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Efficacy of heel lifts versus calf muscle eccentric exercise for mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy (the HEALTHY trial): study protocol for a randomised trial

Chantel L. Rabusin, Hylton B. Menz, Jodie A. McClelland, Angela M. Evans et al. • Journal of Foot and Ankle Research (2019)

Abstract Background Mid-portion Achilles tendinopathy is a common musculoskeletal condition characterised by degeneration of the Achilles tendon, which causes pain and disability. Multiple non-surgical treatments have been advocated for thi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s13047-019-0325-2

Impact of a Nursing Strategy for Mechanical Ventilation Liberation on Patients' Outcomes

Manal Mohamed Ahmed Ayed, Nagwa Ibrahim Abbas Ghoneim, Fatma Shoeib Ali Abd Elraheim, Hala A. Abdelrahman • Egyptian Journal of Health Care (2025)

Background:  Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation is a critical milestone in intensive care, facilitating patient recovery and reducing the risk of ventilator-associated complications. Optimizing this process requires structure...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2025.417302

Active ageing among elderly community members: structural equation modeling analysis

Nayara Gomes Nunes Oliveira, Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares • Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem

ABSTRACT Objective: to propose a structural model of active ageing among elderly community members based on the World Health Organization’s theoretical framework and to identify the most relevant determinants of active ageing to the propos...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2020-0110

Effect of the students nurses personal pain experience on assessment of pain intensity and selection of appropriate number of pain interventions

P Hasani, S Mohamad-alizadeh, Y Nikiyan, Z Jalili et al. • Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (1994)

This investigation was undertaken to evaluate the " effect of the student nurses" personal pain experience on assessment of pain intensity and selection of appropriate number of pain interventions. Participants in this research were 150 fem...

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Injectable mesoporous bioactive glass/sodium alginate hydrogel loaded with melatonin for intervertebral disc regeneration

Ruibang Wu, Leizhen Huang, Qinghong Xia, Zheng Liu et al. • Materials Today Bio (2023)

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a major contributing factor to both lower back and neck pain. As IDD progresses, the intervertebral disc (IVD) loses its ability to maintain its disc height when subjected to axial loading. This fai...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2023.100731

Research of Multi-Rotor UAVs Detailed Autonomous Inspection Technology of Transmission Lines Based on Route Planning

Tong He, Yihui Zeng, Zhuangli Hu • IEEE Access (2019)

With the rapid development of the economy, the scale of transmission networks has been expanding, bring higher demands and challenges on transmission line operation and maintenance. In this paper, the multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles (U...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2935551

Low-Speed Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on ArSSAE Model Using Acoustic Emission and Vibration Signals

Syahril Ramadhan Saufi, Zair Asrar Bin Ahmad, Mohd Salman Leong, Meng Hee Lim • IEEE Access (2019)

The development of rolling element bearing fault diagnosis systems has attracted a great deal of attention due to bearing components having a high tendency toward unexpected failures. However, under low-speed operating conditions, the diagn...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2909756

Experimental Evaluation of Simulation Abstractions for Wireless Sensor Network MAC Protocols

G. P. Halkes, K. G. Langendoen • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2010)

The evaluation of MAC protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) is often performed through simulation. These simulations necessarily abstract away from reality in many ways. However, the impact of these abstractions on the results of th...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2010/601892

Masterbatch-enabled acceleration of polyolefin biodegradation under open air terrestrial environmental conditions

Ceren Kütahya, Catalina Cruañas Pániker, Faith Ly, Arjun Jerath et al. • npj Materials Degradation (2026)

Abstract Polyolefins, commonly used in packaging and single-use products, are notoriously persistent in the environment, contributing significantly to environmental pollution. In scientific literature to date, polyolefins have not been repo...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1038/s41529-026-00817-5

Corrosion Behavior for Sealing Polymer Materials under Simulated Condition for High-Pressure Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis

PENG Heng, DONG Minghui, ZHANG Maoqi, BAI Mingxian, GUO Jianwei • Cailiao Baohu (2026)

Sealing is a core factor for the safe operation of high-pressure proton exchange membrane electrolysis cells(PEMECs).To investigate the corrosion behavior of sealing polymer materials,two experimental methods were established: an accelerate...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.16577/j.issn.1001-1560.2026.0015

Advances of Single‐Atomic Cobalt Catalysts in Liquid‐Phase Selective Oxidative Reactions

Jiaquan Li, Kai Wang, Yijiao Jiang, Jun Huang et al. • Small Science (2023)

Single‐atom catalysts (SACs) composed of atomically dispersed metal‐active sites embedded in supporting substrates are attracting increasing attention in liquid‐phase selective oxidation reactions with joint merits of both advanced catalyti...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1002/smsc.202300079

Six‐face cubical key encryption and decryption based on product cipher using hybridisation and Rubik's cubes

Rajavel Dhandabani, Shantharajah S. Periyasamy, Padma Theagarajan, Arun Kumar Sangaiah • IET Networks (2018)

This paper deals with the novel approach to generate cubical key that symbolises the message and key in six‐face cubical structure. The cubical message is hybridised to generate the cipher in the encryption. Hybridisation of cubes is perfor...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1049/iet-net.2017.0196

Remaining Useful Life Prediction for Nonlinear Degraded Equipment With Bivariate Time Scales

Hong Pei, Changhua Hu, Xiaosheng Si, Jianfei Zheng et al. • IEEE Access (2019)

As the fundamental and prerequisite work of remaining useful life (RUL) prediction, degradation modeling directly affects the accuracy of RUL prediction. Existing degradation models are all developed under a single time scale, and less rese...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2951804