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Local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases – results from the randomized controlled LoChro-trial

Gloria Metzner, Lukas Maximilian Horstmeier, Jürgen Bengel, Eva Maria Bitzer et al. • BMC Geriatrics (2023)

Abstract Background In the aging population of Western societies, an increasing number of older adults have multiple chronic diseases. As multifaceted health problems imply the involvement of several healthcare professionals, multimorbid ol...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03797-2

Impact of the Age of Cecal Material Transfer Donors on Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in 5xFAD Mice

Francesco Valeri, Malena dos Santos Guilherme, Fuqian He, Nicolai M. Stoye et al. • Microorganisms (2021)

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder affecting around 30 million patients worldwide. The predominant sporadic variant remains enigmatic as the underlying cause has still not been identified. Since efficient therap...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9122548

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

Procedural Results and Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for in-Stent Restenosis Chronic Total Occlusion Compared with de novo Chronic Total Occlusion

Tang G, Zheng N, Yang G, Li H et al. • International Journal of General Medicine (2021)

Guodong Tang, Naixin Zheng, Guojian Yang, Hui Li, Hu Ai, Ying Zhao, Fucheng Sun, Huiping Zhang Department of Cardiology, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,...

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<i>Sechium edule</i> var. <i>nigrum spinosum</i> (Chayote) Increases the mRNA Expression of Genes Encoding Sirtuins in Older Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Graciela Gavia-García, David Hernández-Álvarez, Taide Laurita Arista-Ugalde, Itzen Aguiñiga-Sánchez et al. • Molecules (2026)

Consumption of Sechium edule var. nigrum spinosum has antioxidant and hypoglycemic effects. Regarding the former, certain signaling pathways that influence these effects have already been proposed; however, the underlying molecular mechanis...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules31071182

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

Cloud Radiative Feedback to the Large‐Scale Atmospheric Circulation Greatly Reduces Monsoon‐Season Wet Bias Over the Tibetan Plateau in Climate Modeling

Jiarui Liu, Kun Yang, Dingchi Zhao, Peili Wu et al. • Geophysical Research Letters (2024)

Abstract Over‐estimation of summer precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP) is a well‐known and persistent problem in most climate models. This study demonstrates the impact of a Gaussian Probability Density Function cloud fraction schem...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2024GL109180

Modelling effective diffusion for accurate NMR pore size analysis in nano- and microporous rocks

Michał Fajt, Grzegorz Machowski, Bartosz Puzio, Artur T. Krzyżak • Scientific Reports (2025)

Abstract Low-field NMR (LF-NMR) is a widely applied technique for evaluating pore size distribution (PSD) in porous materials. Conventional approaches typically assume surface-controlled spin-spin relaxation and negligible diffusion contrib...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-20379-x

Characteristics of two mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Greater Jakarta: case of heavy rainfall period 15–18 January 2013

Danang Eko Nuryanto, Hidayat Pawitan, Rahmat Hidayat, Edvin Aldrian • Geoscience Letters (2019)

Abstract Two different mesoscale convective system (MCS) events that produced the heavy rainfall over the Greater Jakarta (GJ) during 15–18 January 2013 period were investigated. The purpose of the present study is to analyze the atmospheri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s40562-019-0131-5

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

New palaeomagnetic data for Palaeoproterozoic AMCG complexes of the Ukrainian Shield

V.G. Bakhmutov, O.V. Mytrokhyn, I.B. Poliachenko, S.I. Cherkes • Геофизический журнал (2023)

A palaeomagnetic study of rocks for two Palaeoproterozoic anorthosite-mangerite-charnockite-granite (AMCG) complexes in the Ukrainian Shield was done to put additional constraints on the interpretation of palaeogeography of Fennoscandia and...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24028/gj.v45i4.286283

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

A comparative study on chaoticity of equatorial/low latitude ionosphere over Indian subcontinent during geomagnetically quiet and disturbed periods

K. Unnikrishnan • Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2010)

In the present study, the latitudinal aspect of chaotic behaviour of ionosphere during quiet and storm periods are analyzed and compared by using GPS TEC time series measured at equatorial trough, crest and outside crest stations over India...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/npg-17-765-2010

Vulsino volcanic aquifer in Umbria Region : Hydrogeological survey for the characterization of the presence of arsenic and aluminium and the correct use of groundwater

Stefano Fratini, Fabrizio Maria Francesconi, Roberto Checcucci, Francesco Frondini et al. • Acque Sotterranee (2013)

In December 2009 and the first months of 2010, a large water crisis took place in the Orvieto area, because of sudden high concentration of aluminum (Al) in the groundwater of the vulsino aquifer. This represents a supply for Orvieto’s popu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7343/as-048-13-0075

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

Extreme heat in India and anthropogenic climate change

G. J. van Oldenborgh, S. Philip, S. Kew, M. van Weele et al. • Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (2018)

On 19 May 2016 the afternoon temperature reached 51.0 °C in Phalodi in the northwest of India &ndash; a new record for the highest observed maximum temperature in India. The previous year, a widely reported very lethal heat wave occurred...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/nhess-18-365-2018