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Patient and allograft outcomes after kidney transplant for the Indigenous patients in the United States.

Regan Seipp, Nan Zhang, Sumi Sukumaran Nair, Hasan Khamash et al. • PLoS ONE (2021)

BackgroundThe objective is to assess cardiovascular (CV), malignancy, infectious, graft outcomes and tacrolimus levels for the Indigenous patients compared to Whites after kidney transplant (KTx).Methods165 Indigenous and 165 White patients...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244492

Cost of inaction: a framework to estimate the economic cost of missing a patient with tuberculosis in the Indian context

Salmaan Keshavjee, Meredith B Brooks, Tom Nicholson, Viswanath Pingali • BMJ Open (2023)

Objectives To estimate the economic impact of failure to find and treat tuberculosis disease and prevent tuberculosis infection from progressing to active disease.Design Estimating the economic cost of not finding and treating a patient suf...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-070717

Improvement of the external municipal financial control system in the context of public authority reform

S. M. Mironova, A. I. Mordvintsev, I. A. Eremenko • Правоприменение (2021)

The subject. The implementation of external municipal financial control cannot be called fully competent in Russia. Many practical problems are currently being addressed mainly through the transfer of powers to implement external financial ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.52468/2542-1514.2021.5(1).96-107

Which scoring systems are useful for predicting the prognosis of lower gastrointestinal bleeding? Old and new

Ku Bean Jeong, Hee Seok Moon, Kyung Ryun In, Sun Hyung Kang et al. • BMC Gastroenterology (2025)

Abstract Background The incidence of lower gastrointestinal bleeding is on the rise, prompting the creation of various scoring systems to forecast patient’s outcomes. But there is no single unified scoring system and these scoring systems c...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12876-025-03638-z

The role of corporate governance in earnings persistence: Audit committee as a moderation variable

Agustina, Heni, Elfita, Rizki Amalia, Soelistya, Djoko, Muttaqiin, Ninnasi et al. • Accounting (2021)

During the current Covid-19 pandemic, it is undeniable that many companies are experiencing a decline in turnover, and some companies have even been forced to go out of business. Due to the many fraud incidents, corporate governance is vita...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5267/j.ac.2021.4.019

PROCEDURE ENABLING SIMULATION AND IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF OPTICAL EFFECTS IN CAMERA-BASED TIME-OF-FLIGHT SENSORS

M. Baumgart, N. Druml, M. Consani • The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences (2018)

This paper presents a simulation approach for Time-of-Flight cameras to estimate sensor performance and accuracy, as well as to help understanding experimentally discovered effects. The main scope is the detailed simulation of the optical s...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-2-83-2018

Two additions to the Iberian myrmecofauna: Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862, a newly established, tree-nesting species, and Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902), an emerging exotic species temporarily nesting in Spain (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Alice Casiraghi, Xavier Espadaler, Nicolás Pérez Hidalgo, Kiko Gómez • Journal of Hymenoptera Research (2020)

Exotic ants are a growing component of urban and disturbed habitats worldwide. Sampling in two Iberian Mediterranean localities revealed several exotic species. The tree-nesting, black acrobat ant Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862, has been ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/jhr.78.51858

Habitat availability shapes composition and climate change response of alpine butterfly communities

Korbinian Schrauth, Matthias Plattner, Jörg Müller, Jérôme Pellet • Alpine Entomology (2026)

Climate change is known to cause range shifts to higher elevations in mountainous regions. Butterflies are especially sensitive to changes in environmental conditions and their response to climate change has been extensively studied. Howeve...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/alpento.10.186978

Ecological, Biological and Control Studies on the Leaf Coating and Webbing Mite Cisaberoptus kenyae Keifer (Eriophyoidea: Eriophyidae) in Egypt

B. Abou-Awad, A. Metwally, M. Al–Azzazy • Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology (2009)

The leaf coating and webbing mite Cisaberoptus kenyae Keifer was observed for two years in an abandoned mangoorchard in Egypt. The eriophyid mite was fed upon by the two predatory phytoseiid mites Typhlodromips swirskii(Athias-Henriot) and ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2009.4968

An Overview of Earthworm Biodiversity in Afghanistan with New Records for the Country (Clitellata: Megadrili)

Atabak Roohi Aminjan, Robabeh Latif, Obaidullah Usefzay, Csaba Csuzdi • Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (2021)

In this paper a batch of earthworms from Afghanistan was studied and previous reports on the earthworm fauna of the country were evaluated. In the present study, earthworms were collected by digging and hand sorting, and fixed in 80% ethano...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.22067/ijab.2021.69582.1006

Predation of Ophiodes fragilis (Squamata: Anguidae) by Cariama cristata (Cariamiformes: Cariamidae)

Marcelo Augusto Pereira Coelho Dias, Eduarda Melo de Abreu Vieira, Clodoaldo Lopes de Assis, Renato Neves Feio • Caldasia (2022)

Reptiles can be on the diet of some bird species, and the glass lizard Ophiodes fragilis seems to be no exception. Although predation events are not easily recorded, in this work we document a new record of predation by C. cristata upon O. ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: https://doi.org/10.15446/caldasia.v45n2.95721

Drugs, dogs and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles

Anne J. Carter, Emily J. Hall, Sophie L. Connolly, Zoe F. Russell et al. • Open Veterinary Journal (2020)

Background: Dogs are regularly transported or housed in vehicles, with guidelines for housing dogs suggesting that the ambient temperature should be maintained between 15 – 24 °C. Veterinary drugs are routinely stored and carried in vehicle...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.11

PESTS ASSOCIATED WITH STORED WHEAT AT SHARKIA GOVERNORATE

Fatma Zourob, Karam Teleb, Zeinab Elbasheir, farg Mohamed • Journal of Productivity and Development (2019)

The present work was surveyed pests found in wheat grain and wheat flour of Sharkia   Governorate in four districts namely, (Bilbeis, Minya El Qamh, Alsalhea and Zagazig) during two years 2016-2017. The Sitophilus granaries was abundant in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/jpd.2019.48167

Side Effects of Some Cotton Pesticides on the Dominant Spider Families in Cotton Fields

El-Sayed Hamada • Acarines: Journal of the Egyptian Society of Acarology (2016)

Survey was carried out at Elgemmeza  Agricultural Research Station in  a Colton field  for  Piacing sucking pests and associated predators along two successive seasons (2013 & 2014) during May-August months by using examination of leave...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ajesa.2016.164144

Azteca ants repair damage to their Cecropia host plants

Alex Wcislo, Xavier Graham, Stan Stephens, Johannes Ehoulé Toppe et al. • Journal of Hymenoptera Research (2021)

Some Azteca ants are well-known symbionts that defend their Cecropia host plants against herbivory, although there is considerable variability in behavior among colonies, conditions, and species. In exchange, ants receive food, and also she...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3897/jhr.88.75855

True 2-D Resistivity Imaging from Vertical Electrical Soundings to Support More Sustainable Rural Water Supply Borehole Siting in Malawi

Romain Leborgne, Michael O. Rivett, Gift J. Wanangwa, Philippe Sentenac et al. • Applied Sciences (2021)

To improve borehole siting for rural water supply, an advanced resistivity method was adapted for developing country use and demonstrated in Malawi. The method was designed to be low cost, developing-country accessible, efficient. It allows...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/app11031162

Fluid-Solid Interaction Analysis of a Flow Passing Cylinder Based on Variational Mode Decomposition

Zuo Yaju, Fang Mingkun, Zhu Di, Lu Jiahao et al. • E3S Web of Conferences (2024)

The fluid-structure interaction problem of cylindrical flow around the cylinder is a classic problem, especially in many fields such as energy engineering, fluid dynamics, engineering structure, energy utilization and development, and envir...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/202452001017

Capillary‐Driven Backflow During Salt Precipitation in a Rough Fracture

Xu‐Sheng Chen, Ran Hu, Chen‐Xing Zhou, Yang Xiao et al. • Water Resources Research (2024)

Abstract Salt precipitation is a crucial process occurring during CO2 injection into saline aquifers. It significantly alters the porous space, leading to reduced permeability and impaired injectivity. While the dynamics of precipitation ha...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1029/2023WR035451