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Innovative polymer-based electrochemical platform for detecting ESAT-6 in human blood for pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis

Xiu-An Ye, Shu-Hong Lin, Liang-Yu Chen, Jie-Ren Li et al. • Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research (2025)

Pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), necessitates early diagnosis for effective patient care. Despite advancements in TB diagnostics, there remains an urgent need to discover innovative non-sputum-based m...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.sbsr.2025.100816

Tangible User Interface for Social Interactions for the Elderly: A Review of Literature

Way Kiat Bong, Weiqin Chen, Astrid Bergland • Advances in Human-Computer Interaction (2018)

The global population is ageing rapidly. The ageing population faces not only the risk of health-related problems but also the challenge of social isolation and loneliness. While mainstream technology is designed to improve daily life, elde...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1155/2018/7249378

Mapping the acute trajectory of sport-related concussion outcomes across symptoms, cognition, and blood biomarkers

SoYoung Ahn, Michael Prock, Ji-won Seo, Sanghyuk Han et al. • Sports Medicine and Health Science (2026)

Sport-related concussion (SRC) and its potential neurological sequela represent an emerging global health concern, requiring improved recovery management and strategies for return-to-play (RTP) to enhance brain health in athletes. Given the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.smhs.2025.07.003

Antimicrobial compound from Trichoderma harzianum, an endophytic fungus associated with ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Harwoko Harwoko, Jungho Lee, Georgios Daletos, Michael Feldbrügge et al. • JKKI (Jurnal Kedokteran dan Kesehatan Indonesia) (2021)

Background: Genus Trichoderma of fungal kingdom are largely used as biological control agents due to broad-spectrum activity against plant pathogens. Objective: This study aimed to investigate Trichoderma harzianum, an endophytic fungus obt...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.20885/JKKI.Vol12.Iss2.art8

Establishment of two human induced pluripotent stem cell lines from familial long QT syndrome type 1 patients carrying KCNQ1 mutation

Dasom Mun, Gyeongseo Yoo, Malgeum Park, Ji-Young Kang et al. • Stem Cell Research (2024)

Long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1) is a rare heart disorder caused by a loss-of-function mutation in the KCNQ1 gene that causes loss of Kv7.1 channel function, which can lead to Palpitations, Syncope, and Sudden cardiac arrest. We derived induc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.scr.2024.103571

Mangifera Indica leaf extracts promote hair growth via activation of Wnt signaling pathway in human dermal papilla cells

Haesoo Jung, Da-Min Jung, Sang-Soo Lee, Eun-Mi Kim et al. • Animal Cells and Systems (2022)

The crosstalk between androgens and Wnt signaling pathways is critical in the hair growth cycle. Therefore, natural products that target these two pathways for the inhibition of hair loss are sought after. In this study, we investigated the...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1080/19768354.2022.2085790

Altered Red Blood Cell Fatty Acid and Serum Adipokine Profiles in Subjects with Obesity

Asier Léniz, Alfredo Fernández-Quintela, Sara Arranz, Kevin Portune et al. • Biomedicines (2023)

Background: Adipokines, as well as the fatty acid profile of red blood cell (RBC) membranes, are known to play important roles in the development and progression of metabolic complications induced by obesity. Thus, the objective of this stu...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines11123320

Effects on Dopaminergic Neurons Are Secondary in COX-Deficient Locomotor Dysfunction in Drosophila

Cagri Yalgin, Bohdana Rovenko, Ana Andjelković, Margot Neefjes et al. • iScience (2020)

Summary: Dopaminergic (DA) neurons have been implicated as key targets in neurological disorders, notably those involving locomotor impairment, and are considered to be highly vulnerable to mitochondrial dysfunction, a common feature of suc...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101362

Health technology in perspective

Tae‐Il Kim • Journal of Periodontal & Implant Science (2015)

The ongoing development of information and communication technology (ICT) is taking the healthcare industry to the next level. It allows an independent healthcare system by which anyone can easily obtain tne real-time measurement of individ...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc DOI: https://doi.org/10.5051/jpis.2015.45.1.1 PMC: 4341201

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY REASSESSMENT: THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE

Gail MacKean, Tom Noseworthy, Adam G. Elshaug, Laura E. Leggett et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2013)

BACKGROUND: Health technology reassessment (HTR) is "a structured, evidence-based assessment of the clinical, social, ethical, and economic effects of a technology currently used in the healthcare system, to inform optimal use of that techn...

OPENALEX cc-by-nc-sa DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462313000494 PMC: 3846380

Are Key Principles for improved health technology assessment supported and used by health technology assessment organizations?

The International Working Group for HTA Advancement, Peter J. Neumann, Michael Drummond, Bengt Jönsson et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2010)

Previously, our group-the International Working Group for HTA Advancement-proposed a set of fifteen Key Principles that could be applied to health technology assessment (HTA) programs in different jurisdictions and across a range of organiz...

OPENALEX DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309990833

Persuasive Health Technology

Nienke Beerlage-de Jong, Lisette (J.E.W.C.) van Gemert-Pijnen, Harri Oinas-kukkonen A B, Saskia M. Kelders • Routledge eBooks (2024)

As explained in Chapter 2 , behaviour change is important to improve health and well-being. Behaviour change techniques can be applied in the design of eHealth technology to support users in reaching their goals. Persuasive technology can p...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003302049-14

Celebratory Health Technology

Andrea G. Parker, Richard H. R. Harper, Rebecca E. Grinter • Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology (2011)

There are numerous everyday health technologies (applications designed for people to use in their daily lives) that promote healthy eating habits. From educational games to monitoring applications, these systems often take a corrective appr...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/193229681100500218 PMC: 3125923

Health technology assessment in Canada

Renaldo N. Battista, Brigitte Côté, Matthew J. Hodge, Don Husereau • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2009)

Canada's health system is a unique combination of public financing and private provision. With the significant government role in financing health services, health technology assessment (HTA) has found a ready audience as a form of policy r...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462309090424

THE VALUES FOSTERED BY HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Pascale Lehoux, Bryn Williams–Jones, Myriam Hivon, Geneviève Daudelin et al. • Australasian Medical Journal (2012)

The values and knowledge claims circulating in the health policy arena regarding health technologies (i.e., devices, diagnostics) are complex and often include arguments...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.21767/amj.2012.1484

Health technology assessment to optimize health technology utilization: Using implementation initiatives and monitoring processes

Katrine Bjørnebek Frønsdal, Karen M. Facey, Marianne Klemp, Inger Natvig Norderhaug et al. • International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care (2010)

BACKGROUND: The way in which a health technology is used in any particular health system depends on the decisions and actions of a variety of stakeholders, the local culture, and context. In 2009, the HTAi Policy Forum considered how health...

OPENALEX Open Access DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/s0266462310000309