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The mediating role of organizational factors between environmental changes and SMEs’ digital transformation

Zhelyu D. Vladimirov, Olya B. Harizanova • Central European Management Journal (2025)

PurposeBased on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework, the goal of this study is to examine the mediating role of organizational factors between environmental changes and SMEs digital transformation (DT). Precisely, it tes...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/CEMJ-11-2024-0377

Comparing the resilience of Sharia and conventional banking to the financial crisis in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

Suripto, Arif Sugiono, Havid Dasuki • Banks and Bank Systems (2023)

This study aims to analyze the comparison of the resilience of Islamic and conventional banking in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Comparison of banking resilience was proxied by the Capital ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21511/bbs.18(3).2023.16

How integrating industrial design in the product development process impacts on company performance

Gerda Gemser, Mark A.A.M. Leenders • Journal of Product Innovation Management (2001)

There is a growing belief that investing in industrial design is beneficial to company performance. This article sheds more light on how and when integrating industrial design in the product development process can enhance a company's compe...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0737-6782(00)00069-2

Health researchers' experience collaborating with patient partners: a qualitative study

Magaly Brodeur, Catherine Wilhelmy, Denis Boutin, Amélie Deschamps et al. • Research Involvement and Engagement (2025)

Abstract Background Patient-oriented research (POR) and patient engagement (PE) have been increasingly adopted over recent decades, as they generate many positive academic and patient outcomes within various health research fields. While th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00730-2

Discharge preparation experiences of intergenerational caregivers for premature infants in China’s NICU: a qualitative study

Yan Zhang, Ling Jiang, Jinyu Zhu, Sijia Shen et al. • BMJ Paediatrics Open (2026)

Background Proper discharge preparation by family caregivers is essential for improving the growth and development of preterm infants and lowering their readmission rates. Within China’s unique family cultural context, intergenerational car...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2026-004695 PMC: PMC13691880

Heterogeneity in Trajectories of Body Mass Index and Their Associations with Mortality in Old Age: A Literature Review

Hiroshi Murayama, Benjamin A. Shaw • Journal of Obesity & Metabolic Syndrome (2017)

This article reviewed studies to investigate the association between trajectories of body mass index (BMI) and mortality among older adults. Investigators conducted a systematic search of published peer-reviewed literature in the PubMed dat...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7570/jomes.2017.26.3.181

Fluidity in filial piety: twenty-year associations of living arrangements on depression and life satisfaction and across chronic diseases among older adults in rural China

Jin Guo, Andrew Wister, Barbara Mitchell, Merril Silverstein et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2026)

Abstract Objectives Based on defamilization, individualization, and contingent intergenerational solidarity theories, this study developed a cultural defamilization framework. Longitudinal data were used to explore changes in the associatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-026-07449-z

Dementia in the old age: a gloomy wood later in life

Virginia Boccardi, Lucia Paolacci, Patrizia Mecocci • Geriatric Care (2018)

Dementia incidence is growing at an impressive rate worldwide, mostly affecting old age subjects. Looking and considering the disease as the same in younger adult does not seem the successful way to find a proper solution regarding preventi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4081/gc.2018.7756

Correlation between frailty and reduction in cortical thickness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ayumi Fukatsu-Chikumoto, Tsunahiko Hirano, Shun Takahashi, Takuya Ishida et al. • Scientific Reports (2024)

Abstract Physical inactivity and cognitive impairment in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can lead to frailty and poor prognoses. However, little is known regarding the association between frailty and the human bra...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53933-0

The Emerging Role of Nanomedicine in the Management of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A State-of-the-Art Review

Seyedeh Alia Moosavian, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Amirhossein Sahebkar • Bioinorganic Chemistry and Applications (2021)

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a common chronic liver disease that can lead to end-stage liver disease needing a liver transplant. Many pharmacological approaches are used to reduce the disease progression in NAFLD. However, cu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2021/4041415

Nanotechnology

Matthew P. Sullivan, Kevin Jude McHale, Javad Parvizi, Samir D. Mehta • The Bone & Joint Journal (2014)

Nanotechnology is the study, production and controlled manipulation of materials with a grain size < 100 nm. At this level, the laws of classical mechanics fall away and those of quantum mechanics take over, resulting in unique behaviour of...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1302/0301-620x.96b5.33606

Investigation of Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of Nanomodified Cement-Based Materials

Spyridoula G. Farmaki, Dimitrios A. Exarchos, Vasileios Dracopoulos, Anastasios Gkotzamanis et al. • Applied Mechanics (2026)

Recent advances in nanotechnology have highlighted the transformative potential of carbon-based nanomaterials, such as carbon nanofibers, carbon nanotubes, and graphene, in cementitious systems. These materials have shown a remarkable abili...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/applmech7010013

Ultrasound-Sensitive Liposomes for Triggered Macromolecular Drug Delivery: Formulation and In Vitro Characterization

Maria B. C. de Matos, Roel Deckers, Benjamin van Elburg, Guillaume Lajoinie et al. • Frontiers in Pharmacology (2019)

Mistletoe lectin-1 (ML1) is a nature-derived macromolecular cytotoxin that potently induces apoptosis in target cells. Non-specific cytotoxicity to normal cells is one of the major risks in its clinical application, and we therefore propose...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01463

Comparative Study of Field-Effect Transistors Based on Graphene Oxide and CVD Graphene in Highly Sensitive NT-proBNP Aptasensors

Anastasiia Kudriavtseva, Stefan Jarić, Nikita Nekrasov, Alexey V. Orlov et al. • Biosensors (2024)

Graphene-based materials are actively being investigated as sensing elements for the detection of different analytes. Both graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and graphene oxide (GO) produced by the modified Hummers’ method ar...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/bios14050215

Larvicidal efficacy of green synthesized silver nanoparticles using Coleus aromaticus and Wrightia tinctoria against Aedes aegypti

Kaliyamoorthy Dass, Nagamuthu Prakash, Pitchaimuthu Mariappan • Next Materials (2025)

Mosquitoes transmit a number of serious diseases, including brain fever, chikungunya, dengue fever, filariasis, hemorrhagic fever, Japanese encephalitis, malaria, dengue, and Zika. Whereas the synthetic chemical insecticides are commonly us...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.100651

Le site de Plomb « le Mesnil » (Manche), ixe-xiie siècle. Regard sur l’habitat rural du haut Moyen Âge dans l’Ouest français

Vincent Carpentier • Archéologie Médiévale (2007)

Overhanging a steep sided valley, the rural settlement of “Le Mesnil”, at Plomb (Manche), has yielded evidence of two occupation phases, one attributed to the 9th-10th centuries, the second to the 11th-12th centuries. The medieval settlemen...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4000/archeomed.23160