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North African humid periods over the past 800,000 years

Edward Armstrong, Miikka Tallavaara, Peter O. Hopcroft, Paul J. Valdes • Nature Communications (2023)

Abstract The Sahara region has experienced periodic wet periods over the Quaternary and beyond. These North African Humid Periods (NAHPs) are astronomically paced by precession which controls the intensity of the African monsoon system. How...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41219-4

Analysis of the cephalometric pattern of Brazilian achondroplastic adult subjects

Renato Cardoso, Sergio Ajzen, Aline Ribeiro Andriolo, Jefferson Xavier de Oliveira et al. • Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics (2012)

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the position of the cranial base, maxilla, and mandible of Brazilian achondroplastic adult subjects through cephalometric measurements of the cranio-dento-facial complex, and to compare the res...

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Social and biological pathways linking relationships with companion animals to human well-being

Hikari Koyasu, Sakura Ogasawara, Eiji Miyauchi, Kaede Tsuda et al. • Frontiers in Psychology (2026)

IntroductionCompanion animals are widely recognized for their potential to support human mental health and well-being. These benefits may arise through changes in social relationships and physiological processes. This study examined whether...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1810355

Serviço Social, mobilização e organização popular: uma sistematização do debate contemporâneo

Maria Lúcia Duriguetto, Luiz Agostinho de Paula Baldi • Revista Katálysis (2012)

O presente artigo versa sobre a intervenção do Serviço Social nos processos de mobilização e organização popular e, particularmente, sobre o debate contemporâneo que vem sendo realizado sobre o tema. Este debate é apresentado nas elaboraçõe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/S1414-49802012000200005

Intervención de la familia al inicio del tratamiento, según la experiencia de jóvenes usuarios de drogas

David Bruno Díaz-Negrete, Nancy Leticia Castillo-Vite, José Luis Chacón Moreno, Sara Elisa Gracia-Gutiérrez de Velasco et al. • Revista Internacional de Investigación en Adicciones (2016)

Introduction: drug abuse has a wide impact in family, affecting the health of its members, the quality of their relations, and economic situation and social integration of the family as a whole. Several ways of coping have been identified, ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.28931/riiad.2016.2.05

Mujeres con pena privativa de libertad: ¿quiénes son y cómo viven en una cárcel de Ecuador?/ Women's imprisonment: Who they are and how they live in a prison in Ecuador?

Laddy Almeida • Urvio (2017)

Los estudios acerca de personas con pena privativa de libertad tradicionalmente han excluido en el análisis al grupo de mujeres presas bajo el argumento de su escaso número. Esta ausencia en el conocimiento motivó la realización del present...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17141/urvio.21.2017.2937

Uses, benefits, comparisons

Adam F. Kola, Marcin Wołk • Litteraria Copernicana (2015)

In this introduction to the volume “Benefits from comparison”, its editors, starting with the etymological meaning of ‘culture’ as ‘cultivation’, the apicultural metaphors of bee pastures and hive products, and both legal and everyday meani...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.12775/LC.2015.014

The Theme of Gender-Violence in Zinaida Tulub’s Novel “Man-hunters”

Ganna Pletnyova • Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Філологія. Vìsnik Harkìvsʹkogo nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu ìmenì V.N. Karazìna. Serìâ Fìlologìâ. (2024)

The article suggest to identify the principal types of descriptions of gender violence and their role in shaping the female characters of the historical novel «Man eaters» by the Ukrainian writer Zinaida Tulub, as well as to trace the influ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.26565/2227-1864-2024-95-07

L’italianizzazione del siciliano nei Malavoglia tra la chiarezza del testo e la traduzione in arabo

Abdelrahman Abdelhaleem • Journal of Languages and Translation (2021)

Lo scopo della presente ricerca è, in primo luogo, quello di presentare lo scrittore ottocentesco Giovanni Verga in una prospettiva diversa e insolita. Verga è generalmente considerato il maggior esponente del verismo italiano. In effetti p...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/jltmin.2021.183125

Characterization of thermally treated polypropylene powders with wide sintering window for powder bed fusion of polymers

Xiaodi Gong, Xia Gao, Ning Yu, Daijun Zhang et al. • Polymer Testing (2021)

One key issue restricting semi-crystalline polymers to be widely applied in powder bed fusion (PBF) of polymers is lack of good powder processability, especially a wide sintering window. In this work, a thermal treatment method with mixed d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2021.107078

Two new species of Penicillium (Eurotiales, Aspergillaceae) and the first record of P. danzhouense from mangrove sediment in Thailand, with notes on antibacterial activity

Vassana Supapongsri, Ananya Sahathippayakul, Wanchat Sirisarn, Mohit Chand et al. • MycoKeys (2025)

Two novel species of Penicillium, comprising P. chanthaburiense sp. nov. and P. buranakarlianum sp. nov., were isolated from mangrove sediment collected at the King Rama IX International Mangrove Botanical Garden in Chanthaburi Province, Th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.126.172211

The molecular crosstalk between RECQ helicases and associated proteins in human genetic disorders

Yashaswini Reddy, Gargi Joshi, Swechha Mahapatra, Ipshita Das et al. • Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (2026)

RECQ helicases involve a family of DNA unwinding enzymes, namely, RECQ1, Bloom syndrome protein, Werner syndrome protein, RECQL4, and RECQ5. These proteins interact with various proteins to form complexes and carry out a range of physiologi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jgeb.2026.100824

Sex-based estimation of biological variation in plasma-free amino acid concentrations among healthy adults

Müjgan Ercan, Emiş Deniz Akbulut, Ayşen Caniklioğlu, Esra Fırat Oğuz et al. • Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Advances in the Clinical Lab (2025)

Introduction: Free amino acid (FAA) analysis plays a crucial role in diagnosing and monitoring inborn errors of metabolism, assessing nutritional status, and identifying metabolic imbalances associated with various diseases. This study aime...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.jmsacl.2025.04.010

OCCURENCE OF OESTRUS OVIS IN GOATS IN PALAKKAD, KERALA AND ITS SUCCESSFUL MANAGEMENT

Bindu Lakshmanan, K.T. Rajimon, K.M. Manjusha, P. Muhammed Shiyas et al. • Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (2019)

Oestrus ovis is a larviparous protelean fly whose larvae parasitize the nasal cavities and adjoining sinuses of sheep and goats. It is primarily a widespread infestation of sheep and rarely occurs in goat, camel, deer, reindeer, elk and ib...

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Misalignment-modulated magnetoelastic transduction for field-tunable stiffness in chain-like magnetorheological elastomers: a Green-function-weighted traction-transfer framework

ShuLei Sun, Kesheng Zhang, Shunke Zhang, Ning Tian et al. • Materials Research Express (2026)

Magnetorheological elastomers (MREs) are field-responsive composites whose stiffness can be tuned by a magnetic field. In chain-like MREs, strong local magnetic interactions and Maxwell tractions do not necessarily translate into a measurab...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aeb47a

“The afterlife” of money. The coins found in the necropolis of Brad (Negri Commune, Bacău County)

Lucian Munteanu, Ana Boldureanu, George-Dan Hânceanu, Vasile Ursachi • Arheologia Moldovei (2022)

The medieval necropolis of Brad overlaps the fortified section of the Geto-Dacian fortress of Zargidava, located on the left bank of the Siret River. Altogether, 962 graves were researched here during the years 1963-2004. The numismatic mat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.11588/amold.2019.1.92555