Participation and Interaction, Key Performance Factors of Face-to-Face Learning

Miguel Marco-Fondevila, Mar Rueda-Tomás, María Pilar Latorre-Martínez • Education Sciences (2022)

During the last decade and, particularly, from the restrictions on mobility brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, online and digital teaching is positioning itself as an alternative to face-to-face teaching. As of today, however, the soundness ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/educsci12070429

Estimated pulse wave velocity and progression to advanced cardiovascular–kidney–metabolic syndrome: a population-based longitudinal study with supportive external cross-sectional evidence

Wenjiao Zhang, Wenjiao Zhang, Wenbo Yang, Wenbo Yang et al. • Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (2026)

BackgroundCardiovascular–kidney–metabolic (CKM) syndrome captures the interconnected burden of metabolic risk factors, chronic kidney disease, and cardiovascular disease. Evidence remains limited regarding simple and clinically accessible m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2026.1875961