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The burden and determinants of cognitive impairment among individuals with chronic diseases in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Addisu Getie, Melaku Bimerew, Mihretie Gedfew, Baye Tsegaye Amlak et al. • Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus (2025)

Introduction: Cognitive impairment is a medical condition caused by neurodegeneration, marked by a gradual decline in neurological, motor, psychological, and cognitive domain functions, as well as daily activities. It primarily affects indi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.aggp.2025.100171

Types of Skin Afferent Fibers and Spinal Opioid Receptors that Contribute to Touch-Induced Inhibition of Heart Rate Changes Evoked by Noxious Cutaneous Heat Stimulation

Nobuhiro Watanabe, Mathieu Piché, Harumi Hotta • Molecular Pain (2015)

Background In anesthetized rats and conscious humans, a gentle touch using a soft disc covered with microcones (with a texture similar to that of a finger), but not with a flat disc, inhibits nociceptive somatocardiac reflexes. Such an inhi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12990-015-0001-x

Nutritional status, literacy, and risk factors of malnutrition in the population over 50 years of age - findings from the SHARE project

Tereza Vágnerová, Olga Dvořáčková, Eva Topinková • Clinical Nutrition Open Science (2024)

Summary: Background & Aims: The transition from middle age to old age (from adults aged 50–55 years to older seniors aged 75–80 years) represents a critical period in terms of changes in body composition, i.e., increase in body fat per...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nutos.2024.01.006

Associations between occupational performance and quality of life, well-being, and instrumental activities of daily living in older adults

Emi Miki, Risa Kawabata • Cadernos Brasileiros de Terapia Ocupacional (2020)

This study aimed to investigate the associations between occupational performance and quality of life, well-being, and instrumental activities of daily living in older Japanese adults by examining the correlations between the Canadian Occup...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.4322/2526-8910.ctoAO2096

Decreased Daily Melatonin Levels in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - A Short Report

Ralitsa Robeva, Georgi Kirilov, Dobromir Tanev, Analia Tomova et al. • Balkan Medical Journal (2013)

Background: The neuroendocrine system is known to influence immunity, but the precise interactions between different hormones and autoimmune disorders remain obscure. Aims: The present study aimed to investigate the role of daily serum ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5152/balkanmedj.2013.8064

Rock Magnetism and Magnetic Fabric Study of the Icelandite and Rhyodacite Long Volcanic Sequence at Mauna Kuwale, Wai’anae Volcano, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Emilio Herrero-Bervera, Mario Moreira • Geosciences (2023)

In order to understand further the emplacement (i.e., volcanic growth) of 22 Icelandite and 3 Rhyodacite cooling units in one of the long volcanic sequences known as Mauna Kuwale of the Wai’anae volcano (ca. 3.3 Ma), Oahu Hawaii we have con...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/geosciences13040114

Multimodel GCM-RCM Ensemble-Based Projections of Temperature and Precipitation over West Africa for the Early 21st Century

I. Diallo, M. B. Sylla, F. Giorgi, A. T. Gaye et al. • International Journal of Geophysics (2012)

Reliable climate change scenarios are critical for West Africa, whose economy relies mostly on agriculture and, in this regard, multimodel ensembles are believed to provide the most robust climate change information. Toward this end, we ana...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2012/972896

Report on the second academic forum on earthquake hazard chain, 12 November 2022, Beijing, China

Xiangli He, Yuandong Huang, Zhaoning Chen, Lei Li et al. • Natural Hazards Research (2023)

The second academic forum of the Committee on the Earthquake Hazard Chain, Seismological Society of China was held on 12 November 2022 in Beijing, China. The theme of this forum was theoretical research, technical application and populariza...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.nhres.2023.03.001

A multi-instrumental and modeling analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian region

L. C. A. Resende, L. C. A. Resende, Y. Zhu, C. M. Denardini et al. • Annales Geophysicae (2022)

This work presents an analysis of the ionospheric responses to the solar eclipse that occurred on 14 December 2020 over the Brazilian sector. This event partially covers the south of Brazil, providing an excellent opportunity to study the m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-191-2022

Internal Variability Reshapes Externally Forced Trends in Marine Cold‐Air Outbreak Frequency Over the Northern Hemisphere

Huanhuan Ran, Hainan Gong, Yulan Li, Kangjie Ma et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2026)

Abstract Marine cold‐air outbreaks (MCAOs) are key conduits of polar‐to‐midlatitude air‐mass exchange, strongly modulating wintertime air–sea heat fluxes, storm‐track activity, and the development of extreme cold conditions over adjacent co...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2026GL124914

Interplanetary external driven quasidynamo as the origin of geomagnetic jerks correlated with length of day and gravity anomaly

Mohsen LUTEPHY • Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy (2018)

We report phenomenological inevitable correlation between the Sun’s magnetic field oscillation through the Earth and the Jupiter, with sinusoidal geomagnetic jerks observed at the Earth, additionally aligned with the gravity and length of d...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.2478/congeo-2018-0002

Geochemical balance of the mineral fraction and statistical analyzes of the Ebolowa municipal lake’s sediments (central Africa): Implication for early diagenesis process

Akono Daniel Florent, Bokanda Ekoko Eric, Bisse Salomon Bertrant, Belinga Belinga Cedric et al. • Heliyon (2023)

The Ebolowa Municipal Lake (EML) (South Cameroon) in order to identify the early diagenesis processes taking place in the lake and the factors influencing them. To this end, 21 samples were collected. In situ, hydrogen potential, redox pote...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17617

The cause of high intensity of seismicity in Ukraine

O. Chalyi, M. Diaconescu, I. Gurova, Y. Lisovyi et al. • Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Геологія (2018)

In the article, the earthquake near Sumy is considered in detail. According to the authors, this earthquake occurred under the influence of several stress regimes. At the regional level: it is related to the transfer of stresses from the Vr...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17721/1728-2713.83.05

Underground Gas Storage Process Optimisation with Respect to Reservoir Parameters and Production Equipment

Vladislav Brkić, Ivan Zelenika, Petar Mijić, Igor Medved • Energies (2021)

The storage of natural gas in geological structures such as depleted fields, aquifers and salt caverns plays an important role in a gas supply system as it balances the fluctuation of gas demand and price. Hydraulic loss due to fluid flow t...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/en14144324

Sources of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Groundwater of Barcelona Urban Area

D. Schmidlin, L. Scheiber, M. Teixidó, E. Vázquez et al. • Advances in Geosciences (2023)

Groundwater is a vital resource for the development of urban areas, where the problem focuses on the quantity and on the quality of this freshwater resource. Barcelona is a good example as because currently groundwater is used for irrigatio...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/adgeo-59-59-2023

Using stable isotopes and major ions to identify recharge characteristics of the Alpine groundwater-flow dominated Triglavska Bistrica River

Luka SERIANZ, Sonja CERAR, Polona VREČA • Geologija (2021)

Triglavska Bistrica is a typical Alpine river in the north-western part of Slovenia. Its recharge area includes some of the highest peaks in the Julian Alps. The hydrogeological conditions and flow of the river depend largely on groundwater...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5474/geologija.2021.012

Le recyclage des coquillages fossiles dans l’espace sénégambien : histoire et archéologie

Michel Waly DIOUF • Pensées Genre, Penser Autrement (2024)

Cet article examine la réutilisation des coquillages fossiles et décrit en même temps les anomalies ou les déformations observées sur les individus. La démarche adoptée repose en effet sur une combinaison de plusieurs activités allant de la...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.60842/rass-pgpa.05.vol.4.n2.2024