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Development of a Scoring System to Predict the Treatment Success for Nonoperative Management of Peptic Ulcer Perforation: A Secondary Data Analysis of PPAP Study

Kei Ito, Akira Endo, Hiromasa Hoshi, Koji Ito et al. • Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery (2026)

ABSTRACT Background Although surgical treatment is the primary measure for patients with perforated peptic ulcer (PPU), nonoperative management (NOM) has become a common alternative. However, risk score models predicting the success of NOM ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/ags3.70074

Medical professionals’ job satisfaction and telemedicine readiness during the COVID-19 pandemic: solutions to improve medical practice in Egypt

Hanan El-Mazahy, Jaidaa Mekky, Noha Elshaer • Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association (2023)

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted medical professionals’ job satisfaction and was a call to adopt telemedicine. Finding out how far medical professionals are satisfied and ready to use telemedicine would be important to...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s42506-023-00127-7

Challenges and Strategies in Healthcare Workforce Management: A Scoping Review

Ali Mohammad Mossadeghrad, Shervin Mossavarali, Seyed Hamid Hosseini Neishabouri, Arman Khanjani et al. • Rāhburdhā-yi Mudīriyyat dar Niẓām-i Salāmat (2025)

Objective: Employees’ management is the process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling human resources within an organization, which is of great importance and it is necessary to pay attention to its various dimensions, includi...

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The journey to a learning health system in primary care: a qualitative case study utilising an embedded research approach

Genevieve Dammery, Louise A. Ellis, Kate Churruca, Janani Mahadeva et al. • BMC Primary Care (2023)

Abstract Background Healthcare systems may be resilient and adaptive, but they are not fit for purpose in their current state. Increasing threats to health system sustainability have underscored the need to move towards a learning health sy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12875-022-01955-w

Rethinking avian influenza control: a systems-oriented One Health perspective for family poultry

Robyn Alders, Robyn Alders, Brigitte Bagnol, Md. Ahasanul Hoque • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (2026)

Early detection and control of high- and low-pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI, LPAI) in family poultry flocks remain challenging in settings where mortality from enzootic diseases such as Newcastle disease (ND) and infectious bursal dise...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2026.1814751

Innovative Approaches for Organizing an Inclusive Optics and Photonics Conference in Virtual Format

Alba de las Heras, Ana I. Gómez-Varela, María-Baralida Tomás, Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera et al. • Optics (2023)

The COVID pandemic is forcing the renewal of scientific conferences, offering opportunities to introduce technological and inclusive developments. Our analysis focuses on the implementation of inclusive practices for female and early-career...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/opt4010012

sEMG-controlled forearm bracelet and serious game-based rehabilitation for training manual dexterity in people with multiple sclerosis: a randomised controlled trial

Selena Marcos-Antón, Alberto Jardón-Huete, Edwin Daniel Oña-Simbaña, Aitor Blázquez-Fernández et al. • Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation (2023)

Abstract Background Muscle strength and dexterity impairments are common among patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) producing limitations in activities of daily living related to the upper limb (UL). This study aimed to evaluate the effect...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12984-023-01233-5

Features of seasonal dynamics of sheep Haemonchosis in the territory of Zaporizhzhya region

V. Melnychuk • Ukrainian Journal of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (2019)

The article presents the results of studies on the indicators of invasiveness of domestic sheep Ovis aries (Linnaeus, 1758), the causative agent of Haemonchus contortus (Rudolphi 1803; Cobb 1898) and its characteristics depending on the sea...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.32718/ujvas2-2.02

Preclinical ex-vivo Testing of Anti-inflammatory Drugs in a Bovine Intervertebral Degenerative Disc Model

Zhen Li, Yannik Gehlen, Yannik Gehlen, Fabian Heizmann et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2020)

Discogenic low back pain (LBP) is a main cause of disability and inflammation is presumed to be a major driver of symptomatic intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD). Anti-inflammatory agents are currently under investigation as they demonst...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00583

Functionalising Collagen-Based Scaffolds With Platelet-Rich Plasma for Enhanced Skin Wound Healing Potential

Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Ronaldo J. F. C. do Amaral, Noora M. A. Zayed et al. • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology (2019)

Porous collagen-glycosaminoglycan (collagen-GAG) scaffolds have shown promising clinical results for wound healing; however, these scaffolds do not replace the dermal and epidermal layer simultaneously and rely on local endogenous signaling...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00371

Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry Reveals Rare Sialylated Glycosphingolipid Structures in Human Cerebrospinal Fluid

Mirela Sarbu, Dragana Fabris, Željka Vukelić, David E. Clemmer et al. • Molecules (2022)

Gangliosides (GGs) represent an important class of biomolecules associated with the central nervous system (CNS). In view of their special role at a CNS level, GGs are valuable diagnostic markers and prospective therapeutic agents. By ion m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030743

The detection of trans gene fragments of hEPO in gene doping model mice by Taqman qPCR assay

Kai Aoki, Takehito Sugasawa, Kouki Yanazawa, Koichi Watanabe et al. • PeerJ (2020)

Background With the rapid progress of genetic engineering and gene therapy methods, the World Anti-Doping Agency has raised concerns regarding gene doping, which is prohibited in sports. However, there is no standard method available for de...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.7717/peerj.8595

Bone fracture detection through the two-stage system of Crack-Sensitive Convolutional Neural Network

Yangling Ma, Yixin Luo • Informatics in Medicine Unlocked (2021)

Automated fracture detection is an essential part in a computer-aided tele-medicine system. Fractures often occur in human's arbitrary bone due to accidental injuries such as slipping. In fact, many hospitals lack experienced surgeons to di...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2020.100452

Lymphoid Enhancer Factor 1 Contributes to Hepatocellular Carcinoma Progression Through Transcriptional Regulation of Epithelial‐Mesenchymal Transition Regulators and Stemness Genes

Chih‐Li Chen, Yu‐Shuen Tsai, Yen‐Hua Huang, Yuh‐Jin Liang et al. • Hepatology Communications (2018)

Lymphoid enhancer factor 1 (LEF1) activity is associated with progression of several types of cancers. The role of LEF1 in progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains poorly known. We investigated LEF1 expression in HCC and its in...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1229

The Effect of Health Literacy on a Brief Intervention to Improve Advance Directive Completion: A Randomized Controlled Study

Paige C. Barker, Neal P. Holland, Oliver Shore, Robert L. Cook et al. • Journal of Primary Care & Community Health (2021)

Objective Completion of an advance directive (AD) document is one component of advanced care planning. We evaluated a brief intervention to enhance AD completion and assess whether the intervention effect varied according to health literacy...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1177/21501327211000221

Chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy: Challenges and framework of outpatient administration

Katie S. Gatwood, Bhagirathbhai R. Dholaria, Mariana Lucena, Brittney Baer et al. • eJHaem (2022)

Abstract Adoptive cellular therapy has made a landmark change within the treatment paradigm of several hematologic malignancies, and novel cellular therapy products, such as chimeric antigen receptor T‐cell therapy (CART), have demonstrated...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/jha2.333

Physicochemical- and biocompatibility of oxygen and nitrogen plasma treatment using a PLA scaffold

Ali Davoodi, Homayoun H. Zadeh, Morteza Daliri Joupari, Mohammad Ali Sahebalzamani et al. • AIP Advances (2020)

Plasma surface treatment has a wide range of applications in biomedicine. In the present study, flat polylactic acid (PLA) films were treated with oxygen and nitrogen, low-pressure, non-thermal plasma. The water contact angle of the PLA fil...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1063/5.0022306