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Identification of confounders and estimating the causal effect of place of birth on age-specific childhood vaccination

Ashagrie Sharew Iyassu, Haile Mekonnen Fenta, Zelalem G. Dessie, Temesgen T. Zewotir • BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making (2024)

Abstract Background In causal analyses, some third factor may distort the relationship between the exposure and the outcome variables under study, which gives spurious results. In this case, treatment groups and control groups that receive ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12911-024-02827-2

Placenta and appetite genes GDF15 and IGFBP7 are associated with hyperemesis gravidarum

Marlena S. Fejzo, Olga V. Sazonova, J. Fah Sathirapongsasuti, Ingileif B. Hallgrímsdóttir et al. • Nature Communications (2018)

Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) is a severe form of nausea and vomiting associated with unfavourable outcomes during pregnancy. Here, Fejzo et al. perform genome-wide scans for HG and pregnancy nausea and vomiting and identify genetic associati...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03258-0

Event-Based Moving Target Defense in Cloud Computing With VM Migration: A Performance Modeling Approach

Lucas Santos, Carlos Brito, Iure Fe, Juliana Carvalho et al. • IEEE Access (2024)

The domain of information security is undergoing significant evolution to address the increasingly complex challenges aimed at bolstering system resilience against attacks. The Moving Target Defense (MTD) methodology, which entails altering...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3393998

The smartHEALTH European Digital Innovation Hub experiences and challenges for accelerating the transformation of public and private organizations within the innovation ecosystem

Dimitrios G. Katehakis, Dimitrios Filippidis, Konstantinos Karamanis, Angelina Kouroubali et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2024)

Digital innovation can significantly enhance public health services, environmental sustainability, and social welfare. To this end, the European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) initiative was funded by the European Commission and national gov...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1503235

Integrating Adversarial Scenarios into LLM Security Labs: An Experience Report on a Hands-On Approach

Dominic A Wilson • Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research & Practice (2026)

This paper presents an exploratory case study detailed as a pedagogical experience report on integrating adversarial Large Language Model (LLM) scenarios into a graduate cybersecurity curriculum. In addition to prompt injection, sophisticat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.62915/2472-2707.1268

Experiential Learning: Innovative Approaches to Post-Secondary Cybersecurity Education

Brendan Bertone, Paul Wagner, Joshua Pauli • Journal of Cybersecurity Education, Research & Practice (2025)

The cybersecurity profession continues to face a significant shortfall of qualified professionals despite steady growth in degree programs. Employers consistently cite experience as the main barrier for entry-level cybersecurity hires. This...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.62915/2472-2707.1254

A Review of the Insider Threat, a Practitioner Perspective Within the U.K. Financial Services

Findlay Whitelaw, Jackie Riley, Nebrase Elmrabit • IEEE Access (2024)

The insider threat within organisational cybersecurity continues to be of great concern globally. The current insider threat detection strategies are acknowledged as ineffective, evidenced by the increased reported events in high-profile in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3373265

Adversarial XAI Methods in Cybersecurity

Aditya Kuppa, Nhien‐An Le‐Khac • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (2021)

Machine Learning methods are playing a vital role in combating ever-evolving threats in the cybersecurity domain. Explanation methods that shed light on the decision process of black-box classifiers are one of the biggest drivers in the suc...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/tifs.2021.3117075

Cybersecurity, Data Privacy and Blockchain: A Review

Vinden Wylde, Nisha Rawindaran, John Lawrence, Rushil Balasubramanian et al. • SN Computer Science (2022)

In this paper, we identify and review key challenges to bridge the knowledge-gap between SME's, companies, organisations, businesses, government institutions and the general public in adopting, promoting and utilising Blockchain technology....

OPENALEX cc-by DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-022-01020-4 PMC: 8753328

Automated monitoring innovations for efficient and safe construction practices

Muhammad Ali Musarat, Abdul Mateen Khan, Wesam Salah Alaloul, Noah Blas et al. • Results in Engineering (2024)

As construction projects increase in complexity, there are growing challenges with conventional monitoring methods in terms of efficiency, safety, and competitiveness. Traditional supervision techniques are labour-intensive, intermittent, a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2024.102057

A Review of Cybersecurity in Grid-Connected Power Electronics Converters: Vulnerabilities, Countermeasures, and Testbeds

Ruiyun Fu, Mary E. Lichtenwalner, Thomas J. Johnson • IEEE Access (2023)

With the increasing installations of solar energy, electric vehicles, and other distributed energy resources and the deeper developments of digitalization and standardization, cybersecurity became more and more essential and critical in mod...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3324177

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

Methodological framework to identify possible adverse drug reactions using population-based administrative data [v1; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/3ys]

Brian Sauer, Jonathan Nebeker, Shuying Shen, Randall Rupper et al. • F1000Research (2014)

Purpose: We present a framework for detecting possible adverse drug reactions (ADRs) using the Utah Medicaid administrative data. We examined four classes of ADRs associated with treatment of dementia by acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (ACh...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.4816.1

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

Public Health Student's Attitudes Toward Research

Benjamin R. Chand, Crystal Eio, Annastasia Alysandratos, Jake Thompson et al. • Frontiers in Public Health (2022)

Research is able to improve the lives of big populations by investigating effective interventions and then implementing those through public health policies. Whilst research on the inclination of Medical or Science undergraduate and postgra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.801249

Impact of preoperative insomnia on poor postoperative pain control after elective spine surgery and the modified Calgary postoperative pain after spine surgery (MCAPPS) score

Michael M.H. Yang, MD, MSc, MBiotech, Jay Riva-Cambrin, MD, MSc, Jonathan Cunningham, MD, MSc, Steven Casha, MD, PhD • North American Spine Society Journal (2023)

Background: Approximately 30% to 64% of patients experience inadequate pain control following spine surgery. The Calgary postoperative pain after spine surgery (CAPPS) score was developed to identify this subset of patients. The impact of p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.xnsj.2023.100261

Outcomes of Peripheral Vascular Interventions in Select Patients With Lower Extremity Acute Limb Ischemia

Elica Inagaki, Alik Farber, Jeffrey A. Kalish, Mohammad H. Eslami et al. • Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease (2018)

BackgroundContemporary data on patients presenting with acute limb ischemia (ALI), who are selected for treatment with endovascular peripheral vascular interventions (PVI), are limited. Our study examined outcomes following endovascular PVI...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004782