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Structural analysis of inclusive metaverse spaces for the sustainability of future smart cities (Case study: Tehran Metropolis)

Leily Bakhtiari • جغرافیا و آینده پژوهی منطقه‌ای (2026)

The Metaverse, as a hypothetical virtual environment utilizing advanced technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things, has the potential to contribute to the sustainability of future smart cities, enhancing urban e...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.30466/grfs.2025.56183.1118

How Are Czech Individuals Willing to Protect Themselves: A Comparison of Cyber and Physical Realms

Jan Kleiner, Jakub Drmola, Miroslav Mares • Applied Cybersecurity & Internet Governance (2022)

Endpoint users are usually viewed as the highest-risk element in the field of cybersecurity. At the same time, they need to be protected not just from the individual-level prism but also, from the states perspective, to counter threats like...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5604/01.3001.0016.1322

Cybersecurity Risks in a Pandemic

Christina Meilee Williams, Rahul Chaturvedi, Krishnan V Chakravarthy • Journal of Medical Internet Research (2020)

Cybersecurity threats are estimated to cost the world US $6 trillion a year by 2021, and the number of attacks has increased five-fold after COVID-19. Although there is substantial literature on the threats technological vulnerabilities hav...

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/23692 PMC: 7528623

Human factors in cybersecurity; examining the link between Internet addiction, impulsivity, attitudes towards cybersecurity, and risky cybersecurity behaviours

Lee Hadlington • Heliyon (2017)

The present study explored the relationship between risky cybersecurity behaviours, attitudes towards cybersecurity in a business environment, Internet addiction, and impulsivity. 538 participants in part-time or full-time employment in the...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00346 PMC: 5501883

Epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality in Guangdong Province, China, 2015

Ruilin Meng, Xiaojun Xu, Yanjun Xu, Chao Luo et al. • BMC Public Health (2019)

Abstract Background As the fourth leading cause of death, injury is an important public health concern in Guangdong Province, China. The epidemiological characteristics of injury mortality is changing along with the social development. This...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6437-6

A prospective cohort study examining exposure to incarceration and cardiovascular disease (Justice-Involved Individuals Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology – JUSTICE study): a protocol paper

Benjamin A. Howell, Lisa B. Puglisi, Jenerius Aminawung, Kirsten Bibbins- Domingo et al. • BMC Public Health (2022)

Abstract Background People who have been incarcerated have high rates of cardiovascular risk factors, such as hypertension and smoking, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a leading cause of hospitalizations and mortality in this population...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-12688-x

Exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) and prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia

Made Ayu Hitapretiwi Suryadhi, Putu Ayu Rhamani Suryadhi, Kawuli Abudureyimu, I Made Winarsa Ruma et al. • Environment International (2020)

Background: Recently emerging evidence suggests an association between particulate matter less than 2.5 µm in diameter (PM2.5) exposure and diabetes risk. However, evidence from Asia is limited. Here, we evaluated the association between PM...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105603

Evolution of psychological distress with age and its determinants in later life: evidence from 17-wave social survey data in Japan

Takashi Oshio • BMC Public Health (2024)

Abstract Background Psychological distress (PD) is a major risk factor for mental health among middle-aged and older adults and affects their quality of life and well-being. This study aimed to examine the evolution of PD with age and the r...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19912-w

Prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus and Associated Factors in Addis Ababa Public Health Facilities, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2016

Sahile AT, Bekele GE • Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity (2020)

Addisu Tadesse Sahile,1 Getabalew Endazenew Bekele2 1Department of Public Health, Unity University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 2Department of Social and Population Health, Yekatit12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence:...

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An Ethics Framework for Public Health

NANCY E. KASS • American Journal of Public Health (2001)

More than 100 years ago, public health began as an organized discipline, its purpose being to improve the health of populations rather than of individuals. Given its population-based focus, however, public health perennially faces dilemmas ...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.91.11.1776 PMC: 1446875

Drinking patterns and alcohol use disorders in São Paulo, Brazil: the role of neighborhood social deprivation and socioeconomic status.

Camila Magalhães Silveira, Erica Rosanna Siu, James C Anthony, Luis Paulo Saito et al. • PLoS ONE (2014)

Research conducted in high-income countries has investigated influences of socioeconomic inequalities on drinking outcomes such as alcohol use disorders (AUD), however, associations between area-level neighborhood social deprivation (NSD) a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108355

Protocol to evaluate sequential electronic health record-based strategies to increase genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer risk across diverse patient populations in gynecology practices

Heather Symecko, Robert Schnoll, Rinad S. Beidas, Justin E. Bekelman et al. • Implementation Science (2023)

Abstract Background Germline genetic testing is recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) for individuals including, but not limited to, those with a personal history of ovarian cancer, young-onset (...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13012-023-01308-w

Genotypic Variants of Pandemic H1N1 Influenza A Viruses Isolated from Severe Acute Respiratory Infections in Ukraine during the 2015/16 Influenza Season

Oksana Zolotarova, Anna Fesenko, Olga Holubka, Larysa Radchenko et al. • Viruses (2021)

Human type A influenza viruses A(H1N1)pdm09 have caused seasonal epidemics of influenza since the 2009–2010 pandemic. A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses had a leading role in the severe epidemic season of 2015/16 in the Northern Hemisphere and caused a h...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/v13112125

The New Public Health

Julio M. Frenk • Annual Review of Public Health (1993)

Health is a crossroad. It is where biological and social factors, the individual and the community, and social and economic policy all converge. addition to its intrinsic value, health is a means for personal and collective advance­ ment. I...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.pu.14.050193.002345

Oxford Textbook of Public Health

Roger Detels, Robert Beaglehole, Mary Ann Lansang, Martin C. Gulliford • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (2011)

SECTION 1: THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE OF PUBLIC HEALTH 1.1 The scope and concerns of public health 1.2 The history and development of public health in high-income countries 1.3 The history and development of public health in low- and...

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On the Biopolitics of Suicide

Zachary Gan • Canadian Journal for the Academic Mind (2023)

This essay critically examines the biopoliticization of suicide, challenging its framing as a public health issue which obscures its cultural and philosophical significance. Drawing from Michel Foucault’s theories of biopower, this essay ar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.25071/2817-5344/52

Hypertension and diabetes patients’ perspective of challenges and their coping mechanisms in Mukono and Buikwe districts in Uganda – a qualitative study

Rawlance Ndejjo, Paineto Masengere, Fred Nuwaha, Isaac Ddumba et al. • Open Research Europe (2023)

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, the burden of non-communicable diseases is steadily rising amidst a high prevalence of communicable diseases stretching the healthcare system. This study explored hypertension and diabetes patients’ perspe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.13286.2

Identification of wild-caught phlebotomine sand flies from Crete and Cyprus using DNA barcoding

Emmanouil Dokianakis, Nikolaos Tsirigotakis, Vasiliki Christodoulou, Nikos Poulakakis et al. • Parasites & Vectors (2018)

Abstract Background Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) are vectors of Leishmania spp., protozoan parasites responsible for a group of neglected diseases called leishmaniases. Two sand fly genera, Phlebotomus and Sergentomyia, co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13071-018-2676-0