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The Epidemiology and Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury

Jean Ann Langlois, Wesley Rutland-Brown, Marlena M. Wald • Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation (2006)

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an important public health problem in the United States and worldwide. The estimated 5.3 million Americans living with TBI-related disability face numerous challenges in their efforts to return to a full and ...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001199-200609000-00001

Epidemiology of COPD

Chantal Rahérison, Pierre‐Olivier Girodet • European Respiratory Review (2009)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is responsible for early mortality, high death rates and significant cost to health systems. The projection for 2020 indicates that COPD will be the third leading cause of death worldwide (from s...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1183/09059180.00003609

Role of Goats in the Epidemiology of <i>Coxiella burnetii</i>

Sofia Anastácio, Sérgio Ramalho de Sousa, Maria José Saavedra, Gabriela Jorge da Silva • Biology (2022)

Since its first description in the late 1930s, Q fever has raised many questions. Coxiella burnetii, the causative agent, is a zoonotic pathogen affecting a wide range of hosts. This airborne organism leads to an obligate, intracellular lif...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biology11121703

Gout epidemiology and comorbidities

Jasvinder A. Singh, Angelo Gaffo • Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (2020)

OBJECTIVE: To review the epidemiology of gout and associated comorbidities. METHODS: We review the key published studies of the epidemiology of gout and associated comorbidities. RESULTS: The prevalence of gout ranged 1-4% worldwide and inc...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-nd DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.04.008

Impact of early life exposure to heat and cold on linguistic development in two-year-old children: findings from the ELFE cohort study

Guillaume Barbalat, Ariane Guilbert, Lucie Adelaïde, Marie-Aline Charles et al. • Environmental Health (2025)

Abstract Background A number of negative developmental outcomes in response to extreme temperature have been documented. Yet, to our knowledge, environmental research has left the question of the effect of temperature on human neurodevelopm...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12940-025-01173-8

Life Stage-Specific Burdens and Impacts of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Beef Cattle in the United States: A Review of Diagnostics, Impacts on Productivity, and Immune Response

Brooklyn L. Laubinger, Kelsey M. Harvey, William Isaac Jumper • Veterinary Sciences (2026)

Gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) remain a significant challenge to productivity and sustainability in beef cattle systems in the United States, contributing to subclinical reductions in growth, reproductive performance, and overall herd he...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vetsci13030210

Research Progress of Citrus Melanose

Feng HUANG, Aitian PENG, Xiaobing SONG, Yiping CUI et al. • Guangdong nongye kexue (2024)

Citrus melanose consists of a series of plant diseases caused by the fungal species of the genus Diaporthe. It has been reported with over 30 Diaporthe species on citrus, including several important fungal pathogens, endophytes, saprophytes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16768/j.issn.1004-874X.2024.06.003

The Epidemiology of Endometriosis

Daniel William Cramer, Stacey A. Missmer • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2002)

Advances in understanding the epidemiology of endometriosis have lagged behind other diseases because of methodologic problems related to disease definition and control selection. Nevertheless, a better picture of the epidemiology of endome...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb02761.x

Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics

Moysés Szklo, F. Javier Nieto (1999)

Finally! A first-of-its-kind intermediate level epidemiology text specifically designed to expand student knowledge without complex statistical formulations! Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics guides your students who have a good understanding...

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Allodynia is more frequent in the individuals with more intense attacks of headache and in women

Gêssyca Adryene de Menezes Silva, Simone de Siqueira Bringel, Hugo André de Lima Martins, Rosana Christine Cavalcanti Ximenes et al. • Headache Medicine (2012)

Objective: Identifying the presence of allodynia in students with primary headache in a college. Method: It was evaluated 378 students (273 women) aged between 18 and 45 years (22 ± 5 years). A questionnaire was used on the clinical charact...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.48208/HeadacheMed.2012.17

Quality of life, psychological distress and violence among women in close relationships: a population-based study in Finland

Tomomi Hisasue, Marie Kruse, Jani Raitanen, Eija Paavilainen et al. • BMC Women's Health (2020)

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to examine associations between exposure to violence, quality of life, and psychological distress. Women aged 19–54 years who had been exposed to violence by someone in a close relationship were...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12905-020-00950-6

SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MEDICINE

Addeane S. Caelleigh • Academic Medicine (2001)

Medicine, as both science and art, relies on a spectrum of knowledge to inform patient care and, by extension, to deliver that care and set health care policy. The research essential to create that knowledge comes from a wide range of scien...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200109000-00005

3D printing technology in the management of carpal tunnel syndrome: A case report

Md. Israt Hasan, Masrufa Tasnim, Syed Mozaffar Ahmed, Taufiq Morshed et al. • Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Journal (2024)

A 35-year-old individual with carpal tunnel syndrome presented with tingling and numbness in the left thumb, index, and middle finger. A 3D printed CTS splint was crafted to immobilize the affected wrist joint, aiding pharmacotherapy. At si...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3329/bsmmuj.v17i1.71690

Stochastic brain dynamics exhibits differential regional distribution and maturation-related changes

Andrea Scarciglia, Vincenzo Catrambone, Martina Bianco, Claudio Bonanno et al. • NeuroImage (2024)

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a powerful non-invasive method for studying brain function by analyzing blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD) signals. These signals arise from intricate interplays of deterministic and sto...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2024.120562

Theoretical framework of the neuro and psychomotor therapist for developmental age: an Italian perspective for paediatric rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities

Giulia Purpura, Giulia Purpura, Giulia Purpura, Andrea Bordin et al. • Frontiers in Medicine (2026)

PurposeThe rehabilitation of neurodevelopmental disabilities is a complex process aimed at enhancing children’s functional abilities, minimizing the impact of disabilities on family dynamics, and promoting autonomy in daily life. Although s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1798306

Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming for Robotics?

Gill A. Pratt • The Journal of Economic Perspectives (2015)

About half a billion years ago, life on earth experienced a short period of very rapid diversification called the “Cambrian Explosion.” Many theories have been proposed for the cause of the Cambrian Explosion, one of the most provocative be...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1257/jep.29.3.51

Designing Sociable Robots

Cynthia Breazeal • The MIT Press eBooks (2002)

Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us a...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/2376.001.0001