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Fungal Communities Associated with Siricid Wood Wasps: Focus on <i>Sirex juvencus</i>, <i>Urocerus gigas</i>, and <i>Tremex fuscicornis</i>

Adas Marčiulynas, Jūratė Lynikienė, Artūras Gedminas, Aistė Povilaitienė et al. • Insects (2024)

We investigated the diversity and occurrence of wood wasps in Lithuania and determined communities of associated fungi. Trapping of wood wasps resulted in three different species, including Sirex juvencus, Urocerus gigas, and Tremex fuscico...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/insects15010049

Les hêtres (Fagus sylvatica L.) de la forêt de Valbonne (Gard), sujets d’une polémique close et exception génétique

Michel Bartoli, Jean-Paul Mandin • Revue Forestière Française (2025)

La forêt domaniale de Valbonne (Gard) est située à l’étage supraméditerranéen. La présence de petits lambeaux de hêtraie a étonné les forestiers dès 1920. Essence relictuelle ou plantation des Chartreux, anciens propriétaires ? Dans les ann...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20870/revforfr.2025.9639

First Report of Insect Species Associated With Domesticated African Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Ghana

Jones Akuaku, Rita Sam • International Journal of Forestry Research (2025)

The African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) is a priority Pan-African tree species. Insect pests that are associated with and damage domesticated baobab are largely unknown in the production areas of baobab. To identify and document insect p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/ijfr/6638081

Impacts of land use and cover changes on ecosystem service values from 1992 to 2052 in Gena District, Southwest Ethiopia

Tesfaye Tadesse, Yericho Berhanu, Ginjo Gitima, Meseret Kassie et al. • Scientific African (2024)

Land use and cover changes alter the functions and structures of ecosystem, resulting in variations in Ecosystem Service Values (ESVs). Thus, we examined the impacts of land use/land cover (LULC) changes on ESVs from 1992 to 2052 using geos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02244

Prevalence and factors associated with continual opioid use among patients attending methadone clinic at Mwananyamala Hospital, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Asha Shabani Ripanda, Bajarang Bal Lal Srivastava, Said Hamad Vuai, Azan A Nyundo • Forensic Science International: Reports (2019)

Trends of continual drug use while under treatment have been reported worldwide. This paper assesses opioid use among patients receiving treatment in a methadone clinic for opioid addiction. A total of 126 urine samples were analyzed using ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.fsir.2019.100037

Forensic Discrimination of White Architectural Paints via ATR FT-IR Spectroscopy and Chemometrics

Sweety Sharma, Gurpreet Kaur, Chongtham Nimi, Rajinder Singh • Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences & Forensic Medicine (2024)

The present work entailed the comparative examination and discrimination of white architectural paint samples of different brands/manufacturers. The analysis of this evidence can facilitate exhibiting a linkage between the victim, and the c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26735/GCNC4529

Human rights and humanitarian forensic action: the experience in Uruguay

Hugo Rodríguez Almada, Frances Borches Duhalde, Victoria Iglesias Salaverría • Forensic Sciences Research (2022)

Humanitarian Forensic Action (HFA) is considered a new field of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Sciences where the forensic science is applied to different humanitarian activities. In Uruguay, the HFA has been developed based on internationa...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/20961790.2022.2052591

Bacterial Succession in Microbial Biofilm as a Potential Indicator for Postmortem Submersion Interval Estimation

Finkelbergs Dmitrijs, Juanjuan Guo, Juanjuan Guo, Juanjuan Guo et al. • Frontiers in Microbiology (2022)

Bacteria acts as the main decomposer during the process of biodegradation by microbial communities in the ecosystem. Numerous studies have revealed the bacterial succession patterns during carcass decomposition in the terrestrial setting. T...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.951707

UPLC-MS/MS Metabolomics Reveals Babao Dan’s Mechanisms in MASH Treatment with Integrating Network Pharmacology and Molecular Docking

Shijiao Zhang, Yanding Su, Ao Han, He Qi et al. • Pharmaceuticals (2025)

Background: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is a progressive disease that easily develops into cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma, but its pathogenesis is not clear, and most therapeutic drugs have obvious limita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/ph18081111

Detection Techniques for Synthetic Cannabinoids in Body Fluids and Tissues: A Systematic Review

Sachil Kumar, Tulsidas R. Baggi • Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine (2026)

Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs), originally developed for research purposes in the 1960s, have emerged as a significant concern in clinical and forensic toxicology due to their widespread abuse and unpredictable toxicological effects. These co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4103/jfsm.jfsm_128_25

From plants to patterns: Constructing a comprehensive online strontium isoscape for Belgium (IsoBel) using high density grid mapping

Amanda Sengeløv, Giacomo Capuzzo, Sarah Dalle, Hannah F. James et al. • Geoderma (2025)

Understanding the spatial distribution of strontium isotopes in plants or other archives within a region is crucial for various fields, including archaeology, environmental studies, food sciences and forensic science. This study aims to cre...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2024.117123

Building evidences in Public Health Emergency Preparedness (“BePHEP” Project)—a systematic review

Michelangelo Mercogliano, Gloria Spatari, Chiara Noviello, Francesca Di Serafino et al. • International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)

Abstract Introduction Humanitarian crises exacerbate the vulnerability of already fragile healthcare systems and significantly increase the risk of infectious disease outbreaks in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). This systematic re...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02382-w

GPR55 activation improves anxiety- and depression-like behaviors of mice during methamphetamine withdrawal

Jinlong Zhang, Jie Yan, Shuyue Li, Qianqian Chen et al. • Heliyon (2024)

Methamphetamine is a potent and highly addictive neurotoxic psychostimulant that triggers a spectrum of adverse emotional responses during withdrawal. G-protein coupled receptor 55 (GPR55), a novel endocannabinoid receptor, is closely assoc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30462

Diet in 1-year-old farm and control children and allergy development: results from the FARMFLORA birth cohort

Karin Jonsson, My Green, Malin Barman, Agneta Sjöberg et al. • Food & Nutrition Research (2016)

Background: A farming environment confers strong protection against allergy development. We have previously shown that farming mothers consume more full-fat dairy than control mothers, who instead consume more low-fat dairy, margarine, and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3402/fnr.v60.32721

Biophysical and textural attributes as selection indices for replacing the adopted cassava variety with the improved genotype to produce fufu

Wasiu Awoyale, Wasiu Awoyale, Busie Maziya-Dixon, Hakeem Oyedele et al. • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2023)

The use of the biophysical and textural qualities of fufu to choose the possible substitution of an adopted cassava variety (TMEB419-V1) with improved genotypes from the breeding program was assessed in this study. Standard methods were use...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1272724

Clinical features of the course of Hirschsprung’s disease in newborns and infants with consideration of the extent of colonic aganglionosis

V.P. Prytula, O.O. Kurtash, V.F. Rybalchenko, S.F. Hussaini • Український журнал Перинатологія і педіатрія (2024)

The clinical course of Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) in newborns and infants depends on the extent of сolonic aganglionosis, the age of patient, the presence of associated malformations and complications. The aim - to study the peculiariti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15574/PP.2024.97.55

Evaluation of clinical quality improvement interventions: feasibility of an integrated approach

Sandeep Reddy, Kevin Mc Namara, Mary Malakellis, Tim Denton et al. • Pilot and Feasibility Studies (2019)

Abstract Background Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the largest cause of death and disability in Australia. Australian national guidelines for the primary prevention of CVD recommend that all adults without CVD and aged 45 years or more a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40814-018-0386-1